Entry requirementsEntry Requirements: Entry requirements are flexible and each application is considered on its own merits. Usual requirements are an Honours degree in a social science or cognate discipline, or equivalent professional experience in community regeneration or a related area.
Academic titleMSc/PgD/PgC Community Regeneration
Course descriptionThis course provides community regeneration workers in the UK with a practical knowledge and theoretical understanding of contemporary community regeneration policy and practice.
Students will gain a thorough grounding in UK policy models post-devolution, and establish a strong theoretical understanding of the politics and ideologies that underpin the wider arena of welfare provision and social justice. Students can also specialise in key fields of regeneration practice. This course provides a professional qualification in a rapidly growing sector, enabling graduates to become effective regeneration professionals.
Course Content
Year One (Postgraduate Certificate)
* Current Policy: Themes and Programmes
* Community Development Processes
* Independent StudyYear Two (Postgraduate Diploma)
* Research Methods for Community Regeneration
(Compulsory)Plus two options from:
* Independent Study
* Social Enterprise and Economic Regeneration
* Lifelong Learning and Community Regeneration
* Community Regeneration and Sustainable Development Year Three (MSc)The two-year programme is followed by the completion of a dissertation to achieve the MSc qualification.
How To Study
The course starts with a week-long induction and introduction, followed by day attendance on campus once a month. Additionally, the course is supported by online provision using the Blackboard e-learning interface. Assessment is conducted by a variety of continuous assessment methods, including essays, portfolios, presentations and reports. There are no examinations.
Students undertaking the programme over three years will complete three modules in Year One, three modules in Year Two, with the dissertation submitted in Year Three.
Career prospects
This course will enable new entrants to the field and those with long-standing professional experience, to gain an appropriate qualification.Career opportunities in community regeneration have expanded considerably in recent years and there is a shortage of workers with
relevant professional qualifications.