Educational Professional Practice

Designed for ambitious and inquisitive education professionals with a vision to make a real and lasting impact on educational practice, the new Doctorate in Educational Professional Practice at Stranmillis provides working professionals with the opportunity to delve into the complex world of educational practice, guided by experienced researchers who understand the reality of contemporary real-world educational settings; and, at the same time, enhancing your career and professional development through making a unique and original contribution to the education sector.

Why Undertake a Doctorate in Educational Professional Practice (DProf)
Drawing on, and contributing to, professional knowledge and practices, our Doctorate in Educational Professional Practice offers an extraordinary opportunity, and challenge, to reshape
your approach to educational practice.

The Doctorate in Educational Professional Practice at Stranmillis has been designed with the active educational professional in mind with many personal and professional benefits. The DProf:

- allows qualified education professionals to engage in rigorous, high-level study while in current employment

- provides the opportunity to combine professional practice with a research degree

- embeds advanced research methods in applied educational practice and settings in an area of interest

- makes a significant contribution to educational practice, as well as generating new, practice-based knowledge

- affords you the opportunity of working with world-class academics with a history of generating critical, impactful and solution focused research in their field of enquiry

- enables you to become an expert in your field of practice and may even lead to promotion opportunities.