MA Refugee Care

Postgraduate

In Colchester

£ 8,200 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Colchester

  • Duration

    1 Year

About the course
Do you or are you looking to work with refugees, asylum seekers or other displaced groups of people? How can you care for these people more effectively? How can therapeutic dimensions of care and psychosocial perspectives help to understand the multi-dimensional complexities of the refugee experience?
The multidisciplinary expertise of our university and the therapeutic professionalism of the Tavistock Centre combine to bring you this innovative twin-site Masters (two modules are taught at the Tavistock Centre in London and two modules at our Colchester campus) in the study of refugee care


The central focus of our MA Refugee Care is to introduce a therapeutic dimension and a psychosocial perspective to working with this group of people, and is the only postgraduate course to offer a combination of modules with this emphasis, making a clear distinction between being therapeutic in working with refugees, instead of offering psychotherapy to them


The course includes a thoughtful combination of practical and experiential elements, such as placements and institutional observations, to support a sound theoretical framework to understand the complexities of the refugee experience, such as family and societal factors, interactions with various services, institutions and organisations, and the inter-personal dynamics involved between refugees and their workers


Our course is offered one year full-time, two years part-time or modular (up to five years), and teaching is for 25 weeks (over two and a half terms from October to mid-May)

Facilities

Location

Start date

Colchester (Essex)
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Wivenhoe Park, CO4 3SQ

Start date

On request

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Course programme

Example structure
Postgraduate study is the chance to take your education to the next level. The course values the multidisciplinary background of the students and offers the flexibly of allowing each one of them to personalise her/his learning within the context of the masters programme. This is done by developing a co-ordinated direction within a cluster of essays, dissertation and placements. The combination means that our modules help you develop extensive knowledge in your chosen discipline, whilst providing plenty of freedom to pursue your own interests.
Our research and practice-led teaching is continually evolving to address the latest challenges and breakthroughs in the field, therefore, to ensure your course is as relevant and up-to-date as possible, your core module structure may be subject to change.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current postgraduate students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Psychoanalysis of Groups and Organisations
Context of the Refugee Experience
Psychosocial Perspectives on Human Rights
Dissertation - MA Refugee Care
Therapeutic Care for Refugees
Placement
Teaching
Teaching takes place in relatively small seminars and fora, with a focus on group discussion
You also have a personal tutor who advises you about your work on an individual basis
Assessment
For most modules, assessment is by coursework only, typically an essay of between 3,000-5,000 words
Dissertation
You develop a dissertation of 12,000 words, in which you define and research into an area of special interest to you
We provide you with advice and guidance on researching and writing your dissertation
Your dissertation is submitted mid-September in your final year of study
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Additional information

It is also possible to apply for a doctoral programme in refugee care, completing this MA first (without the dissertation) and then continuing to work on your PhD thesis (for an additional two years full-time or four years part-time) "Having worked for many years with refugees in different contexts, I wasn’t expecting to be exposed to so many new ideas and perspectives The MA Refugee Care is an amazing course which has allowed me to exchange views with people from all over the world I would recommend it to anyone who is intending to work with refugees " Arij Bou Reslan, MA Refugee Care Our expert staff The course team, directed by the founder Professor Renos Papadopoulos, is further enhanced by other international experts from a variety of relevant fields One of the strengths of this course is that the staff team are actively engaged in academic, research and field work within this area The course is located in the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies and associated with the Department of Sociology, which consistently achieves top ten rankings in the UK's research assessments, most recently in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework Being part of the UK’s leading university of the study of social sciences means you are surrounded by strong departments that fully support and enhance our work This allows you to gain the opportunity to work with and be taught by top world-class scholars and top professionals in their fields Specialist facilities The course is closely associated with the internationally renowned Centre for Trauma Asylum and Refugees (CTAR) that is involved in many training, research and intervention projects in many parts of the world The course also has strong links with the prestigious Human Rights Centre and the Transitional Justice Network of our university A unique feature of the course is the annual visit to an Asylum Tribunal where students attend hearings and have the opportunity of speaking with the judges...

MA Refugee Care

£ 8,200 + VAT