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About the course
Create change through collaboration
Transformational development requires strong leadership. Our fully online Master of Leadership for Development, delivered jointly with the University of Melbourne, focuses on the practical skills, global connections and collaborative outlook needed to make a real difference in the development world. Learn to lead with confidence and tackle contemporary development challenges, working in partnership to find sustainable solutions.
Entry Requirements
We require a bachelor’s degree with honours (minimum 2:1 or international equivalent) and at least two years of documented, relevant professional work experience; or a H2B (70%) or equivalent at The University of Melbourne. Candidates with eight years if documented, relevant professional work experience may be eligible to enter the course on a probationary level.
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Seopedi Baitsile, Founder, The Upcycle Project, graduate of Master of Leadership for Development
“The lack of meaningful involvement of communities’ voices and identity in development projects and goals has been a barrier for many decades and it’s one which I hope to help address through studying this course. Not only does it provide the theoretical background about the world’s development challenges, but it is also future-focused and deliberate about making leaders that will serve in various fields of the sector. After completing it, I will have the skills and platform to be actively involved in work that challenges the inequalities and development injustices that exist in my field.”