In September 2006, Mike Harrison, Program Director of the University of Manchester M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and School Improvement program visited BU-IED. The objective of Mike Harrison's visit was to assist BU-IED in the development of a proposed University of Manchester / BU-IED M.Ed., Diploma and Certificate program in Educational Leadership and School Improvement. The goal is to begin the program in the summer of 2007 leading to an award of a BU and University of Manchester degree to an initial cohort of up to 25 participants.