Corporate Governance (Top Up) | MSc at Leeds Beckett University

Course Details

Enhance your Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (ICSA) Chartered Secretaries Qualifying Scheme (CSQS) qualification by completing a dissertation and securing a masters degree in corporate governance.

An expert tutor will support you through your dissertation, an in-depth project focused on enhancing corporate governance practice. You will define your own area of investigation, be that corporate governance, compliance or social responsibility and performance, with the aim of supporting your professional development and improving the corporate governance of your organisation so it becomes a beacon for good practice.

You will be a graduate of the ICSA’s CSQS programme or hold a similar qualification. Studying part-time and with the support of an applied business school, you will be able to fit your studies into your professional schedule.

Course Benefits

Following a number of high-profile organisational scandals, effective corporate governance and the need for transparency and fairness in business is high on the agenda around the world. As a result, organisations are under more scrutiny than ever, and the pressure is on company secretaries to become more effective in developing good business conduct. This course will give you a more holistic perspective of the governance eco-system and challenges and it will enable you to provide more considered solutions to complex business dilemmas.

You will join a collaborative academic community in an applied business school right in the heart of the city. Specialist academic staff will support you in defining your area of investigation before you start researching and writing your dissertation. This mix of specialist support and resources will give you the impetus to produce work that could be deemed suitable for publication upon completion.