The programme has been specifically designed for professionals - practitioners, policy-makers, leaders and managers, academics and teachers - at all levels of education, from early childhood through further and higher education, to lifelong learning. Specifically the EdD aims to: Promote an understanding of research evidence and methodologies relevant to professional practitioners; Develop a critical awareness of the policy context in which professional practice takes place; Enable participants to undertake a research study of relevance to their professional activities. The programme is assessed by four formative assignments, one summative assignment and a Research Thesis.