MEd Tertiary and Higher Education

This MEd Tertiary and Higher Education is designed to support the professional development of individuals working in education and training at either tertiary or higher education levels. The intention is to strengthen and enhance participants' understanding of educational issues while raising their professional profiles.

You will be encouraged to discuss and analyze information from a wide range of theoretical perspectives and apply them to your professional practice. You will have the opportunity to focus your studies on an area of professional educational interest while developing research skills and an understanding of ethical principles in higher education.

The course can help you to make changes in your professional practice that can have a positive impact on you and your learners.

The course also offers specialist modules for those working in clinical practice and who teach, for example; nursing or dental students. Students who choose this option can exit with a PgCert Clinical Pedagogy or continue to the full MEd Tertiary and Higher Education.

It is recommended that you attend the face-to-face induction offered at the beginning of the course.

Special features

• The course is available to study part-time, online through the university’s virtual learning environment (VLE), enabling you to fit your study around your personal and professional commitments

• Option for a face-to-face induction which, although not compulsory, is highly recommended

• Reflective learning is at the heart of this course allowing you to use your learning to enhance your professional practice

• You can choose to study individual modules for continuing professional development (CPD) or work towards the PgCert, PgDip, or full master's degree

• If you are a member of staff, or a postgraduate research student of the University of the Highlands and Islands, and are practicing higher education learning and teaching, you will be eligible to use your work on the PgCert to achieve Associate Fellow or Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• 2:2 Honours degree or equivalent in any subject. A third or ordinary degree will be considered with appropriate professional experience

• Candidates with no formal qualifications, who can demonstrate a capability and engagement in appropriate CPD, will also be considered, in some cases with the completion of a bridging module

• Candidates must be in employment in education or training

20 hours work permit for international students