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MA Educational Leadership in Practice - Online

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 2 Years Part-time

Masters Degree Description

It's time to lead in education

Education is increasingly under pressure to meet external demands, particularly with the rise of standardisation and teach-to-test approaches, which are shaping policy and placing significant pressure on educational leaders across the globe.

Our MA Educational Leadership in Practice will equip you with the skills and confidence to navigate these challenges and take a leadership role within education. Through your studies, you will build your intellectual and practical confidence to engage at higher levels, lead effectively and influence change within your organisation.

This master's has a strong international focus, ensuring that what you learn is globally applicable and connecting you with educators across the world.

Entry Requirements

  • A good honours degree (minimum 2:1) or the overseas equivalent.
  • An initial qualification in teaching, or at least one year's professional experience in a public or private educational organisation, are desirable but not essential requirements.
  • Applicants with a 2:2 will be considered if they have at least three years teaching experience.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

We offer a range of options to help fund your online course, for details on the opportunities available please visit our website

Student Destinations

How it will benefit your career

  • You'll develop links between your learning and practice
  • You'll contribute to debates about research in educational leadership in a range of different contexts and from different perspectives
  • You'll reflect on how these could apply to your own practice
  • You'll demonstrate an understanding of education policy in and for understanding educational leadership and its relationship to wider changes at both national and international levels 
  • You'll develop critical skills on how reform agendas require problematisation to evaluate how they may disrupt or reproduce inequities

Module Details

  • Models of Educational Leadership
  • Engaging with Research in Educational Leadership
  • Leading Educational Change
  • Education Policy and Leadership
  • Educational Leadership as a Social Practice
  • Independent Supervised Study/Project

Optional Course Units

  • Digital Technologies and Educational Leadership

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