Youth and Community Studies

Entry requirements

The academic requirements for the course are a good honours degree or appropriate professional qualification.

The academic requirements for the course are a good honours degree or appropriate professional qualification.

Previous experience of 200 hours in a youth and community work setting is required and must be evidenced. This can be gained in voluntary or paid work within the field of youth and community work. The programme team are able to advise students regarding volunteering and practice experience opportunities if required.

All applicants considered suitable will be interviewed, with those with disabilities or from relevant courses automatically being offered an interview.

Some modules will require you to be working in, or have access to, a suitable youth and community work practice environment in order for you to contextualise your learning and complete the assessments.

You may be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance (previously known as CRB) so that a check can be made on your suitability for working with children and/or vulnerable adults should you be conducting research with these groups.

Months of entry

September

Course content

• Flexible delivery through a blended learning approach, with a residential experience at the beginning of each semester, followed by online learning and face-to-face support with tutors as required.
• Further develop your academic research skills to critically analyse the underpinning philosophy of youth work and its values and principles, whilst conducting your own research.
• Option to tailor your learning to suit your specialist area of practice and interests through negotiated learning and research.
• Support from tutors with experience of conducting research in the field.
• Work towards generating research that will have implications for youth work policy and practice.
• Successful completion may lead to further study at PhD level.

Fees and funding

You do not have to pay your tuition fees upfront.

Wrexham University’s tuition fees for 2024/25 for MA Youth & Community Studies are £2650 per year.

The fees you pay and the support available will depend on a number of different factors. Full information can be found on our fees & funding pages.