Career Development - MA / PGCert

As a student on the PG Cert, you’ll complete the two modules below to achieve 60 credits of the Masters. Masters students will also study these modules before continuing their studies to complete the full MA qualification.

• The aim of this module is to develop essential skills with students who are either currently in practice, or who would like to work with individuals in a one-to-one situation – such as in education, youth work, social care, and in health contexts where the focus is on enabling individuals’ development. You’ll appraise a range of national and international theoretical perspectives and approaches on contemporary guidance practice, and you’ll reflect upon ethical perspectives and principles.
• By the end of this module, you’ll have developed the skills to plan, execute, critique and reflect upon one-to-one guidance interactions, based on an informed ethical stance and tailored to specific individual contexts. The knowledge, skills and approaches explored are also appropriate to coaching, mentoring, and advisory work.

Frameworks for Professional Practice

• The focus of this module is on professional networks and collaborative working arrangements. You’ll develop the critical thinking and analytical skills needed to facilitate career-related group activities with clients across a range of settings. Contemporary career education, information, advice and guidance development (CEIAGD) policy and curriculum initiatives will be explored. You’ll evaluate their impact, as well as examining how organisations and individuals work in partnership in the context of CEIAGD.
• On successful completion of both of these modules, you’ll have completed the Postgraduate Certificate. You can either graduate, or transfer onto the MA to complete the remaining 120 credits and be awarded a full Masters qualification.