MSc Education Leadership and Management at University of East Anglia

Build the skills to lead improvement and manage educational change in the UK and globally. Learn how policy, leadership and daily practice connect, and use this insight in your work.

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences  |  Department: School of Education and Lifelong Learning  |  Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: Entry points: September; next start September 2027  |  Location: Norwich, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

We’ve designed this course to give you multiple opportunities to reflect on leadership and management practices. Compulsory modules by year: Year 1: Critical Reading, Educational Research Methods, Dissertation, Key Concepts in Education Leadership and Management.

Career pathways

With a MSc Education Leadership and Management degree, you could work in roles such as: School leader: Lead teams and drive improvement in schools or other education groups Policy analyst: Work in government, charities or research centres on education policy and evaluation Project leader: Deliver education projects in local services, charities or education organisations Researcher and consultant: Support improvement through research, evaluation and advisory work Postgraduate researcher: Continue your studies with a PhD or Ed.D

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