100% online MA Education Leadership and Management
- 180 credits •
- Complete in as little as 14 months
This is Keele:
- 100% online MA – 14 months full-time or 2 years part-time
- Top 10 in England for Education*
- Top 300 in the World for Education**
- Britain's Best University, as ranked by students***
- 80% of research 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent'****
- £7,440 total fees with option to pay per module
- Keele alumni discount available
**Times Higher Education World Rankings, 2023
***No. 1 in the UK, Student Crowd University Awards, 2022
****Research Excellence Framework, 2021
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An online Master’s designed to develop inspirational educational leaders for a wide range of professional contexts
The 100% online MA Education Leadership and Management from Keele University is an innovative Master’s degree that has been designed to develop educational leaders for public, private and not-for-profit organisations by providing them with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to lead educational developments in the modern world.
The programme equips you for progression in and promotion to careers such as school headships, heads of divisions, subject leaders, peer-mentors, policy developers, curriculum advisors, as well as business development directors and project managers.
Flexible online study, designed by education professionals - for education professionals
The online MA Education Leadership and Management is a bespoke course that has been designed to be compatible with the considerable time pressures of a busy professional life and family commitments. What sets this Master’s degree apart is the flexible course structure and delivery that enables you to access course content on demand and study at the times that are convenient to you, in the locations that work for you.
There is no need to ever visit campus or press the pause button on your current career, because you can continue in your role, earn whilst you learn and apply the knowledge you develop as you progress. And the entirely online modality of the Master’s has been specifically incepted to ensure that students across the UK and around the world are able to study it without needing to relocate.
Keele University has developed a specially designed online learning environment within which you will interact with module tutors and will collaborate with and learn from fellow students from around the world, in group learning activities and discussion groups via online forums. This provides you with a rich learning experience, the opportunity to learn from peers of diverse backgrounds and an invaluable means of expanding your global professional network.
Knowledge and skills taught include:
- Leading in a complex world
- People management in organisations
- Inclusive education
- International education in a globalised world
- An interconnected view of education, employment and professional identity
- Reflective practice
- Research design
- Qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
- Preparing and developing a dissertation
A University with leading rankings in Education and student satisfaction
Keele University is proud to have been ranked in the top 10 universities in England for Education in the Complete University Guide 2021. The University’s credentials at a global level are also demonstrated by being ranked in the top 250 in the world in the Times Higher Education World Rankings 2021.
Key to attracting accolades of this kind in Education has been the quality of teaching, research and student experience delivered by the Education department at the University. In the latest Research Excellence Framework, 80% of our research was rated ‘world leading’ or ‘of international importance’.
Keele consistently ranks amongst the top universities for student satisfaction, including ranking 1st in England for overall course satisfaction in the Guardian University rankings 2019.