Introduction:

About the course

Do you want to make the world a more sustainable and just place? Would you like to develop the knowledge and skills to become a change maker in tackling the global issues facing the planet today?

This degree will equip you to understand and analyse the driving factors and key players beyond the nation state (social movements, civil society groups, transnational corporations and organisations) of the most pressing global issues, such as climate change, poverty, and inequality. We don’t stop there, however, but through teaching, training, and externally facing activities we guide and support you to develop the skills and competencies needed to become an instigator of change.

The degree focuses on supporting you to develop professional skills, such as consultancy, project management, cultural awareness and critical analysis, to thrive in the international development sector. In terms of hands-on work experiences, you will have the opportunity to act as a consultant for an external national or international organisation or to do a more “traditional” work placement. Developing your professional profile starts in term one and will continue throughout your time with us.

With interactive workshops, national and international field trips, your own independent research, collaborations, volunteering and placements, the opportunity for language learning, consultancy and project management training, you will apply classroom learning to the world around you and hone the creative and analytical experience sought after by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), charities, governments, and businesses.

Careers and employability

Career development

You will engage in a minimum of 120 hours of practical learning. This includes the Chartered Management Institute's "Employability Bootcamp" and high-quality LinkedIn Learning Project Management courses, reinforced by in-class coaching and peer learning. There's an option for additional accredited Project Management training.

Graduates have gone on to work in posts in local, regional and national governments, intergovernmental organisations (including the UN and EC), multinational corporations (MNCs) and a range of development related non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Several international alumni have returned to positions working within government departments of their home countries.