International Social Welfare and Social Development

Entry requirements

Take a look at the latest entry requirement information on our website: https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/guide-to-applying-to-uob/before-you-apply/entry-requirements/

Months of entry

October

Course content

This course focuses on social issues with an international dimension such as humanitarian aid, forced migration, human rights, social justice and social enterprise. In addition to gaining theoretical knowledge, you develop practical skills – such as advocacy and intercultural competence – so you can work effectively with communities and individuals from diverse cultural and social backgrounds, in the UK and abroad. The course also exposes you to innovative approaches to enhancing and decolonising international social welfare and development, with case studies from across the globe.

For further course information, contact course coordinator Dr Lena Opfermann at lena.opfermann@beds.ac.uk

Industry links

We collaborate with the University's Refugee Legal Assistance Project (RLAP), supporting refugees with family reunification applications.

Your student experience

Highly interactive, student-centred learning with in-class debates, role plays and weekly presentations applying course work to current affairs.

Learn from an industry-experienced, research-active academic team, producing high-quality research that influences policy making and improves the protection of vulnerable migrants.

Get first-hand experience of the situation of asylum seekers through a field visit to the Luton City of Sanctuary network.

Expand your knowledge through guest lecturers with global work and research experience, teaching on topics such as public health in emergencies; humanitarian sanitation; and the relationship between climate change and international social work.

Graduates typically go on to work in the humanitarian, human rights and international development sector with local, national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or government institutions. Some students take up further study at Professional Doctorate or PhD level. Globally, there is a growing demand for social welfare and social development professionals with the academic and professional competences acquired on this MA.

Alumni of this course currently work with a range of NGOs and government institutions in the fields of migration, human trafficking, modern slavery and humanitarian aid. Some have gone on to pursue PhDs.

Information for international students

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Fees and funding

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