Educational Assessment MA

The programme provides students with the opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of assessment issues, practices and policies both in the UK and internationally. Our graduates leave with key skills that they are able to apply in a range of workplaces, or they continue to further study at doctoral level.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of one core module (30 credits), and either three optional modules (90 credits) and a dissertation (60 credits), or a 30-credit report plus an additional optional module.

There is just one core module for the MA Educational Assessment

• Assessment: Issues and Practice

• Assessment for Learning
• Curriculum Development: Issues and Principles
• Educational Testing
• International Perspectives on Education Reform: Curriculum and Assessment
• Understanding Research

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a 20,000-word dissertation or a 10,000-word report.

Depending on the modules taken, the programme is delivered through face-to-face evening sessions, intensive five-day face-to-face daytime sessions, and/or online. A typical evening face-to-face session consists of two-and-a-half hours of lectures, dialogue, small group discussions, presentations and/or a range of other activities.