Education Doctor of (EdD)

Please rest assured we make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the programmes, services and facilities described. However, it may be necessary to make changes due to significant disruption, for example in response to Covid-19.

View our Academic experience page, which gives information about your Newcastle University study experience for the academic year 2024-25.

See our terms and conditions and student complaints information, which gives details of circumstances that may lead to changes to programmes, modules or University services.

Module information is intended to provide an example of what you will study.

Our teaching is informed by research. Course content changes periodically to reflect developments in the discipline, the requirements of external bodies and partners, and student feedback.

Full details of the modules on offer will be published through the Programme Regulations and Specifications ahead of each academic year. This usually happens in May.

To find out more please see our terms and conditions.

Optional modules availability

Some courses have optional modules. Student demand for optional modules may affect availability.

In attending seminars you will engage with staff and students from around the world.

We provide flexibility in the choice and timing of modules. There is also flexibility in the design and format of the research study and thesis. It comprises a taught element and a research element.

Module teaching is at various times. This includes Monday-Friday and some Saturdays. Email support is available from the Degree Programme Director and module leaders. You can apply for accreditation of prior learning (APL). You'll match the learning objectives of our modules with the objectives or outcomes of any previous study or experience. This includes academic or professional experience.

Depending on your modules, you'll be assessed through a combination of:

• Case study
• Computer assessment
• Essay
• Oral examination
• Poster
• Portfolio
• Report
• Reflective log
• Research proposal
• Written exercise

You'll complete an empirical research thesis. This will have a 60,000 words limit. It should address an issue of professional concern or interest.

You'll have a supervision team from ECLS. This team will support you through your research and the write-up of your thesis. Your progress is monitored through annual progress panels. For these you'll submit a piece of writing and present your research to date. When your thesis is complete, it is examined at the viva voce. This will be by two academics with relevant knowledge and expertise.

You'll have professional educational knowledge and experience on which you can draw. Most students work or volunteer in a setting. This provides the context for their understanding of educational research and a site for their research.

Our mission is to help you:

• stay healthy, positive and feeling well
• overcome any challenges you may face during your degree – academic or personal
• get the most out of your postgraduate research experience
• carry out admin and activities essential to progressing through your degree
• understand postgraduate research processes, standards and rules

We can offer you tailored wellbeing support, courses and activities.

You can also access a broad range of workshops covering:

• research and professional skills
• careers support
• wellbeing
• health and safety
• public engagement
• academic development

From 1 January 2021 there is an update to the way professional qualifications are recognised by countries outside of the UK

Check the government’s website for more information.

As a general principle, you should expect the tuition fee to increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, subject to government regulations on fee increases and in line with inflation.

Depending on your residency history, if you’re a student from the EU, other EEA or a Swiss national, with settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, you’ll normally pay the ‘Home’ tuition fee rate and may be eligible for Student Finance England support.

EU students without settled or pre-settled status will normally be charged fees at the ‘International’ rate and will not be eligible for Student Finance England support.

If you are unsure of your fee status, check out the latest guidance here.

Scholarships

We support our EU and international students by providing a generous range of Vice-Chancellor's automatic and merit-based scholarships. See our searchable postgraduate funding page for more information. 

If you are an international student or a student from the EU, EEA or Switzerland and you need a visa to study in the UK, you may have to pay a deposit.

You can check this in the How to apply section.

If you're applying for funding, always check the funding application deadline. This deadline may be earlier than the application deadline for your course.

For some funding schemes, you need to have received an offer of a place on a course before you can apply for the funding.