CHOOSE PART-TIME STUDY AT QUEEN’S

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

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Further Information

Visit our website for up-to-date information about course closing dates. We will only consider applications received after the closing date if there are places available on the course.

School of Education Queen’s University Belfast 20 College Green Belfast BT7 1LN Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 5941/3323 Fax: +44 (0)28 9097 1084Email: education@qub.ac.ukWeb: www.qub.ac.uk/edu

Open Day

If you want to find out more about these courses or discuss your learning options with academic staff and students, come along to our Open Day on Thursday 19 May 2011 between 12 noon and 7pm at 20 College Green, Belfast. Visit our website for details of the day’s events.

Queen’s University Belfast has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that this brochure is accurate and up-to-date when compiled, but can accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions. The University reserves the right to revise, alter or discontinue courses of study at any time without notice. It may prove necessary to vary the content or availability of some courses before or after students have been admitted.

“I decided to study at the Queen’s University School of Education because of its established reputation for providing professionally-oriented postgraduate courses in Northern Ireland. The course was well organised and the tutors incredibly supportive. Being a postgraduate student at Queen’s was the most rewarding and inspiring experience of my life.”

Anastasios, MSc Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

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CHOOSE PART-TIME STUDY AT QUEEN’S

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

The School of Education at Queen’s As you will discover we have an astonishing range of courses on offer, all stamped with the Queen’s guarantee of excellence. With over a hundred years experience of offering part-time provision no-one understands better than us the pressures on those trying to juggle the demands of busy lives with study requirements. Over that period we are proud to have helped many thousands achieve their educational goals, develop their careers and enrich their lives. Today, we’d like to extend those opportunities to you. The choice has never been richer; no matter which course you pick, we can assure you of a very warm welcome.

Why study part-time at Queen’s? What better way to meet the challenge of these difficult economic times than to grasp the initiative and upgrade your skills base, opening the door to a wide range of new opportunities and broadening your career options?

Whether you’re thinking of a new career or are looking to enhance your chances of promotion, studying part-time is the ideal solution. Cost effective and flexible, it can accommodate the busiest of lifestyles as we ensure you work at the pace that suits you, not us, whether you’re going for a first degree or an accredited vocational qualification.

Queen’s students can be confident the best academics and practitioners are teaching them. Independent assessments of teaching standards at Queen’s confirm its place in the top rank of UK universities. The University offers both first-class academic resources like the McClay Library and an extensive range of support services and facilities to underpin a fulfilling student experience.

EducationQueen’s global reputation for providing challenging and rewarding courses for teachers and education-related professionals has been earned over many years of achievement. Shaped by the demands of thousands of successful students, our courses are renowned for career enhancement, intellectual challenge and personal development.

You may choose from:

Undergraduate (1 year part-time)

• ProfessionalDevelopment:InclusiveEducation(online)• TeachingandManagementofLiteracyandEssential Skills• TeachingandManagementofAdultNumeracy

Masters (1-5 years part-time; 1 year full-time)

• ApplyingPsychologytoEducation• AutisticSpectrumDisorders• CollaborativeLeadershipforSchools• DiversityandInclusioninEducation• EducationalStudies• E-Learning• InclusionandSpecialNeedsEducation• LeadershipandManagementinEducation• PrinciplesandPracticesofTeaching• TeachingEnglishtoSpeakersofOtherLanguages (TESOL)

Doctoral Research Degrees (4 years part-time; 3 years full-time)

• EdD• PhD

We also offer a one year full-time Initial Teacher Education(PGCE)programme.

Business and ManagementWhether you’re in the private sector, the voluntary sector or public service and you’re looking to get ahead, you’ll find our wide range of Business and Management courses are specifically designed to meet your needs. Delivered by academics and practitioners with extensive experience in the field, the practically based courses enable you to take the latest knowledge and skills back to the workplace and boost your career prospects.

You may choose from:

Undergraduate (1 year part-time)

• CoachingandMentoring• HumanResourcePractice• ManagementStudies• Marketing,AdvertisingandPublicRelations

Masters (1-3 years part-time)

• HumanResourceManagement(CIPDaccredited)• Marketing• OrganisationandManagement• Work-BasedLearning(OccupationalSafety&Health) (IOSHaccredited)

Part-Time BA DegreeWhatever your age, however demanding your personal and working life, you can substantially develop your career potential and enrich your life with our cost-effectiveandflexibleundergraduateBA(Hons)inManagement and Business Studies (5 years part-time).

Flexible Options

Keep your options open by studying towards a degree in smaller chunks of learning. Complete one or more of our one-year part-time undergraduate Business and Management courses and transfer directly to the part-time BA degree.

CounsellingWhether you want to retrain with a British Association forCounsellingandPsycotherapy(BACP)professionallyaccredited Counselling qualification or would like to use counselling skills in your present job, our Counselling courses are invaluable.

You may choose from:

Undergraduate (1 year part-time)

• Person-CentredCounselling(BACPaccredited)

Masters (1-3 years part-time)

• CounsellingPractice(BACPaccredited)

Social and Community Development At postgraduate level, the Masters in Social and Community Development offers you a valuable forum for scholarship and professional development in social policy. The Masters in Work-Based Learning (Mediation Studies), designed for experienced mediators, develops critical reflective practice and enhances capacity in the area of mediation, community cohesion and peace building.

You may choose from:

Masters (1-3 years part-time)

• SocialandCommunityDevelopment• Work-BasedLearning(MediationStudies)

Short CoursesA range of short courses is also available through the ShortCourseTrainingandDevelopmentProgrammeandtheOpenLearningProgramme.Theseprovidetheopportunity to learn and train for career development or for personal interest. Some examples from the wide range of subjects are:

OpenLearningProgramme

• Computing• Counselling• CreativeWriting• Education• HistoryandPolitics• Languages• Literature• Music• PersonalDevelopment• Science• VisualArts

ShortCourseTrainingandDevelopmentProgramme

• BusinessandOrganisation• CommunicationandDevelopment• ManagementandLeadership• QualityManagement