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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 6,990 - ≈ € 13,550 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | February, September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of East London
The MSc in Risk Management programme is a generalist academic programme which aims to provide students with a robust appreciation of the risks faced by industrial, commercial and governmental organisations, and of the distinct and integrated measures taken by risk managers and risk specialists to deal with the risk management function. It will enable students to have a deeper understanding of risk management covering most areas of financial, operational and enterprise risks.
The programme is primarily focused on career preparation and pre-experience, providing a theoretical approach, but with an emphasis on putting theory into practice. Total reliance on insurance is no longer the easy option to finance risk. Governments are now encouraging businesses and the public sector to improve their operations so that they can better cope with risk themselves, supported by their networks. This programme will train risk managers who can hopefully reduce the impact of risk, and deal with it internally, inter-organisationally and by skilfully financing it. With continued globalisation that will bring about both benefits and increased risks, the programme will pay due attention to the international dimensions of risk.
The programme is designed for students who have a first degree in any discipline seeking to develop a career including a risk management function. It provides the requisite knowledge base, organisational and analytical skills for those wishing to make progress in a number of risk management roles. It is also designed to enhance the necessary applied research skills of those desiring to pursue advanced research study.
In summary the programme provides students with the opportunity to:
* Understand the concepts and contexts of risk and uncertainty, such as acceptability of risks and the identification of cost-effective strategies in the risk environment to provide safe, reliable operations and business continuity
* Develop skills and methods for identifying risk signals and communicate these to stakeholders, including the risk scorecard, risk simulations, and handling governance and compliance issues
* Critically evaluate and utilise new and established risk management tools for environmental risk assessment, financial and industrial risk assessment, risk policy assessment, risk treatment, and measuring the effectiveness of risk policy implementation
* Gain insights into different sources of information used by individuals and stakeholders and the factors that influence their perceptions of risk identification, risk avoidance or reduction, risk mitigation and risk transfer
Contents
The MSc in Risk Management is a 180 credit M Level programme. The structure is based on the University wide framework for a Master’s Programme. The programme will be delivered as four x 30 credit modules, and a 60 credit Postgraduate Dissertation including research methods.
The MSc in Risk Management can be offered in both full-time and part-time modes of study depending on viability of student numbers.
The full-time mode normally takes place over one year. In semester A of Year 1, students take the core modules of Managing Operational Risks and also Risk Financing, followed in semester B of Year 1 by Measuring & Modelling Risks, and Strategic Management of Enterprise Risks. Students will normally complete the Postgraduate Dissertation Module during the summer if September entry or spring if February entry, but only if they have completed the taught part of the programme.
The part-time mode normally takes place over two years. In semester A of Year 1 students take the module Managing Operational Risks, followed in semester B of Year 1 by Measuring & Modelling Risks. In semester A of Year 2 students take Risk Financing, followed in semester B by Strategic Management of Enterprise Risks. Students will normally complete the Postgraduate Dissertation during the summer of Year 2 if September entry, or spring if February entry, but only if they have completed the taught part of the programme.
It should be noted that research methods and project support workshops will be held during the period of the Postgraduate Dissertation to ensure that both February and September start students are appropriately supported, in addition to individual supervision and project groups/learning sets.
The programme offers two intermediate awards: a Postgraduate Certificate awarded following successful completion of 60 credits, and a Postgraduate Diploma for achieving 120 credits. However, given the relevance of the content to the named awards, students will need to have passed Managing Operational Risks and Financing Risks to achieve the Postgraduate Certificate, additionally Measuring & Modelling Risks and Strategic Management of Enterprise Risks to achieve the Postgraduate Diploma.
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You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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For admission to postgraduate business and management programmes, applicants normally need to have either:
* An undergraduate honours degree from a recognised/accredited university with a minimum 2.2 classification, or equivalent. Note that ideally this would be in one of the more numerate disciplines of business, management, technology, engineering or similar – however we will give all applications due consideration, which may include prior work experience or by interview
* Pass in a recognised Premaster’s or Master’s Qualifying Programme
In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) is required. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education postgraduate programmes.
Students that apply to enter stages of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption.
Postgraduate applicants are normally required to produce two supporting references, at least one of which should preferably be academic.
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 C (Score: 60) |
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