Postgraduate education - Topics

Why do UK universities split postgraduate study into taught and research routes? How does a PGCE differ from a standard postgraduate degree? What are the entry requirements for a postgraduate course if your first degree is in another field? Why is a one-year UK master's treated as equal to a two-year US one? Is a graduate certificate worth anything next to a full master's degree? How much does a postgraduate degree cost once living expenses are added in? Should you take an employer-funded postgraduate course or pay for it yourself? Why do so many people start a master's and never finish the dissertation? Is it realistic to work full time while completing a part-time master's? Is a professional master's like an MBA treated differently from a research master's? What is the difference between a taught master's and a research master's in the UK system? What is a postgraduate diploma and how does it differ from a master's? Why do some employers treat a one-year master's as less rigorous? Can you move from a postgraduate diploma onto a master's later? How do employers view part-time postgraduate study compared with full-time? Is an MRes more useful than an MSc if you want a PhD? What does a postgraduate certificate in higher education teaching involve? Shortening a master's degree by a year: who wins and who quietly loses Do professional doctorates like the EdD or DBA count as real doctorates? Is twelve months enough time to produce real research for a master's? How are taught postgraduate degrees assessed when there is no thesis? What is different about starting postgraduate study at 35 instead of 22? How do you negotiate study leave for a postgraduate course with your employer? What is the real weekly time commitment for a part-time postgraduate course? Why do some master's degrees take one year and others take three? What happens to your student loan repayment if you study part-time? Can you finish a postgraduate dissertation while holding down a job? How much does the postgraduate dissertation count toward the final classification? What is a postgraduate conversion course and who is it actually designed for?