Education (Leadership and Management)

If you’re currently in a position of responsibility either in the education or public service sector and would like to take on more of a leadership role, then this Education (Leadership and Management) course from University of Huddersfield could be for you.

Key Facts

Why Education (Leadership and Management) atUniversity of Huddersfield?

• You’ll consider the role of the leader, how that role links to and differs from management and the development that may be required. You’ll look at the concepts of vision, values, culture, strategic planning.
• You’ll have the opportunity to reflect upon your personal professional practice, considering current theories and research about learning and development through a variety of teaching and learning strategies. You’ll be supported to enhance your understanding of the policy and practice context in which practitioners and managers are operating. The course could help you to progress into middle and senior management roles.
• The course is tailored around you.You can expand on your teaching and learning focus by choosing from a range of options to match your role, experience or organisation to help you progress as an informed, reflective and inspirational practitioner.
• On this course you’ll have the opportunity to develop an understanding of critical reflection and how to employ independent learning strategies to enable you to evaluate and inform your professional practice.You’ll also develop and deepen your knowledge and understanding of educational research and be able be able to use these skills in researching an aspect of leadership and management for your dissertation.

• You’ll be taught by an outstanding team of teachers, and will have access to our extensive professional and academic network which feeds directly into course design and delivery and to excellent facilities and specialist equipment.

Your career

Previous graduates from courses in this subject area have gone on to work in a variety of roles such as Community Education Officer, Learning Mentor, Education Consultant, Family Support Worker, Education Mental Health Practitioner and Teaching Assistant.*

Courses include:

• Developing Effective Leadership

• Methods of Enquiry

• Action Research

• Dissertation

• International Approaches to Early Childhood Education