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Two-year programme leading to a International Development Masters (IDD, University of Birmingham)
Training Provider: University of Birmingham School/Institute/Dept./Centre: International Development Department (IDD) A two-year programme of study to allow these students to seek the qualifications they want while supporting them with additional English-language and study support. Public Service MBA - International Stream
(IDD, University of Birmingham) Training Provider: University of Birmingham School/Institute/Dept./Centre: International Development Department (IDD) Accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) this programme targets the specific challenges of managing and working within public, donor and voluntary organisations in developing and transitional countries. Focusing on contemporary international case studies, issues and research, the programme provides students with a global outlook on modern management. MSc/PGDip/PGCert Social Development Policy & Management
(University of Wales Swansea) Training Provider: University of Wales Swansea School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Centre for Development Studies Swansea This has been the principal scheme of study at CDS Swansea for more than 50 years. Social Development Policy and Management at CDS offers development planners, managers and other development actors the opportunity to gain knowledge of the local and international factors that impact upon chronic poverty and social exclusion, as well as tools used in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects and schemes designed to address these issues. It offers a thorough grounding in the theory, principles and practice of social development policy, skills and tools for the management of social development, and ensures that graduating students are at the cutting edge of development policy and practice. MSc/PGDip/PGCert Population Movements & Policies
(University of Wales Swansea) Training Provider: University of Wales Swansea School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Centre for Development Studies Swansea In recognition of the importance for development policies and planning of the inter-relationships between poverty, demographic and environmental changes, and population movements (including economic and environmental migration, resettlement and displacement), CDS – in conjunction with the Department of Geography – has recently launched a new postgraduate programme. The programme – which provides opportunities for study to Masters, Postgraduate Diploma, or Postgraduate Certificate level – is taught within the context of general theory and methods in human geography and international development. The programme adopts an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on demography, geography, political science, history, anthropology and sociology, and presents case study material from sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America. MSc/PGDip/PGCert in Human Resources for International Development: Human Resource Management and Development by Distance Learning (IDPM, University of Manchester)
Training Provider: University of Manchester School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) This programme makes available core elements of IDPMs existing Masters programmes in Human Resource Management and Human Resource Development (see above), enabling participants to obtain a Masters degree by distance learning without leaving home or interrupting their careers. The programme provides a practical and critical introduction to the philosophy, values, policies and practices of HRM/D and their application in developing country contexts. The main objective of the programme is to provide participants with a critical understanding of current best practice in HRM/D, and with the ability to apply best practice in developing countries and those undergoing transition. MSc/PGDip/PGCert Development & Human Rights
(University of Wales Swansea) Training Provider: University of Wales Swansea School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Centre for Development Studies Swansea From 2006, CDS will offer an innovative new multi-disciplinary taught postgraduate programme in human rights, in collaboration with the Department of Law and the Department of Politics and International Relations. Students should take three key modules from CDS, one from Law, and one from Politics & International Relations. In addition, students take any one specialist option from a selection. MSc/PGDip/PGCert Development & Communication
(University of Wales Swansea) Training Provider: University of Wales Swansea School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Centre for Development Studies Swansea This programme is aimed at current and prospective journalists, campaigners and media professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of, and practical skills in, international development issues and in media and communications. It offers an exciting international and multi-disciplinary approach and provides students with a core curriculum that integrates theory and practice in development, media and communications. It allows students to deepen their knowledge of development policy and associated debates at national and international level and the role of the mass media and journalism in the process of development. The programme has been designed to give students a large choice of optional modules, and to specialise in particular issues or regions. MSc/PGDip Organisational Change and Development (IDPM, University of Manchester)
Training Provider: University of Manchester School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) Economic crises, structural adjustments, competition, technical innovation, public, private and NGO sector reforms and other drivers all require organisations in developing and transitional economies to change and develop on an ongoing basis. As a result, there is a growing need for staff who both understand and can contribute to organisational change and development initiatives and activities. This MSc programme aims to meet that need. The programme’s aim is to turn participants into more effective ‘agents of organisational change and development’, by providing them with new analytical capacities, skills and knowledge. By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
MSc/PGDip Management and Information Systems: Change and Development (IDPM, University of Manchester)
Training Provider: University of Manchester School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) Information systems are spreading into every sphere of business and non-business organisations. They herald the dawn of a new 'Information Age' in which information, information systems and information technology are recognised as key organisational resources and in which management activities become more information-intensive. Yet the majority of information systems – including egovernment, e-commerce, and edevelopment systems – are under-performing or are failures. A key cause of this problem is the gap of knowledge, of skills, of culture and of language that exists between functional managers and information systems professionals. The aim of this Masters degree is to close that gap by training individual staff to become 'hybrid managers'. Hybrid managers are those who understand both the job of management in its organisational setting and the role, management and jargon of information, information systems and information technology. These individuals will be in a strong position to lead the successful development and implementation of new information systems in their organisations. At the end of the programme, participants will have been provided with:
MSc/PGDip Human Resources for International Development: Human Resource Development (IDPM, University of Manchester)
Training Provider: University of Manchester School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) This programme stresses the crucial role of human resource development in meeting the challenges of international development, by adding value to economic activities, securing effective public services, and building capabilities within individuals, organisations and communities to effectively cope with change The objectives are that, by the end of the programme, participants will have:
The programme is designed for individuals of any professional background involved in the HR aspects of organisations in developing and transitional countries, including managers of training/learning, direct trainers, staff of training centres, consultants involved in change projects, NGO managers and line managers concerned with the development of their staff.
