Leadership and Management (Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice) - 2012 entry

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Overview

The course is aimed at middle leaders in schools (heads of department, key stage coordinators, pastoral managers). It provides an overview of up-to-date research and educational theory to inform the process of leadership and management. It also offers opportunities for the practical application of theory in a school setting.


Why Brookes?

The School of Education at Oxford Brookes is one of the largest Schools of education in the UK, combining high quality teaching and significant research and consultancy activity in an outstanding location, with superb sporting, recreational and study facilities.

As a Postgraduate student you will be joining a University which is widely regarded as a major contibutor to the improvement of education and learning, locally and nationally. The School of Education is a focal point for lively, informed debate on education through its seminar and lecture programmes, including the high profile Oxford Education debates. We are proud to be co-sponsors of the Oxford Academy, a community secondary school, where Oxford Brookes staff and students provide practical support to pupils and teaching staff.

We work in close partnership with hundreds of schools and colleges and other organisations.

Our 110-acre Harcourt Hill campus offers all the benefits of a complete academic community on one site. We have all the facilities that you'd expect from a University like Oxford Brookes but its the people that really make the School of Education such a great place to study. You will be  working with highly regarded academics who are at the forefront of their subjects. Drawing on our cutting-edge, research-led teaching, our courses will advance your knowledge and develop your professional skills. Academics work alongside students from a wide range of backgrounds, and with the support of a caring and efficient administrative staff, provide a rich and diverse intellectual and social environment.

In detail

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Michael Joliffe
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Course content

This course consists of two modules:

  • Leading and Managing People (single module)
  • Leading and Managing Change (double module)

Content includes:

  • key issues in leadership and management: vision and philosophy of education; school improvement and effectiveness; team leadership; managing meetings; recruitment and selection; motivating staff; managing diversity and inclusion; managing conflict
  • strategies for research and school based investigations: organisational structures and culture; strategic planning; continuing professional development; learning organisations; monitoring and evaluation; impact assessment; managing change; action research
  • analysis of professional development needs and progress
  • skills for academic study.

As our courses are regularly reviewed, course content may change from the details given here.

Teaching, learning and assessment

Leading and Managing People (single module)

Course schedule:
Typically, this would include 6 twilight sessions (approximately 18 hours of contact time) and 2 online discussions (approximately 6 hours of contact time).

Assessment:
A review document outlining your reflections on the course in the context of your continuing professional development (1000 words) and a structured essay which critiques a variety of literature related to leadership and management, linked to your professional experience (2000 words).

 

Leading and Managing Change (double module)

Course schedule:
Typically, this would include 12 twilight sessions (approximately 36 hours of contact time) and 4 online discussions (approximately 12 hours of contact time).

Assessment:
A critical analysis of a journal article focusing on the action research approach (1000 words). Students will also carry out their own intervention and write up a report. This will include an audit of the current context, a review of relevant literature, an evaluation of the action research methodology used and analysis and discussion of the outcomes (5000 words).

Free language courses for students - the Open Module

Free language courses are available to all full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying any course on our Headington (including Marston Road), Harcourt Hill or Wheatley Campuses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.

Key facts

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Faculty

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department

School of Education

Course length

Full-time: 12 months

Teaching location

Harcourt Hill Campus

Start date

September 2012

Apply / Entry reqs

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English language requirements

Please see the university's standard English language requirements.

This course is not available to non-EEA students unless you have an immigration status which allows you to study part-time in the UK.

How to apply

Conditions of acceptance

When you accept our offer you agree to the conditions of acceptance. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.

Credit transfer

Oxford Brookes operates the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All postgraduate single modules are equivalent to 10 ECTS credits, double modules to 20 ECTS credits, and treble modules to 30 ECTS credits. A full master's course will carry 90 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.

Fees / funding

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TUITION FEES

Questions about fees?
Contact Student Finance on:
+44 (0)1865 483088
finance-fees@brookes.ac.uk

Scholarships and funding

For general sources of financial support, see funding for Postgraduate students from the UK and EU.

Oxford

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Why Oxford is a great place to study Leadership and Management (Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Practice)

As a student in Oxford you'll be at the heart of the UK's most successful economic region and in a centre for leading industries which provides you with a host of learning opportunities. Because Oxford is one of the world's great academic cities, it is a key centre of debate, with conferences, seminars and forums taking place across education, science, the arts and many other subjects. In addition to our own excellent libraries and resource centres, our postgraduate students have access to the world-renowned Bodleian Library, the Bodleian Law Library and the Radcliffe Science Library.

Support

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How Brookes supports postgraduate students

Supporting your learning

From academic advisers and support co-ordinators to specialist subject librarians and other learning support staff, we want to ensure that you get the best out of your studies.

Personal support services

We want your time at Brookes to be as enjoyable and successful as possible. That's why we provide all the facilities you need to be relaxed, happy and healthy throughout your studies.

Research

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Michael Joliffe
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