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Child Protection and Welfare – (M.Sc.)

University of Dublin Trinity College

School of Social Work and Social Policy
Application Deadline: 30 June
Annual Tuition Fee: ≈ € 6,000 ≈ € 9,500 (non-EEA)
Location: Dublin / Ireland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 24 months Start Date: October
Educational Form:
  • Taught
Education Variants:
  • Parttime
Languages: English 
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Location of University of Dublin Trinity College

The M.Sc. is designed to build on the Postgraduate Diploma in Child Protection and Welfare, which counts as year 1 of this two-year part-time postgraduate programme. The M.Sc. aims to develop applied research skills in the field of child protection and welfare.

The multidisciplinary in-take comprises experienced and senior personnel from a range of relevant disciplines, for example, social work, public health nursing, education, community based and residential child care, psychology, An Garda Síochána, youth and project work.

The course is designed to strengthen the capacity of the health, social service, education and criminal justice systems to identify and respond to the needs of vulnerable and abused children and their families. It is organised in close collaboration with the Department of Health and Children and the Health Services Executive.


Contents

Students attend classes on :

* research methods
* organisational change and development

In addition, each student is assigned an individual dissertation supervisor, who provides support and guidance in planning and implementing the dissertation.

Dissertation of 15-20,000 words.

You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.

Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.

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Requirements

Admission is available only to those candidates who have achieved a 2.1 standard in the Postgraduate Diploma in Child Protection and Welfare, and who submit a satisfactory research proposal.

English language requirements:

* IELTS: Grade 6.5
* TOEFL: 88 iBT, 230-computer based, 570 paper based
* Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English: Grade C
* Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English: Grade C

Language Proficiency

IELTS Band: 6.5
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): Grade A (Score: 80)
TOEFL Paper-based: 570
TOEFL Computer-based: 230
TOEFL Internet-based: 88

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