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Professional Studies

It is possible to study a combination of modules towards a Professional Studies award. Students who wish to pursue this route should know that some modules are restricted to particular programmes of study.

Learn more: Barbara Pavey
Telephone: 0121 414 4871
Email: b.e.pavey@bham.ac.uk


Duration of programme: 1 - 2 years
Awards: AdCert, BPhil, PGCert, PGDip, MEd.
Mode: Full- and part-time, Distance Education

Further information about this course [pdf]

Programme content

If you wish to register for a Professional Studies award you should indicate on the module selection form which modules you wish to study. You will then be given further guidance as your application is considered.

  • Practical Management in Contexts of Stringency
  • Education Policy and National Development
  • School Observation, Evaluation and Supervision
  • Educational Innovation and Curriculum in an International Context
  • Human Rights, Citizenship and the Environment
  • Personal Skills for Women and Men in Educational Management
  • Inclusive Education in its Social Contexts
  • Special Educational Needs of Children with Autism
  • Inclusion and Special Educational Needs
  • Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia)
  • Developing Inclusive Practices
  • Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (SEBD): Identification, Assessment and Provision
  • Curriculum and Approaches for Pupils with Autism
  • Policy, Practice and Provision for SEN
  • Introduction to Speech and Language Difficulties
  • Communicative Language Training Syllabus Design and Assessment
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Language, Discourse and Society
  • IT in the School Curriculum
  • Learning and ICT
  • ICT in Educational Administration and Management
  • Theories of Language and Literature
  • Research Strategies and Literature, Culture and Modernity
  • Decolonising Fictions
  • Literature, Culture and Modernity
  • Researching Past Childhoods and Youth
  • The Child and Youth in History: New Perspectives and New Themes
  • Leadership for School Improvement

Programme entry requirements

For an overview of the entry requirements, please refer to the "Admission requirements" page.

Fees*

1st Year ( Full- and part time )

Level of Study

 Mode

Home/EU (£)

 Overseas (£)

AdCert**

F/T

1,575

4,750

AdCert

P/T 

1,575

4,725

BPhil

F/T

3,150

9,200

BPhil

P/T

1,575

4,725

PGCert**

F/T

1,400

9,200

PGCert

P/T

1,400

4,725

 PGDip

F/T

2,800

9,200

PGDip

P/T

1,400

4,725

MEd

F/T

4,200

9,200

MEd

P/T

1,400

4,725

MA

F/T

4,200

9,200

* Fees correct as of 23rd November 2007

** Full-time: one semester

Fees for of study for students commencing in 2008-09. Fees for subsequent years of study are likely to increase. An additional cost may be incurred for transferring between levels of study. These are indicative fees, to be confirmed. Students should confirm their fees upon being offered a place.

2nd Year

Level of Study

Mode

Home/EU (£)

Overseas (£)

BPhil

P/T 

1,575

4,725

PGDip

P/T

1,400

4,725

MEd

P/T

1,400

4,725

* Fees correct as of 23rd May 2008

Fees for programmes of study for students commencing in 2008-09. An additional cost may be incurred for transferring between levels of study. These are indicative fees, to be confirmed. Students should confirm their fees upon re-registering for their 2nd year.

1st Year ( Distance Education )

Level of Study

Mode

Home/EU (£)

Overseas (£)

BPhil

DE

2,205

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PGCert

DE

2,030

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PGDip

DE

2,030

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MEd

DE

2,030

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* Fees correct as of 7th November 2007

Fees for 1st year students commencing in 2008-09. Fees for subsequent years of study are likely to increase. An additional cost may be incurred for transferring between levels of study. These are indicative fees, to be confirmed. Students should confirm their fees upon being offered a place.

2nd Year (Distance education)

Level of Study

Mode

Home/EU (£)

Overseas (£)

BPhil

DE

2,205

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PGDip

DE

2,030

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MEd

DE

2,030

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* Fees correct as of 7th November 2007

Fees for 2nd year students commencing in 2008-09. An additional cost may be incurred for transferring between levels of study. These are indicative fees, to be confirmed. Students should confirm their fees upon re-registering for their 2nd year.