This flexible part-time online course is for those working in, or working towards, leadership roles in education. It will enable you to develop your leadership skills while progressing your career in education. Study leadership theory, evidence-based approaches and explore exemplars to apply your specific professional context to expand your impact and extend your career.

Why study MA Education Leadership?

Education plays a central role in individuals' lives and effective leadership is crucial for ensuring high-quality, purposeful education. Whether you're a teacher, administrator, policymaker or moving into the area of education, developing your leadership knowledge and skills within the educational context equips you to be a successful education leader. Understanding your own strengths, collaborating with others, navigating complex environments and making impactful decisions are essential components of effective educational leadership.

Why UWE Bristol?

A relevant, context-based course:

Our MA Education Leadership course allows you to personalise your studies to suit your own professional development. By linking leadership theory with educational contexts applied to your role, you'll be equipped to make a real contribution to leadership within the field of education.

Critically analyse and explore the relationship between models of both leadership and education practice. You'll also learn how to conduct ethical and robust enquiry, developing your evidence-based leadership skills to prepare you for the next steps in your career.

A tailored, learner-centred approach:

The course takes both a learner and learning-centred approach, ensuring you'll reflect on your own role and develop expertise based on the real-world challenges you face in your professional life. Build a critical, enquiring and solutions focused mindset that you'll be able to apply to any educational workplace.

Study remotely through our online learning community, where you'll benefit from online discussion boards and group forums with your peers and tutors. You'll have the opportunity to share experiences, provide mutual support and gain expertise from other professionals working in the field.

Flexible course delivery:

With all materials provided weekly in advance, you'll have the opportunity to work through your online course at your own pace and at the times which suit you. Our delivery is designed to support career progression including for those working overseas in international contexts.

Is MA Education Leadership suitable for me?

This course is suitable for students coming from a wide range of backgrounds. You may be about to start, or recently started, in an organisational leadership position in education. You may already be in a leadership position and you're now looking to pursue this within an educational setting. You could be new to education but have a leadership aspect to your role. Alternatively, you may work in an educational organisation, and you wish to move into leadership. The course is for you too if you're an education professional looking to move into leadership, or you're looking to expand your knowledge and practice in leadership within education.

What can I gain from this course?:

Depending on your background and goals, the MA Education Leadership offers you the chance to carry out a final project on a work-based focus in your role to improve and refine your leadership practice.

Modules: See the entry for this course on the UWE Bristol website, by clicking on the 'visit website' button.