Pract Enquiry MEd, Pract Enquiry (Leadership) MEd
Practitioner Enquiry MEd, Practitioner Enquiry (Leadership), Master of (MEd)
MEd Practitioner Enquiry: 24–36 months part time
MEd Practitioner Enquiry (Leadership): 24–36 months part time
Profile
The Practitioner Enquiry MEd offers teachers, school leaders and other educators the means to engage in enquiry and research related to their own practices and contexts. Practitioner enquiry is associated with school improvement, teachers' professional development and educational innovation.
There is a general pathway and a leadership pathway – the latter requires you to focus on modules and a dissertation related to educational leadership and management.
Course participants come from across educational phases (early years to HE) and between educational sectors (schools, museums, colleges and universities, and educational consultancies). This diversity helps to create a dynamic and supportive learning environment in which you learn considerably from each other as well as from the course leaders.
The courses encourage you to take a practical and informed approach to the 'plan, do, review' cycle, and helps you to become more critically reflective to develop approaches rooted in evidence.
You will complete taught modules, to suit your interests and complement your career progression. There are also specific modules designed to support early career and leadership progression. In each module, appropriate professional learning is based on exploring the links between practice, theory and research.
Modules can be taken in any combination and order, allowing you to create a tailor-made course to suit your professional needs and interests.
The modules develop innovative approaches to meeting the demands of your work, whether just starting out in your career or taking significant responsibilities for educational excellence and actively supporting other professionals.
The knowledge and skills you develop through taught material will be consolidated and extended through completion of a dissertation.
Course tutors are active researchers and all teach and supervise across a range of courses. This provides them with a wide knowledge base and a genuine concern for the challenges of educational contexts, both in the UK and abroad.
The close relationship between the teaching and contemporary research activities based at Newcastle University has been identified as evidence of exemplary practice.
The MEd in Practitioner Enquiry is led by Rachel Lofthouse, and the Leadership pathway by Rene Kolgbauer.
The course draws on the expertise developed in the North Leadership Centre and the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching which are based in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences.
Delivery
Most students complete these part time courses over three years, although some enter with PGCE (or other) Masters level credits and can complete more quickly. It is recommended that you complete 60 credits per year.
Modules are selected according to your professional development interests. They are taught in a number of ways to accommodate part-time study. For example some are taught on Saturdays, some during half-term holidays, and some are scheduled for afternoons and evenings.
Teaching is fairly intense, and the learning from the modules extends into practical and reflective engagement with the workplace.
Assessed work requires you to use both reflective and enquiry-based techniques in your own professional context to construct a portfolio.
The final year is the dissertation, which is supported by supervision. It provides an opportunity for you to conduct bespoke research related to your professional and academic interests.
Placements
You are expected to work or volunteer in a professional educational setting. This provides the context for much of your practitioner enquiry.
Pathway
There is a general pathway and a leadership pathway – the latter requires you to focus on modules and a dissertation related to educational leadership and management.
Facilities
You are taught in the King George VI Building. You have access to the Education Resource Centre and associated borrowing rights
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Modules
Modules for 2017 entry
Compulsory modules
Route one
Route two
- EDU8130 NPQH Accreditation*
- EDU8995 Research in Practice
- EDU8599 Research Dissertation/Research-based Portfolio
*You will take this module if you who have successfully completed the NPQH qualification, the headteacher qualification for England. You are not required to be in a headship in order to complete this module, as Post Graduate Certificate/Master programme requirements will have been met.
Optional modules
Route one
Candidates must take at least 60 credits from:
- EDU8033 Investigating Educational Leadership
- EDU8172 Leadership and Strategic Management
- EDU8206 Developing practice in coaching and mentoring for teacher development
- EDU8217 Investigating collaborative models of teacher development
And candidates must take 40 credits from:
- EDU8031 Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment as foundations of teaching and learning
- EDU8133 Critical Reflection on Professional Practice (L1)
- EDU8225 Foundations of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL)
- EDU8204 Innovation in Curriculum and Pedagogy through Action Enquiry
Route two
Candidates must choose 40 credits from the following with at least 20 credits from leadership modules
Leadership modules
- EDU8033 Investigating Educational Leadership
- EDU8172 Leadership and Strategic Management
- EDU8206 Developing practice in coaching and mentoring for teacher development
- EDU8217 Investigating collaborative models of teacher development
Additional optional modules
Module changes
Module changes
Modules change annually to take account of:
- changing staff expertise
- developments in the discipline
- the requirements of external bodies and partners
- student feedback.
Most module information for 2018 entry will be available from mid-May 2018.
