Key Facts
- Indicative Fee
Home/EU: £4128 Part-Time: £2064
International: £9432 Part-Time: £4716 - Financial support
- Course Tutor(s):Edward Vickers
- Duration: Two years full-time (two semesters per year)
- Study Method: Full-time, Part-time
- Department: Dept of Lifelong and Comparative Education
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European Masters in Lifelong Learning: Policy and Management MA
This masters degree will:
- look at why the concept of lifelong learning (LLL) has been incorporated into national and transnational policies for education and professional development
- identify concepts of learning that inform current thinking about LLL
- enable you to promote and manage innovation in LLL systems suited to their social and organisational context, to facilitate change and social transformation
- encourage you to mediate between the educational community and the the local environment, including social and professional stakeholders
- allow you to advise organisations on the planning, implementation, evaluation, supervision and control of training mechanisms in LLL
- teach you techniques for recognising diverse learning needs and identifying educational actions to meet these needs.
Features
This masters degree offers the opportunity to:
- study in London or Copenhagen, with one semester in Bilbao, and take an optional module at the Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
- take part in the new developments and reforms taking place in Europe in accordance with the Bologna and Copenhagen processes
- design and develop flexible learning paths, using the European Credit Transfer Scheme (ECTS) and including recognition of prior learning
- engage in small-scale research, which will be of value in your own country in developing policy and professional practice
- develop systemic competences related to management, quality, creativity and leadership
- apply for a scholarship from the European Union's Erasmus Mundus programme.
Who is this programme for?
Professional educators, policy-makers, administrators and those aspiring to enter these fields who are interested in developing a comparative, policy and management-orientated perspective on lifelong learning.
Entry requirements
A good honours degree in the humanities or social sciences. Full entry requirements are available on the course website.
How are you assessed?
By coursework assignments of up to 5,000 words, including essays and portfolios with reflective statements, and a 20,000-word dissertation.
Attendance
Face-to-face evening sessions.