Course Details
About
The module aims to support individuals to become more reflexive, self-aware, empathetic, compassionate, and politically insightful leaders. A series of innovative pedagogies are used to invite students to collectively examine the details of their interactions at work, enabling them to gain insights into how norms, routines, conflicts, and cultures emerge in organisations and apply these insights to their working lives.
Participation on the module will develop students’ ability to manage and lead reflexively, with an improved understanding of their own and others’ emotions and the causes of patterns of behaviour in the workplace.
This will result in improvements in their ability to lead collectively and to work across organisational hierarchies and interorganisational systems. Students will learn to critically interrogate different perspectives on leadership, communication, and culture and their consequences for management practice.
They will learn to recognise the complex and interdependent nature of contemporary leadership and the impact of power and patterns of inclusion and exclusion.
Career Opportunities
This module will help you develop as a leader. You can use the 20 credit points awarded for this module to work towards a Postgraduate Certificate (60 credits in total).
Course Duration and Delivery Format
The course will start in Semester 2, 2026.
Proposed Dates:
- Monday 23 February 2026
- Monday 2 March 2026
- Monday 9 March 2026
The course will be taught over 3 days on the Derry-Londonderry Campus with additional online content.
* Please note, dates and timetabling may be subject to change.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Assessment is 100% coursework, the course is assessed through a professional discussion and written of coursework which focuses on applying the techniques you have learned on the course to a work situation.
Campus
Derry~Londonderry and Online
Module details
This is a 20 credit module short course.
Course Entry requirements
You should hold a Second-Class Honours Degree or better OR have significant managerial / business experience.
Fee Funding Eligibility
Places are limited and open to applicants who:
- are over 18 years of age;
- are eligible to work in Northern Ireland;
- are ‘settled’ in Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland (ROI)*, and has been ordinarily resident for at least three years;
- meet the Ulster University general entry requirements (opens in new window)
* For anyone resident in ROI, you need to be a UK or Irish citizen to be able to apply for this course.
Please note that this programme is not available to applicants with the following residency statuses:
- GB and Islands
- EU excluding ROI qualifying residents
- International students
Terms and Conditions
- Fee funding is paid directly by the Department for the Economy to Ulster University.
- Students cannot redeem the funding for an alternative programme nor redeem the cash value.
- Students cannot redeem this funding in conjunction with any other course fee funding.
- Students can normally only enrol on one programme at Ulster in any one academic year. There may be exceptions if the total credits from more than one programme do no exceed 60 credits.
Apply now
There are a limited number of places on the course.
Offers will be made to those applicants who meet the entry requirements, and have provided evidence of such, on a first come , first served basis.
Therefore, when creating your application you will need to have the following documents saved electronically as they need to be uploaded as part of the application process:
- Passport
- Evidence on meeting three year residency in NI/ROI
- Degree Certificate
- English Competency (If you have a degree from UK/ROI, you don't need to provide anything else)
- BRP - If applicable
No business experience required
This degree is open to students with a UG second class honours degree in any subject.
