King’s College London – MSc Leadership and Development
Course Link (Must Read): https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/leadership-and-development-msc
Paragraph 1 & 2: This paragraph is intended to demonstrate critical thinking skills and awareness of the key issues related to leadership studies specifically in the realm of how it affects countries’ development
• Discuss the importance of leadership by drawing on a case study/news/personal experience
• What have you learnt from this case study/news/personal experience about the connection between leadership and social development?
• What is your view? How does this example inspired you to specialise in Leadership and Development following your undergraduate degree in Accounting and Finance?
Paragraph 3:
• Discuss about why you are the perfect candidate. Pitch yourself, the skills you have demonstrated throughout your academic years that are relevant to this course. In the course link, they have mentioned the skills required for the programme and you should explain that you possess these skills through examples
• Undergraduate Background: Bachelor of Commerce with Majors in Accounting and Finance from University of Melbourne
• You need to link your academic background to this master’s degree you are applying to.
Paragraph 4:
• Using an internship experience, demonstrate that this job experience has introduced me to public policy consulting work, and how that inspired me to specialise in the area of leadership study. The company name can be created according what you like but the internship should be said to have happened in China.
• In this job experience, you need to be quite detailed in explaining your contribution in the work and how that links to your motivation to pursue MSc leadership and development
Paragraph 5:
– Discuss about why you want to study at King’s College London and specifically why at African Leadership Centre at KCL.
– visit https://www.kcl.ac.uk/alc/research and choose one research paper and briefly discuss the strength of the paper and why that demonstrate the research capabilities of KCL.
– Also research other points that are good about KCL
