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Contents Studying at UEL Welcome Why UEL? 6 London 8 Campuses 14 Learning resources 16 Research 20 Your UEL student experience 22 Sport 24 International students 26 Tuition fees 27 Funding 28 Applying to UEL

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School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering School of Arts and Digital Industries Cass School of Education and Communities School of Health, Sport and Bioscience School of Law and Social Sciences School of Psychology Royal Docks Business School Additional programmes

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Welcome

Welcome UEL is a creative, innovative and forward-thinking university and I am delighted that you are choosing a postgraduate qualification here.

We take our responsibilities to our students seriously and strive to provide the best academic experience, a rich study environment and the opportunities and specialist support you need to take your education to the next level.

Our wide range of postgraduate taught and research courses are underpinned by academic excellence and innovative teaching.

UEL’s curriculum is informed by our internationally recognised research and the latest industry trends to ensure our students are well placed for their future careers.

We offer flexible study options, including full-time, part-time and distance learning – ideal if you need to fit your study around other commitments. The substantial financial support we have available for students, including scholarships providing 50% discount on tuition fees, can make further study a reality for many of our students.

UEL’s modern campuses are based in the heart of energetic east London and we are continually investing in our development.

This investment has seen the recent opening of our new Stratford campus library and our brand-new campus, University Square Stratford (USS), a joint enterprise with Birkbeck, University of London, which provides a new home for students studying law, social science, criminology, performing arts and MBA courses.

This is an exciting time to be studying with us and I hope to be able to welcome you to UEL soon.

I wish you every success for the future.

Professor John Joughin Vice-Chancellor

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Why UEL? Studying for a postgraduate qualification is an investment in your future.

Specialist knowledge gained from higher study differentiates you from other graduates and is valued by employers. Many of our courses offer professional accreditation, which can boost your industry credentials and help you gain a competitive advantage for future employment. So whether you want to develop your career, change direction or become an expert in your subject area, we can help you take the next step.

Major investment We have made significant investment in transforming our campus and facilities over the past decade, including a stunning new library at Stratford and campus building, University Square Stratford, a collaboration between UEL and Birkbeck, University of London.

Learning facilities Our specialist resources include professional workshop areas, studios, exhibition spaces, a multimedia production centre, computer suites, 24/7 library access, a law clinic, a mooting room, laboratories and a clinical education centre.

Career Support Our Employability and Enterprise Team is dedicated to making sure you have a successful career after graduating from UEL. The Team provides a wide range of services including, CV and application workshops, interview and assessment centre help, mentoring schemes and access to paid industry placements and internships.

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Scholarships As we believe that everyone should be able to achieve their ambitions, we offer generous postgraduate funding options, including scholarships providing Home/EU students with 50% off tuition fees, a 15% alumni discount and a ÂŁ120 postgraduate bursary. Our Student Money Advice and Rights Team is always on hand to help you find out about funding you may be eligible for.

Flexible study At UEL, you can choose either full-time or part-time study depending on your circumstances. We also offer a range of postgraduate courses that can be studied by distance and online or blended learning.

World-leading research UEL is ranked in the top six modern universities for research in the UK. Source: Guardian league table based on the most recent government Research Assessment Exercise.

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London As a student at UEL, you’ll be studying in one of the world’s greatest cities.

Our campuses are located in the heart of east London – a vibrant and dynamic part of the capital. All the benefits of living and studying in the capital are on your doorstep.

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The knowledge capital

Vibrant living

London provides a rich educational environment with all the attractions and opportunities you would expect from a thriving modern city. The capital is an ideal place in which to pursue your interests and enhance your learning. With so many universities based in London, there are likeminded students from the UK and throughout the world making the most of studying in the capital. Many of London’s premier museums, libraries and galleries are free to visit, including the Science Museum, the British Library and the spectacular Natural History Museum. And with so many businesses located in London, you will be perfectly placed for to take advantage of work and internship opportunities to build networks and career connections.

London is a great place to be a student. The city’s cultural core includes an expansive range of entertainment attractions with something to suit everyone. The vast array of restaurants, cafes, theatres, shops and markets provide enough choice to suit all tastes and budgets. London hosts some of the most diverse and entertaining, sporting events, festivals and carnivals and the nightlife is filled with live music, comedy, film and drama, clubs and bars. East London in particular has a reputation for having the most popular bars, cafes and restaurants in the city.

If you need to take a break and get back to nature, there is plenty of open space to enjoy. As one of the greenest capitals in the world, London has some of the finest parks and public spaces, such as Hyde Park and Regents Park.

London’s sheer scale and diversity make it a fascinating and energetic city. An ideal place in which to live and learn, work and play.

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Campuses Our east London campuses are home to our seven academic Schools and provide a friendly and inspirational study environment featuring modern facilities, a broad range of student services, purpose-built student accommodation and great transport links.

