Course summary
This route provides a broad-based view of educational leadership and improvement firstly through the explicit and focused study of specific concepts and issues; and secondly through their exploration and application in the conduct of individual, often change-oriented, research projects. The teaching team draws on its members research and experience to illustrate ideas, and occasionally welcomes visiting academics and alumni from around the world to enrich the route still further. Because participants come from the UK and overseas the course combines UK and international perspectives. Students are encouraged to share their diverse experiences and to learn from each other as well as from the course content while also relating new knowledge, principles and insights to their own contexts. You will also receive extensive training in educational research methods. The educational aims of this course are to:
- examine the theoretical frameworks used in the study of education and its constituent disciplines;
- provide training in research methods appropriate to education and educational change;
- advance the capacity of students for professional reflection and judgment;
- cater to a range of specialists interested within the field of education or one of its constituent disciplines.
- Leadership for Learning
- Education Policy
- School Effectiveness and School Improvement
- Perspectives on Learning, Leadership and Curriculum (double-length theme)
- Schools, Cultures and Communities
- Education Evaluation
- Networks and system leadership
Entry requirements
Applicants for this course should have achieved a UK High II.i Honours Degree. If your degree is not from the UK, please check International Qualifications to find the equivalent in your country. The route is aimed at a wide UK and international audience including practitioners studying part-time as well as full-time students. It is of relevance and interest to teachers (i.e. middle and senior leaders, heads/principals, specialist and system leaders, governors and administrators), as well as to graduate students with the relevant career experience (see below) who are interested in the area of educational leadership and improvement. We draw on participants' wide range of experiences, and students pursue their particular interest by undertaking an individual empirical research project.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
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Provider information
University of Cambridge
The Old Schools
Trinity Lane
Cambridge
CB2 1TN