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Professional Development and Customised Training Programmes (Short Course)
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
We are able to provide individuals and small groups with customised programmes and study tours tailored to individual professional needs. Topics Programmes can be arranged in most development related subjects. Recent examples have focussed on: Climate change and governance; Monitoring and evaluation of development projects; Gender and development; Management information systems. We can provide tailor-made study sessions, guided reading and seminar style discussions with members of the School of International Development teaching faculty and research team plus wider access to staff throughout the university. Members have extensive experience in North Africa, most countries of sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South and South East Asia and the Far East, Central and South America, the Caribbean, the Pacific and Europe.School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
MSc Water Security and International Development
The programme will critically reflect on the practical and theoretical facets of water security with a view to develop a better foundation upon which to achieve developmental and environmental objectives.
We will provide the latest interdisciplinary theory and tools necessary to rise to the challenges and students will graduate with the knowledge and tools to be able to understand and audit the water security of a system of interest be it nation, region, company, sector, scheme or household.
The MSc Water Security and International Development degree will be offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
This Master's degree interprets water security in its broad political ecology and political economy sense. We believe that the hydrological cycle is intimately connected to critical global policy concerns, climate change, food trade and food security, energy security and in turn to the international cooperation that affects human, community, regional and state security.The programme will critically reflect on the practical and theoretical facets of water security with a view to develop a better foundation upon which to achieve developmental and environmental objectives.
We will provide the latest interdisciplinary theory and tools necessary to rise to the challenges and students will graduate with the knowledge and tools to be able to understand and audit the water security of a system of interest be it nation, region, company, sector, scheme or household.
The MSc Water Security and International Development degree will be offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
MA Media and International Development
This Masters programme;
- combines theory and practice through its two specialist media and development modules.
- gives students the opportunity to either write a dissertation in the summer term or take a work-experience module.
- is embedded in the local community, with strong links to a number of local NGOs and media organisations.
- is connected with the Public Media Alliance, the largest global association of public broadcasters, who are based within the School and provide teaching and resources.
- has, in recent years, included seminars, lectures and workshops from Intermedia, The Guardian, Mediae, World View, One World Media, the International Broadcasting Trust, BBC Media Action and academics from the London School of Economics, the University of Westminster and City University.
- contains an optional five-day practical training course entitled, Film-making for Development, run by Postcode Films.
- is situated in the School of International Development (DEV) which has a world-class reputation for research in development studies.
- allows for a unique range of choice and specialisation, with students able to choose module options from within DEV and from other departments at UEA.
The MA Media and International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
This Master’s is an innovative programme which addresses current theories, practice and research surrounding the relationship between media and development. Graduates have gone on to work in a range of fields including humanitarian communication, NGO communications, development journalism, media development, journalism and academia.This Masters programme;
- combines theory and practice through its two specialist media and development modules.
- gives students the opportunity to either write a dissertation in the summer term or take a work-experience module.
- is embedded in the local community, with strong links to a number of local NGOs and media organisations.
- is connected with the Public Media Alliance, the largest global association of public broadcasters, who are based within the School and provide teaching and resources.
- has, in recent years, included seminars, lectures and workshops from Intermedia, The Guardian, Mediae, World View, One World Media, the International Broadcasting Trust, BBC Media Action and academics from the London School of Economics, the University of Westminster and City University.
- contains an optional five-day practical training course entitled, Film-making for Development, run by Postcode Films.
- is situated in the School of International Development (DEV) which has a world-class reputation for research in development studies.
- allows for a unique range of choice and specialisation, with students able to choose module options from within DEV and from other departments at UEA.
The MA Media and International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
Organisational Change for Gender Equality (Short Course)
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
The five-day short course introduces participants to practical skills and approaches to build capacity and take action inside a development organisation for the delivery of gender aware policy, programmes and projects. Experience of gender mainstreaming has taught us the importance of building gender knowledge and practical skills among staff and leadership and the significance of an inclusive workplace environment for gender equality. The internal workplace shapes external practice. The course draws from the experience of working inside a range of development organisations.School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
MSc Impact Evaluation for International Development
Impact evaluation has become an important tool in development policy making. Multi-lateral and bi-lateral donor agencies and developing country governments are now widely committed to funding and utilising high quality impact evaluation.
The course offers familiarisation with and skills in the basics of modern evidence-based policy-making and impact evaluation, including the contexts and practices of evaluation, research design and data production for evaluation, and basic and more advanced methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis.
The MSc Impact Evaluation for International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
This Master's is for those who are in interested in designing and implementing development projects and programmes and/or in researching development effectiveness, and who need to develop and enhance their skills for undertaking high-quality rigorous impact evaluations.Impact evaluation has become an important tool in development policy making. Multi-lateral and bi-lateral donor agencies and developing country governments are now widely committed to funding and utilising high quality impact evaluation.
The course offers familiarisation with and skills in the basics of modern evidence-based policy-making and impact evaluation, including the contexts and practices of evaluation, research design and data production for evaluation, and basic and more advanced methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis.
The MSc Impact Evaluation for International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
MA Gender Analysis in International Development
We offer a broad training integrating theory and development policy experience which is both sectoral (eg education; land and property; credit and finance; rural livelihoods; sustainable development, environment and conservation; HIV/AIDS) and cross-cutting (eg migration, and male gender identities and masculinities in development).
Our graduates are employed in the World Bank, the UK DFID, and other bilateral aid agencies, and in large international NGOs like Oxfam as well as in developing country government departments and as academics.
