MA Leading & Developing Services

Bournemouth University Faculty of Health & Social Sciences

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Business & Management Social Work Health & Welfare Management Studies Bournemouth United Kingdom On Campus

About the course

Why study MA Leading and Developing Services at BU?

This course is designed to fit in with the busy schedules of leaders and managers, so it is part-time, over a maximum of 5 years, and is delivered largely in monthly two-day blocks.
It will prepare you to take on first line, middle and senior management positions and supports organisation leadership and management strategies.
Focus on your own leadership and management practice and have a positive and direct impact on service outcomes.
Assessments demand the application of theory to organisational situations to gauge the development of your own skills and knowledge, and your organisation will be aware of your increasing effectiveness.

Who is this course for?

This course is primarily designed to meet the management development needs of leaders or managers already in post. This includes supervisors, team leaders, first line managers, middle and senior managers. However experienced professionals who aspire to a management career may also access the course as long as they have supervisory responsibilities that allow them to complete the practice assessments. As this course offers a good grounding in strategic management, it is suitable for managers currently in first line and middle manager positions who may be seeking promotion to a senior position.

Entry Requirements

A Bachelors Honours degree with 2:2 in any subject, or equivalent. Applicants should be a registered social work or healthcare professional. For post-experience and professional qualifications, there may be additional entry requirements set by the association or institute that ultimately administers the qualification in question.

If English is not your first language you'll need IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in each component of writing, speaking, listening and reading.

Fees

Please see the university website for further information on fees for this course.

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A full Chevening Scholarship includes:

tuition fee waiver
travel to and from your home country
an arrival allowance
the cost of an entry clearance (visa) application
a grant for thesis or dissertation
an excess baggage allowance
a monthly personal living allowance.

Value of Scholarship(s)

A tuition fee waiver plus other allowances

Eligibility

Any international student applying for a full-time taught Master's degree at BU who is a citizen of a Chevening-eligible country at the time of application and who intends to return there at the end of the period of study
You must hold an undergraduate degree that is equivalent to at least an upper-second class Honours degree in the UK
Have achieved the minimum Chevening English language requirement - minimum IELTS (Academic) 6.5 with minimum 5.5 in each component or equivalent
Have completed at least two years' work experience before applying.

Application Procedure

The deadlines are country specific but applications usually open in August each year and close in November for September entry in the following year: https://www.chevening.org/scholarships/application-timeline/

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For courses starting in September 2023. Scholarships cannot be deferred.

Applicants for full-time taught postgraduate courses who are resident in Egypt. You must have achieved a minimum of a UK upper second-class Honours (2:1) degree (or overseas equivalent) that is relevant to your postgraduate study.

Value of Scholarship(s)

£10,000

Eligibility

Applicants for full-time taught postgraduate courses who are resident in Ghana, Mexico or Pakistan. You must have achieved a minimum of a UK upper second-class Honours (2:1) degree (or overseas equivalent) that is relevant to your postgraduate study.

You must have achieved a minimum of a UK upper second-class Honours (2:1) degree (or overseas equivalent) that is relevant to your postgraduate study.