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MA Globalisation, Business and Sustainable Development
- Is globalisation leading to increasing international inequality and poverty, or does the expansion of international trade in goods and services provide new opportunities for developing countries?
- How can we make sense of emergent trends such as fair trade, social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and sustainable consumption?
- Does globalisation call for a radical overhaul of existing international, national and local institutions?
- And why is it so difficult to solve global environmental problems such as climate change?
Gain comprehensive knowledge in the field of globalisation, business and sustainable development and equip yourself with the necessary skills to pursue a career in this fascinating area. You’ll integrate different disciplinary perspectives to analyse the economic, political, social and environmental dimensions of globalisation. You’ll consider the resistance to globalisation and how this has played out in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
This course adopts a unique interdisciplinary approach, making UEA the perfect place to help you gain that all-important competitive edge.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
The process of globalisation is central to an understanding of the contemporary world. The nature of this process and its implications for international development are hotly debated and you’ll tackle key questions including:- Is globalisation leading to increasing international inequality and poverty, or does the expansion of international trade in goods and services provide new opportunities for developing countries?
- How can we make sense of emergent trends such as fair trade, social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and sustainable consumption?
- Does globalisation call for a radical overhaul of existing international, national and local institutions?
- And why is it so difficult to solve global environmental problems such as climate change?
Gain comprehensive knowledge in the field of globalisation, business and sustainable development and equip yourself with the necessary skills to pursue a career in this fascinating area. You’ll integrate different disciplinary perspectives to analyse the economic, political, social and environmental dimensions of globalisation. You’ll consider the resistance to globalisation and how this has played out in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
This course adopts a unique interdisciplinary approach, making UEA the perfect place to help you gain that all-important competitive edge.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
Intercultural Communication and International Development MA
Course description
This interdisciplinary course is designed to produce international development practitioners with advanced intercultural communication skills. You'll develop a critical understanding of the role culture and communication play in international development. You’ll also learn the theory and practice of intercultural communication and international development, and how to apply these to real-life situations.
You'll develop essential skills in ethnographic research and form systematic approaches to understanding others’ perspectives. This course will help you develop an intercultural lens on the world’s most pressing problems. The course includes a ten-day field class overseas that provides hands-on experience of research.
- In a global society based on fairness, everyone’s voice should be heard. The world needs developers who can communicate across cultural boundaries and bring people together. As a graduate of this course, you’ll be well placed to make a difference.
- This course is highly flexible – through optional modules you’ll have a variety of ways to develop your language skills and interests.
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID)
The world needs developers who can communicate across cultural boundaries and bring people together. You'll learn best practice for effective communication at work across a wide range of cultural groups, and develop your communication skills in more than one language.Course description
This interdisciplinary course is designed to produce international development practitioners with advanced intercultural communication skills. You'll develop a critical understanding of the role culture and communication play in international development. You’ll also learn the theory and practice of intercultural communication and international development, and how to apply these to real-life situations.
You'll develop essential skills in ethnographic research and form systematic approaches to understanding others’ perspectives. This course will help you develop an intercultural lens on the world’s most pressing problems. The course includes a ten-day field class overseas that provides hands-on experience of research.
- In a global society based on fairness, everyone’s voice should be heard. The world needs developers who can communicate across cultural boundaries and bring people together. As a graduate of this course, you’ll be well placed to make a difference.
- This course is highly flexible – through optional modules you’ll have a variety of ways to develop your language skills and interests.
DegreeLanguage
- English
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), United Kingdom
STEPS Summer School on Pathways to Sustainability, Brighton, 21-22 May 2020
IDS
Participants will explore the theme of pathways to sustainability through a mixture of workshops, lectures, outdoor events and focused interaction with STEPS Centre members. This year’s summer school will be the ninth and last in the series, which has run since 2012 with the generous support of the ESRC, International Science Council (ISC) and others. In its final year (2021), the STEPS Centre is planning a different set of activities around the theme of Methods, as well as updating a set of Open Access online materials that draws on lectures and readings from past Summer Schools and will remain online for the coming years.
