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Course Overview

The MSc in Disaster Interventions and Humanitarian Aid is an innovative and unique course that will assist social work practitioners, humanitarian aid workers, health professionals and volunteers to work effectively with victim-survivors of (hu)man-made and/or ‘natural’ disasters. You will acquire the skills to engage with the problems facing those working in disaster interventions, including family reunification, safeguarding children, adults and other vulnerable groups and rebuilding sustainable, resilient communities post-disaster. This includes exploring disaster mitigation, preparation and prevention strategies within a community engagement and coproduction framework to create new, long-term responses owned and endorsed by communities.

You will be encouraged to learn from each other and innovate in disaster responses by exploring complex disaster issues in the safety of the classroom using videos, simulations and small group exercises. Your skills will be enhanced further through participation in a field-based learning opportunity involving a period of shadowing practitioners within humanitarian agencies, emergency responders and government departments responsible for deploying emergency personnel. Here, you will learn about agency policy, procedures, and practices during deployment.

Entry Requirement 

Academic requirements:

A minimum of a second class honors degree at 2.1 and six months of practice experience or equivalent. Applicants without these formal qualifications but with significant appropriate/relevant work/life experience are encouraged to apply.

English Language Requirements: 

If English is not your first language you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your English language skills:

  • IELTS Indicator 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each sub-skill
  • Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE) 185 overall with a minimum of 176 in each sub-skill.
  • Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE) 185 overall with a minimum of 180 in each sub-skill.
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic) 67 overall with a minimum of 62 in each sub-skill.
  • IBT TOEFL 94 overall with 19 in reading, 24 in writing, 20 in listening and 22 in speaking.
  • IBT TOEFL Special Home Edition Test 94 overall with 19 in reading, 24 in writing, 20 in listening and 22 in speaking.
  • TOEFL ITP Plus for China minimum 627 overall, 64 in listening, 64 in structure and written expression, 63 in reading, and C1 in speaking.
  • Trinity ISE III Pass overall and in all sub-skills, ISE IV Pass overall and in all sub-skills
  • Aptis (4 skills) CEFR C1 overall and B2 in all sub-skills
  • Duolingo 115 overall with a minimum of 105 in each sub-skill
  • LanguageCert International ESOL C1 Expert - Pass with a minimum 33 in each sub-skill.

Fees

Students from the UK: £6600

EU students: £18645

Overseas (non-EU) students: £18645


This information was accurate on : 12/01/2021
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