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Continuing professional development (CPD)

Discover our CPD opportunities:

Educational studies at Glasgow brings together national and international expertise in all aspects of learning, from pre-5 to adult continuing education.

Our areas of specialist knowledge include:

  • educational leadership and management
  • science, engineering and technology education
  • teacher education and professional learning; and
  • citizenship and values education.

We also have leading expertise in:

  • adult education
  • community development
  • early childhood education
  • gender and ethnicity
  • transformational change; and 
  • policy studies in education.

Our extensive links with schools, local authorities and the Scottish Executive mean that if you choose to study with us, you can benefit from degree programmes that are based on the most up-to-date research, helping you to further your career. 

Subject league tables

Times Good university guide
6th in UK

Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide [Education]

Complete University Guide
7th in UK

Complete University Guide [Education]

guardian newspaper
UK top 15

Guardian University Guide [Education]

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World top 100

QS World University Rankings [Education & Training]

Times Higher Education
World top 100

Times Higher Education World University Rankings [Education Studies]

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World-changing research

Researchers at the University of Glasgow focus on addressing poverty-related educational inequality through the School Improvement Partnership Programme.