NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION
LOG OF CHANGES
Any changes made to an approved Programme Specification (other than typographical corrections) should be logged below and the sheet appended to the
Programme Specification. Subsequent changes can then be added. Where it is not practicable to change an existing Programme Specification, a new version is
required.
NAME OF PROGRAMME:
MA / PG Diploma / PG Certificate in Leadership and Management in Integrated Children’s Services (including the National
Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership)
PROGRAMME CODE:
14PEPF-N / EYL6
PROGRAMME LEADER:
Pamela Graham
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4PEPF-N /
EYL6
Addition of alternative Year One programme for
those not eligible for entry to the current year one
programme.
Sections 11 & 15
4PEPF-N /
EYL6
MA / PG Diploma / PG Certificate in
Leadership and Management in
Integrated Children’s Services
(including the National Professional
Qualification in Integrated Centre
Leadership)
MA / PG Diploma / PG Certificate in
Leadership and Management in
Integrated Children’s Services
(including the National Professional
Qualification in Integrated Centre
Leadership)
Level 7
Years 1
-3
Semester/
academic year
Eg S2; 05/06
Amendment of programme title to reflect the
possibility of achieving the PGCert/PG Dip/MA
element without the professional qualification
element.
Section 1
Change takes
effect
Stage/year of
programme
eg Year 3
Programme title(s)
Admin change
Y/N
Programme
code(s)
affected by
change
Date of approval /
amendment
Brief summary of change to Programme
Specification
(including section number)
S1,
08-09
Level 7
Year 1
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Addition of more option modules
Sections 15 & 18
4PEPF-N /
EYL6
MA / PG Diploma / PG Certificate in
Leadership and Management in
Integrated Children’s Services
(including the National Professional
Qualification in Integrated Centre
Leadership)
Level 7
Year 2
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1. MA / PG Diploma / PG Certificate in Leadership and Management in Integrated Children’s
Services (with the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership) with
alternative exit awards: MA / PG Diploma / PG Certificate in Leadership and Management
in Integrated Children’s Services
1.
Programme or Pathway Title, and Award
2.
External Admissions Code if applicable
N/A
3.
Northumbria Programme Code
14PEPF-N EYL6
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Mode of Delivery
On Site
Yes
5.
Mode of Attendance
Full Time
No
6.
Location of Delivery
Northumbria
Yes
Distance Learning
 Sandwich
Other UK please
specify
N/A
Distance Delivery
N/A
N/A
Part Time
Yes
Riverside Early Years Training Centre
(NPQICL) and Coach Lane Campus
Overseas please
specify
7.
Collaborative Provision if applicable
Franchised
N/A
Validated
Joint
Dual
Partner Institution
8.
Date(s) of Approval/ Review
9.
QAA Subject Benchmark Group if applicable
10.
PSRB accreditation if applicable
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Educational Aims of the Programme Specified in terms of the general intentions of the programme and its distinctive characteristics; these should be
consistent with any relevant benchmark and with the Mission of the University.
Context
Integrated children’s services are at the heart of current Government policy. This area of development is of particular relevance to the work undertaken
within the School of Health, Community and Education Studies. The Government’s ten-year strategy for childcare will result in the creation of 2,500
children’s centres by 2008, 3,500 by 2010. In addition, all primary and secondary schools will be expected to provide local access to a range of extended
services by 2010.
The system wide change in children’s services as outlined in Every Child Matters: Change for Children has the improvement of leadership, management
and supervision as one of its main priorities.
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There is an expectation that every children’s centre manager will hold the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL).
The NPQICL is awarded by the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) and is subject to nationally controlled eligibility criteria linked to the
student’s job role. NCSL has specified that the provision is at level 7 and equivalent to 60 credits so that students may also register for an academic award
and progress to Masters award.
The aim is to embed the modules associated with the NPQICL into the level 7 award for ‘Leadership and Management in Integrated Children’s Services’,
so that NPQICL candidates can make a progression from a PG Certificate through a PG Diploma to a Master’s award (if they are successful in gaining 60
credits at level 7 for the NPQICL work as students registered with Northumbria University). This level of reflexivity is likely to enhance recruitment and
retention levels.
There are a growing number of professionals who are not eligible for the NPQICL but who would have requested a programme of study with the same
focus and the same learning outcomes. The alternative ‘Year One’ programme of study for those not eligible for NPQICL means that this demand can be
accommodated.
In the context of the development of integrated children’s services, the programme aims to provide opportunities for students to:
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Examine models of leadership and management practices in within multi-agency and multi-disciplinary contexts by reference to their own work
Analyse the range of management skills required by effective leaders in order to effect change and improvement
Understand and develop effective processes for managing change in the organisation
Gain insights into, and improve, their own performance and effectiveness in particular considering the impact of this on outcomes for children and
families
Engage in informed discourse and debate about policy and practice
Develop their understanding of the essential issues which must be addressed in any effective improvement initiatives
Understand the range of quality assurance processes involved in ensuring high quality outcomes for children and families
Develop the capacity to review and revise their practice in the light of their learning during the course;
Develop the skills of critical enquiry and understanding of the inter-relationships between research, policy and practice.
