About us

The Faculty of Education is the most recently formed in the University.  Its roots, however, go back to the 19th Century founded as it is on a teachers’ college, one of the oldest and most established departments of adult and lifelong learning in Britain and a number of research and teaching centres, most especially Europe’s long established Scottish Centre for Research in Education (SCRE).

In keeping with the identity and ambition of a major international, and research-led University the Faculty of Education offers opportunities for those wishing to study with scholars of outstanding international reputation.

Among the key areas of faculty strength are included:

• Adult and Lifelong Learning, with a strong commitment to Community Education
• Professional Knowledge in Teachers’ Education
• Science, Technology and Informatics
• Culture, Religion and Education
• Assessment and Learning in Education including Support for Learning, and Able Pupils
• Teacher Education.
  

Our extensive and continually evolving postgraduate programmes include an innovative on-line doctorate in education as well as Masters degrees, including professionally focused qualifications in Educational Practice, and a number of named pathways in Adult Education; Support for Learning; Curriculum; English Language Teaching; Religion and Education. 

A particular strength of the Faculty is educational leadership where we offer a number of programmes including our ground-breaking Masters in Educational and Public Service Leadership taught in collaboration with the University’s Business School.  Complementing this is a programme designed particularly for those who wish to become leaders in religiously denominated schools.  We also offer a Masters in Educational Research.

As a research-led Faculty of Education we are constantly re-shaping and developing our teacher education programmes which include a Bachelor of Education; Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary); Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (Primary); MA in Philosophical and Religious Education; Bachelor of Technological Education and a Bachelor of Education (Music) taught in collaboration with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

The work of the Faculty is organised around four departments (Adult and Continuing Education; Curriculum Studies; Educational Studies; Religious Education) and a number of research and development centres (CRADALL; Centre for Science Education; Robert Clark Centre for Technological Education and SCRE).  Colleagues across the Faculty offer a wide range of research and professional consultancy as well as Continuing Professional Development.

Please enjoy browsing our website and feel free to contact any of my colleagues who will be only too happy to help.

I am sure that you will find the information useful and hope that we can welcome you on one of our many exciting undergraduate or postgraduate courses.

James C Conroy
Dean