Master of Leadership in Education

at Flinders University

In the Master of Leadership in Education you will study core topics and you may select from a range of option topics and minor programs of study to shape the degree according to your needs and interests.

The topics integrate theory with practice, action with reflection, and questions with investigation. We provide students with the opportunity to examine research principles and methods and to apply those principles and methods in the evaluation and design of research into current educational issues in middle and senior leadership contexts.

The Master of Leadership in Education works with middle and senior leaders in a variety of contexts including schooling contexts to understand how they might grow their leadership as change agents with knowledge and the relational sensibilities to work with others. The topics allow for you to critically discuss how leaders build human capacity and relationships within particular contexts to work with diverse groups of people in challenging times to support wellbeing and improved learning.

Core Modules

• Planning Change in Organisations
• Leadership and Management in Education
• Approaches to Research
• Independent Research Study

Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification or hold a the Graduate Certificate in Leadership in Education or closely related qualification. In addition, applicants must also have no less than two years’ work experience in an organisation.
 

International students must satisfy our English language proficiency requirements for admission. If your first language is not English you will need to have:
 

• Achieved the required test score for the course you are applying for. The IELTS and equivalent scores to meet the various levels #. IELTS, TOEFL, PTE and Cambridge tests must be taken in a registered testing centre.; or
• Successfully completed an approved secondary or tertiary qualification, taught in the English language in a country where English is the official language or the main language spoken (for up to an overall IELTS of 6.5) with evidence no more than five years old on the proposed date of commencement of the course; or
• Successfully completed a pre-course English program from an approved ELICOS Provider*.

Annual fees:   $33,000

A Master degree from Flinders University is an asset recognised locally, nationally and internationally for anyone seeking and/or furthering a career in educational contexts.
 

You will be equipped for careers in a wide range of settings, and a range of middle and senior level positions to contribute to the leadership of an organisation through developing and working with diverse groups of people to achieve a responsive organisation that meets the needs of the people it serves.
 

Potential occupations:

• Principal

• Wellbeing coordinator

• Subject/teaching and learning leader

• Community development officer
   

Potential employers:

• Department for Education

• Catholic education

• Independent sector

• Equivalent international sectors

• There are also opportunities in a range of fields with advancement to middle and senior levels of leadership positions.