Fees & Funding
2017-2018 fees
The fees displayed here are per year.
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UK/EU
Part time: £2,000
You can read more about our tuition fees and discounts available.
Tuition fees for 2018-19 have not yet been confirmed.
EU students starting at Newcastle in 2017 and 2018 will pay the UK (Home) tuition fee for the full duration of their course.
| Our students/graduates | Number of awards | Value of awards |
|---|---|---|
| 20% Alumni Tuition Fee Discount |
Discount varies by level of tuition fee. |
| UK/EU students | Number of awards | Value of awards |
|---|---|---|
| PhD Studentship: Health monitoring for wide-bandgap power modules |
1 |
£56,244 in total (over 3 years). Funding covers the cost of annual fees at £4,250 and provides annual maintenance of £14,553 (2017/18 figure). UK applicants will be eligible for a full award paying tuition fees and maintenance. European Union applicants will be eligible for an award paying tuition fees only, except where UK residency has been established for more than 3 years. |
| PhD studentship in Interactive Visualization of Complex Data |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of £14,553. |
| The Clyde Higgs Postgraduate Scholarship 2017-18 |
Up to 5 |
An award of £5,000 is available for home students. |
| PhD studentship – underwater sensor networks |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees |
| PhD studentship - Plastic Dispersion in the Global Ocean |
1 |
This studentship includes: UK/EU tuition fees, an annual tax-free stipend of (up to) £14,553 (17/18 level) and use of a desktop computer. |
| PhD in Civil Engineering and Geosciences - Mapping, monitoring and characterising landslides with satellite radar and optical observations |
1 |
100% tuition fees at the UK/EU rate and an annual stipend of £14,553 (2017-18). |
| Postgraduate Master’s Loan Scheme (students from England and non-UK countries) |
Maximum of £10,280 (2017 entry) |
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| Postgraduate Opportunity Scholarships 2017/18 |
40 |
£5,000 |
| Two PhD Studentships in Environmental/Animal Science/Clean Technology - Assessment of Environmental Impact of European Pig Systems |
2 |
100% tuition fees at the UK/EU rate for the duration of your PhD and an annual stipend of £14,533 |
| Architecture, Planning and Landscape - Postgraduate Taught Home and EU Scholarship Scheme 2017 |
Not specified. |
£2,000 scholarships (which will be deducted from your tuition fees) and full fees scholarships. |
| Disabled Students' Allowances |
Varies |
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| Professional and Career Development Loans |
Varies |
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| PhD Studentship in Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials: The Use of Perovskite-type Oxygen-carriers for Hydrogen Production via Chemical Looping |
1 |
Depending on how you meet the EPSRC’s eligibility criteria, a full award covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate for the duration of your PhD and an annual stipend £14,296 (2016/17). A partial award covers fees at the UK/EU rate only. |
| PhD Studentship in Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials: Next generation of composite molten salt-ceramic membranes for selective separation of NOx, SO2 and CO2 |
1 |
Depending on how you meet the EPSRC’s eligibility criteria, a full award covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate for the duration of your PhD and an annual stipend £14,296 (2016/17). A partial award covers fees at the UK/EU rate only. |
| Industrial CASE PhD Studentship in Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials: Data-driven modelling of glass durability and glass pouring rate in nuclear waste vitrification process |
1 |
Depending on how you meet the EPSRC’s eligibility criteria, a full award covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate for the duration of your PhD and an annual stipend £14,296 (2016/17). A partial award covers fees at the UK/EU rate only. |
| EPSRC CASE PhD Studentship in Nanoscale Tomography and Chemical Analysis of Soft Materials in 3D |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of £14,553 (full award). Additional contribution from Proctor and Gamble to be confirmed before commencement. Also significant additional funding to cover research costs and local, national and international travel (conferences and exchanges). |
| EPSRC Studentship – Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
1 |
100% tuition fees and UK/EU rate for 4 years of study (MSc year + 3 years PhD), plus an annual stipend of £14,533. |
| PhD Studentship in Cell and Molecular Biosciences - Virulence factors of human and bird Trichomonad parasites targeting host proteoglycans: integrating evolutionary genomics and molecular cell biology |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of £14,553 (full award). A partial award covers fees at the UK/EU rate only. |
| PhD in the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences - Investigating Cooperative - ITS to deliver Infrastructure as a Service |
1 |
UK: 100% of tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of £14,057pa. EPSRC full award, plus an Industrial Case top up from Siemens making a total allowance of £20,000 pa. EU: students will receive a tuition fees only award. |
| BBSRC CASE PhD Studentship in Cellular Medicine - Investigating the impact of insulin resistance on ageing, appearance and wellbeing using sleep as a model system |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of £14,553 (full award). A partial award covers fees at the UK/EU rate only. |
