Master of Arts - Music Education (Professional Placement)

Those who already work as a music educator, or seek to become one, this course will develop and enhance their skills as both a practitioner and researcher. Students will have the opportunity to study major issues in international music education and the UK system of music education, research and practices.

Students will develop and implement a teaching and learning project within an educational setting and the Kingston community. Students' research project will take the form of a dissertation. Students will receive guidance from a specialist tutor and be taught research, project planning and development skills.

Students will be engaged with London schools and community music settings. Students may enhance their performance skills by participating in a University musical ensemble or form their own. Facilities include recording studios, rehearsal rooms, a synthesis/sampling lab and the analogue/digital hybrid Visconti Studio, which has a 300m² live room and rare and vintage recording equipment.

Kingston University allow students to do a 12-month work placement as part of their course. The responsibility for finding the work placement is with the student; the University cannot guarantee the work placement, just the opportunity to undertake it. As the work placement is an assessed part of the course, it is covered by a student's Student Route visa.

Students will graduate prepared for a career in music education, and for progression to a management role. This course is also excellent preparation for further study, such as PhD programmes. Recent graduate destinations for this course include a wide range of educational settings in the UK and around the globe as well as in further teacher education programmes including PhD study and PGCE. The high level of research and transferable skills that students acquire during their studies also makes careers in the wider commercial and business environments available to them.