The MA Gender Analysis of International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
This degree incorporates a number of topics including concepts used in gender analysis of development, social justice, gender and power, poverty and inequality, and gendered approaches to social and human development such as capabilities, social exclusion and human rights, and violence, religion and identities.We offer a broad training integrating theory and development policy experience which is both sectoral (eg education; land and property; credit and finance; rural livelihoods; sustainable development, environment and conservation; HIV/AIDS) and cross-cutting (eg migration, and male gender identities and masculinities in development).
Our graduates are employed in the World Bank, the UK DFID, and other bilateral aid agencies, and in large international NGOs like Oxfam as well as in developing country government departments and as academics.
The MA Gender Analysis of International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
MA Cities and Global Development
This 12 months course is aimed at those wishing to acquire the skills and knowledge to pursue careers in international development assistance, urban governance, planning and environmental policy in the global South. There's a range of optional modules and core teaching reflecting the latest debates in urban theory and development studies, with a built in international field trip.
The course includes a team-based student consultancy project for an external client, providing the opportunity to undertake ‘live’ consultancy work for a real-world public, private or non-profit organisation in the field of international urban development.
This MA is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) making it unique in the UK by offering both a client-facing project with a professional accreditation. The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has a bursary for places on this accredited planning course. You can find more information on applying for the bursary here.
Overseas students from developing countries applying for the course may also be eligible to apply for the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Masters Scholarships.
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID)
The largest and fastest-growing cities in the world today are in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Studying on this course you'll explore the range of urban development and planning challenges faced by governments and populations in these regions, whilst learning vital analytical and practical tools to address them. This interdisciplinary course looks at urban problems in global development processes, exploring links between national and local policies as well as the economic, social, institutional and political relationships between the global north and south.This 12 months course is aimed at those wishing to acquire the skills and knowledge to pursue careers in international development assistance, urban governance, planning and environmental policy in the global South. There's a range of optional modules and core teaching reflecting the latest debates in urban theory and development studies, with a built in international field trip.
The course includes a team-based student consultancy project for an external client, providing the opportunity to undertake ‘live’ consultancy work for a real-world public, private or non-profit organisation in the field of international urban development.
This MA is accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) making it unique in the UK by offering both a client-facing project with a professional accreditation. The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has a bursary for places on this accredited planning course. You can find more information on applying for the bursary here.
Overseas students from developing countries applying for the course may also be eligible to apply for the Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust Masters Scholarships.
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Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), United Kingdom
MSc Environment and International Development
The interaction between environment and development is studied through analysing policy processes at local, national and international levels, as played out by a large cast of actors: policy makers, politicians, business administrators, rural and urban resource users.
We use a wide range of critical and constructive skills, analytical techniques and contextual knowledge to advance our understanding of these processes. A main focus of the MSc is on the political ecology approach to understanding debates and policy processes underpinning responses to environmental and natural resource problems.
The MSc Environment and International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
All environmental issues derive from natural processes, but at the same time are social and political, and it is this unique interdisciplinary approach which drives this MSc. It will appeal to natural resource specialists and agriculturalists, as well as those from a social science background who work or are interested in and wish to study development issues, sustainability and the environment.The interaction between environment and development is studied through analysing policy processes at local, national and international levels, as played out by a large cast of actors: policy makers, politicians, business administrators, rural and urban resource users.
We use a wide range of critical and constructive skills, analytical techniques and contextual knowledge to advance our understanding of these processes. A main focus of the MSc is on the political ecology approach to understanding debates and policy processes underpinning responses to environmental and natural resource problems.
The MSc Environment and International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
MA Conflict, Governance and International Development
Key topics include inter alia the possible definitions, arguable causes and consequences of democracy; the political, social and economic effects of different political institutions; and the typically contested origins of violent intrastate conflicts as well as the suggestions that have been made to help overcome them.
The course adopts a unique interdisciplinary approach which is grounded in the acknowledgment that it is extremely difficult to meet international development targets in states experiencing endemic political instability, violent civil conflict, gross human rights abuses and acute crises of governance.
The MA Conflict, Governance and International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
This course focuses on the political development goals of sustainable peace, good governance and stable democracy. Drawing on different theoretical approaches and various empirical examples throughout the degree programme, it asks students to critically assess alternative suggestions for establishing peace and inclusive, durable democracies in developing countries.Key topics include inter alia the possible definitions, arguable causes and consequences of democracy; the political, social and economic effects of different political institutions; and the typically contested origins of violent intrastate conflicts as well as the suggestions that have been made to help overcome them.
The course adopts a unique interdisciplinary approach which is grounded in the acknowledgment that it is extremely difficult to meet international development targets in states experiencing endemic political instability, violent civil conflict, gross human rights abuses and acute crises of governance.
The MA Conflict, Governance and International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
MSc Climate Change and International Development
Taught by a team of internationally-renowned natural scientists, policy analysts and economists, course material will draw upon existing and ongoing research and applied work through the School of International Development and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Its interdisciplinary approach ensures students opportunity to collaborate with the School of Environmental Sciences through science-based modules on climate change.
The MSc Climate Change and International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
Designed to meet the career needs of people working in international development and climate change policy and practice, the course will address multiple dimensions: International policy frameworks on climate change; urban climate change governance; adaptation and mitigation choices and pathways; linking climate change mitigation and development; carbon trade, markets and development; climate change and poverty reduction, trade-offs and synergies; local responses to extreme events and disasters; sectoral responses (eg water, energy, food and forests).Taught by a team of internationally-renowned natural scientists, policy analysts and economists, course material will draw upon existing and ongoing research and applied work through the School of International Development and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. Its interdisciplinary approach ensures students opportunity to collaborate with the School of Environmental Sciences through science-based modules on climate change.
The MSc Climate Change and International Development degree is offered over one year full-time, or two years part-time.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
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