Literacy and Education MA 12 months Postgraduate Programme By UCL |TopUniversities
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Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

35,400 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

26 Jun, 2026Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This course will provide students with an opportunity to study literacy as a broad and diverse social phenomenon, defined, understood and researched in multiple and shifting ways. It will encourage students to engage with key concepts in the study of literacy as a social practice, while also learning about a variety of theoretical approaches. It explores literacy use and learning, life-long (that is, of adults of all ages as well as children) and life-wide (across a range of life domains and cultural contexts). 

Students will be enabled to explore how the changing world within which we live has shaped literacy events and practices, as well as the ways in which literacy is viewed, valued and conceptualized. The course also demonstrates how constructions of power and value are embedded in different literacy practices, by drawing attention to the impact of factors such as gender, home-school discourse and literacy policy. It explores the relationship between text, identity and voice and the implications for the identity and voice of those engaging with text in different settings. Students will look at whether text appropriately represents all identities and voices and consider the ways in which identity and voice is embedded within particular texts.

This course includes a module on research methods in literacy research which introduces students to a variety of approaches to research in literacy, exploring the relationship between literacy theory and literacy research methodologies. Students will have opportunities to develop an enquiring, reflective and critical reading and writing style, to evaluate existing literacy research and develop research skills. Having engaged with a range of different theoretical approaches in the study of literacy, this course gives students an opportunity to conduct a small-scale study of their own into an aspect of literacy that is relevant to the student.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Education and Training

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

This course will provide students with an opportunity to study literacy as a broad and diverse social phenomenon, defined, understood and researched in multiple and shifting ways. It will encourage students to engage with key concepts in the study of literacy as a social practice, while also learning about a variety of theoretical approaches. It explores literacy use and learning, life-long (that is, of adults of all ages as well as children) and life-wide (across a range of life domains and cultural contexts). 

Students will be enabled to explore how the changing world within which we live has shaped literacy events and practices, as well as the ways in which literacy is viewed, valued and conceptualized. The course also demonstrates how constructions of power and value are embedded in different literacy practices, by drawing attention to the impact of factors such as gender, home-school discourse and literacy policy. It explores the relationship between text, identity and voice and the implications for the identity and voice of those engaging with text in different settings. Students will look at whether text appropriately represents all identities and voices and consider the ways in which identity and voice is embedded within particular texts.

This course includes a module on research methods in literacy research which introduces students to a variety of approaches to research in literacy, exploring the relationship between literacy theory and literacy research methodologies. Students will have opportunities to develop an enquiring, reflective and critical reading and writing style, to evaluate existing literacy research and develop research skills. Having engaged with a range of different theoretical approaches in the study of literacy, this course gives students an opportunity to conduct a small-scale study of their own into an aspect of literacy that is relevant to the student.

Admission Requirements

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A minimum of a lower second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or equivalent overseas qualification is required. First degrees should be in a relevant subject such as English, literature and/or language, a second language or education.

26 Jun 2026
1 Year
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
14,200 GBP
International
35,400 GBP

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