To gain the National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership if desired/depending upon eligibility.
How Students are Supported in their Learning/Employability/Career Development e.g. curriculum design, personal development plans, placements,
fieldwork, practical projects.
The programme has been planned so that study and research are related to policy and practice. This enables students to evaluate current policies and
practices in the light of new understandings and to consider alternative policies and practice within a broader range of contexts. Experience on the course
will enhance students’ effectiveness in their present role, and also their eligibility as strong candidates for promoted and/or new posts.
Students will be supported throughout the programme by the programme leader, guidance tutors and module tutors. A supervisor with appropriate
expertise will be allocated to provide support and supervision for the dissertation project.
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Learning Outcomes of Programme
a) Knowledge and Understanding
In relation to integrated children’s services, leadership and management and research students will demonstrate:
1.
critical awareness of current issues in relation to policy and practice;
2.
understanding of, and skills in, research and enquiry;
3.
the ability to analyse data and draw on evidence from research to question assumptions inherent in the literature, policy and their own practice;
4.
reflective expertise through assessment, discourse and journal keeping;
b) Intellectual Skills
In relation to integrated children’s services, leadership and management and research students will demonstrate:
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ability to problematise and to question assumptions in policy and their own practice;
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critical engagement with research, evidence and discourse in their professional roles;
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ability to reason critically, and demonstrate independence in considering complex professional issues;
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capacity for self-critical evaluation and improvement in management and leadership qualities;
c) Practical Skills
In relation to integrated children’s services, leadership and management and research students will demonstrate:
9.
the ability to undertake a sustained piece of work demonstrating awareness of research and practice at the forefront of their area and, where
appropriate, to propose and to test new hypotheses;
10. the ability to make their new understandings available to a wider audience, with the purpose of developing policy and practice;
d) Transferable/Key Skills
Students will demonstrate:
11. ability to develop and to apply conceptual and theoretical paradigms and frameworks;
12. ability to exercise initiative in the critical examination of existing policy and practice;
13. capacity to read widely from a range of sources and apply knowledge to discourse and writing;
14. capacity for critical reasoning and the application of analytical and critical thinking to arrive at new syntheses, enabling creative handling of
problematised issues;
15. ability to deal both critically and creatively with rapidly changing professional circumstances;
16. interpersonal skills, in particular in relation to ethical aspects of study and research;
17. ability to communicate new understandings orally, in writing and, where appropriate, via other media;
18. ICT, including for word processing, information collection and handling, including, where appropriate, for the handling and analysis of research data
and for the presentation of research findings.
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Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategy Specified to enable learners to achieve and demonstrate the above learning outcomes.
Students will, through the inputs and discussions, be supported as they develop and design analytical frameworks for the critical interrogation of the
relevant research reports, policy documents and other literature. They will be introduced to the principles of both leadership and management in early years
settings and the principles of research design, a range of research methodologies, and appropriate methods for gathering, analysis and interpretation of
data.
Throughout the modules students will have undertaken a range of activities including the examination of case studies and received teaching related to
research and research methodologies. Seminars and tutorials will help students to inter-relate insights from published work with those arising from their
own analysis, and their capacity for this will be assessed through written assignments, presentations. The assessment strategy used enables students to
demonstrate all the learning outcomes stated in the programme.
The transferable skills are embedded in the programme. For example, opportunities to develop skills in managing and applying intellect, and selfmanagement will be developed through students’ participation in case study and enquiry projects, through critical discussion in seminars and tutorials.
Skills in working with others and communication skills will be developed through student participating in seminars and data analysis workshops, and
through presentations and the writing of enquiry reports.
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Programme Structure Diagrams can also be used to demonstrate the structure. Possible stages/awards are indicated; please delete rows as required
with reference to section 8 of the Assessment Regulations for Northumbria Awards.
Programme Structure Refer if necessary to appended diagrams and section 21
must be completed
Level 7
Postgraduate
Certificate
stage
Credit Requirements
NPQICL route:
 TE0700 Exploring the Leadership Experience (30 credits level 7)
and
 TE0701 Leading Learning Across Professional Boundaries (30 credits
level 7)
Non NPQICL route:
 TE0737 Leadership and Management Approaches in Integrated Children’s
Services ( 20 credits level 7)
and
 AA0113 Research Skills ( 20 credits level 7)
and
 WB703 Work Based Project (20 credits level 7)
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Level 7
Postgraduate
Diploma
stage
120 credits at level 7.
As above plus:
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AA0114 Research Skills: design and methods (20 credits level 7)
Options worth 40 credits
Postgraduate Diploma awarded for 120 credits.
