National MA (Masters) in Education (Wales) Additional Learning Needs (ALN)

The National MA Education (Wales): Additional Learning Needs is a truly transformative and sector leading programme for educational professionals in Wales, from early career teachers to senior leaders with an interest in Additional Learning Needs.

The educational landscape in Wales is changing rapidly. Teaching not only requires the mastery of a complex set of skills to guide, motivate, and facilitate student learning, but also the ability to enquire into professional practice in order to improve it.

The National MA Education (Wales): Additional Learning Needs programme – which has been collaboratively developed by seven universities in Wales, through direct engagement with a variety of key stakeholders including Welsh Government – will ensure that all education professionals in Wales have the same high-quality opportunity to enhance their professional knowledge, engage with research, and to improve their professional practice in the area of Additional Learning Needs.

Students will choose two from three specialist Modules, and will also take modules in

  • Advanced Research and Enquiry Skills
  • Dissertation (ALN)

Specialist modules:

  • Inclusive Classroom Practice
  • Leadership and Management of ALN
  • Additional Learning Needs – Excellence in Practice

Assessments are all coursework assignments and will be submitted at the end of each module. Wherever possible, assignments have been designed to complement the working contexts and schedules of full-time teachers.