NGO Management, MSc

Cass Business School, Master's Programmes

Disciplines:

Management & Organisation

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Quick facts

Country:	United Kingdom	Duration:	18 Months
City:	London	Start Date:	October
Educational Form:	Taught	Languages:	English
Education Variants:	Part Time
Application Deadline:	We have no specific application deadline, and an early application is recommended
Annual Tuition Fee:	€ 9095 - Details

Programme Description

This unique MSc, considered to be the only one in Europe to focus on NGO management, has been designed in conjunction with leading experts in the field of international NGO management, and will provide the most current knowledge and expertise to develop a new generation of NGO managers.

The course is intended for highly motivated graduate-level staff, with three or more years of management experience, and will deliver immediate benefits directly back to the organisation in the form of improved analytical capabilities and strategic competencies.

Significantly subsidised, and therefore excellent value for money, the programme will deliver:

* a sound understanding of the issues facing NGOs and the impact and implications of the management and organisational challenges they face
* up-to-date skills and techniques to recognise strategic challenges and identify appropriate strategies to address them
* exposure to leading experts in the field as well as opportunity to network and study with peers from different but related backgrounds, bringing a deep and immediately relevant insight into NGO management
* recognition at the end of the course with a Postgraduate Diploma or MSc degree in NGO Management.

Students will be highly motivated graduate-level people who bring with them a wide range of professional competence, skills and experience. Students work within a wide range of charitable and not-for-profit organisations. Gender is evenly balanced across all the courses and there are no age barriers to attending these courses.

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Postgraduate Diploma

The Postgraduate Diploma is offered on a part time basis and is taught over a period of 12 months. The Diploma consists of 5 core modules, common to all Centre for Charity Effectiveness postgraduate courses, which provide essential management skills, plus three specialist pathway modules.

All courses are taught at Cass Business School and will require attendance one weekend a month commencing on the Friday afternoon at 13:00 to 21:00 and finishing on Saturday at 18:00.
In addition to the above timings, your attendance is required:

* on the Induction Day.
* for Action Learning Set meetings (usually alternate month on Friday morning of the teaching weekend).
* for the Resource Management module exam.

Modules

* Introduction to Learning
* Voluntary Sector Policy
* Resource Management
* Marketing and Fundraising
* Strategy, Diversity and Governance
* Shadowing/ Fieldwork Exercise
* NGO Management - Strategic Issues
* Managing NGOs: People and Practices

MSc Conversion

Upon successful completion of the diploma, students will be given the option to continue to the MSc. This requires completion of the Research Methods for Managers module. This can be followed by a further six months of personal supervised research and the presentation of a 10,000 word dissertation. The alternative option of a taught Masters which allows the specialist modules from one of the other Charities programme to be chosen.

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

English requirements
Every year we welcome students from around 100 different nations to study with us here at Cass. It is essential that all students have an excellent command of English in order to participate fully in the collaborative learning process. We therefore require all students who have not previously studied in English to sit an IELTS or TOEFL exam. If you are not a native English speaker but have studied or are studying in English at degree level, please submit a copy of your most recent English language test along with your application.

The required IELTS level for students who have not studied in the UK, or another English speaking environment, is a well balanced 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing.

For TOEFL we require:

* 107 (internet based test)
* 263 (computer based test)
* 627 (paper based test)

Our TOEFL code is 0870, department code 02

We do not offer a pre-sessional English class as an alternative to achieveing these scores. Any pre-sessional course should be viewed as a way of settling into living and studying in the UK and not as a way of topping up an IELTS or TOEFL score.