The main aims of the programme are to:

Develop participants’ knowledge and skills in areas of professional responsibility;
Develop lifelong learning skills which will enable students to be responsive to change in a variety of educational contexts;
Provide opportunities to examine theories to develop critical understanding of education systems within specific cultural and international contexts;
Enable students to develop the necessary critical awareness to challenge personal views, assumptions and beliefs and apply their knowledge and skills for analysing and solving problems related to education within a global context;
Develop students’ ability to use different enquiry methods drawing on a wide range of intellectual resources, theoretical perspectives and academic disciplines to confirm understanding of the study of education;
Develop students’ understanding of the importance of legislation and policy within a range of education contexts;
Develop in students the ability to construct and sustain a reasoned argument about educational issues in a clear and lucid coherent manner;
Promote a range of qualities in students including intellectual independence and critical engagement with evidence;
Enable students to develop skills for analysing business enterprise needs within a range of education contexts;

The courses value equality and diversity and fully comply with the statutory requirements of the Equality Act (2010).