Educational Leadership and Management MA

Whether you're an experienced practitioner, a determined policymaker, or a curious researcher ready to kick-start your career, we'll give you the tools to put your learning into practice in the real world. With a thorough grounding in key education theories, policies, and practices, we'll prepare you to lead change in the classroom, in schools and in other educational settings, produce world-leading research, and create evidence-based policies.

Course structure

• Integrated Diverse Learning: Combines cutting-edge educational theory with specialisms in contemporary disciplines.
• Learn from the Best: Be taught by leading researchers in our Top 5 ranked School of Education.
• Innovative Teaching: Gain a diverse set of skills through lectures, seminars, and online tools with mixed learning assessment methods.

• Lecture - Academics give organised talks to large groups of students who take notes.
• Seminar - Small group sessions designed to complement lectures and are generally more informal in nature. They give you the chance to discuss issues with fellow students and allow for more interaction than a traditional lecture.
• Workshop - Workshops are for smaller groups, but instead of discussion, students might learn about a tool or a technique that they will be required to know about for their course. They are usually more hands-on learning that allows discussion regarding the given topic.
• Online Materials – You will have access to a wide range of state of the art learning materials online and you can interact with your instructor and your peers in collaborative online learning spaces.

The modules listed for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Any optional module information listed for this programme is intended to be indicative, and the availability of optional modules may vary from year to year. Where a module is no longer available, we will let you know as soon as we can and help you to make other choices.

The following modules must be taken.

You need to choose a further two 20 credit modules from the list below (one from semester one and one from semester two)

English language requirements

If you are an international student, you will need to demonstrate you have a suitable level of English proficiency, usually through the form of an IELTS or equivalent qualification.

For this course we require IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band, which is equivalent to:

• TOEFL: 88 overall with no less than 21 in Reading, 20 Listening, 22 Speaking and 21 in Writing
• Pearson Test of English (PTE): Academic 67 with no less than 64 in all four skills
• Cambridge English: C1 Advanced - minimum overall score of 176, with no less than 169 in any component
• LanguageCert ESOL SELT (UKVI): B2 'Communicator' with no less than 33 in each skill

English Presessional Programmes

Improve your knowledge of spoken and written English in preparation for studying at Birmingham with our pre-sessional English courses. If you have a conditional offer, you can take one of these courses as an alternative to retaking IELTS or other similar qualifications.