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African Leadership Centre
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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.

MSc awards

Duration One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time

Study the mutually reinforcing links between global leadership, peace and society with this transformative Global Leadership and Peacebuilding MSc at King’s College London.

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Duration One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time

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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Why study with the African Leadership Centre?

Hear from Dr Barney Walsh about why studying development, leadership and peacebuilding across the world is so important. You'll also hear about what you'll be learning, our guest lecturers and which careers this course equips you for.

Hear from Abi about why she studies Leadership and Development

Meet Abi and hear about how she won a trip to attend a conference at the ALC Nairobi as part of her end-of-the-year prize. From this experience, she realised she had emerged as a leader.

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