Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion

This SEND course is ideal for teachers or other educational professionals who want to develop their careers with a highly specific postgraduate SEND degree. The course provides a clear progression route into careers where you can help achieve better outcomes for children and young people with SEND. Throughout the degree you will develop your ability to interpret, understand and conduct research at master's level, as well as collaborate with others to form and debate your own understanding of SEND. Your progress on the MA SEND degree will be assessed through written assignments, including an MA Thesis or Practitioner Enquiry project. The assignments are written flexibly to allow you to focus on your areas of interest within your assessed work. Throughout your end of course research project, you'll have one-to-one support from academic staff. Compared to an undergraduate course, you'll find that a master's degree requires a higher level of independent working. When you complete the MA SEND, your optional modules may be taught on-campus (one evening per week) or via a hybrid learning approach. If you've studied modules at master's level previously, e.g. through a PGCE or NASENCO award, then you may be able to transfer some of these credits to the MA SEND course. The credits must be less than five years old and must demonstrate that you've met a range of learning outcomes in relation to SEND in order to be transferred to this course.