Whatever your background is, our course will meet your personal, professional and educational needs through engaging with innovation, research and leadership.

There are three ways to study this course:

• full time by blended learning (on campus in Chelmsford and by distance learning; this option is available to UK students)
• part time by blended learning (on campus in Chelmsford and by distance learning; this option is available to UK students)
• part-time by distance learning (all learning is online; this option is available to UK and international students).

For the blended learning version of the course, each module starts with a two day workshop to explain the module and expectations. It's also an opportunity to build relationships with peers and staff. Part-time students will do two days of workshops and one module per trimester. Full-time students will do four, one-day workshop and two modules per trimester. The workshops will be in Chelmsford but if numbers are sufficient they can be put on at our Cambridge campus.

The rest of the learning is distance learning through the virtual learning environment. This has been built as a very innovative learning environment which addresses all learning styles.

For distance learning students, the workshop will be replicated online through our virtual learning environment.

Each module takes a virtual international journey – the first is the Siberian express travelling from Moscow to China. Students can collect different types of learning materials at each station and the complete tasks, activities and exercises to help develop their learning on each subject area. Students also have access to a blog and a discussion board to post answers and questions with an alert on each one so the distance learning module tutor managing the environment will then be alerted when students have posted. There's also a goods van with study skills material in it.

Course contact: Julie Teatheredge