Posrgraduate Diploma Child, Youth and Community
Course Overview
This MA/PG Dip in Child, Youth and Community is a professionally-focused program designed for those working in or entering the community, voluntary, and public sectors. Developed by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, it blends applied social science with a practical 'what works' approach to policy and practice. The program equips students with advanced skills in program planning and evidence-based evaluation to effectively measure the social impact of services for children, youth, and communities.
Key Program Highlights
- Developed and delivered by the renowned UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre
- Focus on applied learning and 'what works' in real-world policy and practice
- Gain expertise in robust program planning, monitoring, and evaluation methodologies
- Critically engage with rights-based and community-centered approaches
- Flexible blended learning format offered full-time (1 year) or part-time (2 years)
Course Overview
This MA/PG Dip in Child, Youth and Community is a professionally-focused program designed for those working in or entering the community, voluntary, and public sectors. Developed by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, it blends applied social science with a practical 'what works' approach to policy and practice. The program equips students with advanced skills in program planning and evidence-based evaluation to effectively measure the social impact of services for children, youth, and communities.
Key Program Highlights
- Developed and delivered by the renowned UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre
- Focus on applied learning and 'what works' in real-world policy and practice
- Gain expertise in robust program planning, monitoring, and evaluation methodologies
- Critically engage with rights-based and community-centered approaches
- Flexible blended learning format offered full-time (1 year) or part-time (2 years)
Requirements
Modules
- Research Methods & Methodology
- Research Paper
- Research Workshops I
- Human Rights and Social Justice
- Programme Planning & Evaluation
- Families, Children and Young People: Sociological Perspectives and Policy Issues
- Community Development and Families
- Research Workshops II
- Professional Experience
- Field-Based Learning
- Working with Specific Populations
- Gender, Sexuality and Global Health
- Social and Political Context of Activism and Advocacy
- Applied Gender Analyses
