Welcome to the University of Buckingham!  Embarking on this Masters course is an exciting step in educational leadership studies.  There are many reasons for choosing to take a Masters, for example, career development, personal challenge, an interest in a particular topic. Whatever the reason that has prompted this choice it is important to see this course of study as a challenging journey where you will be able to increase your knowledge, expertise, communication skills and levels of understanding. The course is distance-learning with the expectation that you will attend online 8 trainee study days over the course of the 18 months and these will be followed by an online discussion as well as an essay. Throughout the programme, each student will be assigned a supervisor who will support them through the assignments and with the final dissertation.