| PhD Studentship in Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials: Development of novel proton – oxygen ion – electron conducting ceramics |
1 |
Depending on how you meet the EPSRC’s eligibility criteria, a full award covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate for a three year duration of your PhD and an annual stipend £14,533 (2017/18). |
| The Elsie Jeffery Memorial Bursary |
1 |
£1,000 |
| PhD Studentship - Textile microplastics: causes and cures - improving our understanding of the drivers of fibre loss during washing |
1 |
It provides a stipend at normal UK Research Council rates of £14,553 per annum (2017-18) and tuition fees. The studentship is open to UK and EU students. |
| Subsea UK Subsea Engineering MSc Scholarship |
1 |
£8,000 |
| International (Non EU) students | Number of awards | Value of awards |
|---|---|---|
| School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape - Postgraduate International Scholarship Scheme (2017) |
Not specified |
£2,000 tuition fee scholarships |
| Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarships |
255 |
£3,000 |
| International Family Discounts (IFD) |
10% of the tuition fee per year. |
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| Fulbright Scholarships |
Varies |
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| British Marshall Scholarships |
40 |
Varies |
| Newcastle University Overseas Research Scholarship (NUORS) |
Tuition fee scholarships of typically £7,800 - £11,700 per year. The award covers the difference between fees for UK/EU students and international students. |
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| Chinese Business Excellence Scholarships |
Tuition fees scholarships from £5,000 for a range of Business School postgraduate courses. |
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| Newcastle Santander Scholarships |
10 |
£5,000 payable towards the first year of tuition fees. |
| Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) |
Not specified. |
The scholarship covers tuition fees and living expenses. |
| USA Athlete Scholarship |
10 |
£5000- £8000 payable towards the first year of tuition fees and a comprehensive support package (see Overview for further details). |
| Newcastle University GREAT India Scholarships |
3 |
£5,000 payable towards the first year of tuition fees. |
| All students | Number of awards | Value of awards |
|---|---|---|
| PhD Studentship in Computing Science - A Computational Systems Biology Approach to Psoriasis Treatment (Rosetrees Trust) |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and an annual stipend of £14,553 (full award). Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees. |
| PhD Studentship in the Institute of Neuroscience – Effect of Ageing and Parkinson’s disease on Neural Control of Gait |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of £14,553. Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees. |
| PhD studentship in Cancer Research - Functional screening for novel therapies in high-risk childhood cancers |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of £14,171. Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU and international fee. |
| Research Excellence Academy PhD Studentship - Designing dynamic models to understand and predict the responses of complex ecological networks to environmental perturbations |
1 |
100% tuition fees, a tax-free stipend of (up to) is £14,553 pa (17/18), a desktop computer, and £1,500 travel allowance. |
| MSc Funding - 1st Class Scholarship (School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences) |
Not specified |
£2,000 |
| Clinical Research Funding - various |
Varies |
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| Health Education England Bursaries (Physician Associate Studies, PGDip) |
20 awards for 2017 entry |
£18,000 bursary (£9,000 per year) and a contribution towards travel costs. The Bursary is paid as a tuition fee discount direct to the University. |
| School and Research Institute Studentships, Bursaries and Scholarships |
Varies |
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| Postgraduate Tuition Fee Instalments | ||
| 2% Tuition Fee Discount |
2% off annual tuition fee |
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| Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) |
Varies |
Varies. |
| Sir Mark Waller Postgraduate Law Scholarships |
6 for international students, 2 for home/EU students. |
Full and partial (£2,500-£3,000) tuition fee scholarships. |
| Charities and Trusts |
Varies |
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| Allergy Module Funding |
Varies |
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| Employer Sponsorship |
Varies |
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| FindAMasters.com and FindAPhD.com Postgraduate Scholarships |
Not specified. |
FindAMasters.com and FindAPhD.com are offering £12,000 in scholarships for postgraduate study. |
| Postgrad Solutions Study Bursaries |
15 |
£500 payable towards tuition fees. |
| Teacher Training (PGCE programmes) | ||
| Cognitive Behavioural Therapy PGDip Bursaries |
£2,000 |
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| The North of England P and I Association Limited (NEPIA) Studentship |
1 |
£2500 |
| Sport Scholarships |
Varies |
£500 - £10,000 |
| PhD Studentship in Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials: Mathematical modelling studies of rhythmic hydrogels for medical applications |
1 |
Depending on how you meet the EPSRC’s eligibility criteria, 100% tuition fees at the UK/EU rate for the duration of your PhD and an annual stipend £14,296 (2016/17). A partial award covers fees at the UK/EU rate only. |
| Business Excellence Scholarships |
Tuition fees scholarships from £2,000 - £5,000 for a range of Business School Master’s courses. |