MSc/PG Dip Development Economics and Policy (IDPM, University of Manchester)
Training Provider: University of Manchester School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) This programme, run jointly by IDPM and the School of Social Sciences, is designed to provide training in economic theory, applied economics and quantitative methods of relevance to developing and transitional economies. In addition to four compulsory course units, students have the opportunity to specialise in particular areas of the subject via four optional course units and a dissertation. The theory course units provide a thorough training in contemporary macro and micro development theory. Applied and optional course units offer an opportunity to understand development problems and policy prescriptions within both global and national economic contexts. The quantitative course units, which include an applied development project, enable students to test theories through the use of data sets and provide training in standard econometrics techniques and appropriate econometrics software packages. Independent research is undertaken by all students between June and September in the form of an approved dissertation. MSc/Diploma Practising Sustainable Development
(Royal Holloway, University of London) Training Provider: Royal Holloway, University of London School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Centre for Developing Areas Research (CEDAR) The MSc/Diploma Practising Sustainable Development is strongly interdisciplinary, attracting participants from a wide variety of backgrounds, including geographers, anthropologists, economists, foresters, social scientists and agricultural scientists, as well as journalists and architects. The programme is also strongly multicultural, with participants from or working in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and North America. Most graduates follow one of two possible career paths. Some are engaged in various professional sustainable development activities, from local and national government, consultancy firms and national and international NGOs, to United Nations programmes and international aid agencies. Others pursue an academic career, either through doctoral studies or through teaching and research in a number of prestigious universities. MSc/Diploma in Project Planning and Development Policy Analysis
(University of Glasgow) Training Provider: University of Glasgow School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Centre for Development Studies (CDS) The programme of study leading to the degree of MSc in Project Planning and Development Policy Analysis is designed for:
1. those intending to pursue careers as economic planners; 2. the professional planning staff of Ministries concerned with the design and implementation of development plans (especially in developing countries);
3. those working in this subject area in international agencies or academic and research institutes.
The emphasis of the course is on mixed economy systems typical of developing countries.
The Diploma in Project Planning and Development Policy Analysis places less emphasis on research training than does the MSc programme, but will, nonetheless, provide a thorough grounding in the policy issues and techniques of analysis in this area, and will be appropriate for a range of career options in the fields of planning and development policy. MSc/Diploma in Management - Development Policy
(University of Glasgow) Training Provider: University of Glasgow School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Centre for Development Studies (CDS) The MSc in Management (Development Policy) is organised jointly by the Centre for Development Studies and the Department of Management as part of the range of MSc programmes offered by Glasgow Business School. The Business School was recently awarded the prestigious accreditation of AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Fewer than ten per cent of business schools in the world have earned this accreditation and it is testimony to the excellent standards of teaching and research that have been achieved in the Business School. The programme is designed for those seeking to develop a career in management in development-related organisations, such as government agencies, non-government organisations and multilateral donors. The core component of this programme comprises three courses from the Department of Management and one course from the Centre for Development Studies, which also delivers a choice of development-oriented courses. The Diploma in Management (Development Policy) places less emphasis on research training than does the MSc programme, but will, nonetheless, provide a thorough grounding in management techniques and methods of analysis, and their applications to development policy issues. MSc/Diploma in International Finance and Economic Policy
(University of Glasgow) Training Provider: University of Glasgow School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Centre for Development Studies (CDS) The degree of MSc and the postgraduate Diploma in International Finance and Economic Policy are organised jointly by the Department of Accounting and Finance
and the Centre for Development Studies. They aim to provide a unified treatment of corporate financial behaviour and the economic behaviour of the international monetary system.
The MSc programme is designed for those wishing to enter, or who are already in, professions which require an expert knowledge of international finance and economic policy.
The Diploma places less emphasis on research training than does the MSc programme, but will, nonetheless, provide a thorough grounding in the policy issues and techniques of analysis in this area, and will be appropriate for a range of career options in the field of international finance and economic policy.
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