Inclusive Education MSc, PgDip (ICL)

You will be taught through a combination of:

• workshops
• lectures
• seminars
• problem-based learning activities
• debates
• peer group learning

The Master's degree culminates in an independently researched dissertation for another 60 credits.

Compulsory courses

• Sources of Knowledge
• Conceptualising research

And one of the following:

• Collaborative Working in Children’s Services
• Education for All
• Inclusive Pedagogy
• Teachers as Agents of Change

Option courses

You will choose around four option courses (80 credits). Option courses are subject to change each year but have previously included:

• ADHD, Dyspraxia and Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties: an introduction
• Assessing pupils/students with visual impairment
• Audiology and audiometry
• Autism and Developmental Disabilities
• Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Language Disorder and Dyslexia
• Collaborative working in children's services
• Comparative approaches to inclusive and special education
• Education for all
• Foundations of international child protection
• Inclusion of children with visual impairment: policy and practice
• Inclusive Pedagogy
• Language and communication
• Multilingual Learners and Additional Support Needs
• Multilingual Learners and Specific Learning Difficulties
• Teachers as agents of change
• Placement / Inclusion (for teachers of deaf children)
• Specific learning difficulties: Dyslexia
• An option course worth up to 40 credits from within Moray House School of Education and Sport or from elsewhere in the University (at SCQF level 11), subject to approval by the Programme Director

Specialist Pathways for Teachers

Our part-time specialist pathways offer practising teachers a Postgraduate Diploma in teaching deaf, visually impaired or multilingual learners. You will meet the Scottish and English governments' mandatory qualification for teaching deaf and visually impaired children and gain greater insight into working with multilingual learners.

Courses particularly aligned to these pathways include:

• Cerebral Visual Impairment
• Issues and strategies for teaching and learning (visual impairment)
• Promoting achievement and curriculum access to deaf / multilingual learners
• Deaf Studies
• The developing multilingual learner
• Professional Placement

Find out more about compulsory and optional courses

We link to the latest information available. Please note that this may be for a previous academic year and should be considered indicative.

Graduates of the MSc Inclusive Education are equipped to:

• develop and appropriately apply knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to inclusive education and the contexts in which it takes place
• reflect critically on the relationships between theory and practice and explore issues in the implementation of educational and social principles and ideals
• engage with and where appropriate influence policy issues and the practice of professionals in relation to the delivery of inclusive education
• develop extended skills in research and enquiry, including the use of literature, reviewing evidence, gathering, organising and evaluating data, responding to evidence and providing critical comment

Suiting newly qualified teachers and experienced practitioners alike, this programme provides a qualification that can open doors to a new career in inclusive and special education or an advanced role in the field.

Many graduates continue or go on to become teachers in schools and further/higher education, taking on leadership positions in education, or specialist or peripatetic teaching posts in relation to visually impaired, deaf or multilingual learners. Some work with NGOs and third sector organisations, in policy positions in education, or go on to doctoral-level research.

It can also provide the foundations for a career in policy formation and development, as well as a broad range of highly transferable skills, such as communication and project management, which can be applied to roles in any field.

Our Masters degree is typically taken on a full-time basis. Specialist PgDiploma pathways are typically taken on a part-time intermittent basis (1-4 years). However, the following part-time, PgDiploma and PgCertificate routes are also available. Please check your eligibility prior to applying, as part-time study may not be possible for those requiring a study visa.

• MSc Inclusive Education - 2 Years (Part-time)
• MSc Inclusive Education (ICL) - 6 Years (Part-time Intermittent Study)
• PgDip Inclusive Education (Full-time)
• PgDip Inclusive Education - 2 Years (Part-time)
• PgCert Inclusive Education (ICL) - 2 Years (Part-time Intermittent Study)
• PgDip Inclusive Education (ICL) - 4 Years (Part-time Intermittent Study)
• PgDip Inclusive Education (Deaf Learners) - 1 Year
• PgDip Inclusive Education (Deaf Learners) - 2 Years (Part-time)
• PgDip Inclusive Education (Visually Impaired Learners) - 1 Year
• PgDip Inclusive Education (Visually Impaired Learners) - 2 Years (Part-time)

These entry requirements are for the 2024/25 academic year and requirements for future academic years may differ. Entry requirements for the 2025/26 academic year will be published on 1 Oct 2024.

A UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in a relevant discipline.

Students from China

This degree is Band C.

• Postgraduate entry requirements for students from China

International qualifications

Check whether your international qualifications meet our general entry requirements:

• Entry requirements by country

English language requirements

Regardless of your nationality or country of residence, you must demonstrate a level of English language competency at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies.

English language tests

We accept the following English language qualifications at the grades specified:

• IELTS Academic: total 7.0 with at least 6.5 in writing, and 6.0 in all other components.
• TOEFL-iBT (including Home Edition): total 100 with at least 23 in writing, and 20 in all other components. We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements
• C1 Advanced (CAE) / C2 Proficiency (CPE): total 185 with at least 176 in writing, and 169 in all other components.
• Trinity ISE: ISE III with passes in all four components.
• PTE Academic: total 70 with at least 62 in writing, and 59 in all other components.

Your English language qualification must be no more than three and a half years old from the start date of the programme you are applying to study, unless you are using IELTS, TOEFL, Trinity ISE or PTE, in which case it must be no more than two years old.

Degrees taught and assessed in English

We also accept an undergraduate or postgraduate degree that has been taught and assessed in English in a majority English speaking country, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration:

• UKVI list of majority English speaking countries

We also accept a degree that has been taught and assessed in English from a university on our list of approved universities in non-majority English speaking countries (non-MESC).

• Approved universities in non-MESC

If you are not a national of a majority English speaking country, then your degree must be no more than three and a half years old at the beginning of your programme of study.

Find out more about our language requirements:

• English language requirements

Moray House Country Scholarship

Moray House School of Education and Sport is pleased to offer five £10,000 scholarships to study a Master’s degree programme commencing in September 2024. These will be based on merit and available to applicants from eligible countries.

• Moray House Country Scholarship

Moray House Access Scholarship

Moray House School of Education and Sport is pleased to offer a scholarship covering tuition fees and living costs for one student. The scholarship is for UK nationals domiciled in the UK, from backgrounds or groups which are underrepresented in our School.

• Moray House Access Scholarship

GREAT scholarship: Mexico

One GREAT scholarship will be available to applicants from Mexico who apply for 2024 entry. This award is for £10,000 towards postgraduate taught (Masters) degree tuition. Further details on eligibility criteria and how to apply can be found on the GREAT scholarship website.

• GREAT scholarship 2024: Mexico

UK government postgraduate loans

If you live in the UK, you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan from one of the UK’s governments.

The type and amount of financial support you are eligible for will depend on:

• your programme
• the duration of your studies
• your tuition fee status

Programmes studied on a part-time intermittent basis are not eligible.

• UK government and other external funding

Other funding opportunities

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