Disaster Management and Sustainable Development MSc

In this rapidly expanding field, you will learn through real scenarios and case studies and live research projects, developing your personal and professional responses to disaster and development challenges.

Guided through lectures, seminars and workshops by staff with vast experience in applying expertise to current world issues, you will develop the knowledge and practical skills needed to prepare for, take action within, and recover from a crisis. You will also develop a specialism in an area such as health and wellbeing in disaster management, integrated emergency management, or exploring a specific thematic subject of your own choice. The course culminates in a Masters dissertation which can take the form of a traditional research dissertation or a work related project.

 

Assessment is designed to provide an authentic learning experience, using techniques and approaches common in professional practice and subject-based academic research and consultancy. We provide constructive ongoing and forward feedback to develop your understanding within and between modules.

 

Taught modules are regularly reviewed to ensure they deliver up-to-date material and new knowledge that has been generated across the diverse range of topics in the global Disaster Management and Sustainable Development arena.

 

Modules

Module information is indicative and is reviewed annually therefore may be subject to change. Applicants will be informed if there are any changes.

 

Year one

 

• KE7001 -Approaches to Project Management (Core,20 Credits)
• KE7003 -Subject Exploration in Disaster and Development (Core,20 Credits)
• KE7004 -Themes in Sustainable Development (Core,20 Credits)
• KE7005 -Disaster Risk Reduction and Response (Core,20 Credits)
• KE7006 -Health and Well-being in Disaster and Development (Optional,20 Credits)
• KE7007 -Integrated Emergency Management (Optional,20 Credits)
• KE7015 -Research or Work Related Dissertation (Core,60 Credits)
• KE7022 -Postgraduate Research Methods (Core,20 Credits)
• KE7028 -Academic Language Skills for Geography (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

Entry Requirements 2022/23

Standard Entry

Applicants should normally have:

 

A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in any subject. Other subject qualifications, equivalent professional qualifications and/or relevant work experience will be considered on an individual basis.

 

International qualifications:

 

If you have studied a non UK qualification, you can see how your qualifications compare to the standard entry criteria, by selecting the country that you received the qualification in, from our country pages.

 

English language requirements:

 

International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).

Fees and Funding 2022/23 Entry

Full UK Fee: £7,950

 

Full EU Fee: £16,500

 

Full International Fee: £16,500

Our graduates are highly employable, equipped with the skills to address hazards, disasters, risks, vulnerabilities and complex emergencies, working with/in relief and development organisations, national authorities and emergency services at a local or global level.

Graduates go on to careers in a widely diverse range of related areas, for example:

 

1. Emergency Planner/Emergency Planning Manager;
2. Disaster and Development Academic and/or Researcher;
3. Business Contingency Manager;
4. Humanitarian and United Nations Consultant;
5. Deputy Head of Field Officer of the Office of the United Nations for Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA)

and are often working for Environmental Agencies, Local Authorities and International, National, Regional and Local Non-Governmental Offices - often at managerial level.

 

A number of students who already worked in the sector have subsequently progressed to senior roles in United Nations bodies, World Vision and UK Emergency Planning. Others have successfully gone on to PhD research before pursuing a career in academia in a range of countries around the world, both so-called developed and developing.