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| MBA Business Excellence Scholarships |
Tuition fee scholarships of £6,000 will be awarded to high achieving MBA candidates. |
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| MBA Leadership Scholarships |
Tuition fee scholarships of £10,000 will be awarded to high achieving MBA candidates. |
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| PhD Studentship in Cell and Molecular Biosciences - Mechanistic understanding of cell wall biosynthesis to combat antimicrobial resistance |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of £14,525. Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees. |
| Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation MLitt/PhD Studentships for Studies Relating to Japan |
Up to 3 (MLitt or PhD) |
£10,000,contributing towards your MLitt/PhD tuition fees and living costs. |
| MastersCompare Postgraduate Scholarship |
1 |
£5,000 |
| PhD Studentship in cutaneous medicine and systems biology: Biomarker discovery and integration with computational modelling to predict psoriatic plaque resolution in response to UVB therapy |
1 |
100% UK/EU tuition fees and an annual stipend of £14,553. Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU and international fees. |
| PhD studentship in Biochemistry and Structural Biology – The Molecular Structure of Meiotic Chromosomes |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expense of £14,553. Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees. |
| PhD in the School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering - Hibernating turbulence in boundary-layer flows |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of ~£14,000 (per annum). Also additional funding is available to cover research costs including local, national and international travel (conferences and exchanges). Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees. |
| Walsh PhD Fellowship: Brexit and Land-Use on the Island of Ireland |
1 |
100% of tuition fees at the UK/EU rate will be paid and an annual maintenance grant equivalent to the RCUK rate (£14,553 for 2017/18). Successful non-EU international students will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees. A research training support grant is available to support fieldwork and associated costs. |
| PhD studentship - Long-term training load management and recovery strategies in elite rugby union players (Newcastle Falcons Rugby Club and Newcastle University) |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of £14,533. Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees. |
| PhD Studentship in Computing Science - Data Driven Computer Modelling of Brain Injury Recovery |
1 |
100% of UK/EU tuition fees paid and an annual stipend of £14,553 (full award). Successful international candidates will be required to make up the difference between the UK/EU fees and international fees. |
| School of Agriculture Food and Rural Development - Spatial Data Processing for Viticulture Systems |
1 |
100% tuition fees paid and an annual stipend of £14,553 (full award) with additional funds to support research activities in the US including travel funding. |
| Hodcroft Larsen Postgraduate Scholarship |
1 |
£3,000 |
| School of Agriculture Food and Rural Development NERC Industrial CASE PhD - Using spatially explicit soil mapping and modelling to understand and mitigate nitrate leaching in an agricultural catchment |
1 |
A full award covers tuition fees and an annual stipend of £14,553. |
| PhD Studentship - Tracked Electric Vehicles |
1 |
£56,244 in total (over 3 years). Funding covers the cost of fees and provides an annual maintenance of £14,553 (2017/18 figures). UK, EU and international applicants will be eligible for a full award paying tuition fees and maintenance. |
Entry Requirements
A 2:1 honours degree in any subject and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), or international equivalent.
You need to be able to undertake this course whilst working in a professional context. If you have successfully completed a masters level initial teacher education course you may use your credits as the basis for the MEd Practitioner Enquiry.
We will also consider your application on an individual basis if you have professional experience in an education-related setting.
International Students
To study this course you need to meet our Band 3 English Language requirements:
Direct Entry : IELTS 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 5.5 in all sub-skills)
If you have lower English Language scores, you may be accepted onto a pre-sessional English course.
Our typical English Language requirements are listed as IELTS scores but we also accept a wide range of English Language tests.
The equivalent academic qualifications that we accept are listed on our country pages.
How to Apply
Use our Applicant Portal to apply for your course. We have a step-by-step guide to help you.
Start dates
There are two intakes for this course each year:
- September
- January
There is no application closing date for this course.
We suggest international students apply at least two months before the course starts. This is so that you have enough time to make the necessary arrangements.
Deposit
If you live outside the UK/EU you must:
- pay a deposit of £1,500
- or submit an official letter of sponsorship
The deposit is payable after you receive an offer to study at Newcastle University. The deposit is non-refundable, but is deducted from your tuition fees when you register.
Contact
Rachel Lofthouse
Head of Teacher Learning and Development
School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 6576
Email: Rachel.Lofthouse@ncl.ac.uk