Description

Contents

One year full-time; two years part-time. Two compulsory taught modules; choice of two taught modules from seven options; research dissertation.

Learning environment
Lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials. Group work is encouraged.

Assessment
All assessment is by coursework: essays, reports, presentations, research proposal, and dissertation. All modules are assessed. The final award takes account of all modules marks.

Relevance to work/profession
The programme is especially relevant to employment where there is engagement with refugees and other migrants, including in education, health, welfare, human rights, law and legal advice, advocacy, counselling and community work. It has general relevance to public-sector employment. Projects, including the dissertation, may draw extensively on work experience.

Thesis/Dissertation/project work
All modules give opportunities for group work, especially when assessment includes student presentations. Dissertations provide the opportunity for focused independent research.

Added value
The programme equips students with key transferable skills. By the end of the programme students should have acquired:

* high levels of competence in library and bibliographical research;
* advanced critical and evaluative abilities;
* research management skills;
* capabilities to design and deliver substantial written reports;
* capabilities to design and execute social research projects;
* enhanced abilities in verbal presentation;
* skills in data collection and analysis;
* familiarity with means of dissemination and mobilising research findings;
* advanced abilities to collaborate in research groups and teams.

Requirements

Applicants are normally required to have a good first degree in a cognate area of study. Under special circumstances applicants without a relevant first degree but with substantial professional experience may be considered.

In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS *** (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, or through an approved articulation agreement. 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.

English Language Requirements