Postgraduate Certificate/Postgraduate Diploma/MA
There’s more to children’s play than meets the eye and we can show you why. If you are working in or with the field of children’s play, our Play and Playwork course can help you articulate the unique nature of children’s play and its relevance to the current social policy agenda.
Our MA in Play and Playwork is an academic programme that has been developed in conjunction with employers and practitioners. The programme aims to meet the needs of professionals including playworkers, early year’s workers, educators, landscape designers, planners, environmental educators and health professionals. The programme aims to furnish students with the knowledge and confidence to influence policy and practice around children’s play and advocate for the child’s right to play.
The overall aim of the programme is to provide students with the opportunity for both work-based and desk-based active learning and research in order to develop a critical appreciation of the role of adults in supporting children’s play.
Some of our modules
- Play and Playwork Principles
- Play and Space
- Managing and Supporting Playwork Practice
- Professional Ethics
Benefits
- a course which helps develop a critical appreciation of the importance of play in the lives of children
- a course that draws upon a diverse range of academic disciplines and historical and contemporary research
- a course which helps develop a critical appreciation of contemporary issues in providing play spaces.
Career paths
- advanced practitioner
- play space designer
- managers of children's services
How will the course be assessed?
Coursework, essays, patchwork texts
Entry requirements
Applicants will need a good honours degree or show capacity to study at Masters level. You will need to have an up-to-date CRB Enhanced Disclosure (or equivalent), available through the University, and access to a play environment for some modules.
Mode of attendance
Distance learning and a small amount of intensive face-to face study
Location
Oxstalls
Enquiries and Applications
Student Recruitment Office
Waterworth Building
The Park, Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL50 4BS
Tel: 01242 714500
Fax: 01242 714827
Email: postgrad@glos.ac.uk