Overview

About this course

The MA Children’s Literature and Literacies at Lincoln Bishop University is a vibrant, wide-ranging degree course that offers professional development and academic progression by enhancing subject and research expertise in these interdisciplinary fields of study.

Informed by current scholarship, research, and practice, it provides you an opportunity to develop in-depth and advanced knowledge and understanding of children’s literature and literacy through both wide-ranging and diverse specialist modules, culminating in an independent research project (MA dissertation) that reflects your individual ambition and aspirations, your engagement with conceptual and empirical research; and critical reflective approaches to research methods and professional situations, both practical and theoretical.

Students at Lincoln Bishop University..

will develop a broad, inclusive, critical, and contemporary understanding of literacies, including the range of digital, visual and interactive texts available to children and young people and the influence of these on their learning experiences;
will be equipped with a wider understanding of current research methodologies and critical and theorical frameworks, to sustain and further their independent research and topic interests and questions.

will be invited to join our staff at regular literary events, workshops, and presentations.

will be encouraged to participate in the research seminar series, conferences, and other public events.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Children's Literate Lives
Children's Literature: Words, Pictures, Voices
Researching Children's Literature and Literacies
Children's LIteracies: Now, New, Next
Poetics and Politics of Identity
Critiquing and Theorising Literature
Dissertation

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months
Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-22 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Literature Childhood Studies Literacy Education View 5 other Masters in Literacy Education in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Students looking to study this course will need to have obtained or be predicted to obtain an undergraduate honours degree with a minimum of lower second class honours (or equivalent).

Prospective students may be required to attend a consultation with the programme leader or a member of the academic team before commencing the course (this may be a telephone conversation if appropriate), and all are welcome to arrange a campus visit before enrolment.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

16925 GBP / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

8675 GBP / year

≈ 8675 GBP / year

Additional Details

Part-time:

National: £1,325 (per 30 credit module)

Living costs

Lincoln

United Kingdom

660 - 1140 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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