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Public Sector Risk Management – (M.Sc.)

Application Deadline: September 26
Annual Tuition Fee: ≈ € 12,000
Location: London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 12 months Start Date: January, September
Educational Form:
  • Taught
Education Variants:
  • Parttime
  • Fulltime
Languages: English 
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Location of Glasgow Caledonian University London

The focus of the MSc Public Sector Risk Management is on equipping the professional risk manager to educate and inform others to manage risk in a variety of fields, such as local government, healthcare, or the non-profit sector. This course is affiliated with the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) and the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

Prospects

Over the last few years, the public sector has seen strong growth in the number of risk management roles such as risk manager, risk and insurance manager, risk analyst, risk co-ordinator, and clinical risk manager. This course equips students for risk management roles in local authority risk departments and in health and social care.


Contents

All our courses have a core of strategic and operational risk, risk analysis and modelling and insurance and risk management. The Risk Management course also addresses corporate governance, business continuity and crisis management as well as global aspects of risk management.

The Public Sector MSc will look in depth at risk management in the public sector, and in health and social care in particular. Each course will also have sessions to help your personal and professional development

Subjects covered include Financial Market and Product Risk, Risk Analysis and Modelling, Contemporary Corporate Governance Issues, Managing Public Sector Risks and Managing Risk in Health and Social Care.

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Requirements

Normally the holder of a UK Honours degree 2:2 or equivalent or a relevant professional qualification and work experience in a risk management position. The overriding consideration will be the Admissions Tutor

English Language

For both Masters Degree and Postgraduate Diploma, candidates whose normal medium of education and work has not been English, will normally be required to present evidence of competence in English as demonstrated by a pass at IELTS level 6 (with no element less than 5.5) or TOEFL 550 (80 internet-based test).

Pre-sessional English

For international students who do not meet the minimum English language requirements for direct entry to the postgraduate programmes available at GCU London, we offer English language courses to help you improve your English language skills.

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: Bachelor's degree
Minimal amount of work experience Not specified

Language Proficiency

IELTS Band: 6.0
TOEFL Paper-based: 550
TOEFL Internet-based: 80

Accreditation

This course is guided by professional accrediting bodies and allows you to gain exemptions from the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Institute of Risk Management.


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