This executive Master of Arts degree meets the learning needs of leaders. The IELC is the first fully online and most “international” programme offered by the The Education University of Hong Kong, and perhaps the preeminent degree focused on school leadership in the Asia Pacific region.

The degree was formally recognised by the International Baccalaureate (IB) in 2012. It was one of first programmes to obtain this status. IELC students have the option of completing two different IB certificates concurrent for meeting the requirements of the IELC. In 2016, the Ontario Principals’ Council and its subsidiary, International School Leadership, recognised the IELC as a postgraduate pathway for its certificate, permitting credit transfer into the IELC. From 2021, the IELC will be recognised by Cambridge Assessment International Education (hereafter, Cambridge) to offer two leadership professional development qualifications: Cambridge certificate and diploma in educational leadership. The Education University of Hong Kong will be the first university in the world to offer the Cambridge leadership professional development qualifications as part of the IELC.

The LLA is developed by The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change and The Department of Education Policy and Leadership at The Education University of Hong Kong. LLA is part of the project ‘Advancing Online Learning: Aligning Pedagogy, Course Design and ICT’ funded by the Teaching Development Grants, The Hong Kong Institute of Education.

This project addresses the needs of diverse students and teachers in secondary school business education. The adaptive blended learning platform is designed for teachers and students to facilitate their teaching and learning at/outside schools. The platform provides a foundation for business teachers to actualise their innovative idea in teaching with support from the project team.

Blue Light brings together students in the APCLC-based IELC and leaders from other countries. It emphasises on leading across cultures. The first three 5-day courses in Bangkok were attended by leaders from six Asia Pacific areas and leaders from the Australian Council for Educational Leadership, the Institute for Research on Educational Development (IRED) in Vietnam, the Asia Education Foundation (AEF) in Australia, and the International Baccalaureate (IB) in the USA.

Links is a learning programme designed specifically for leaders in international schools in Hong Kong.

It targets heads of subjects, heads of year, heads of house, heads of faculty and other leaders in English Schools Foundation (ESF) schools.

Blue Skies is a comprehensive programme designed to help Beginning Principals start their principalship on a positive note; to help them to clarify what is important about their school and principalship, and to engage them in ongoing professional learning – all within a supportive collegial environment.