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Careers Guidance and Development – (M.Sc.)
University of the West of Scotland
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 12,600 - | ||
| Location: | Hamilton / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 24 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
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The provision of career education and guidance has become increasingly complex in the light of rapid changes in the labour market, education and training. Career practitioners are expected to provide accurate and up-to-date advice on employment, education and training opportunities to an ever-widening client group, from young people making their first career decisions and students in tertiary education, to adults and those facing redundancy or career change.
Career practitioners are also increasingly being expected to offer extra support to people who are experiencing additional difficulties in entering or retaining employment, education and training. The Postgraduate Diploma combines periods of university-based study with a range of work-based learning. Placements are arranged in schools, colleges, social inclusion projects and training providers. In addition to these arrangements, students on the full-time programme undertake six weeks of placement (in October, November and March) in a guidance organisation, usually a Skills Development Scotland centre. Throughout the course there is a strong focus on practice-based learning, personal reflection and critical analysis of practice. The Masters option is designed to articulate with the Postgraduate Diploma to allow guidance practitioners to undertake research and evaluation of their work as part of their ongoing professional development.
All of the modules in the programme are also available in e-learning mode, enabling candidates from throughout the UK to access the programme through the University’s Virtual Learning Environment, Blackboard. This is a unique feature of the programme at UWS and develops a community of students who are full-time and distance learners and able to share a range of experiences with each other
Contents
Certificate and Diploma
The Certificate consists of three modules and the Diploma six. At these levels students will study a range of core topics including professional and reflective practice and the theories which underpin thinking on career choice, career development and career decision-making. Other modulescover such areas as labour market intelligence and the policy context for the development and delivery of career education and guidance. Modules include:
* Professional Practice 1
* Professional Practice 2
* Career-related Policy
* Career Development Theory
* Reflective Guidance Practice
* Labour Market Studies
MSc
Students wishing to continue their professional development have the opportunity to undertake up to two years of further part-time study towards a Masters award, the MSc. There are two routes, one focusing on research, which involves the completion of a dissertation, while the second route is based on taught modules in Advanced Professional Practice and Communities and Networks and Partnerships. Entry to the MSc is restricted to holders of the Postgraduate Diploma in Career Guidance or an equivalent qualification recognised by the Institute of Career Guidance.
Part-time and e-learning
Those who are employed in a career or educational guidance setting may wish to study for the Certificate, Diploma or MSc on a part-time or e-learning basis. The employing organisation will be required to provide a mentor and an assessor (normally another employee with guidance experience) and allow time to attend placements, including a two-week placement in another guidance organisation in the second year of the programme
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
* The normal entrance requirement for the Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma is a degree or similar qualification. However, applications from candidates who do not possess these may also be considered. Such applicants may have completed a workplace qualification such as an S/NVQ in Advice and Guidance, and in all cases should be able to demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, experience and maturity, and satisfy the University that they have the potential to reach the academic standards required of a course at postgraduate level.
* The University welcomes applications from a wide variety of backgrounds, including those groups which have been traditionally under-represented in the career guidance profession.
* Additionally, applicants for the part-time Certificate and Diploma are expected to be employed for the whole duration of their course in a career or educational guidance context, or in an organisation whose main function is to give educational or careers guidance to adults.
English Language
It is essential that you have a good command of written and spoken English if you wish to excel in your studies. As a rough guide, a TOEFL score of 550 or above or an IELTS score of 6 or above (5 in each component) are acceptable as evidence of proficiency in English.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
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