MA Globalisation and Development (IDS, University of Sussex)
Training Provider: University of Sussex
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
IDS is proud to announce a new Masters programme which includes a trip to China to witness the country’s rapid economic growth. The innovative one-year Globalisation and Development degree starts in October 2008 and will provide a fresh perspective on globalisation. It will focus on the shift of power from West to East. For example, this year China surpassed the US as the main engine of global economic growth. When considering Russia and India along with other Asian economies, it becomes clear that over half of all the global economic growth is being generated by emerging economies, most of them from the East.

Students will be exposed to the latest research and policy advice from leading IDS researchers working on the new challenges faced, and posed, by developing countries that come from the East. In the summer term of 2009 they will also take part in a two-week field trip to China which should include meetings with public officials, representatives from the private sector, trade unions, academics and non-governmental organisations.

The MA is unique in that it complements academic training with policy perspectives and practical learning that draws on the accumulated experience of a team of researchers with a rich portfolio of work on the ground, and cutting-edge research on policy-driven issues. The MA is managed by the Globalisation Team at IDS, which comprises a select group of researchers including Professors Hubert Schmitz and John Humphrey, two leading experts on industrial organisation and global value chains, and Jing Gu, a Chinese scholar currently working on the political economy aspects of China’s Foreign Direct Investment in Africa.

MSc Globalisation and Development (IDPM University of Manchester)
Training Provider: University of Manchester
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)
The multi-faceted economic, social and political processes for which ‘globalisation’ is now the shorthand have transformed relations between and within all countries and present new challenges for achieving sustainable development in the poorer countries of the world. The dramatic growth in cross-border flows of trade and investment, combined with the communications revolution, has affected fundamentally the ways in which ’developed’ and ‘developing’ countries relate to each other. While offering new opportunities for raising living standards worldwide, globalisation also seems to have compounded experiences of uneven development. These changes are of sufficient significance to require a fundamental shift in our analytical and policy approaches to achieving national and international development goals. The objectives of the programme are:

• To provide a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of globalisation, and of the economic, social and political dimensions of globalisation and development
  
  
• To provide the intellectual skills needed to analyse globalisation and development issues
  
  
• To provide an appreciation of the policy issues associated with globalisation and its impacts on development

MBA International Management (Monterey Institute for International Studies)
Training Provider: Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Fisher Graduate School of International Business
Students in the Two-Year MBA program have completed a wide variety of undergraduate studies in international relations, political science, area studies, languages, humanities, science and engineering. Most students have previously studied or worked abroad and have the equivalent of two years university-level language study. Non-native speakers of English have a minimum 550/213 TOEFL or a 6 IELTS score. International students with a three-year, full-time university bachelor's degree may qualify for the 21-month MBA program, entering in either August or January. Experienced students who do not choose to seek a summer internship may complete the program in 16 months by doing the business plan in the summer following the first year and taking additional courses during remaining semesters.

MA International Policy Studies (Monterey Institute of International Studies)
Training Provider: Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Graduate School of International Policy Studies
Do contemporary global issues such as humanitarian aid, trade and development, gender empowerment, weapons of mass destruction, sustainable environmental development, nonproliferation, terrorism, conflict transformation, international negotiation, and international and nonprofit management attract your interest? If so...the MAIPS is the degree for you!

The MAIPS degree program offers maximum flexibility in tailoring your studies to suit your particular interests and career aspirations. The emphasis is on acquiring the applied knowledge and skills needed to navigate complex issues and organizations. The challenging curriculum offers students the opportunity to develop a specialization in key global policy areas that reflect each student's specific interests, and which also targets their professional career goals.

A combination of elective courses, seminars, workshops and internships enables students to develop the skills, substantive knowledge, and language abilities to meet the challenges of entering a wide variety of public, private, and nonprofit/non-governmental organizations around the world.

MPA International Management (Monterey Institute of International Studies)
Training Provider: Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Graduate School of International Policy Studies
Students interested in the building, and re-building, of organizations and communities - whether locally, nationally or globally - will find the necessary skills in the MPA program. Students choosing to seek a degree in the development and management of non-profit and non-governmental international organizations are prepared to assume a broad range of leadership positions in the fields of philanthropy, voluntarism, civil society development, and human development. A sensible program of preparation will enable graduates to combine theory and practical skills within a values framework that emphasizes individual ethical behavior, respect for diversity, and social responsibility.

MA International Trade Policy (Monterey Institute of International Studies)
Training Provider: Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Graduate School of International Policy Studies
The field of International Trade Policy (ITP) combines the essentials of trade policy with professional skills training. The MAITP degree was developed in recognition of a rapidly globalizing economy and the opportunities and challenges presented to a new group of professional practitioners. The degree program is designed to accommodate the increasing interdisciplinary requirements of practitioners who represent business or governmental interests in the negotiation of legislative policy and evolving international trade policies.

A fundamental philosophy driving the creation of this curriculum is that governments, corporations, and nongovernmental organizations dealing with trade policy need entry-level and mid-career professional staff who are knowledgeable about the fundamental and practical aspects of trade policy and negotiations, and who possess the professional skills essential for practitioners. Because of the unique expertise of the professional training staff and faculty that has been assembled in the ITP program, the Monterey Institute is well-positioned to fill a growing and essential niche in this rapidly emerging field.

ITP degree candidates gain a strong academic foundation in the field of international trade laws and institutions combined with professional skills training similar to that offered by law schools for lawyers or medical schools for doctors.

