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Shelter After Disaster – (Grad.Cert.)
Oxford Brookes University
School of Architecture
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,244 - ≈ € 4,306 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Oxford / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 4 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Oxford Brookes University
Immediately after a natural disaster a critical need is for safe shelter. In the first days and weeks in the relief phase shelter is often in the form of tents and makeshift shacks built from whatever materials are available. As relief shifts to recovery critical decisions are made that set the nature and scope of longer term shelter: location, quality, cost, role of government authorities and aid agencies, and of people themselves.
While 'shelter after disaster' has been a recognised field of work for at least thirty years, the systems and approaches for successful shelter delivery are far from clear. With a bewildering range of actors and contested debate over the best approaches, achieving equitable, sustainable and effective shelter after disaster can be complex and too often goes wrong. To these ends the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice's (CENDEP) approach to shelter after disaster is to learn from practice about what works best. For CENDEP this means adhering to developmental good practice, wherein affected communities must be engaged in decision making at every stage.
Why Brookes?
This programme is based on the expertise developed at Oxford Brookes University in the CENDEP (Centre for Development and Emergency Practice) which has been running successful pedagogic and research programmes in the field of humanitarian action for the last 20 years.
Brookes' School of Architecture is recognised as one of the country's leading schools and is consistently ranked by The Architect's Journal as one of the five best schools in the UK.
Contents
Course length
Full-time: One semester (four months)
The programme is the Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) in Shelter after Disaster. The programme is organised on a modular credit system. Modules combine a ratio of taught to self-led study. For example a module of 20 credits approximates to 200 hours of student effort, up to 40 hours of which will be devoted to lectures, seminars or individual tutorials. The remainder of the time is devoted to student-led study. 60 credits are required to complete the PG Cert. Of these the core module accounts for 20 credits, while the extra 40 credits are achieved through a combination of 10 and 20 credit modules. An introduction on the first day of the programme will enable you to make a more informed choice of modules to take. The timetable is structured to minimise the likelihood that two related modules will run at the same time but clashes are not always avoidable.
The Modules on the course are:
* Shelter after Disaster (20 Credits) - core module
* Practice of Theory: Tools and Methods (20 Credits)
* Disasters, Risk, Vulnerability and Climate Change (20 Credits)
* Learning Practice Masterclass (10 Credits)
* Working with Conflict: Practical Skills and Strategies (10 Credits)
In addition to modules the programme organises many optional events, including PhD research seminars within the Department, student-led seminar series and occasional lectures. As well as the formal teaching content, the high quality of the student experience is an essential aspect of the programme. Students usually keep in touch after the course has ended via alumni links, where job opportunities are often shared. The PG Cert in Shelter after Disaster is offered as a standalone award wherein you take joint modules also available to students attending the Masters degree in Development and Emergency Practice (DEP). The programme has an average of 35-40 students, usually from over 20 countries, with a wide diversity of backgrounds. You will also benefit from interacting with a wider cohort of development and emergency practitioners.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
If you wish to apply you should fulfil one of the following conditions:
* hold an approved undergraduate honours degree in a relevant discipline at first or upper second class level
* hold a relevant recognised diploma or professional qualification in a relevant discipline (eg human rights, development practice, humanitarianism, architecture, planning, environmental psychology, public health, geography, public administration)
* have substantial and proven field experience within a relevant area, eg with an NGO.
English language requirements
* At least 6.5 in IELTS, with a minimum of 6.0 across all four components of the test
* At least 87 in TOEFL (iBT) with a minimum of 21 in listening; 22 in reading; 23 in speaking; 21 in writing.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 87 |
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