International Social Work & Community Development

Full-time students will have six hours per week class contact time, with three taught modules per semester.

For part-time students, it’s normally between two to four hours per week class contact time. You will study one or two modules per semester, depending on your chosen programme of study. Through your tutor you can negotiate additional tutorial support.

You will be assessed in a number of ways including essays, seminar presentations, reflective portfolios, data analysis and a dissertation.

Key aspects of the programme include:

• Professionalism: developing awareness in students of how to behave as a professional.
• Values and ethics: understanding and applying values and ethics to practice.
• Diversity: recognising diversity in all its forms and applying anti-oppressive principles in practice.
• The advancement of human rights, social justice and economic wellbeing.
• Applying knowledge: how communities work, how policy impacts upon communities, sociology, research and theory.
• Critical reflection and analysis in respect to decision making: critical approach to contexts, professional development and the people concerned.
• Self-awareness, emotional intelligence and skills and knowledge for resilience within a challenging profession.
• Skills to intervene and promote independence, provide support and prevent harm and abuse – both digitally and in person.
• Working in organisations. including collaborative working between agencies/organisations and individuals/professionals.
• Taking responsibility for professional learning and development of yourself and others through leadership.