Children, Youth and International Development MA
This programme is unique within the UK in catering specifically for those working, or interested in working, in the field of children, youth and international development.
The Children, Youth and International Development MA will equip you with the conceptual understanding and breadth of empirical knowledge to critically evaluate policy and practice in the area of children, youth and development.
The core modules focus on key issues relating to children, youth and international development, including the rights and participation of young people. They also prepare students in research design and practice. The optional modules offer a unique opportunity to appreciate in depth how children and youth-related issues are addressed from alternative disciplinary perspectives.
Aims
Working with and for young people in the Global South offers an exciting career full of challenges and rewards. This MA provides a varied programme with a global perspective that equips students for roles at senior levels in international development organisations, government ministries and global agencies.
The programme equips you with:
- The conceptual understanding and breadth of empirical knowledge that will enable you to critically evaluate research, policy and practice in the area of children, youth and development.
- An understanding of differing disciplinary perspectives on childhood and youth, and their theoretical and empirical contributions.
- The skills necessary to design and undertake research relating to children, youth and international development.
- Methodological, cognitive and transferable skills and substantive knowledge that will prepare you for employment, further study and civic engagement.
Į magistro studijų programas gali stoti visi, baigę universitetą arba besimokantys paskutiniame kurse. Studijos kurias baigei ar tebesimokai turi būti panašios krypties kaip ir tos, į kurias nori stoti, kadangi priėmimas yra paremtas ECTS kreditų suderinamumu.
ECTS kreditų išrašas - jei dar nesi baigęs aukštosios mokyklos, būtina prisegti ECTS kreditų išrašą, kuriame būtų matyti, kokius dalykus Tu mokeisi bei kokius pažymius ir kiek kreditų už juos gavai. Kai siunti anketą paskutiniame kurse, diplomą reikia prisegti vėliau, kai tik jį gausi.
Bakalauro diplomas – jei jau esi baigęs aukštąją mokyklą, išrašo nereikia, užtenka prie anketos prisegti savo Bakalauro diplomą.
Svarbu, jog anglų kalbos testo rezultatai universitetą pasiektų iki Liepos 31d.
Anglų kalbos žinias gali patvirtinti vienu iš šių būdų:
Valstybinis anglų kalbos egzaminas išlaikytas 80 % ir daugiau (gali reikalauti ir didesnio balo priklausomai nuo pasirinktos programos anglų kalbos reikalavimų)
IELTS - 6.5
TOEFL - 90
Employability
Careers
Students from the programme have progressed to a variety of careers in different types of organisations, primarily in international development NGOs or in government ministries and agencies in countries in the global south. A number have pursued PhDs following completion of the MA. Here are a few examples:
- National / International NGOs
- AbleChildAfrica
- Anti-Slavery International
- Community Development Foundation
- Fairtrade Foundation
- Feed the Children
- Operation Mobilisation
- Restless Development
- Save the Children
- SOS Children’s Villages.
- Government ministries / agencies
- Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development, Trinidad and Tobago
- British Council
- International organisations
- Commonwealth Secretariat (Youth Affairs).
- Education and youth work
- Social worker in Mexico
- Teachers in India and Zambia
- Youth work in the UK and elsewhere.
- PhDs
- Students at Liverpool John Moores University and University of Manchester
- Studentship at University of Reading (Geographies of Care, Disability and Family Relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa).
At Brunel we provide many opportunities and experiences within your degree programme and beyond – work-based learning, professional support services, volunteering, mentoring, sports, arts, clubs, societies, and much, much more – and we encourage you to make the most of them, so that you can make the most of yourself.