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton, United Kingdom
IDS
International Social Change and Policy MSc
This innovative course will develop your awareness of the most pressing challenges posed by social change. It will enable you to critically examine dominant policy responses to key aspects of social change at national, cross-national, comparative and global levels, and make you aware of agendas on policy alternatives and futures.
Teaching
You'll be taught by social policy, sociology and social work academics leading to a deeper understanding of the causes of, and solutions to, global and international social problems. Throughout the course, there is a strong emphasis on developing the practical skills required by social policy analysts working internationally.
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID)
Develop your awareness of the most pressing challenges posed by social change, critically examine dominant policy responses to key aspects of social change at national, cross-national comparative and global levels, and increase your awareness of agendas on policy alternatives and futures.This innovative course will develop your awareness of the most pressing challenges posed by social change. It will enable you to critically examine dominant policy responses to key aspects of social change at national, cross-national, comparative and global levels, and make you aware of agendas on policy alternatives and futures.
Teaching
You'll be taught by social policy, sociology and social work academics leading to a deeper understanding of the causes of, and solutions to, global and international social problems. Throughout the course, there is a strong emphasis on developing the practical skills required by social policy analysts working internationally.
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), United Kingdom
MA Agriculture and Rural Development
You’ll cover the policies and practices of the major international institutions in rural development – including the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations Development Programme and La Via Campesina. You’ll also gain cutting-edgeinsights on the relationship between agriculture and rural development.
With these topics back at the top of the international development agenda, you’ll graduate ready to take on a fulfilling career or further study in the area.
Gain an overview of agriculture, rural livelihoods, rural policy and politics. You’ll strengthen your analytical prowess and graduate with a set of widely transferable skills.
Focus on the dynamic interactions between local livelihoods and agriculture as a globalised industry. Take an interdisciplinary perspective on the global, national and local level processes that shape agriculture and rural development. And integrate your knowledge by using a mix of social sciences, economics and natural resource studies.You’ll cover the policies and practices of the major international institutions in rural development – including the World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations Development Programme and La Via Campesina. You’ll also gain cutting-edgeinsights on the relationship between agriculture and rural development.
With these topics back at the top of the international development agenda, you’ll graduate ready to take on a fulfilling career or further study in the area.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
Education MA
During this one-year, full-time course you will explore theory and research relating to learning, teaching and assessment and educational policy. You may not have professional experience in teaching, but there is a school placement module in an educational setting as an optional part of this course (limited numbers).
Teaching
Teaching and learning takes place via lectures, seminars, tutorials, discussion, active inquiry and investigations. Regular meetings with a personal tutor support and encourage your learning and understanding. A weekly tutorial and a Study of Education course accompanies the taught modules.
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID)
Join education professionals from all over the world for a postgraduate course that will advance your career.During this one-year, full-time course you will explore theory and research relating to learning, teaching and assessment and educational policy. You may not have professional experience in teaching, but there is a school placement module in an educational setting as an optional part of this course (limited numbers).
