MA Early Childhood Leadership and Practice

Early childhood continues to be a rapidly changing field in the local and global context.  Enhanced qualifications in this subject will support your career progression and employability whether you work in early childhood settings in the private, voluntary, or public sectors in the United Kingdom or internationally.

• Mental Wealth: Critical Reflection on Leadership of Practice in Early Childhood (core)
• Action Research: Leading Change in Early Childhood Leadership and Practice (core)
• Early Childhood Policy Development and Implementation (core)
• Research Methods in Early Childhood Leadership and Practice (core)
• Negotiated Project: Criticality in learning for Leadership of Practice in Early Childhood (optional)
• Work-based Learning: formation and development of professional knowledge in practice (optional)

Employability:

This course will support your career progression in the leadership of practice in Early Childhood contexts whether that be a nursery, voluntary organization, or a school. Alternatively, you could consider a career in a charity or work as a lecturer in Further Education. Our assignments are linked to early childhood leadership and practice. They will enable you to build an evidence base and portfolio of the application of knowledge in practice. Your Master’s in Early Childhood Leadership and Practice will significantly enhance your CV for applications for leadership and management positions in early childhood contexts.