The Doctor of Education programme equips senior education practitioners and high-potential individuals with both knowledge as well as the applied and research skills needed to become executive-level organisational leaders, industry innovators, consultants, and policymakers. Students ethically address complex and practical education-related challenges and learn how to transform education management practices to create organizational relevance, advancement, growth, and sustainability.

Aims

Ability to plan and conduct research and evaluation studies with a clear purpose to improve the educational lives of others and based on findings, make recommendations to improve future educational practices.

• Knowledge and skills to apply educational organisational theories, management skills, leadership strategies, and data research to transform organisations.
• Use self-evaluation, reflection, feedback and developments in theories and evidence-based practices to improve their ethical business practice in a variety of contexts

Assessments

Assessment instruments will mainly be in the form of either management reports or proposals with a word count of between 4,000 – 4,500 words for the taught modules.

The Thesis will have a word count of between a minimum of:

• 20,000 to a maximum of 30,000 words for the Route 1 – Mixed Mode and;
• 40,000 to 45,000 words for the Route 2 – Research Mode.

Entry Requirements

1. A Master’s degree in any field; or
2. Other qualifications recognised by IBES as equivalent to a Master’s degree; and
3. Demonstrate English language proficiency in order to participate in the programme taught in English.

Proficiency of English include either a recognised English proficiency testing score of IELTS overall band of 6.0 or equivalent. Those having undertaken either an undergraduate, postgraduate or professional qualification taught and assessed in English will also be accepted as having met the English proficiency.