There is a close connection between how the brain works and how we learn. As a result, neuroscience and education are becoming increasingly intertwined, and employers are looking for graduates with skills and knowledge in both areas.

UNE’s Graduate Diploma of Neuroscience and Education, designed by our leading experts and researchers, places you at the centre of human physiology's fastest-growing field and its increasingly crucial role in education. Whether you're new to either or both fields, or have prior knowledge or experience, our flexible postgraduate course allows you to tailor your program to the topics and areas that interest you most.

Why study the Graduate Diploma in Neuroscience and Education with UNE?
Are you interested in how the human brain works? Would you like to apply this knowledge to education? This postgraduate course is ideal if you want to delve into the inner workings of the brain and how it shapes behaviour, while gaining a wide range of transferable skills in contemporary education practices and processes.

There are many students who choose this course because they are interested in studying this field, but are not quite ready or interested in our Master's program. If you still wish to gain a recognised and well-rounded education that prepares you for both professional and personal success, this course is for you.

You will study a course designed by education and neuroscience experts at UNE. The course provides an authentic grounding in neuroscience, rather than an adaptation of neuroscience into the field of education.

What makes our course different?
In this flexible course, you will:

• Receive a solid grounding in neuroscience and apply that learning to your chosen specialisation in education (Special Education, Educational Psychology or Educational Leadership).
• Find out how people learn, think, make mistakes, what happens in the brain during those processes, and how research and remediation can take place in multidisciplinary education settings.
• Sharpen your skills and knowledge in a variety of contemporary research methods.
• Discover how neuroanatomy and cellular function affect human behaviour during an educational experience.
• Examine neuroscientific research in a variety of educational contexts to address today's most pressing educational issues.
• Use your skills and knowledge straight away, or pursue a higher degree, such as our Diploma or Master's-level program.
• Create your own study program based on your interests and professional goals.
• Take advantage of advanced standing on the units you have already completed as you progress to our master's level qualification.
• Alongside all of this, you will develop advanced critical thinking, research and communication skills.

Specialisations

• Educational Leadership
• Educational Psychology
• Special and Inclusive Education

Study online
Most of our students choose to study online across three study periods with 24/7 tutor support* and fit study around work and family commitments. Uniquely, our online students are mostly over 30 and bring valuable experience with them. They form a community of adults juggling the same challenges and priorities and who bring their life and work experience together at UNE in order to become future-fit and better respond to a rapidly changing world.

* 24/7 tutor support includes: essay feedback (within 24 hours); live chat 24/7 for generic feedback on academic writing; and subject-specific help at a foundation or first-year level for subjects including mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, business, accounting, microeconomics, macroeconomics and statistics. There are also a wide range of workshops, resources and courses available in academic skills support to assist you and help you to succeed.