Teaching
Teaching and learning takes place via lectures, seminars, tutorials, discussion, active inquiry and investigations. Regular meetings with a personal tutor support and encourage your learning and understanding. A weekly tutorial and a Study of Education course accompanies the taught modules.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), United Kingdom
MSc Development Management
Key facts
– Thousands of students, from former Presidents to country field workers, from over 100 countries have completed an OU Development Management qualification
– DPP provides supported distance learning. For each module you take you will have a dedicated tutor and access to a programme of tutorials and seminars both online and face-to-face
– DPP offers certificates, diplomas and a full MSc so students can build towards a qualification depending on their work and time commitments
– The Development Management team includes members of the Development Policy and Practice Group – the academics who teach and undertake research into development management – and the Associate Lecturers (ALs), the tutors who help guide the learning of all our students. Wherever you study you will be in the company of the team and our students worldwide, and can enjoy networking with fellow-students, development practitioners and academics
Development Policy and Practice, the Open University (DPP)
This course will provide you with the analytical and pragmatic tools to address global challenges, issues of inequalities, violence, migration, health, justice and security. The DPP groups qualifications are grounded in theory from different disciplines but are practice based, providing both ideas to challenge you and practical skills for working in international development. The course offers a range of qualifications, each building towards a Masters programme. This allows you to work in your own time and offers maximum flexibility. The modules mostly run twice a year and have been designed to be studied around your work and family life commitments.Key facts
– Thousands of students, from former Presidents to country field workers, from over 100 countries have completed an OU Development Management qualification
– DPP provides supported distance learning. For each module you take you will have a dedicated tutor and access to a programme of tutorials and seminars both online and face-to-face
– DPP offers certificates, diplomas and a full MSc so students can build towards a qualification depending on their work and time commitments
– The Development Management team includes members of the Development Policy and Practice Group – the academics who teach and undertake research into development management – and the Associate Lecturers (ALs), the tutors who help guide the learning of all our students. Wherever you study you will be in the company of the team and our students worldwide, and can enjoy networking with fellow-students, development practitioners and academics
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Development Policy and Practice, the Open University (DPP), United Kingdom
International Political Economy MA
Contemporary capitalism is fraught by growing inequalities, environmental degradation, and technological change. These challenges are not the result of economic laws of motion, but rather of human activity. Only by viewing the economy through a political lens we can start to understand and tackle them. On this degree you will engage in fresh thinking and cutting-edge research on how contemporary economies work – and how to achieve more equal and sustainable societies.
Duration: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID)
Explore the economy through a political lens and question the ideas and decisions that shape it. On our International Political Economy MA (formerly Global Political Economy) you'll take part in cutting-edge research on how to achieve more equal and sustainable societies.Contemporary capitalism is fraught by growing inequalities, environmental degradation, and technological change. These challenges are not the result of economic laws of motion, but rather of human activity. Only by viewing the economy through a political lens we can start to understand and tackle them. On this degree you will engage in fresh thinking and cutting-edge research on how contemporary economies work – and how to achieve more equal and sustainable societies.
Duration: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), United Kingdom
BA Geography and International Development
Fieldwork and field courses are a vital part of the degree. In addition to field-work elements in a number of the taught modules we have a weekend residential trip in the first year and a compulsory field trip module in the second year, either the UK or overseas. In your third year, you’ll have the opportunity to gain hands on experience through your dissertation research and/or Development Work Placement module.
The School of International Development is internationally renowned for its research. They work closely with the School of Environmental Sciences, which houses the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and a research group on Science, Society and Sustainability.
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV)
Combine the study of human geography with international development to learn how to tackle the biggest challenges facing the modern world – poverty and inequality, food security, climate change, conflict, global governance, sustainability and migration. You’ll study geography in depth and apply your knowledge and analysis to issues in international development. The course emphasises academic rigour and technical skills, whilst building your employability. You’ll gain practical skills training, field experience, and IT skills including in Geographical Information Systems (GIS).Fieldwork and field courses are a vital part of the degree. In addition to field-work elements in a number of the taught modules we have a weekend residential trip in the first year and a compulsory field trip module in the second year, either the UK or overseas. In your third year, you’ll have the opportunity to gain hands on experience through your dissertation research and/or Development Work Placement module.
The School of International Development is internationally renowned for its research. They work closely with the School of Environmental Sciences, which houses the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and a research group on Science, Society and Sustainability.
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
School of International Development, University of East Anglia (DEV), United Kingdom
LLM International Law and Global Justice
This course has been designed primarily for lawyers and students who work in, or intend to pursue a career in, the public sector. This may include high-level government lawyers, leaders in non-governmental organisations, and academics. It offers the opportunity to gain a critical understanding of the role of international law in advancing justice both in times of peace and war. Teaching is informed by the research of renowned academics from the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law.
Duration
1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID)
Designed primarily for lawyers and students who work in, or intend to pursue a career in, the public sector.This course has been designed primarily for lawyers and students who work in, or intend to pursue a career in, the public sector. This may include high-level government lawyers, leaders in non-governmental organisations, and academics. It offers the opportunity to gain a critical understanding of the role of international law in advancing justice both in times of peace and war. Teaching is informed by the research of renowned academics from the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law.
Duration
1 year full-time or 2 years part-time
Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID), United Kingdom
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