The first year of the programme introduces participants to master's level work and consists of three modules. Participants will develop an overview of classroom work and management in the context of special educational needs (SEN) and will gain an appreciation of the need for a coherent and cohesive whole school approach to SEN.

Watch a video on the postgraduate diploma for year one:

Learning and teaching strategies

Participants will be involved in some or all of the following activities:

  • lectures
  • presentations and seminars
  • workshop-based activities
  • software-based tutorials
  • web-based research
  • conferencing and face-to-face tutorials.

Details on the aims and learning outcomes, student learning hours, assessment criteria as well as the learning resources are provided on the specific module pages:

  • Module one: Orientation and perspectives on special educational needs and inclusive practice
  • Module two: Learning and teaching in inclusive classrooms
  • Module three: Whole school development: enabling effective inclusion.