MSc Higher Education Administration, Management & Leadership

The MSc in Higher Education Administration, Management and Leadership is an innovative course that provides professional staff working in management and administration roles in higher education with a transformative experience to enhance their administrative, managerial and leadership capabilities.

Building on the PG Cert and PG Dip it provides a pathway for staff working in management and administrative roles in HE with a progressional route to support their career development. The course enables participants to develop their knowledge, skills and abilities as HE professionals, promoting excellence in management and administration in higher education.

From this course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate a critical understanding of how contemporary issues, theories and ideologies in administration, management and leadership can be applied to improve current practice in your institution and the HE sector in general.
• Evaluate the rigour and validity of published research and assess its relevance to the HE sector, synthesising existing research to identify alternative approaches.
• Display proficiency in the use of techniques of research and enquiry to draw conclusions from critical evaluation of relevant issues.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of your role and organisation in the global HE context.

These courses are not only underpinned by academic rigour, but help participants to develop knowledge and skills that can be easily transferred to the workplace. Ultimately, the courses aim to develop excellent administrators who have the skills, integrity and commitment to make a positive contribution to the societies in which they live and work.

You might also be interested in:

• Postgraduate Certificate Higher Education Administration, Management and Leadership
• Postgraduate Diploma Higher Education Administration, Management and Leadership

Nottingham Business School is proud to have achieved the prestigious triple crown of international accreditations, with EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. This is the highest international benchmark of excellence for business schools. The School is one of only nine UK business schools recognised as a PRME Champion, and held up as an exemplar by the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME). We are also accredited by the Small Business Charter and we hold accreditations from a range of professional bodies that recognise the quality of our teaching and research.