Postgraduate distance learning courses

Applied Professional Studies in Education MA

• September 2023 start
• 1 year Part-time Distance learning

This distance learning course builds on your PGDE learning and enhances your skills in order to conduct a masters-level dissertation study in your own professional context.

Education, Teaching and Learning MA

• September 2023 start
• 3 years Part-time Online learning

This online, flexible course complements our iPGCE. It's for practising teachers, classroom assistants, heads of department, and managers wanting to deepen their professional practice through reading and practitioner research.

International Postgraduate Certificate in Education (iPGCE) iPGCE

• September 2023 start
• 1 year Part-time Online learning

Enhance your professional performance by developing a deeper understanding of planning, teaching and assessment strategies, new technologies and links between practice, theory and research.

English Studies (online) MA

• September 2023 start
• 2 years Distance learning Online learning

Taught entirely online, our MA in English Studies allows you to develop your knowledge of literature and literary linguistics from wherever you are in the world.

• Funding available

Acquired Communication Disorders MSc PG Certificate PG Diploma

• September 2023 start
• 1 year 2 years 3 years Full-time Part-time Distance learning

This MSc develops your knowledge of the most up-to-date approaches and theoretical and clinical issues in the field of acquired communication disorders.

Cost Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment PG Certificate

• September 2023 start
• 2 years Part-time Distance learning Online learning

Develop the technical skills to undertake cost-effectiveness modelling which are in high demand within the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.

Health and Clinical Research Delivery MSc PG Certificate PG Diploma

• September 2023 start
• 2 years Part-time Distance learning

This innovative postgraduate course has been created for experienced healthcare practitioners, clinicians and professionals in related fields who are looking to advance their research careers. The flexible online programme allows you to fit your studies around work and other commitments. It is designed so you can gain the skills and knowledge to confidently deliver and lead this research in your own field.

International Health Technology Assessment and Reimbursement (Online) MSc PG Certificate PG Diploma

• September 2023 start
• 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years Part-time Distance learning Online learning

Build your understanding of health technology assessment with the only online course offering the full range of skills needed by those developing health technologies for market.

Neuroscience and Neurodegeneration MSc

• September 2023 start
• 3 years Part-time Distance learning Online learning

Learn about the clinical features, underlying causes and development of new treatments for neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease from experts at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN). This is a part-time distance-learning course designed for those in employment.

Public Health (Online) MPH PG Certificate

• September 2023 start
• 2 years Part-time Distance learning Online learning
• Accredited

Develop your research, evaluation and analytical skills relevant to understanding the social determinants of health.

Vision and Strabismus MMedSci PG Certificate PG Diploma

• September 2023 start
• 2 years 3 years Part-time Distance learning

This part-time distance learning course is for practising orthoptists and other eye care professionals who want to study for a higher degree without having to leave their current post.

Statistics MSc

• September 2023 start
• 1 year 2 years 3 years Full-time Part-time Distance learning Online learning
• Accredited

Build up a set of statistical tools and techniques that you can use to solve problems in a range of industries. You'll develop the skills and knowledge a professional statistician needs.

• Funding available

Statistics with Financial Mathematics MSc

• September 2023 start
• 1 year 2 years 3 years Full-time Part-time Distance learning
• Accredited

Complete your statistics training while studying the mathematical concepts, models and tools of the finance industry.

• Funding available

Music Psychology in Education, Performance and Wellbeing (Distance Learning) MA

• August 2023 start
• 2 years Part-time Distance learning Online learning

Learn about psychological research on musical experiences on this distance-learning course, including learning, teaching, practicing, performing, listening and using music to enhance well-being.

• Funding available

Transcultural and Traditional Music Studies MA

• August 2023 start
• 2 years Part-time Distance learning Online learning

This course is intended for musicians, educators and other enthusiasts who want to know more about traditional and world musics and about ways of studying and understanding music in its social and cultural context.

• Funding available

Acquired Communication Disorders MSc PG Certificate PG Diploma

• September 2023 start
• 1 year 2 years 3 years Full-time Part-time Distance learning

This MSc develops your knowledge of the most up-to-date approaches and theoretical and clinical issues in the field of acquired communication disorders.

Language and Communication Impairment in Children MSc PG Certificate PG Diploma

• September 2023 start
• 1 year 2 years 3 years Part-time Distance learning

This online course will develop your understanding of speech, language and communication, and build on your existing skills.

Speech Difficulties MSc PG Certificate PG Diploma

• September 2023 start
• 1 year 2 years 3 years Full-time Part-time Distance learning

This MSc develops your knowledge of the most up-to-date approaches and theoretical and clinical issues in the field of developmental speech and literacy difficulties.

Library and Information Services Management (Distance Learning) MA PG Certificate PG Diploma

• September 2023 start
• 2 years 3 years Part-time Distance learning
• Accredited

Gain understanding, knowledge and practical insights so your career as a library and information professional can flourish. The MA and PG Diploma awards are CILIP accredited.