Educational Leadership and Management (Distance Learning)

If you're currently working, or aspire to work, in an education-connected role and want a qualification that demonstrates your leadership and management development, our MSc in Educational Leadership and Management is designed for you.

You can study this course full-time, part-time, or part-time by distance learning. The MSc takes one year full time or two years part time.

You'll work collaboratively with fellow students, teaching staff, and industry experts from educational institutions as you learn how to channel your passion for education into positive change across the sector. Through critical thinking and practical exploration, you’ll tackle common challenges such as time management and explore ways to innovate and improve practice.

You’ll be encouraged to critique how the education sector operates and prepare yourself to take decisive action as a confident educational leader. You’ll gain the skills to respond to key issues in education, including accessibility and classroom management, and to design and implement new approaches to teaching and learning.

If you're more interested in the theoretical perspectives that underpin education in general, please take a look at our MA Education Studies course.

Careers this postgraduate degree prepares you for:

You'll graduate with the skills and knowledge you need to to seek out ambitious job roles and take on new responsibilities in educational leadership and management.

This course is ideal for teachers, trainers, lecturers and instructors across the educational sector, who aspire to senior leadership and management positions. Build on your previous studies and experience to bring your skills, theories and expertise to a postgraduate level.

Designed as an industry led course, teaching staff work with and consult experts in the education sector to build a curriculum that reflects the current field, its methods and challenges. Helping you to graduate with the rich academic knowledge, industry know-how and the confidence to advance your career in education.

Career planning

During your course you'll have expert career support from your tutors and from our Careers and Employability Centre, which you can access for 5 years after you graduate.

You'll benefit from:

• Networking events
• 1-to-1 appointments
• CV and cover letter advice
• Interview preparation and practice
• Workshops to enhance your employability skills
• Recruitment events including the Student and Graduate Opportunities Fair
• Support starting your own business