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Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work (CLD Standards Council Accredited) MEd

Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work (CLD Standards Council Accredited) MEd

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Full time | University of Glasgow | 12 months | 23-SEP-24

Study mode

Full time

Duration

12 months

Start date

23-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MEd - Master of Education

Subject areas

Standards / Specifications Adult / Community Education (General) Learning / Training Design / Development Youth Work Children / Youth (Social Work)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

This Masters in Adult Learning, Community Development & Youth Work offers you the opportunity to study the theoretical and practical dimensions of adult, community and youth development. It will equip you with the skills and knowledge to work alongside people in communities to initiate sustainable social change.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

  • You will discover ways in which you can help people realise their potential and work together for a fairer, healthier and happier world.
  • Upon successful completion of the PgDip, you will be awarded a professional qualification accredited by the Community Learning and Development Standards Council in Scotland.
  • This qualification will enable you to work in the field of community learning and development, including community development work, youth work, health, housing and social and economic regeneration.
  • You will have the opportunity to participate in a network of community development projects. Project leads contribute to the taught aspects of the programme and also provide you with placement opportunities.
  • Our students come from a wide range of professional, academic and cultural backgrounds and all bring with them a curiosity about how social justice can be developed by people working together for change.

CAREER PROSPECTS

You will have many employment opportunities open to you in the areas of community development work, youth work, health, housing and social and economic regeneration.

With an accredited CLD Standards Council for Scotland qualification, you will have the opportunity to work for local authorities, the voluntary sector and further and higher education institutions.

Modules

This course considers the importance of reflexivity, with an exploration of personal and professional values and possible contradictions. The course also introduces the importance of policy analysis, with a consideration of how policy impacts on communities and practices in the field. The course introduces a range of methods used to: get to know communities and contexts; and identify communities' issues and aspirations to inform the development of projects and practice.
Supervised Research Project

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£10,650

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£24,000

Entry requirements

An ordinary degree or non-UK equivalent in any subject, along with a strong interest in youth work, community work, community based adult learning or broad issues and processes of social change.

University information

The University of Glasgow is one of four ancient universities in Scotland, founded back in 1451. Alumni include seven Nobel Prize winners, Scotland’s First Minister and a Prime Minister, while Albert Einstein gave a seminal lecture on the theory of relativity there in 1933. The university consists of four colleges: College of Arts College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences College of Science and Engineering College of...more