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Postgraduate Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties and Inclusion
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Postgraduate Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties and Inclusion
Key Facts
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Level
PostgraduatePG PGDip
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Duration
2 years part time
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Starting
January
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Year 1: £2,760 (60 credits)
Year 2: £2,760 (60 credits) -
Waterside
Updated 28/03/2025
Updated 28/03/2025
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UK STUDENTS ENQUIRIES
Overview
Please note this course has closed recruitment for 2025.
This programme replaces the OCR Level 5 and 7 qualifications which have been discontinued by OCR.
The Postgraduate Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties and Inclusion will provide you with the skills to become a specialist teacher in literacy and understand the underlying difficulties that individuals with dyslexia experience. It will help you to understand and qualify you to provide detailed assessments for access arrangements or the disabled student allowance.
Our Postgraduate Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties and Inclusion is approved by SASC (SpLD Assessment Standards Committee). Students with this qualification can apply for an Assessment Practising Certificate which enables you to carry out diagnostic assessments for dyslexia.
Highlights
- Approved by SASC for Assessment Practising Certificate applications
- Highly experienced and supportive teaching team
- Opportunity to develop practical professional skills in a working context
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The big and spacious modern Senate building has various types of learning spaces, teaching rooms, our Bloomberg suite, Morley Room lecture hall, and cafes.
Waterside campus has everything students needs from: Learning Hub featuring 24/7 library, Creative Hub, on-site shop, restaurant, cafes and food outlets, multi-faith chaplaincy, student village hall, Students' Union and more. With only a short walk over the bridge into the town centre.
The Learning Hub and Student Information Desk would be a student's first point of call when needing support.
Entry Requirements
You should possess:
- Two years of recent and relevant professional experience in an educational setting
and
- QTS or equivalent
or
- Good honours Degree (2:1 or above) of a UK University or from a recognised University other than in the UK
or
- Applicants working in children’s services without QTS with an ordinary degree in Early Years Teacher Status or QTLS will be considered
Course Content
Fees and Funding
2025/26 Tuition Fees
Fees quoted relate to study in the Academic Year 25/26 only and may be subject to inflationary increases in future years.
- Year 1 (60 credits) £2,830
- Year 2 (60 credits) £2,830*
*fee may be subject to an inflationary increase in 26/27
For more information about possible funding options, please visit our Fees and Funding pages.
Staff
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Careers and Employability
The course will enhance your skills and knowledge working within any type of setting and enable you to lead good practice in literacy teaching.
In addition, the qualification could lead to, work within disability support services in Further or Higher Education, as a specialist teacher and assessor in a Local Authority, as an assessor for access arrangements in schools or for Disabled Student Allowance assessments in HE, or to work as a private tutor or assessor.
Top-Up
On completion of the Postgraduate Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties and Inclusion, you will be able to undertake the Special Educational Needs & Inclusion Research Module SENM100 (60 credits) in order to obtain the award of MA in Specific Learning Difficulties and Inclusion Top-up.
