Your Education Masters Companion will help you choose the right Masters Course for your needs and provides the essential information you need to pass first time. Offering guidance based on years of experience working with a range of Masters level students, it unpacks the defining characteristic of successful Masters level work, and explores key aspects of undertaking your course - reading, writing, producing a literature review, research methodologies, data collection tools, research reports, dissertations and presentations.

Jim McGrath was Course Director for the MA in Education and the MA in Education and Professional Development at Birmingham City University, UK.

Anthony Coles works at Birmingham City University, UK, where he is a Reader in Post-Compulsory Education and Director of Continuous Professional Development for the Faculty of Education, Law and Social Sciences.

1. Pass your Masters First Time: Ten mistakes to avoid 2. What you need to think about before you sign up for a Masters 3. Becoming a Masters student 4. Writing at Masters Level 5. Doing your literature review 6. Essential research skills 1: Research methodologies 7. Essential research skills 2: Data collection tools 8. Assessment methods 1: Research reports, dissertations and assignments in the style of a journal article 9. Assessment methods 2: Presentations and essays 10. Where next for you?