MSc Public Service Leadership

Comments about MSc Public Service Leadership - At the institution - Glasgow - Scotland

• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements Normally a first degree or equivalent. Experience in education or in a leadership role.
• Academic title
  MSc Public Service Leadership
• Course description
  MSc: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time
  
  Subject to approval
  
  Leadership and management of educational organisations is a key priority for development in national and local educational systems. This programme has an international and futures orientation, examining the theory and practice of educational leadership and management in the context of globalisation and the development of knowledge economies. As education becomes increasingly set within the context of wider developments, a keynote of the programme is the development of inter-agency professional practice in the development of effective learning.
  
  Content
  
  The programme consists of core and optional courses. The final element of the programme is a dissertation.
  
  Themes for core courses include:
  
      * Public service leadership and management in an international context
      * Developing capability for strategic change and improvement
      * Inter-professional practice
      * Researching organisations and services.
  
  Themes for optional courses include:
  
      * Educational policy and globalisation
      * Education for all
      * Modern educational thought
      * Educational research.