The Faculty of Education at the North-West University (NWU) has a brand new master’s degree on offer.
The structured master’s degree in higher education studies offers an opportunity to further the profile of individuals in teaching and learning in the higher education environment.
Prof Johan Botha, programme manager of MEd structured programmes in the School of Psycho-Social Education, says this degree was an initiative proposed by faculty management. The goal is to provide academic staff employed in the higher education sector with the opportunity to deepen scholarly knowledge and develop higher education skills within their field of expertise.
“The primary purpose of this qualification is to equip graduates with advanced knowledge, appropriate educational skills, and the disposition to function as researchers and professional higher education experts in their respective institutions,” he adds.
Furthermore, the qualification is aimed at equipping graduates with focused research skills in order to enhance the scholarship of their teaching and learning profile - regardless of the focus of each individual discipline.
“Candidates who obtain this qualification will have advanced intellectual, practical and research competencies and will be able to function within complex and challenging situations in diverse areas in higher education,” says prof Botha.
More information about the degree
This degree will have a biennial, limited intake of students and who will be subjected to a selection process.
A candidates may be considered for admission for this postgraduate degree if they have an applicable NQF level 8 or any other qualification deemed equal and suitable by the NWU Senate.
Candidates must have an average of 60% for the exit level modules of their previous qualification and must have experience as an academic employee of a higher education provider for a minimum of two years.
The minimum duration of study is two years and the language of instruction is English.
For more information, please contact Erna Greyling at 018 299 4656 or Erna.Greyling@nwu.ac.za.
