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    MA Two years full-time, three years distance, two years distance

Course Description

With today’s continuously changing labour market, along with education and skills reforms, career guidance and leadership have become an increasingly significant part of education, employment and training.

This unique Master’s in Career Guidance and Leadership with professional qualification will equip you with the theoretical knowledge, practical skills and qualities required in practice for a range of professional roles within the career development and employability sector. You’ll benefit from a flexible approach to your studies with our blended and distance learning, as well as personalised, hands-on learning.

You’ll be ready to work with a range of clients and make a real difference in people’s lives – whether you’re planning a future in career development and employability or already working within the sector.

Entry Requirements

You will need an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK undergraduate honours degree or other equivalent higher education qualification e.g. HND / DipHE.

Applicants without such qualifications will be considered but will be required to evidence relevant work experience in a related field, and demonstrate their motivation and ability to study at postgraduate level.

Via the admissions process, all suitable applicants are invited for an interview, which takes place at a convenient time via a Teams or phone call. This is an opportunity for the applicant to discuss their application and motivation to study the course and to have questions about the course addressed. Areas for discussion include the applicant’s understanding and interest in the following areas:

  • career development/employability
  • commitment to a “career in career”
  • an insight into the demands of the sector for practitioners working in the profession
  • the ability to manage the demands of postgraduate study.

DBS checks are mandatory for this course. If a DBS check indicates that a student is unsuitable to work with young people or vulnerable adults, their case will be referred to the Dean of the School of Social Sciences and the student will be required to withdraw from the course.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

You might be able to get a scholarship to help fund your studies, We award scholarships to those students who can demonstrate excellent achievement, passion and dedication to their studies.

Student Destinations

The course will equip you with the knowledge, skills and attributes that are highly sought after by employers in the career development and employability sector.  As such, careers and employability are core themes throughout the course – not only will you have acquired the skills necessary for professional practice within the sector, but you’ll be able to apply the insights to yourself in order to assist you in managing your own career and employability.

Destination outcomes from the course are excellent. Graduates have entered a range of roles in career guidance, employability, management and leadership across the sector, including:

  • Careers Adviser
  • Careers and Employability Adviser
  • Career Coach
  • Careers Consultant
  • Careers Development and Education Consultant
  • Careers Leader
  • Curriculum Manager
  • Deputy Director of Student Services (Employability)
  • Employability Education Projects Officer
  • Graduate Transition Manager
  • International Officer (HE recruitment)
  • Project Manager (Employability)
  • Team Manager – Employment Adviser.

Module Details

Year One

  • Professional Guidance Practice and Theoretical Perspectives I (30 credit points)
  • Professional Career Guidance Practice and Theoretical Perspectives II (30 credit points)
  • Designing and Delivering Career Related Learning (30 credit points)
  • Careers Strategy and Leadership (30 credit points)

Year Two

  • Research Methods and Dissertation/Service Evaluation (60 credit points)

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