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African Leadership Centre
School of Global Affairs

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Postgraduate taught

Our master's courses are concerned with the leadership dimensions of security and development across the Global South. We bring together students from around the world to participate in our multicultural and diverse learning environment.

Our students are committed to:

  • acquiring content and policy analysis
  • developing research and planning skills
  • using their research knowledge to participate in a variety of events, processes and design, and framework implementation geared to engender peaceful resolution of conflict in the developing world
  • promoting respect for diversity, including gender equality, within organisations and in society.
Duration full-time: One year, part-time: two years

Study Global Affairs MSc at King's College London

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Duration 1 year FT, September to September

This programme provides high quality post-graduate training that builds the capacity for critical analysis, independent judgement and engagement with critical audiences on Leadership and Development.

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Duration 1 year FT, September to September

This programme provides high quality post-graduate training that builds the capacity for critical analysis, independent judgement and engagement with critical audiences on Security, Leadership and Society.

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Why study our Security, Leadership & Society MSc?

Our Security, Leadership & Society MSc looks at the mutually reinforcing links between security, leadership and society, especially in developing nations.

Through our course, you will learn to understand the huge significance of leadership processes and outcomes in security efforts in the developing world and the impacts they have on society.

Why study our Leadership & Development MSc?

Our Leadership & Development MSc focuses on the issues that highlight leadership’s central position in the dynamics of development. It will give you an understanding of the fundamentally important, yet under-researched, role that leadership plays in the developmental challenges that confront developing societies.

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