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MA - Master of Arts
Luton Campus
Full Time
SEP
15 months
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MA - Master of Arts
Luton Campus
Full time
SEP
15 months
MA - Master of Arts
Luton Campus
Part time
SEP
30 months
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About the course
This course is aimed specifically for those wanting to work with young people in a variety of settings, giving you the skills and knowledge to pursue or develop your career in youth work. It runs alongside our MA Childhood, Youth and Family Studies
The broad level of understanding provided by this course allows you to build your knowledge of the theories that underpin youth work across the range of youth services, both in statutory and voluntary settings. You explore the cultural and social constructions of childhood, youth and families, including the impact such constructions have on young people’s everyday lives.
This Youth Work Pathway is validated by the University and the National Youth Agency, giving you a JNC professional qualification. This means you need to be in a paid or voluntary placement while studying the course, completing 400 practice hours across nine months if studying full-time or two years if studying part-time. You need to have a named placement supervisor at the practice setting who will oversee your work and sign off your practice at the end, when you submit your Professional Practice Portfolio. If you are not currently in practice, we can support you to find a placement but this must be confirmed along with a DBS check before the start of the course.
Why choose this course?
Applicants should have a minimum 2:2 undergraduate degree. For the professional Youth Work Pathway, you will need a reference confirming you have completed at least 100 practice hours, either paid or voluntary youth work. You will also need to complete a Placement Agreement in advance of commencing the course to confirm you will be able to complete practice hours and that you have completed an enhanced DBS check at your placement. For professional validation, students can only apply for accredited prior learning from an institution with a Postgraduate JNC professionally accredited programme and where fieldwork was carried out as part of a JNC recognised programme. In applying for accreditation of prior learning students will have to demonstrate that they have met the learning outcomes for the units which they wish to have credit for. In demonstrating this, the action plan which they draw up will include tangible evidence such as certificates, transcripts, or other supporting evidence.
Students living in
Domestic
£9,350 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£9,350 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£14,600 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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