MA Leadership in Learning (Teach First)

Course summary

• Think critically and reflectively about contemporary issues in education.
• Engage with a supportive network of Teach First partners and ambassadors.
• Develop specific interests further by applying concepts taught to own areas of interest and research.
• Be empowered to develop, influence and lead practice and policy for your current or future positions.

On this course, you'll learn to think about education differently. You'll develop specific, authoritative interests as an educator, and be empowered to influence or lead practice and policy. The course will enable you to develop competence, resilience and knowledge - allowing you to become a highly employable professional.

How you learn

At the beginning of their programme of study all participants will be offered induction and ongoing support sessions. Participants will be introduced to ways of accessing and making optimum use of ICT and Learning Centre support and resources, as well as other sources of student support.

Three days of lectures and seminars, timed to correspond with arising participant need, support the introduction and design of the project, mid-review and pre-submission. Ongoing supervisory support allocated by specialism is provided.

You learn through

• tutor-led seminars, workshops, participant-led activities, group and peer discussion, self-directed study, reading and reflection
• digital resources including the Blackboard VLE which enables participants to interact with content covered in modules and to support peer learning
• resources and support offered by Student Learning Services, including the Learning Centre.
• work-based learning

Future careers

The primary purpose of this course is to support the development of teachers as leaders of learning and employability-related transferable attributes such as leadership are embedded to support transition to other roles as careers progress.

This course prepares you for a career in:

• teaching
• education policy
• public sector work
• management positions