Programme summary for MA Youth and Community Studies

About the programme

This programme aims to provide JNC-qualified youth workers with substantial experience of working with young people and community groups an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of youth and community-related theory, policy and practice issues. The programme is designed to allow you to study full-time or part-time in order to follow a flexible study timetable to suit your personal and professional circumstances.

Programme structure

The MA in Youth and Community Studies consists of four modules and a dissertation and can be completed over one year full-time and two years part-time. The programme has a strong action research focus, which will enable students to carry out youth work related research projects in their own fieldwork contexts. It is aimed at JNC qualified youth work practitioners with substantial youth work experience and has a strong practical focus. The programme structure allows for flexibility, both in terms of meeting the professional needs of youth workers and in terms of maintaining student dialogue and critical engagement with government policy responses to youth in society.

Career opportunities

On completing the programme, students will enhance their career prospects in statutory or third-sector organisations. Youth work has become increasingly complex and demanding and youth workers now find themselves working in a wide variety of educational settings, including schools, educational welfare and the NHS. This in turn has created career opportunities for youth workers, which demand higher levels of evidence-based knowledge and skills of youth work practitioners. The award and work undertaken can contribute to academic progression towards a PhD or professional development and the opportunity of subject specialism in the field.

Support

Students are supported through an initial induction which introduces them to the teaching and learning environment, particularly UELPlus as it will be used extensively by the programme team to provide learning resources and sign posts to further material to complement lectures, seminars and tutorials. Module group tutorials enable students to discuss any problems they may be experiencing, discuss assessed work, present written work for feedback and make presentations based on group activities.

Admission

JNC qualified applicants without a degree:

1. JNC qualification gained in conjunction with a Certificate or Diploma of Higher Education
2. Minimum of 5 years post-qualifying experience of working with young people between 13 and 19 years of age;
3. Interview;
4. A written task relating to the nature and purpose of Youth Work.

Graduate applicants:

1. An undergraduate honours degree (or equivalent) in the Social Sciences or Humanities area (e.g. Sociology, Education, Psychology, etc.), minimum 2 :2 classification or equivalent;

All applicants must complete an Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.

In the case of applicants whose first language is not English, then IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent) is required, applicants should have a minimum score of 6 in the writing component. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK Higher Education postgraduate programmes.

Students that apply to enter stages of the programme may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption.

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