See below for list of options.
MA Level 7
As above plus one of the following:
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PP0189 Empirical Project
PP190 Practice Project
PP191 Systematic Appraisal
180 credits at level 7.
Masters Degree awarded for 180 credits.
Suggested Option
modules:
TEO336
TEO385
TE0387
TEO390
TEO706
TEO707
TEO305
ACO273
WB0703
WB0704
WB0706
TE0737
TE0605
Parenting and the Family
Teaching and Learning in the Early Years
Partnership in the Early years
Management and Leadership in the Early Years
Developing the Researcher Practitioner
Inclusive Practice/SEN
Towards Integration in Early Childhood Services
Leadership in Professional Practice
Work Based Project
Work Based Project
Academic Recognition of CPD
Leadership and Management Approaches in Integrated Children’s Services
Leadership and Management in Community Settings
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
(60 credits)
(20 credits)
(10 credits)
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
(30 credits)
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
(20 credits)
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Options offer students the opportunity to work alongside students from other
programmes and other professional backgrounds. They will be on offer subject to
viable group sizes
Students can combine up to 30 credits worth of level 6 modules with level 7 modules
Students can combine up to 30 credits worth of work based options with other option
modules in year 2
WB0703 will be an option only for students progressing from the PG Cert with
NPQICL
TE0737 be an option only for students progressing from the PG Cert without NPQICL
Students will use the work based options to focus on their leadership role in
integrated children’s services or in the case of the WBL option modules - to prepare
for Early Years Professionals Status (leading the learning in the early years).
Interim Awards Credit Structure and Programme Learning Outcomes for Interim Awards.
Award
Credit Structure
Programme Learning Outcomes
Postgraduate
Certificate
60 credits at level 7
1. critical awareness of current issues in relation to policy and practice;
2. understanding of, and skills in, research and enquiry;
3. ability to analyse data and draw on evidence from research to
question assumptions inherent in the literature, policy and practice;
4. ability to communicate new understandings orally, in writing and,
where appropriate, via other media;
Postgraduate
120 credits at level 7.
5. ability to problematise and to question assumptions in policy and
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Diploma
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practice;
6. respect for research, evidence and discourse in their professional
roles;
7. ability to reason critically, and demonstrate independence in considering
complex professional issues, ability to develop and to apply conceptual
and theoretical paradigms and frameworks;
8 ability to exercise initiative in the critical examination of existing
policy and practice;
9. capacity for critical reasoning and the application of analytical and
critical thinking to arrive at new syntheses, enabling creative
handling of problematised issues;
10. ability to deal both critically and creatively with rapidly changing
professional circumstances;
11. ICT, including for word processing, information collection and
handling, including, where appropriate, for the handling and analysis
of research data and for the presentation of research findings.
Variation From Assessment Regulations Provide details of any approved variations from the standard University regulations.
For those who meet the eligibility criteria set by the National College for School Leadership, level 7 Year 1 of the programme will include the
NPQICL Award
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Mapping of Learning Outcomes
Module
C/O
Level 7
a) Knowledge and
Understanding
b) Intellectual Skills
c) Practical
Skills
d) Transferable Key Skills
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TE0700
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TE0701
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AA0114
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TE0385
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TE0707
O
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TE0390
O
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WB0706
O
X
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X
WB0703
O
X
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WB0704
O
X
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TE0336
O
X
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AC0273
O
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TE0305
O
X
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TE0605
O
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AA0113
C/O
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TE0706
C/O
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TE0737
C/O
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PP0189
C
X
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PP0190
C
X
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PP0191
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Admission Requirements.
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Honours degree or equivalent
Normally three years post qualification experience in an appropriate setting
Evidence of IELTS 6.5 or above.
Application Procedure
Applications to be completed on standard university admissions form and processed by the programme leader.
Applicants for the NPQICL initially apply for a place on the programme via the National College for School Leadership [NCSL] web site and an application
process devised by NCSL and overseen locally by the NPQICL Consortium staff. Applicants will also be required to complete a Northumbria University
application form. All application forms will be scrutinised by the programme leader and/ or the programme area manager. The programme area manager
must approve all offers. All suitable applicants will be interviewed. Applicants invited for an interview will always be told its purpose.
Applicants for the PG Cert/PG Dip/MA Leadership and Management in Integrated Services will apply on a standard university admissions form. Applications
will be processed by the programme leader.
The ability to benefit from Northumbria University programmes is assessed on a combination of academic and personal qualities which can be
demonstrated in a number of ways. Students without a first degree who can in other ways demonstrate their ability to benefit from a Northumbria University
programme, in particular mature students without formal qualifications will always be considered and are invited to contact the admissions tutor to discuss
their application. Applicants should use the personal statement on their application to illustrate their abilities, aptitudes, skills, qualifications and experiences
which might be taken into account as well as formal qualifications.
A successful CRB check and health check may be required.
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