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Leadership & Learning PgCert

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Study mode

Online

Duration

12 months

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

Postgraduate Certificate

Subject areas

Leadership

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Leadership is identified as a key component in delivering improvements in learning and teaching, and thus to enhancing educational outcomes for children and young people. This part-time online programme is designed for practitioners who are either in, or aspiring to, leadership roles in schools or wider contexts such as local, national and third sector organisations. Throughout the programme practitioners will engage with a range of principles that underpin leadership and management and consider these in relation to their professional role and context.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • This programme aims to enable practitioners to develop their knowledge and skills in leadership through critical engagement with research and policy and reflection upon practice.
  • The programme provides an online opportunity for practitioners to engage in high quality professional learning. There is a focus on collaborative, enquiry-orientated learning, drawing on your own experiences and those of your academic colleagues to bring about improvement.
  • Practice-focused learning helps to facilitate a culture of professional enquiry where practitioners can collaborate with colleagues in developing innovative practice to meet the learning needs of pupils.

CAREER PROSPECTS

This programme is designed for practitioners who wish to develop their knowledge and understanding of leadership and develop their professional practice. You will benefit from a combination of academic and practice-focused learning to develop your capability to lead teaching and learning within your context.

Modules

This course will explore the nature of leadership in schools. Key principles of teacher leadership and the application of these principles in school contexts will be critically examined, with a particular focus upon school culture, collegiality and collaboration.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£5,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£5,000

Entry requirements

2.1 Honours degree or non-UK equivalent in a relevant subject. A qualification to teach in schools or other educational contexts. Full professional registration as an educator (for example, with the General Teaching Council for Scotland). Please upload evidence of full professional registration with your application. At least two years of experience as an educator after full professional registration.

University information

The University of Glasgow is one of four ancient universities in Scotland, founded back in 1451. Alumni include seven Nobel Prize winners, Scotland’s First Minister and a Prime Minister, while Albert Einstein gave a seminal lecture on the theory of relativity there in 1933. The university consists of four colleges: College of Arts College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences College of Science and Engineering College of...more

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