Upgrade your skills in educational practice with the post-graduate UNE Master of Education (Coursework). In addition to a flexible program pathway with a wide range of curriculum options, you can build your expertise with one of four specialisations. Deepen your knowledge in a range of educational disciplines and engage your students with contemporary practice and theory.

Why study the Master of Education (Coursework) with UNE?

UNE has a proud history of providing high-quality learning for teachers and those with a professional involvement in education. This degree gives you the advanced knowledge and skills to enhance your expertise in professional practice, scholarship, leadership and research. You will make an impactful contribution to your chosen path in the education profession and future fit your career for life.

What makes our course different?

Through this course, you will:

• Build advanced knowledge and skills to enhance your career in almost any educational setting – whether you’re working as a teacher or School Leader, in the public service, or any other education-related industry.
• Choose from a wide range of electives that align to your unique professional goals and your students’ needs.
• Specialise in Digital Learning, Indigenous Australian Education, Special Education and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
• Fit your study around your work and other commitments. The course, with its focus on the needs of busy professionals, is available in full and part time mode using a variety of online learning technologies and offers an admission pathway and program of study designed specifically for School Leaders.
• Benefit from a nested program of Graduate Certificates that provide optional exit points, should you wish to exit or pause your study.
• Enhance your critical thinking, problem-solving, emotional intelligence and communication skills to gain a competitive advantage in any education setting.
• Be part of a vibrant academic, research-led community, all aiming to achieve a high standard of excellence in research and learning.

By choosing UNE, you are choosing an industry leader in the provision of online lifelong learning for aspiring and qualified professionals in the education field. In fact, year after year, students award us 5-star ratings in The Good Universities Guide for Overall Experience and Student Support.

Study online

Most of our students choose to study online across three study periods with 24/7 tutor support* and fit study around work and family commitments. Uniquely, our online students are mostly over 30 and bring valuable experience with them. They form a community of adults juggling the same challenges and priorities and who bring their life and work experience together at UNE in order to become future-fit and better respond to a rapidly changing world.

Study on campus

Many of our students choose to take advantage of the on-campus lifestyle in Armidale, in the beautiful New England region, with access to unparalleled support, accommodation and sporting facilities. These students are often starting their first degree and have left school recently. Through access to academic and career support they get a fantastic start to their careers.

24/7 tutor support includes: essay feedback (within 24 hours); live chat 24/7 for generic feedback on academic writing; and subject-specific help at a foundation or first-year level for subjects including mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, business, accounting, microeconomics, macroeconomics and statistics. There are also a wide range of workshops, resources and courses available in academic skills support to assist you and help you to succeed.