Leadership Drugs & Alcohol Setting (PgCert)
Programme structure
The Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Leadership comprises of three core-courses, which will total 60 credits at masters level 11 (SCQF).
Leading People
20 credits at masters level 11 (SCQF)
This course aims to assist students to understand professional identity, self-preparation and transformation, and their nurturance of individuals through this process. This course is offered through three modules. The first module of the course will consider the various theories and approaches to leadership. The second will consider various styles of leadership associated with working with others and the third will provide students with the opportunity to also consider the issues associated with working in an adult environment. It will consider issues associated with the factors that impact on leaders, adult and self-directed learning and brain research and intelligence.
Leading Organisations
20 credits at masters level 11 (SCQF)
This course aims to assist students to: understand the culture of the organisation, understand the change process and understand the management strategies that will lead to positive change. The course will have three modules, the first will consider issues associated with the culture of the organisation and the people within it, the second will consider organisational change and development, and the third will focus on the various issues confronting educational leaders when managing their organisations, the key workplace processes on which they rely to accomplish their responsibilities.
Practitioner Enquiry and Decision Making
20 credits at masters level 11 (SCQF)
This course is designed to promote the skills of practitioner enquiry and to enhance capacity for research and evidence use in professional practice. The target group of participants are professionals currently employed in human services, education and education-related work. The course addresses the need to promote engagement with and in research by professionals in organisational services. Research engagement is integral to the promotion of evidence-based professional practice. The course aims to strengthen participants’ understanding of the relationship between research and practice.