MSc Cooperation and Development
(Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia - IUSS)
Training Provider: Institute for Advanced Study of Pavia (IUSS)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Cooperation and Development School of Pavia

MPhil Gender and Development
(University of Bergen)
Training Provider: University of Bergen
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Faculty of Psychology
The main goals of the program is to enable the students to 1) understand the significance of gender for development policy and projects and 2) to use gender as a problematized analytical category in their own research. Students should be made familiar with key concepts and domains of gender analyses. They should learn to examine local level gendered patterns of social organization as well as understanding gender in a cross-cultural perspective. They should be able to understand the gendered aspects of poverty and vulnerability: of global socio-economic and political processes as well as the role of the various institutional actors involved in such processes. Students should also be able to understand gender mainstreaming and the gendered consequences of more specifically targeted development policies. A key concept is human development, not as related to theories of individual psychological development but defined within the frames of socio-political development theory. In this broad sense, human development views the ultimate goal of development processes as enlarging people's choices and capabilities for achieving not only a decent standard of living, but equity in health and education: and more broadly in achieving an environment supportive of empowerment, democracy and human security.

MA Development and Rights
(Goldsmiths, University of London)
Training Provider: Goldsmiths, University of London
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Department of Anthropology
Are you a graduate with a degree in the social sciences, political sciences, or the humanities? Or do you work in an engaged practical environment such as development, media, journalism, activism or law, where concerns about development are central? Come and find out more about this challenging, innovative and forward-looking Masters programme.

Master of Applied Anthropology
(Macquarie University)
Training Provider: Macquarie University
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Department of Anthropology

• Protesters claim a dam financed by international development loans risks destroying the traditional culture of a nomadic people
• The failure of an internationally successful advertising campaign in a new market is blamed on cultural taboos
• A court is told that cultural norms require the circumcision of a ten-year-old immigrant girl
  
  

How can we analyse the above claims about culture?

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 Social Development Practice
(University College London)
Training Provider: University College London (UCL)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Development Planning Unit (DPU)
The course attracts participants from a wide variety of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, international studies, history, communication studies, geography and psychology. The course first ran in 1999 and applications have come from a total of 29 countries. Graduates of the course are now working in a number of professional capacities some of which include: programme officer for an international NGO (Dhaka); NGO officers (Indonesia, UK); advisor/ trainer for a women's human rights group (Croatia); consultants working in both British and overseas companies and government institutions and UK local government officers.

The course seeks to equip participants to work as social development practitioners. It is intended to develop participants’ critical, analytical and practical skills that will be of use in their future careers whether as academics, social development practitioners or advocates for the need to place the 'social' at the centre of development. Accordingly it provides participants with the opportunity to critically examine relevant bodies of knowledge, current debates and experience from the field and invites them to consider how social development concerns can be effectively addressed in the processes of development policy, planning and practice. It focuses on international contexts of development in order to better illustrate the complexities underlying social development planning and the potential pitfalls when attempting to effect social change initiatives.

MSc Development Administration and Planning
(University College London)
Training Provider: University College London (UCL)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Development Planning Unit (DPU)
The course is strongly interdisciplinary, attracting among others anthropologists, geographers, lawyers, public administrators, economists and politicians. Since the course’s beginnings in the DPU in the mid-1990s, course graduates have engaged in a diversity of professional activities, including local, regional and national government, consultancy firms and national and international NGOs, United Nations programmes, international aid agencies and prestigious universities the world over.

Many graduates return to their previous jobs and others embark on new careers after the course. Examples of organisations where recent graduates are employed include: Asian Development Bank; American Refugee Committee; Canon Collins Trust for Southern Africa; Christian Aid (UK and West Africa); Heifer International; International Institute for Environment and Development (UK); Medical Research Council HIV/AIDS Programme (Uganda); North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan) Finance Department; Save the Children; UNESCO; United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; World Vision (Zambia); and international consultancy firms such as PADECO (Japan) and Halcrow (UK). A small proportion of graduates pursue advanced research degrees (e.g. PhDs), while several work as academics in reputed universities or as independent consultants.

MSc Environment and Sustainable Development
(University College London)
Training Provider: University College London (UCL)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Development Planning Unit (DPU)
The course is strongly interdisciplinary, attracting participants from a wide variety of disciplines, including anthropologists, economists, geographers and natural scientists, as well as planners, architects and engineers. Since its inception in 1997, over 100 students have successfully completed the ESD course. Most ESD graduates follow one of two possible career paths. Some are engaged in various professional activities, from local and national government, consultancy firms and national and international NGOs, to United Nations programmes and international aid agencies the world over. Others pursue an academic career, either through doctoral studies or through teaching and research in a number of prestigious universities.

Examples of organisations where ESD graduates are currently working include: Ministry of the Environment (Brazil), Development Alternatives (India), Waste Management System (Costa Rica), World Bank, British High Commission (Ghana), Friends of the Earth (Japan), London Environment Council (UK) and University of Coimbra (Portugal).

MSc Building and Urban Design in Development
(University College London)
Training Provider: University College London (UCL)
School/Institute/Dept./Centre: Development Planning Unit (DPU)

• Aga Khan Trust for Culture(Italian in Afghanistan)
• United Nations Office of Professional Services (British; Dutch)
• Independent Consultancy (Pakistani in South Asia, based in France;
• St. Lucian in Malta, based in UK)
• Architectural Practices (Pakistani in USA)
• Urban Design Practices (American in London)
• Urban Research(Indonesian in Indonesia)
• UK Local Authorities, Urban Regeneration (Indian in Weston-Super-Mare and Jamaican in Lewisham)
• UK Teaching/Research (Indonesian at Westminster)
• Space Syntax, London (Greek)