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Master in Educational Leadership and Management Fees Structure, Admission, Intake, Deadline

  Study Mode FULL TIME
  Level POST-GRADUATE
  Duration 1-2 years full-time, 2-4 years part-time
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Overview

Overview of Master in Educational Leadership and Management in University of Nottingham Malaysia UNM Malaysia

The Masters in Educational Leadership and Management is a core programme of study for leaders and managers in education. It is designed to meet the interests of leaders at all levels who are keen to improve their leadership and management understanding and practices.

The course aims to strengthen your leadership and management skills, and to enable you to apply theory and ideas within your workplace and utilise existing and emerging research-informed knowledge of educational leadership internationally. It will enable you to develop, broaden and deepen your critical understanding of your organisation and the environment in which you operate, manage change and promote the development of yourself, your colleagues and your organisation.

The programme is vitally relevant for middle and senior managers and leaders in schools and post-compulsory educational organisations in Malaysia, the UK and overseas, as well as those who advise these managers and leaders – for example local authority staff, educational consultants, and policy advisors.

Throughout the course, you will develop your skills in critical reflection, critical reading and critical writing; practice-relevant research skills; research design; literature searches; and ethics in educational research. You will carry out independent study in an area relevant to your needs and/or those of your organisation.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure of Master in Educational Leadership and Management in University of Nottingham Malaysia UNM Malaysia

Course structure

For MA in Educational Leadership and Management, you will need to complete all modules to the value of 120 credits and complete a dissertation of 60 credits. 

Modules are taught within a block over four days over two consecutive weekends and each module will usually be assessed by a written assignments of 5,000 to 6,000 words. At the end of each face-to-face teaching period, students are provided opportunities for tutorials, individual study in groups and/or using other means of communication such as e-mails, telephone and video conference. 

Core modules 

Issues in Educational Leadership

Effective Leadership and Change in Education

Leading Learning 

Practice-Based Inquiry

 

 

 

Assessment

Each of the modules has a contact time of 30 hours. In addition, you will be expected to undertake 270 hours of private study, assignment preparation and tutorial support. The module assignments have been designed to incrementally increase your skills and criticality.

Each 30-credit module will usually be assessed by a written assignment of 5,000–6,000 words. Your dissertation is an original piece of work and should be of 12,000–15,000 words (or their equivalent) related to an approved topic on one of the selected modules.

Entry Requirement

Entry Requirement of Master in Educational Leadership and Management in University of Nottingham Malaysia UNM Malaysia

A relevant second class honours degree (or international equivalent). Relevant experience may be required for some of the programmes.

Non-UK qualifications will be assessed against this standard.

Malaysians applying as a matured student without the standard entry requirements but with substantial and relevant work experience (and have successfully passed APEL’s assessment through Malaysian Qualifications Agency) may be considered for an entry at the Postgraduate Certificate Level. Admission is at the discretion of the School.

English language requirements

IELTS (Academic): 6.5 (with no less than 6.0 in each element)

TOEFL (iBT): 87 (minimum 20 in Speaking and 19 in all other elements)

PTE (Academic): 62 (with no less than 55 in each element)

MUET: Band 4

IELTS, TOEFL and PTE (Academic) test results must be less than two years old and all IELTS must be the academic version of the test.MUET results are valid for five years from the date of the release of results.

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