MSc Strategic Leadership with AI

Module 1: Leading with Integrity (30 credits)

Leadership begins with knowing yourself. This module develops your personal leadership philosophy through structured self-reflection, grounds it in the major leadership theories, and establishes the ethical and values-based principles you will lead by.

❚ Self-awareness and personal growth: reflection techniques and development goals

❚ Key leadership theories and models, and their practical application

❚ Values-based and ethical approaches to leadership

❚ Developing a personal leadership philosophy

❚ Academic literacy, mental wellbeing and resilience

 

Module 2: Impactful Leadership (30 credits)

Develop the interpersonal skills and behaviours that make leadership work in practice — coaching, mediation, influence and negotiation — and the frameworks to navigate ethical dilemmas with a global perspective.

❚ Interpersonal relationships and communication; coaching and mediation techniques

❚ Influencing, negotiation and conflict resolution

❚ Leading teams and organisations: relationships and group dynamics

❚ Building resilient and diverse teams; introduction to change

❚ Motivating and inspiring others, and leading by example

❚ Ethical decision-making frameworks with a global perspective

 

Module 3: Leading and Shaping the Future (30 credits)

Move from leading people to shaping direction. This module explores strategic leadership in a complex and uncertain world, equipping you to respond to external shocks, set direction, and lead through crisis with resilience.

❚ Strategic leadership principles and their role in organisational success

❚ Responding to global economic, political and social trends

❚ Vision and mission development, aligned with organisational culture

❚ Adaptive leadership: responding dynamically to uncertainty and change

❚ Strategic foresight and scenario planning

❚ Crisis leadership, risk mitigation and organisational agility

 

Module 4: AI for Business and Professional Practice (30 credits)

Build a critical, practical command of artificial intelligence and its responsible use in professional work. You will learn what current AI can and cannot do, use and evaluate AI tools and workflows in a strategic leadership context, and design an AI-enabled solution proposal. No coding, model development or deployment expertise is required.

❚ AI literacy: generative AI, machine learning, automation, predictive analytics, large language models and intelligent agents

❚ Prompt design, AI-assisted research, source checking, hallucination, reliability and bias

❚ AI-supported analysis and decision-making with human-in-the-loop judgement

❚ Responsible AI: privacy, GDPR, intellectual property, transparency, explainability, inclusion and accountability

❚ AI-enabled solution planning: problem framing, stakeholder analysis, workflow mapping, risk controls and success measures

 

Module 5: Learning without Limits (30 credits)

Take ownership of your own professional development. You will analyse industry skill trends, map the capabilities you already hold against those the market is demanding, and build an authentic professional identity that communicates your value to employers and collaborators.

❚ Analysing sector reports and future-of-skills research (e.g. World Economic Forum)

❚ Sector-specific versus transferable skills across industries

❚ Recognising learning from work, volunteering and micro-credentials

❚ Skills mapping, peer feedback and reflective video diaries

❚ Personal branding: elevator pitches, LinkedIn, digital portfolios, vlogs and podcasts

 

Module 6: Impact Project (30 credits)

Take full ownership of a self-directed consultancy, business analysis, or entrepreneurship project. This is your opportunity to apply everything you have learned to a real challenge that is independent, career-focused, and tailored to your future goals.

❚ Applied research methods and evidence-based decision-making

❚ Project scoping, management, and impact-driven outcomes

❚ 3,000-word plan or report, accompanied by either a 5-minute video or a voice-over presentation

❚ Translate project experience into career growth and employability