Further Education Management

The primary aim of the MBA programme is to develop a critical and constructive understanding of Further and Vocational Education Management.

Participants at the end of the programme should be able to:

• Engage with technical and critical frameworks of analysis relating to business practices associated with FE/VET provision.
• Understand the nature of FE/VET markets and issues relating to the commercial positioning of FE/VET services and products.
• Develop strategic and commercially viable business plans within a FE/VET setting.
• Understand the relationships between client/business goals and education/training needs.
• Understand principles of finance, budgeting, resource management and external relations in the context of educational institutions and organisations.
• Draw on scholarly resources and debates to critically evaluate competing conceptions of occupational expertise and understand the impact these have on processes of VET provision, learning and assessment.
• Engage with the social, political and ethical dimensions of FE/VET provision.