Education, Health Promotion and International Development MA

Students will:

• build on their existing knowledge to develop new understandings of key concepts and issues in education, health promotion and international development
• appraise and evaluate current policy and practice through evidence-informed analysis
• draw connections between distinct academic disciplines with regard to the promotion of wellbeing and social justice
• investigate and propose sustainable ways of working and
• through conducting a small-scale research study, apply what they have learned to create personally and professionally relevant new knowledge of the field.

Students undertake modules to the value of 180 credits.

The programme consists of two core modules (60 credits), two optional modules (60 credits) and a dissertation (60 credits), or three optional modules (90 credits) and a report (30 credits).

• Education and International Development: Concepts, Theories and Issues
• Promoting Health and Wellbeing: Planning, Practice and Participation

A range of optional modules from across UCL Institute of Education (IOE) Master's-level offering are available, including:

• Education, Conflict and Fragility
• Education and Development in Asia
• Education and Muslim Communities
• Planning for Education and Development
• Gender, Education and Development
• Gender, Sexuality and Education
• Learners, Learning and Teaching in the Context of Education for All
• Children's Rights in Practice
• Theories of Childhood and Society
• Understanding Education Research
• Understanding Research

We are keen to encourage students to select modules from across the Institute of Education - including those related to education technology, effective learning, social policy, art education (although please note that some modules attached to programmes with external accreditation are not available). Please discuss your optional module choices with your personal tutor so that you can build a modular programme relevant to your professional development in the field

All students undertake an independent research project which culminates in a dissertation of up to 20,000 words or a report of 10,000 words

The programme is taught through a combination of lectures, participatory and interactive groupwork, online learning and individual tutorials. Assessment is through coursework, taking the form of 5,000 word assignments or equivalent, such as a 3,500-word project proposal + 1,500 word conceptual framework. The small-scale research study is assessed by way of a 20,000-word dissertation or 10,000-word report

Fieldwork is not a compulsory part of the programme. However, students are encouraged to draw from their professional or voluntary experience as well as the ideas encountered during the programme to write critically and cogently for different audiences. The small-scale research study usually takes the form of a combination of desk-based research (a literature review) and fieldwork.

Placements are not routinely part of the programme. But good links have been established between the programme and UCL’s Volunteering Services Unit . Some students have also taken part in the UCL ChangeMakers programme .Taking part in these programmes can provide those studying in London with valuable international development-related experience. That said, both on-campus and distance learning students are encouraged to bring their own interests and concerns into their programme, helping to make it personally relevant and professionally significant.