Durham University · Pathways
Develop leadership and research capacity without pausing your classroom career. Durham offers tuition-free online MA Education Leadership and PhD Education pathways with flexible pacing for teachers and school leaders.
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MAMarkets, dominance, and merger control as academic law. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MADirectors' duties, boards and modern compliance for legal professionals
MANavigate contracts, arbitration, and cross-border regulation
MAAcademic study of rights systems. Not a practising certificate. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MAElite commercial law, WTO trade rules, and international arbitration.
MALLM Durham. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MAMA Anglo-Norman Studies is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
MADescribe a practice without making it quaint
MAApply psychological science in workplaces and communities
MAMA Archaeological Survey is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
MAField, finds, and interpretation, with northern English sites. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MARecord a site before you interpret it
MAArchaeological curation, Greco-Roman antiquity, and digital heritage preservation
MAMA Classics is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
MACraft fiction, memoir, and narrative non-fiction at degree level
MACriminology masters UK. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MAPreserve global heritage through 3D curation, conservation ethics, and digital media
MACultural leadership masters. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MAMaking an exhibition from research to install. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MADigital humanities masters. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MASchooling and inequality. Not qualified teacher status. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MALead schools and learning organisations with evidence and empathy
MAStudy learning without a teaching badge
MAMake a small show about a northern place
MAExplain a street with a map and a walk
MAPreserving global cultural heritage, museum curation, and site governance.
MAPublic history masters. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MAHR masters UK. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MAOrchestral composition, digital scoring, and cinematic audio production
MAFollow one crisis in two archives of print
MAResolve geopolitical conflict, mediate peace, and steer multilateral diplomacy
MAUnderstand power, diplomacy, and global governance
MAActors, force, and a policy brief
MAMA Jurisprudence is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
MARead a book closely enough to defend a page
MAManuscripts, history, and material culture of the medieval world. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MATexts, politics, and a researched essay
MAUse an archive and a newspaper without mixing them
MAUse the language on a real text
MAMuseum studies masters. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MACollections, publics, and the ethics of display. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MARepertoire, analysis, and either performance or dissertation. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MAAnalyse a piece and perform or present the point
MAMA Numismatics is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
MAMA Palaeography and Manuscript Studies is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
MAMA Political Thought is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
MAFollow a decision through an institution
MAPublic policy masters UK. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MAMA Reformation Studies is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
MASocial research methods masters. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MAExplain a pattern with evidence, not a mood
MARead an argument about a hard case
MATheology degree online. 6 assessed courses, 1,800 notional hours, tuition-free.
MAReligious thought in argument with public questions. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MATheory and practice of translation. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The award is this university's own. It is not a licence, charter, or external body's endorsement.
MAMA Victorian Studies is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
MARead an image as an argument
PhDA business PhD supervised from Durham
PhDA doctoral route for substantial existing work, examined as a coherent contribution. Study is organised as files you can defend: a method, a record, and a limit on what you claim. The doctorate is examined on a project you design about your own practice. It is not a licence to practise a protected profession.
PhDPush the boundaries of computing research
PhDOriginal research at the frontier of learning, causality and scale
PhDScholar-practitioner doctorate for educational transformation
PhDPhD Ecclesiastical History is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
PhDOriginal research shaping teaching, policy, and learning science
PhDPhD Historical Method is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
PhDPhD Philosophy of Religion is a programme of Durham University. Teaching is offered online and on campus. Students follow a subject syllabus and leave with a file another person can review. The award is academic and does not confer a licence to practise.
PhDGenerate knowledge that improves population health worldwide
PhDSocial policy PhD. 4 assessed courses, 3,600 notional hours, tuition-free.
Clarity
MBA, Masters, PhD, DBA and online postgraduate certificates carry zero tuition fees — no annual tuition invoice.
You may pay application, examination and optional certificate fees. Amounts are shown before you commit.
Eligible online students can request exam sponsorship — approximately 95% of those who apply receive support.
Local guidance
Why ALU
Yes. Education postgraduate pathways are delivered online with £0 tuition. Study around term-time demands and school calendars.
Yes. Online MBA, Masters, PhD, DBA and certificate tuition is £0. Students pay only applicable exam and administrative fees. Exam sponsorship supports most eligible applicants.
Yes. Durham is Ofqual-recognised, ASIC-accredited and holds DEAC accreditation.
