MarjonUniversity Cornwall is based in Truro at the Old Cathedral School. We offer postgraduate programmes, short courses, postgraduate research opportunities, and research support services. We believe that education can transform lives and access to high-quality university-accredited CPDL for educational professionals supports this transformation.
The facilities and resources at MarjonUniversity Cornwall are designed to ensure that all students will engage in a higher education and collaborative professional learning experience.
All taught sessions will take place at times that support working educational professionals in being able to attend. We offer a range of taught postgraduate programmes and in-school support, and opportunities for schools, colleges, and organisations looking for staff coaching and mentoring development, to request bespoke CPDL that supports their improvement and development plans.
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MarjonUniversity Cornwall offers the following programmes, which can be applied for via our postgraduate portal (just click on MA Education Part-Time Truro in ‘Start Your Application’):
Study in either Plymouth or Truro for this Master's degree. Research your area of interest within education and apply your findings to benefit your organisation, and enhance your career progression.
Find out moreReflect on your own practice as an educator. You'll study and research educational leadership as you chart your course to senior leadership. This flexible Master's fits alongside working in education.
Find out moreUnderstand how disability discrimination manifests in educational contexts, and what you can do to change it.
MA Education - DisabilityPostgraduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring. Explore the principles of coaching and mentoring and apply them to a diverse range of professional settings.
PG Cert in Coaching and MentoringMA Education - Coaching, Mentoring and Leadership. Improve your professional practice to progress your career as an educator, trainer, mentor, or leader.
Mentoring and Leadership
We also offer opportunities for schools, MATs, colleges, and other educational organisations to request specific CPDL short courses that we can design to support improvement and development plans. These short courses can be designed at Master’s level (and used by participants to contribute towards a Master’s degree in the future) or as non-accredited university-certificated training. Please contact Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope at cornwall@marjon.ac.uk for a discussion about your CPDL needs and how we can help.
Short courses we have developed on request include:
Areas that you may want Master’s level CPDL for your staff, and that we can develop with you, include:
Our aim is to provide opportunities that enhance the Continuing Professional Development and Learning (CPDL) of educators in Cornwall and support further engagement with educational research in the county. Here you can:
MarjonUniversity Cornwall can support PhD students living in Cornwall who have been successful in their application to research an area of education. Please make a note in your initial enquiry form (RD1a) that you would like to be supported in Truro. Applications can be started by submitting the PhD enquiry form.
Academics at MarjonUniversity Cornwall have the expertise and experience to develop and deliver education evaluations, projects, and research. If you are looking for a partner in these areas to support a proposal to organisations such as the Education Endowment Foundation, Nuffield Foundation, Teacher Development Fund, Department for Education tenders (previously we have undertaken evaluations of School Strategic Improvement Fund projects), Erasmus plus, and more, please contact the Provost, Professor Tanya Ovenden-Hope, for a discussion at cornwall@marjon.ac.uk.
MarjonUniversity Cornwall is constantly looking at ways to support academic opportunities for professional learning, not only for education, but also other professions in the county. Please let us know if there is an area of professional development in Cornwall that you feel we could support.
MarjonUniversity Cornwall is a preferred partner of the Cornwall Association of Primary Heads (CAPH), giving all members a discount on fees and services. Please see the for more information. MarjonUniversity Cornwall is also a member of the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce.
“The MA Education presented a challenge, but I needn't have been nervous, as throughout it has been delivered in a supportive manner. I had opportunities to contribute to journals and media articles, something I never thought I would achieve. It has been an experience which I would highly recommend.”
Teacher at Newquay Tretherras Secondary School
“I wanted to deepen my knowledge and understanding alongside developing an area of school improvement. The support from the tutors, the materials and the taught modules were challenging but enjoyable on the MA Education Leadership course. The school has benefitted from my work.”
Headteacher at Charlestown Primary School
“My dissertation was linked to my role as Pupil Premium Lead, focusing on raising the success of children from disadvantaged backgrounds. The pandemic had a huge impact and influenced my decision to stay on to do a PhD, researching the impact of Covid-19 on children from disadvantaged backgrounds.”
Teacher at St Columb Minor School, Newquay
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