Power, Participation and Social Change MA

University of Sussex

Master

In Brighton

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    1 Year

Explore the challenges of power relations, participation and citizen engagement – and what it means to facilitate change processes in pursuit of social justice.

We’ve designed our MA for experienced practitioners and social activists. It combines coursework with work-based learning and action research.

A core component of this course is the four-month period of work-based action learning. You'll examine your own practice and that of your host organisation or social process, seeking to apply your learning in a beneficial way.

This course is taught at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

critically reflect on your own practice
learn about different conceptual and methodological approaches to participation
develop your analysis and facilitation skills to engage with change processes at various levels.

IDS postgraduates have gone on to work in:

conservation, agriculture and food
finance and state ministries
UN agencies such as UNESCO
government departments such as DFID
NGOs including ActionAid.

Graduate destinations
100% of students from the Institute of Development Studies were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent IDS students have gone on to jobs including:

project manager, European Women's Lobby
campaigner, Greenpeace
project assistant, International Organisation for Migration.

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

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Subjects

  • Dissertation
  • Development
  • Programming
  • Health
  • Nutrition
  • Financial Management
  • Public
  • Social
  • Environment
  • Professional

Course programme

Modules

These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Dissertation Participation, Power and Social ChangeDesigning Critical Enquiry
  • Foundations of Power, Participation and Social Change
  • Power and Social Perspectives on Development
Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
  • Aid and Poverty: the Political Economy of International Development Assistance
  • Climate Change and Development
  • Competing in the Green Economy
  • Debating Poverty and Vulnerability: Policy and Programming
  • Democracy and Public Policy
  • Development in Cities
  • Governance of Violent Conflict and (In)security
  • Health and Development
  • Nutrition
  • Poverty, Violence and Conflict
  • Public Financial Management
  • Reflective and Creative Practice for Social Change
  • Sexuality and Development: Intimacies, Health and Rights in Global Perspective
  • Sustainability and Policy Processes: Issues in Agriculture, Environment and Health
  • The Politics of Gender
  • Theory and Practice of Impact Evaluation
  • Unruly Politics

Additional information

Fees

Fees are not yet set for entry in the academic year 2019/20 but will be published here as soon as they are available. Note that your fees, once they’re set, may be subject to an increase on an annual basis.

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Power, Participation and Social Change MA

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