Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
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Study Details: MA 15 months full-time
This course offers global perspectives, theoretical foundations, ethics and practice skills equipping social welfare and social development professionals to respond effectively in diverse country contexts and make global-local connections. It aims to enable students to develop cultural competence and the ability to work effectively in different global contexts.
You will develop critical thinking, enquiry and analysis skills in response to human need encouraging reflectiveness, increasing self-awareness and questioning of models of practice. You will also develop team working skills as you will be exposed to multi-disciplinary and culturally diverse working, both through collaboration with other students and observing practice in community-based projects.
The course aims to equip students with the skills to carry out research and to understand the implications of research for practice. It also provides the opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge of a specialist subject of your own choosing.
Why choose this course?
Study, compare and evaluate different welfare regimes and indigenous responses to human need within a framework of equality and social justice. Explore the ethical aspects of your subject including attention to power and anti-discriminatory practice.
You’ll develop a comprehensive and critical understanding of the knowledge, theoretical and ethical underpinnings and approaches to international social work and social development in diverse global contexts and gain an in-depth knowledge and critical appreciation of research models and methods while acquiring a high level of skill in evaluating and undertaking research.
You’ll benefit from a programme that will give you the core skills, initiative and professionalism necessary to carry out direct work with clients in a range of settings, for example working for NGOs, governments, the UN or voluntary organisations.
UK applicants should have a good undergraduate degree at Honours level, or equivalent.
EU/International applicants please visit website for details.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.
There are numerous sources of funding available for postgraduate students, both from external sources such as the Government and from the University.
There is growing demand in both developed and developing countries for the skills of social welfare and social development professionals. A wide range of job opportunities is available in both the statutory and non-statutory sectors, these include specialist roles in NGOs and various humanitarian organisations as well as the United Nations.
Typical career paths include: International development, international social work, work in the humanitarian sector and human rights work in institutions such as international and local non-governmental organisations, local and central government, United Nations, research posts in the private and public sectors. Job titles include: Social Development Worker, Child Protection Worker, Community Worker, Project Worker, Advocacy Worker.
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