MA in Leading Community Learning

Postgraduate professional development opportunity

The MA in Leading Community Learning provides a route for the professional development of individuals engaged in aspects of leading and managing community learning. The programme explores the concepts of leadership and learning in community-based contexts. This is particularly relevant given that:

• the Every Child Matters agenda emphasises the need for multi-agency working to provide coherent services to children and their families
• increasing credibility is being given to claims which suggest that engaging the whole community in learning is an important means of continuing to raise achievement
• the provision of community-based learning is increasingly seen as a valuable way of engaging some adults in learning opportunities
• new methods of teaching and learning need to be explored if targets to increase basic skills levels are to be reached
• efforts are being made to provide learning in different contexts, such as regeneration, housing, health and justice.

The programme supports professionals working in these fields to access academic opportunities to consider these evolving concepts and develop their understanding of them so as to inform and improve current practice.

Read a selection of testimonials from some of our former postgraduate students.

Find out more about our MA programme

You can download our programme brochure (PDF, 454 KB), email Bipun Lord or phone 024 7658 8470 for details. Also contact Bipun if you would like to speak informally to one of the tutors about your suitability for participating in the programme.

Download a promotional poster (PDF, 193 KB) about the postgraduate programme to display on your organisation's noticeboard.

How to appy

The next course starts in September 2009.

Please register your interest by emailing, phoning or writing to Bipun Lord, with your full contact details, who will send you a Staffordshire University application form.

This official application form must be completed and sent to the University Admissions Team to arrive by Monday 3 August 2009.