Employer support (financial) for Masters?

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So as a senior lecturer my boss keeps telling me I need to finish my Masters. But I'm expected to pay for it at £840 per 15 credit module. All modules up and running at my HEI already, so I would just be another bum on a seat. Ironically one of the modules I currently lecture on it!

Just wondering what the score is at other HEIs - is it normal for academic staff to be expected to pay?

No! We have an staff fee waiver. We can get up to 60 credits a year paid for (or 120 if we're doing the creative writing dissertation), for as many courses as we want. Some of my colleagues get second bachelors, multiple masters, an EdD, another PhD.

Is this an HE teaching masters and you have to do it? It really sounds like your institution has found an extra revenu stream in its own staff and is exploiting you.

It's not a teaching masters. They did pay for my pg cert teaching course which was 60 credits at Lvl 7.

But they have strongly suggested that I should complete my Masters as I won't ever be promoted (I'm not bothered about promotion, I'm already SL) and if there are more redundancies then me not having a Masters could mean if decisions have to be made then I get made redundant rather than someone who has a Masters.

If I have to pay for it I won't be doing it, was just interested to see what's normal practice at other places.