This masters degree will:
- help you acquire knowledge and understanding of education through a historical perspective
- develop your skills in historical methodology by reflecting on oral, written and visual sources and interpretations
- enable you to critically review arguments and analyse the experience of education from the 18th century to the present day
- support you in undertaking a research study on an aspect of history of education in an international perspective.
This masters degree provides the opportunity to:
- study a programme that is unique in the UK
- reflect on your personal educational experience and set it within a historical framework
- study history of education beyond the classroom, through urban walks and collaboration with local museums and archives
- connect contemporary policy and practice to what happened in the past
- become part of a vibrant research community with a regular programme of seminars and workshops convened by the programme leader.
People with a strong interest in social history, including teachers working in primary, secondary and further education and local authorities; school governors; policy-makers; politicians, and people working in the field of history and education, such as archaeologists, museum curators and archivists.
Entry requirementsA good first degree.
Core topics- History of education: concepts and international perspectives.
- Gender and class: theory and practice
- Social histories of British education
- Theory and policy in education
- Education research.
By coursework assignments of up to 5,000 words and a 20,000-word dissertation or 10,000-word report.
AttendanceFace-to-face evening and occasional Saturday or online sessions.
Where do our students go?Graduates of this masters degree are currently working as:
- senior archivist
- professor of education
- senior journalist and policy adviser.
Core modules
- History of Education
- Theoretical Foundations Of Educational Ideas
- Social Histories Of British Education
