Educational Leadership (Taught)

If you're already in employment and looking for a qualification that'll enhance your professional practice, this is the course for you. It's a part-time blended learning course, designed for professional people working in education who are already in or want to move into leadership roles.

You'll develop your understanding of leadership, the purposes which educational leadership serves, school improvement, and the international, national and local policy contexts that shape how leadership is enacted. You'll gain a thorough grounding in research methods and reasoning which will enable you to study an area of specific interest to yourself through a dissertation. The course will be delivered by a high-quality team of staff, including experts in their fields of study with experience of leadership in educational settings.

Year 1 Compulsory Classes: Conceptions of Leadership, Leadership for Learning, Leadership for Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice.
Year 2 Classes: Research Methods and Reasoning, option of two other modules which can be chosen from the suite of modules available that year from the MEd and will be chosen after discussion with the Course Leader. You may replace Research Methods and Reasoning with the Year 3 class Strategic Leadership to complete a Postgraduate Diploma. However, you would not then be able to progress to Year 3.
Year 3: You can choose to take the class Strategic Leadership, plus a project within your workplace to evaluate the impact of a proposed strategic change on student learning.
Alternatively you can choose to undertake the dissertation under the guidance of a supervisor, in a subject area of your choice.

You'll undertake formative tasks throughout the course, including maintaining a reflective journal. For most classes, assessments will consist of a written assignment (3,000 words) and a piece of reflective writing encouraging you to think about your professional learning and your understanding of yourself as a leader.