Education (Early Childhood Studies)

London Metropolitan University
Postgraduate MA Full-time 1 Year Social work, childhood, and youth studies

About this course

Why study this course?

This Education MA degree is designed to provide you with a broad range of knowledge and skills within the field of education and early childhood studies. It is a diverse course drawing on a range of topics and covers a range of disciplines. Throughout this course, you’ll have opportunities to develop and enhance your professional skills and understanding. You’ll also cover a diverse range of topics and disciplines, taught by experts in their field.

On this master's degree you’ll be introduced to key academic and professional debates within the field, helping you to develop your professional voice and standpoint. Upon successful completion of this degree, we hope that you will feel enthused about joining, continuing or returning to the education sector and feel intellectually empowered to initiate change.

A key theme embedded in this master’s degree is social justice. This course is aligned with our Education for Social Justice (ESJ) strategy to ensure equity in our curriculum practice.

More about this course

On this Education (Early Childhood Studies) MA you’ll explore educational early childhood practices, policies, theory, key themes and institutions in the UK and beyond in a multidisciplinary and critical context.

This course is designed to be flexible, making it ideal for those already working in education.

During your time on this master’s course, you’ll develop your knowledge in:

  • research methods and practices where you’ll be required to design, undertake and report on a research project that has the potential to contribute to the wider scholarly and academic community

  • theoretical debates to understand and interpret the contribution made by scholarship, research and researchers to the education field

  • debates around improvement, progress and transformation that have informed innovation and shaped policy changes for a generation and be able to explore these critically

  • guided independent study in your chosen area
  • Study Options

    This course is available in 2 study options:

    Full-time Shown above

    Duration: 1 Year

    Qualification: MA

    Location: Islington

    Part-time

    Duration: 2 Years

    Qualification: MA

    Location: Islington

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2317 Teachers of English as a foreign language
    2314 Primary education teaching professionals
    2315 Nursery education teaching professionals
    2316 Special and additional needs education teaching professionals
    2461 Social workers
    2319 Teaching professionals

    Course Details

    Qualification
    MA
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    1 Year
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Islington
    Scheme
    Postgraduate
    Subjects
    Social work, childhood, and youth studies