Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies (PDES)
After study at PCPS level, participants can apply to continue their studies into the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies (PDES). Progression opportunities enable participants to move:
- either into modules providing opportunities for accreditation (subject to the submission of written work achieving passes against the relevant criteria) at either PDES or Masters levels;
- or into completion routes that retain the practice-focused and professionally relevant characteristics of the Postgraduate Diploma by involving further study at PCPS level and the completion of an PCER.
The study requirements of the PDES are as follows:
Masters/Postgraduate Diploma route
The Masters/Postgraduate Diploma route involves:
- completion of 60 hours and 4,000 words of study assessed at PCPS level;
- interview and registration for the completion of a Masters degree;
- completion of two Year 1 Masters modules, each with 6,000 words of written work assessed at either Postgraduate Diploma or Masters levels.
Participants whose Year 1 Masters module work is successfully assessed against Faculty MEd/MPhil criteria can choose either to proceed into Year 2 of the Masters and the thesis or to accept a Postgraduate Diploma. Participants whose Year 1 Masters module work is assessed at Postgraduate Diploma level will have completed the requirements for the Postgraduate Diploma but will not, at this stage, be entitled to proceed into Year 2 of the Masters.
Postgraduate Diploma only route:
The Postgraduate Diploma only route involves:
- completion of 60 hours and 4,000 words of study assessed at PCPS level;
- interview and registration for the completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies;
- completion of a Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Research (PCER) with the submission of a report of 10,000 to 12,000 words assessed at Postgraduate Diploma level.
The study completed after registration for the Postgraduate Diploma in this route is commensurate with the Diploma/Masters route in terms of hours of study and quantity of written work. This route emphasises the value of the Postgraduate Diploma as a practice-focused and professionally-relevant qualification completed through independent workplace-based enquiry and will enable some participants to follow a more finely graded pathway to study at higher levels.
Please contact the PPD Office for an application form and send it to:
The PPD Office,
Faculty of Education,
184 Hills Road,
Cambridge
CB2 8PQ
Phone: 01223 767732 Fax: +44 1223 767602
E-mail: ppd@educ.cam.ac.uk