Program Overview

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Health and Wellbeing Education, MEd, PgCert or PgDip

Introduction

Expand your knowledge and skills to reinforce and promote health, guidance, care, and well-being of children, young people, and adults in education. Explore inclusive pastoral practices that support students and staff in your workplace. You must work with or have practical experience helping children, young people, and adults within an educational workplace setting or other appropriate agency.

Study Information

Study Options

• Learning Mode: Online Learning
• Degree Qualification: MEd, PgCert or PgDip
• Duration: 12 months, 24 months or 36 months
• Study Mode: Part Time
• Start Month: September or January

The programme puts health and well-being at the heart of educational leadership and development, offering applied practice and specialist knowledge to extend your skills into health and well-being, guidance, care, and support. You can build your practice and understanding to offer pastoral communication and support to individuals in their professional learning.

We aim to foster your professional development and role to support the needs of children, young people, and adults across different educational settings. You form skills to self-reflect and self-evaluate health and well-being policies to influence positive practices within your workplace.

We deliver an interactive, online learning environment designed by qualified tutors, offering flexibility to fit study into your life and access course materials no matter your location. Our courses explore how educational settings can be trauma-informed and meet the needs of children, young people, and adults. You also gain insights into health and well-being practices within education systems while appreciating varied perspectives shared within our vibrant online community.

Our diverse programme provides excellent preparation to become principal teachers of health and well-being or enter roles in guidance and support, pastoral care, and other management positions within educational settings.

Programme Fees

Programme Fees

Fee category	Cost
EU / International students	£2,535
UK	£870

Stage 1

Compulsory Courses

• ED554U ‘Trauma-Informed Practice in Educational Settings’ course (30 Credits)

Optional Courses

• Select ONE course from the following options:
  • ED50C2 Supportive Relationships in Schools (30 credits)
  • ED501W Leading on Health and Wellbeing (30 credits)

Stage 2

Compulsory Courses

• Research Methods for Professional Learning (ED555S)

Optional Courses

• Select ONE course from the following options:
  • ED50C2 Supportive Relationships in Schools (30 credits)
  • ED501W Leading on Health and Wellbeing (30 credits)

Stage 3

Compulsory Courses

• ED506A Masters Dissertation/Project (60 credit points)

Available Programmes of Study

• MEd
• PgDip
• PgCert

MEd

Health and Wellbeing Education

• Qualification: MEd
• Duration: 36 months
• Learning Mode: Online Learning
• Study Mode: Part Time
• Start Month: September or January

PgDip

Health and Wellbeing Education

• Qualification: PgDip
• Duration: 24 months
• Learning Mode: Online Learning
• Study Mode: Part Time
• Start Month: September

PgCert

Health and Wellbeing Education

• Qualification: PgCert
• Duration: 12 months
• Learning Mode: Online Learning
• Study Mode: Part Time
• Start Month: September or January

Fee Information

Scholarships

All eligible self-funded international Postgraduate Masters students starting in September 2025 will receive an £8,000 scholarship.

Related Programmes

You may also be interested in the following related postgraduate degree programmes:

• Autism & Learning
• Early Years
• Inclusive Practice
• Leadership in Professional Contexts
• Person-Centred Counselling
• Professional Education
• Studies in Mindfulness

How You'll Study

You study with highly-qualified tutors using the MyAberdeen Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) therefore, good working knowledge of ICT and communication using webcam facilities is required to engage with the online learning platform.

Our study routes

You can choose to study for:

• Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) – 60 credits – 12 months
• Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) – 120 credits – 24 months
• Master of Science Degree (MSc) – 180 credits – 36 months

Learning Methods

• E-learning
• Individual Projects
• Lectures
• Research
• Tutorials

Assessment Methods

You engage in a range of assessments to support your personal growth and professional development. Across our courses, you may undertake tutor, peer, or self-assessments. You have assessments in many formative and summative ways throughout the course.

Why Study Health and Wellbeing Education?

• We are one of the few universities offering a similar programme.
• You are taught online with remote access to course materials and study anywhere in the world.
• Collaborate within a dynamic international student community.
• Acquire specialist knowledge from experts in the field.
• Gain practical experience to extend your practice and progress into roles related to health and well-being, guidance, pupil support and pastoral care within educational work settings.

Entry Requirements

You must work with or have practical experience supporting children, young people, and adults within an educational workplace setting or other appropriate agency to enable collaborative discussion across the modules offered.

Qualifications

• The information below is provided as a guide only and does not guarantee entry to the University of Aberdeen.
• Entry requirements for this programme as with other PGT programmes is an honours degree at 2:2 or above from a recognised university or body.
• In exceptional circumstances applicants without this qualification may be admitted at the discretion of the Programme Director subject to having an alternative qualification, or an approved level of experience, appropriate to the field of study.

English Language Requirements

To study for a Postgraduate Taught degree at the University of Aberdeen it is essential that you can speak, understand, read, and write English fluently. The minimum requirements for this degree are as follows:

• IELTS Academic: OVERALL - 6.5 with: Listening - 5.5; Reading - 6.0; Speaking - 5.5; Writing - 6.0
• TOEFL iBT: OVERALL - 90 with: Listening - 17; Reading - 21; Speaking - 20; Writing - 21
• PTE Academic: OVERALL - 62 with: Listening - 59; Reading - 59; Speaking - 59; Writing - 59
• Cambridge English B2 First, C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency: OVERALL - 176 with: Listening - 162; Reading - 169; Speaking - 162; Writing - 169

Careers

You develop different transferable and practical skills to progress your promotional aspirations. Our programme provides excellent preparation to enter a range of careers within different educational settings. These roles include and are not limited to:

Career Opportunities

• Community Education Officer
• Depute Head Teacher
• Education Welfare Officer
• Faculty Head
• Guidance Teacher
• Head Teacher
• Health and Wellbeing Lead
• Learning Mentor
• Pastoral Lead
• Youth Support Worker

Accreditation

This part-time, online programme is accredited by the University of Aberdeen and participants are drawn from full time teachers, mainly from the secondary educational sector, although it is open to primary and FE colleagues to join us. In addition, this programme is open to professionals in Health, Social Work and Community Education.

Our Experts

Programme Coordinator

• Stephanie Elizabeth Margaret O'Reilly

Facilities

Educational inclusion and well-being are at the heart of much of the research carried out in the School of Education. Staff research interests range from studies of the practice and teaching of mindfulness to exploring inclusive approaches to learning and teaching in the classroom.

MyAberdeen Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)

You learn online using MyAberdeen VLE, accessible on computers and mobile devices. You can find your learning materials, resources and notifications associated with your courses on the platform.

The Bounds

Our counselling and research centre, The Bounds, aims to respectfully promote the practice and study of relating to others, self, and the world around us.

Centre for Global Development

The Centre for Global Development seeks to develop collaborative teaching and research that fosters equity, health and wellbeing, social justice, and sustainable futures for all learners in education.