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The Masters in Educational and Leadership Management is a core programme of study for leaders and managers in education. It is designed to meet the interests of leaders at all levels who are keen to improve their leadership and management understanding and practices.

The course aims to strengthen your leadership and management skills, and to enable you to apply theory and ideas within your workplace and utilise existing and emerging research-informed knowledge of educational leadership internationally. It will enable you to develop, broaden and deepen your critical understanding of your organisation and the environment in which you operate, manage change and promote the development of yourself, your colleagues and your organisation.

The programme is vitally relevant for middle and senior managers and leaders in schools and post-compulsory educational organisations in the UK and overseas, as well as those who advise these managers and leaders – for example local authority staff, educational consultants, and policy advisors.

Throughout the course, you will develop your skills in critical reflection, critical reading and critical writing; practice-relevant research skills; research design; literature searches; and ethics in educational research. You will carry out independent study in an area relevant to your needs and/or those of your organisation.

Course structure

You can study for an MA in Educational Leadership and Management or a Postgraduate Diploma or Certificate. For the MA in Educational Leadership and Management, you will need to successfully complete 180 credits. This will be composed of four core modules, including written work of 30 credits each. In addition, you will need to submit a dissertation (or equivalent), worth sixty credits, in a subject related to one of the modules and approved by your tutor.

For the Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Leadership and Management, you will need to successfully complete all modules and associated assignments to the value of 120 credits. There is no dissertation requirement. For the Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Leadership and Management you will need to successfully complete modules and associated assignments to the value of 60 credits.

Modules are taught within a block over four days. At the end of each face-to-face teaching period, students are provided opportunities for tutorials, individual study in groups and/or using other means of communication such as emails, telephone and video conference.