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MBA - Educational Leadership (Robert Kennedy College)

The importance of effective management in education has never been more critical, as pressure on budgets increases and technology advances create new opportunities. As an example, the UNESCO report “Technology in Education” emphasises the importance of learning to live both with and without digital technology, to let technology support, but never supplant, the human connection. RKCs MBA programme provides candidates with an opportunity to study Educational Leadership as a means of developing skills to assist in managing these challenges.

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Course Overview

The MBA is generally seen as the critical qualification for general management, and this programme provides a solid understanding of business functions, such as organisational behaviour, marketing and strategic management, while recognising the increasing importance of specific, as well as business, skills within educational organisations.

On this course you will...

Further develop relevant business, educational management and organisation knowledge, both academic and professional, in line with postgraduate standards/benchmarks;
Develop critical reflection skills and engagement with organisational and professional theory to understand, and where appropriate challenge, existing individual and organisational perspectives and practices (with a particular focus on educational management and leadership)
Develop, and where appropriate apply, new knowledge, including the use of artificial intelligence and other new technologies, to add value by enhancing organisational capability (within the education industry);
Develop an understanding of an organisation’s strategic focus and environment, and the impact of the inter-relationship between the organisation’s resources and clients in the evolving global education environment;
Develop commitment to continuous personal and professional development, independence and reflective learning in the context of educational leadership;
Develop particular expertise and understanding in the fields of education, business and management.

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Key Details

Recruiting toUK / RoI / Settled in UK
Course LocationOnline
Mode of DeliveryDistance Learning
Course DurationFull-time: 1 Year
Part-time: 2 Years
Course Start PointSeptember
AwardMBA
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Minimum entry requirements

2:2

Honours degree

Tuition Fees Policy

Course Structure

What you will learn

This programme is delivered entirely by distance learning and builds on the strong and long-standing track record in online delivery developed by Robert Kennedy College. RKC’s tailor-made, Online Campus, is a highly evolved all-encompassing, interactive and easy-to-use software designed to make studying online an enjoyable experience. It allows you to study anywhere using a browser or mobile device

Compulsory modules

Modules

Organisational Behaviour
Marketing Management
Models and Theories of Educational Leadership
Strategic Management
Enterprise, Ethics and Sustainability
Dissertation

Optional modules

Modules

Financial Management
Money Management

Teaching & Assessment

How you will learn

As a student at the University of Cumbria and Robert Kennedy College, you are part of an inclusive learning community that recognises diversity. You will have opportunities to learn by interacting with others in a collegiate, facilitative and dynamic learning environment. Teaching, assessment and student support will allow equal and equitable opportunities for you to optimise your potential and develop autonomy.

We seek to create a stimulating and innovative community of learning, even at a distance. Facilitated by our expert practitioner staff, you will experience a learning environment that is well equipped, flexible, and stimulating.

The teaching and learning methodologies applied will embed the principles of the aims of the programme, in terms of international development, global awareness and individual development for the workplace.

The promotion of inclusive practice across a range of learner types, utilising the appropriate learning technologies and the provision of active learning and social learning underlie the teaching principles applied.

How you will be assessed

Intellectual and cognitive skills are assessed by means of written assignments and presentations, while quantitative skills, including the use of ICT, are assessed via worked exercises.

Assessment is focused on providing opportunities for both formative and summative assessment. For all modules, formative assessment is in an interim assignment, as well as on continuous and on-going basis via the medium of the online forums, whereby tutors comment on ideas expressed, give feedback on the direction of the discussion, and recommend courses of action/lines of thought that might be taken.

Summative assessment is based on analysis and critical evaluation of case-study material to facilitate the real-world application of knowledge and integration of the often considerable expected experience of the students, as well as theoretical material.

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Location
Online Learning
Online learning at the University of Cumbria is an interactive experience that makes use of a range of technologies and media types to provide a rich learning environment.
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MBA - Educational Leadership (Robert Kennedy College)