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Details: 2 years part time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course description: This course is designed for social work managers who have already completed Specialist level or have substantial experience and want to develop professionally. (read more)
Course venue: Kingston University London, KT1 2HX
Details: 3 years part time course.
Course fees: Not known.
Course description: This course is designed to enable practiitioners to enhance their skills in working effectively with children, young people and their families who may be experiencing mental health problems. (read more)
Course venue: City University, EC1V 0HB
Details: 18 months part time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course description: The course is designed for graduates wishing to combine a postgraduate education with gaining a professional qualification. (read more)
Course venue: Leeds Metropolitan University, LS1 3HE
Details: 2.
Course fees: Not known
Course description: The programme is designed for experienced social services managers who are employed in the statutory, voluntary or independent sectors of the personal social services and related welfare provision. (read more)
Course venue: University of Stirling (The), FK9 4LA
Details: 2 years part time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change and you are advised to check the current details with the course provider before enrolling on this course.
Course description: This course (designed to meet the needs of those working in health and welfare services as practitioners. (read more)
Course venue: London Metropolitan North Campus, N7 8DB
Details: 12 months full time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course venue: University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
Details: 1-5 years self study with attendance course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course description: The programme explores current understandings of ASDs and the implications of this knowledge and research on practice. (read more)
Course venue: Self Study (attendance in Birmingham),
Details: 12 months full time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course description: The MA in Research Methods will equip you with the theoretical understanding and practical skills required to carry out in-depth research in Social Work using a variety of methodological approaches and research techniques. (read more)
Course venue: University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD
Details: 4-12 months full time course.
Course fees: First year home fees £705-£3360 per Academic year.
Course description: Programme combines the academic study of social policy with a comprehensive exploration of research methods. (read more)
Course venue: University of Bath, BA2 7AY
Details: 2-3 years part time course.
Course fees: Contact the University for full details of course fees, funding available (if applicable), additional costs, etc.
Course description: THE PROGRAMME: The programme offers the opportunity to work towards a professional qualification in community youth work endorsed by the North South Education and Training Standards Committee for Youth Work (NSETS). (read more)
Course venue: University Of Ulster - Jordanstown Campus, BT37 0QB
Details: 24 months part time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course venue: University of Leeds, LS2 9JT
Details: 4 years part time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change and you are advised to check the current details with the course provider before enrolling on this course.
Course venue: University of Sussex, BN1 9RH
Details: 12 months self study without attendance course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course description: A course designed for practitioners who are unable to attend on a regular basis. (read more)
Course venue: Self Study (United Kingdom),
Details: 1 year part time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course description: This course offers a unique opportunity for registered social workers to undertake a programme in a specialised practice area, develop their research skills and meet the GSCC requirements of social work post-qualifying higher specialist and advanced levels. (read more)
Course venue: Kingston University London, KT1 2HX
Details: 2 years full time course.
Course fees: Not known
Course description: The course aims to provide students with an integrated academic and professional programme which develops the intellectual and practice skills necessary for professional practice as a Social Worker. (read more)
Course venue: University of Stirling (The), FK9 4LA
Details: 3 semesters part time course.
Course fees: £635.
Course description: This master's level programme is open to managers and aspiring managers from all clinical and non-clinical disciplines and professional groups within health and social care organisations. (read more)
Course venue: Oxford Brookes University, OX3 0BP
Details: 2 - 5 years part time course.
Course fees: Not known.
Course description: The course emphasises analysis. (read more)
Course venue: University of Westminster, W1W 6UW
Details: 4 years part time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course description: This course integrates theory and practice as you will spend time both in the classroom and in practice. (read more)
Course venue: University of Worcester, WR2 6AJ
Details: 3-6 years part time course.
Course fees: Course fees are subject to change, and you are advised to check current details with the course provider.
Course description: Every Child Matters and the development of Children and Young People's Services have generated some significant challenges and exciting opportunities. (read more)
Course venue: Sheffield Hallam University, S1 1WB
Details: 3-5 years part time course.
Course fees: Not known.
Course description: The programme enables professionals working in social work and allied professional roles to access flexible and progressive qualifications, which give credit to prior learning experiences. (read more)
Course venue: Goldsmiths, University of London, SE14 6NW
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I had completed an undergraduate Art History degree before enrolling in the masters in Fine and Decorative Art at Sotheby's Institute of Art, London. I found that the standard was significantly lower than what I had experienced at university in that the majority of students did not come from a strong background in art history. Many were communication majors, English, business or even science- basically any graduates who desired a "career change". In fact, in order to gain entry into the course you need 1) a degree (any kind) and 2) close to 20,000 pounds. As a result most lacked sound analytical and research skills.
Study experience
The lectures were very much targeted towards people who had no background of art history and could be compared with first year level university lectures. Contrary to all university masters degrees in art history however, there was no mandatory reading as the philosophy of the course is centered upon "object-based learning". However, this approach to art history when not supported by the study of an object's historical, aesthetic, cultural and political contexts is fairly useless. The course also claims to focus on techniques and materials, and while there is certainly value in learning from this perspective the course does not in the end teach you much more than how to identify a few different woods and that tempera paint dries at a faster rate than oil paint.
Facilities
The Institute is small and limited, not that well set up for students. The library was small and you had to rely on the Art Library at the V&A and the British Library for most of your research. There are not enough computers.
Postgraduate life
No postgraduate life really. Close friends keep in touch.
Job prospects
It claims to prepare you for auction house careers and other commercial art careers. Sotheby's auction house reserves (in 2008-09) 30 places for students (in all departments not just Fine and Decorative Art) to work as interns for 3 months, full time (including lots of overtime) and unpaid (transport and lunch expenses are not covered). This significantly narrows down the amount of people who are able to apply as only a minority can afford to live in London unpaid for 3 months with no guarantee of a job at the end (paid positions come up very seldom) and then if you are an international student (of which most in the course are) there is the additional problem of visas. While the course and the internship does certainly give you a decent chance to land yourself a paid full time job in the commercial art sector, the whole endeavour is expensive and quite frankly commercial art professionals, such as auction house experts, do not earn substantial amounts contrary to popular belief (you will earn more being an art history professor). Of the students in my class those who could afford to do the internship did, those who couldn't looked for months for paid work in the arts and most did not succeed (there are simply more people searching for jobs than there are jobs in the arts) and ended up in retail or administration in order to survive. Others simply changed career paths and pursued other goals.
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Study experience
Innovativeness and quality of the course were very important to land my dream job at an investment bank. The course was intellectually demanding, but very close to the real world. Professors are great too!
Facilities
Excellent library! We used to have one Bloomberg terminal - a powerful (and very expensive!) financial information application, but I hear that now there are several.
Postgraduate life
The nature of the course means that we had a very international class - I enjoyed meeting every one of the students.
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Overall score
Be open minded. Respect everyone you meet and you will make lots of friends.
Study experience
Do background reading throughout the year. That way, when you do leave things for the last minute, you will still know what you are talking about.
Facilities
Library excellent. Several good bars, and good sports hall with wide variety of activities.
Postgraduate life
There are societies for everything so there is a lot of choice.
Job prospects
My course is very much aimed at getting into the industry and has strong links to it.
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