Module manager: Irene Addison-Child
Email: I.Addison-Child@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as an Elective
By completing the module, you will reach an in-depth understanding and be able to critique the concept of academic leadership and what it means in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) context. Students will focus on developing and articulating their own theories of leadership over the course of the module. They will apply these to their own practice. Students will also be asked to demonstrate the development in their understanding of the field gained over the duration of the module and to show how their own questioning and challenging of current knowledge in EAP has progressed and/or changed their own practices.
In this module, you will consider contexts of academic leadership. This includes analysis of different models and manifestations of leadership and examination of the range of professional relationships within diverse educational, and EAP contexts. You will also consider the ethos and meaning of our working lives. You will apply this to your own context and practices.
1. Evaluate and analyse the theory and practice of leadership in higher education and EAP.
2. Investigate ideas and questions around leadership in higher education and EAP.
Skills Learning Outcomes
3. Devise an individual research project through knowledge of a field and relevant research methods
4. Apply knowledge of how to record an effective interview.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 2 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Lectures | 8 | 0.5 | 4 |
| seminars | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Independent online learning hours | 20 | ||
| Private study hours | 120 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 10 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150 | ||
For the summative assessment, students will be expected to incorporate work from formative tasks. This includes analysis of a case study - either through an interview and analysis of the emerging themes or via discourse analysis of documentation relating to leadership in HE and/or EAP. Formative feedback on these tasks will be provided.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Oral Presentation | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 12/02/2025
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