Special and Inclusive Education (Specific Learning Difficulties) MA

At the heart of this course is a belief that literacy is a gateway to opportunity, yet for many learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs), this gateway can feel frustratingly inaccessible. In this course, you will engage with cutting-edge research and evidence-informed practice to better understand the needs of neurodiverse learners, and how to empower them through inclusive, responsive teaching. Input from a wide range of academic and professional experts ensures the programme remains relevant to real-world educational settings. This specialist course within the Master's in Special and Inclusive Education offers a rigorous academic and practice-based exploration of Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs), with a particular focus on dyslexia and literacy difficulties. Whether you are new to the field or seeking to deepen your existing expertise, the programme provides a comprehensive and critical grounding in the theory, research, and practice of inclusive education. The course equips you with a broad range of academic, professional, and transferable skills from critical analysis and research literacy to specialist teaching techniques and inclusive curriculum design laying the foundation for a meaningful and impactful career in the field of special and inclusive education. This programme would appeal to those working within education, both in the UK and within international settings (e.g., teachers, teaching assistants) who have an interest in working with children, young people or adults with special educational needs and disabilities. We particularly welcome those with personal experience of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), e.g., family members, individuals with disabilities, including dyslexia. This programme is also available on a modular (flexible) basis, with a duration of 5 calendar years.

A minimum of a lower second-class Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Applicants will also normally have some related professional experience.