Educational Leadership and Management (Distance Learning)

Overview

Overview

On our Educational Leadership and Management course, offered as a MSc, PgDip, PgCert, you'll learn about leadership strategy, decision-making in education, and human resource management. And whether you're a teacher, social and healthcare worker, police trainer, nurse or youth worker, you'll build on your previous skills, studies and experience and develop your expertise, theories and techniques to postgraduate level.

Once you graduate, you'll have developed the skills and knowledge to take on new responsibilities in educational leadership and management, and to seek out ambitious new roles.

You can study on campus or through distance learning, and full or part-time while you continue to work. If you're not already working in education, please take a look at our MA Education Studies course.

You can study this course full-time, part-time or part-time by distance learning. The MSc and PgDip takes 1 year full-time and 2 years part-time. The PgCert takes 6 months full-time and 1 year part-time. 

What you'll experience

• Learn the key themes in current research and professional practice, through a combination of lectures, seminars, group work and presentations
• Be taught be experts who bring their enthusiasm to the classroom, including a personal tutor who will guide you in your studies
• Apply what you learn in your current workplace, to ensure that your learning is meaningful and professionally relevant
• Stay connected to your lecturers through our online virtual learning environment
• Write a dissertation based on your chosen area of interest (MSc only)
• Have 24/7 access to our university library

Work experience and career planning

We'll provide you with as much support as possible in finding employment through close contacts, careers events, recruitment fairs and individual advice.

We'll help you to identify opportunities that will complement your studies.

When you finish the course, our Careers and Employability service can help you find a job that puts your leadership and management skills to work in the education industry.

After you leave the University, you can get help, advice and support for up to 5 years from our Careers and Employability service as you advance in your career.

Teaching and Programme Assessment

Teaching on this course includes:

• seminars
• group work
• lectures
• student presentations
• one-to-one tutorials

You'll be assessed through:

• online tests and quizzes
• reflective commentaries
• case study work
• article critiques
• online discussions
• research proposal
• a dissertation

Your tutors will guide you through the assessment process for each module.

You’ll be able to test your skills and knowledge informally before you do assessments that count towards your final mark. You can get feedback on all practice and formal assessments so you can improve in the future.