{"id":7104,"date":"2026-02-19T13:53:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newman.ac.uk\/courses\/?page_id=7104"},"modified":"2026-05-20T12:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:05:10","slug":"ma-education-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newman.ac.uk\/courses\/ma-education-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"MA Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"margin-top:0;min-height:500px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-blue-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/newman.ac.uk\/courses\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/Education-students-2-scaled.webp\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"Education students in class talking at table with laptop\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"46% 0%\" style=\"object-position:46% 0%;\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:40px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:100px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-blue-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-b7bffe56 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-title\">MA Education<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-5-font-size\">Birmingham Newman\u2019s MA Education is designed for educational practitioners, policy makers and for those beginning their journey in educational research and evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme has two distinct routes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-5-font-size\">Part-time | Online route | Studied in the evenings | Over 2 to 3 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-5-font-size\">Full-time | On-campus route | Studied in the day time | Over 1 year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sky-blue-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained 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