Higher Education - MA 24 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Kent |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 351-400QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

18,600 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

31 Jul, 2025Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This programme offers an opportunity for Higher Education (HE) professionals to deepen their understanding of principles, theoretical concepts and the policy context of HE. Practice-based specialist modules are combined with modules supporting the development of research skills, culminating in a dissertation for the MA. The emphasis throughout is on a critical understanding of the HE context and its implications for academic work in the 21st century.


Assessment is by a presentation of work in progress, an essay of up to 5,000 words for each module and a 12,000-word dissertation.


This programme aims to:


  • develop your knowledge and skills by focusing on principles, concepts and theoretical perspectives relevant to the study of higher education (HE)
  • develop your capacity to analyse the implications of principles and policy for HE contexts and practice
  • enable you to design, execute and communicate the results of a research project in your specialist area of study.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This programme offers an opportunity for Higher Education (HE) professionals to deepen their understanding of principles, theoretical concepts and the policy context of HE. Practice-based specialist modules are combined with modules supporting the development of research skills, culminating in a dissertation for the MA. The emphasis throughout is on a critical understanding of the HE context and its implications for academic work in the 21st century.


Assessment is by a presentation of work in progress, an essay of up to 5,000 words for each module and a 12,000-word dissertation.


This programme aims to:


  • develop your knowledge and skills by focusing on principles, concepts and theoretical perspectives relevant to the study of higher education (HE)
  • develop your capacity to analyse the implications of principles and policy for HE contexts and practice
  • enable you to design, execute and communicate the results of a research project in your specialist area of study.

Admission Requirements

76+
95+
185+
7+
A PGCHE or equivalent professional qualification or negotiated portfolio plus a minimum of two years’ recent experience as an HE professional.

31 Jul 2025
2 Years
Jan
Sep

Domestic
9,800 GBP
International
18,600 GBP

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