Course Modules

You will examine the nature of leadership in the contemporary educational context and will debate the usefulness of theoretical models to successful delivery of a contextualised leadership role.

This module enables you to demonstrate and provide evidence of appropriate academic rigour that complements your informal learning experiences within the workplace. These learning experiences can be retrospective or current. Additionally, this module is designed to support and guide you

Semester 1 2023-2024 30 Credit Module This module offers individuals, individual schools or groups of schools the opportunity to explore the research and evidence base surrounding outdoor learning in order to make best use of outdoor learning opportunities. Topics include

This module is designed to support those who are working on programmes or professional learning activities geared to promoting awareness of mental health in schools. Topics include a review of relevant policy documents and guidance; indicators of mental ill-health disorders;

This module enables you to demonstrate and provide evidence of appropriate academic rigour that complements your informal learning experiences within the workplace. These learning experiences can be retrospective or current. Additionally, this module is designed to support and guide you

This module gives you the capacity to engage with the research process. You will develop your research project as a public process, giving you the tools to find your own critical voice and the confidence to engage with peers, the

The dissertation acts as the culmination of all your learning during your course. You will choose an area of interest and produce an in-depth final research project. You will receive help and guidance from an assigned supervisor, based on the

On this module you will consider what literature is and how do we think about literature today. You will explore new techniques in archival research, issues in intellectual history, theoretical developments, and the transformations of the very concept of ‘literature’,

Theatre has always explored intense human experience, from Greek tragedy to Roman comedy, from Augustine’s rejection of theatre to Artaud’s ‘theatre of cruelty’. This module uses dramatic and historical texts to explore complex issues of tragedy, authorship, political control and

Fiction has always has a tense relationship with reality. Is fiction more real than reality, as literary characters come to ‘life’, or is fiction a betrayal of reality? You will engage with the blurred lines between literature, science and myth.