Course Overview

This course aims to develop your professional knowledge and understanding in specific areas related to education and welfare, with a particular focus on social justice. It opens the way to a varied range of career or career-progression paths.

This Master’s is suitable for new graduates as well as education professionals from organisations including schools, government agencies, the lifelong learning sector and universities.

You explore current policy and practice around social justice, and how these affect the lives of disadvantaged children and young people as well as poor and marginalised groups and communities.

Areas of study include policy analysis; citizenship and welfare in the 21st century; education and social justice. You also gain valuable skills in research methods and put them into practice in your final dissertation.

General Eligibility

Applicants should have a good undergraduate degree at Honours level, or equivalent

To apply for a postgraduate degree (MA/MSc/MBA/LLM) at the University of Bedfordshire you should have a good honours degree (or equivalent qualification) in an appropriate subject from a recognised university or HE institution.

We will also consider candidates with other relevant qualifications or appropriate work experience.

You also need to have the required English language qualification

Contact your country’s International Admissions Team for more information.

Part Time Work Details

The 20 hours is total hours. It is not per job. If you hold multiple part-time jobs then the total hours of all the work you are doing added together.

Language Requirement

• English language requirements

  The University accepts the following qualification as satisfying the English Language requirements for entry to a Bachelor or Master's degree.

  UKVI Academic IELTS overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each element

  Please note: some courses may require higher levels of English – the exact criteria will be specified in the course descriptions