Inclusive Education

Through a combination of taught academic sessions at Master’s level, and self-directed study, you'll gain in-depth knowledge of this field, and how it influences the way students (children, young people, and adults) experience education in various national and international contexts.

Our Master’s in Inclusive Education can be studied full-time or part-time. Full-time study runs over one academic year and is divided into three trimesters. Part-time students will take 180 credits completed over two academic years with one module in each trimester of your first year. Your final year comprises one module in trimester one and a double credit dissertation module in trimesters two and three.

Trimester one
In your first trimester, you’ll undertake modules which will show how inclusion is exercised in education settings. You’ll develop a deeper understanding of the barriers to inclusion and examine the role of education in contemporary societies. You’ll also explore how educational reform is constructed and implemented to deliver social and economic change. 

Trimester two
In your second trimester, you’ll further explore a topic relating to inclusive education and develop the necessary research skills and understanding to be able to carry out professionally relevant research that underpins the final stage Master’s dissertation. You’ll be introduced to the principles and practices of social research, offering a solid foundation upon which to design, propose and implement a research project. You’ll learn a range of practical, qualitative and quantitative methodologies and methods from which you can select the most appropriate for your own needs in your dissertation or other research project.

The course will prepare you to be a researcher. This includes developing the ability to design a piece of research with appropriate methods and to write a research proposal in the form of an action plan.

Trimester three
This module provides you with an opportunity to undertake a substantial piece of research on an aspect of inclusive education which you have identified as relevant to your context, and to report the research process and findings in a format appropriate to postgraduate level study.

Students are strongly advised to consult the Award Leader before making their final module selection.

This course includes or offers the following modules. Please check the programme document for more information on which modules are core, required or optional.

• Contemporary Issues in Inclusive Education
• Identifying and Supporting Learners with SpLD/Dyslexia 1
• Social and Educational Inclusion in Schools and their Communities (only for Erasmus students)
• SEN and Inclusion: Autism Spectrum (Children)
• Independent Study
• Research Methods in Social Science
• Research and the Professional Part one
• Research and the Professional Part two
• Dissertation

Assessment takes a range of formats, including a range of written assignments, for example, critical reviews of literature, reflective accounts, presentations, and reflective commentaries. You'll also complete a final Dissertation.

The degree is delivered through a variety of workshops, lectures, seminars and practical sessions. Some modules have both Saturday and twilight sessions. 

To find out more about how we teach and how you'll learn, please read our Learning and Teaching Delivery Statement.

The MA in Inclusive Education is designed for those who are working in education as teachers or programme leaders, as well as those who wish to learn more about this field and how it influences the way students (children, young people, and adults) experience education in various national and international contexts.

The MA is also ideal for SENCos who have completed the National Award for SENCo and wish to continue their studies.

The course is primarily taught at our Newton Park campus.

You'll have access to:

• Computing and IT facilities
• Library
• Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
• Writing and Learning Centre
• English Language Unit.