Program Overview

Leadership and Professional Practice

Course Overview

The aim of this module is to enable you to develop your personal leadership style, professional identity and leadership behaviours. The module explores the use of transformative learning techniques to enhance both your professional development and impact within your organisation.

Module Overview

The module explores professional identity in a leadership context, and covers the context of the development of both self as a leader and followers. You will be introduced to the theories and practices of contemporary leadership, such as distributed leadership, compassionate leadership and transformative learning. The use of alternative contemporary approaches for personal and professional transformation and leadership will be explored, including the development of reflective practice.

Course Outline

Course Summary

The module explores professional identity in a leadership context, and covers the context of the development of both self as a leader and followers. You will be introduced to the theories and practices of contemporary leadership, such as distributed leadership, compassionate leadership and transformative learning.

Content

• Formative Reflection 2,000 words – Critique and Reflective models
• Content Theories of Leadership and management
• Videos – Course team and Vimeo/Youtube
• Course textbook/Journal articles – formative reflection on selected article
• Theory and experiential learning
• Critical Professionalism – work based learning and review
• Summative Reflection – application of learning, current professional perspective, development plan and ongoing plans for professional development and enhanced practice.

Entry Requirements

• Have access to a suitable practice-based setting.
• Non UK degree candidates must be working at team leader or equivalent in industry. Naric database to inform equivalence to UK honours degree.
• Applicants with non-standard qualifications but substantial engineering experience may be invited to interview to present their portfolio of experience.
• If applicant’s 1st language is not English, English Language test to level of IELTS 6.5 (min 5.5 for each band) is required, or the UoC English assessment programme prior to joining the programme.

Application Information

Applications should be made online directly to the University using the link on this page, or contact for details and guidance. There is no official closing date but we would encourage you to apply as early as possible, as many courses are competitive.

Student Finance

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries, grants and funds available to support you throughout your studies with us. This includes the Cumbria Bursary - a non-repayable bursary designed to support first year students with a household income of less than £25,000.

Fees

The tuition fees for CPD and short courses vary based on the intensity and length of the course. Visit our finance page for more information.

Resources and Facilities

We place a high degree of emphasis on interactive learning within the Business School and provide a supportive environment in which you can develop academically and personally. Resources are available to students through the Library's One Search service. One Search is an easy to use, powerful discovery service that searches the university's journal collections, bibliographic databases and library catalogue from one search box. Additional resources will be made available through the university virtual learning environment.

Meet the Staff

Our academic staff are passionate about their field and have a wealth of real-world experience to back up their knowledge. Find out more about your tutors.