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

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

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

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:

• understand the basis and processes of organisational change and development;
  
  
• contribute to the effective diagnosis, planning, management and implementation of organisational change and development;
  
  
• engage in chosen specialist processes of organisational change and development;
  
  
• synthesise new and existing knowledge by undertaking academic or specialist organisational change and development research. 

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:

• conceptual frameworks to understand the role of management of information, of information technology and of information systems in organisations;
  
  
• new knowledge and skills to help in the effective planning, development, implementation and management of information systems;
  
  
• new knowledge and skills to help in the effective management and change of organisations. 

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:

• knowledge and understanding of the linkage between international development and HRD practices and policies;
  
  
• knowledge of the cross-cultural factors affecting the application of HRD theories and methods in developing, transitional and newly industrialised countries;
  
  
• insight into the relevance of learning theories to the types of strategy and methodology adopted for the development of people in the workplace;
  
  
• knowledge of how new approaches to human resource development affect the context for competence and performance enhancement in organisations;
  
  
• an understanding of how to analyse and design appropriate human resource development strategies, particularly ones that enhance work processes in the interest of clients;
  
  
• a focus on their own learning and management skills and how they may be improved.

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)

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)
 
2. the professional planning staff of Ministries concerned with the design and implementation of development plans (especially in developing countries);
 

MSc/Diploma in Management - Development Policy
(University of Glasgow)
Training Provider: University of Glasgow
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Centre for Development Studies (CDS)

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)