This programme is designed for people who want to gain an international perspective on education. You will be studying with a wide range of people from different countries, with diverse career aspirations, and with varied levels of experience. What you will all have in common is an interest in education, and a desire to understand its functions in different parts of the world, and as a global phenomenon.Ê

The International Studies in Education programme from theÊUniversity of Birmingham may be of interest to teachers, headteachers/principals, education administrators, and those working with non-governmental organisations and international agencies that play a role in formal and non-formal education. It will enable you to have a critical understanding of key debates surrounding education as an international issue and to make analytical comparisons between educational issues in different contexts, including your own.

Programme Aims

• You will have a critical understanding of key debates surrounding education as an international issue.

• You will make analytical comparisons between educational issues in different contexts, including your own.

Careers

The employment prospects from the International Studies in Education programmes are as diverse as the students on the course. These courses are not qualifications for a particular role, but the knowledge and skills you gain will enable you to pursue a range of career paths in education. For example, graduates from this programme have gone on to work in the education sector in the following kinds of jobs in different countries:

• education management at school levelÊ

• work in Ministries and other national and regional authoritiesÊ

• work in non-governmental organisations promoting educationÊ

• work in UN agenciesÊ

• educational researchÊ

• publishingÊ

• teaching in national or international schoolsÊ

• jobs in further or higher education institutionsÊ

• establishing private schoolsÊ

• education consultancy