Docklands Campus

Academic Schools at Docklands

Situated in a stunning waterfront setting, our Docklands Campus provides a modern, wellequipped learning environment, with purpose-built lecture theatres and seminar rooms, a 24/7 library and learning centre, and a multimedia centre with audio and visual labs and studios. The campus also includes SportsDock, our £21 million sports and academic complex, which was the base for Team USA during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• Royal Docks Business School

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• School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering • School of Arts and Digital Industries • School of Law and Social Sciences (Social Sciences only).

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Student Village

Key facts

Our Student Village is located on campus, providing purpose-built accommodation for over 1,200 students. You can apply for a place in our Student Village regardless of which campus you are studying at. Demand for places is high, so you should apply for your place as soon as you can.

• Great transport links including the Docklands Light Railway (Cyprus Station serves the campus) and London City Airport

Our Residential Services team is available all year round to help you find somewhere suitable to live on or off campus.

For further information T: +44 (0)20 8223 5409 E: dlres@uel.ac.uk Visit uel.ac.uk/accommodation

• 45 minutes from London’s West End, and the City of London business district • 24/7 Library and Learning Centre • Children’s Garden early years nursery • Student Village • Cafés, restaurant and campus bookshop • Student facilities include a bar and launderette • SportsDock – our state-of-the-art sports complex.

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Stratford Campus

Academic Schools at Stratford

Following an extensive programme of refurbishment, our Stratford Campus provides impressive facilities located in the heart of Stratford, with its theatres, cinemas and giant Westfield shopping mall. Recent developments include:

• Cass School of Education and Communities

• new laboratories and computing facilities • a magnificent new building housing our Cass School of Education and Communities

• Great transport links including Jubilee and Central Underground Lines, mainline train services and the Docklands Light Railway

• the Centre for Clinical Education in Podiatry, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, one of the finest facilities of its kind in the country

• 35 minutes from London’s West End and 25 minutes from the City of London business district

• a brand-new, 24/7, £14.7 million library.

• Brand-new library and learning centre

• School of Health, Sport and Bioscience • School of Psychology.

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• Restaurant and campus bookshop.

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University Square Stratford University Square Stratford (USS) is a new education hub in the centre of Stratford. A joint venture between UEL and Birkbeck, University of London, it provides a new campus for 3,400 students.

USS provides a home to UEL students studying on a range of degrees including law and criminology, dance and performing arts, and MBAs. Students studying at USS enjoy outstanding, purpose-built facilities.

Academic Schools at USS • School of Arts and Digital Industries (Performing Arts and Music only) • School of Law and Social Sciences (Law and Criminology only) • Royal Docks Business School (MBAs only)

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Key facts • state-of-the-art performing arts spaces, with over £750,000 of brand-new, specialist equipment • three performance studios, equipped with advanced lighting rigs and audiovisual equipment • a 72-person-capacity Harvard lecture theatre, with live lecture-capture technology • Weston Learning Centre, a multimedia space open 24/7 in term time, where students can study and engage in group work • a dedicated MBA suite and teaching space • a 300-seat specialised tiered lecture theatre • a specially developed, simulated courtroom for mooting experience • café.

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Learning resources UEL’s state-of-the-art facilities and comprehensive learning and research resources will provide you with the tools for success in your studies. Our 24/7 multimedia libraries and innovative virtual learning environment will enable you to study how, when and where it suits you.

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Our libraries

IT facilities

Our libraries, at the heart of our campuses, are equipped with all the facilities and resources you will need for success and provide specialist support through a team of subject librarians.

UEL has invested significantly in technology to support you through your studies, including computing and multimedia facilities for general use, and specialist subject-specific facilities in our academic Schools. Our state-of-the-art online facilities include a virtual learning environment which will allow you to study at your own pace, wherever you have internet access.

• open 24/7 throughout the academic year • over 300,000 books, journals, audiovisual resources and archives • over 500 electronic books giving you online access to essential texts • over 25,000 electronic journals and databases

• over 1,500 networked computers providing free email and internet access and software including Microsoft Office, specialist learning and teaching packages, and statistical software such as SPSS

• online library catalogue accessible on and off campus

• student helpdesks with friendly, knowledgeable staff

• self-service machines so you can take out, renew and return books without queuing

• virtual learning environments to enable you to study at your own pace where and when you want

• information skills training, including Endnote and referencing

• Media Production Services (MPS)

• develop your IT skills with the European Computer Driving Licence qualification

• impressive subject-specific facilities in our academic Schools

• new Stratford library opened in 2013

• free wi-fi internet access

• access to other libraries and specialist collections in the region.

• all learning spaces are equipped with audiovisual systems.

For further information visit uel.ac.uk/lls

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Research UEL is among the top six modern universities nationally for research, based on the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008. As part of our commitment to strengthening our already impressive research base, we have launched a research development fund and invested in a research sabbatical scheme. We will continue to support our research community, from established researchers to early-career researchers and doctoral students.

At UEL research activity underpins everything that we do – it is what defines us as a university. UEL’s commitment to supporting our research community drives innovation and creativity and, in turn, creates an environment where there is freedom for ideas and intellectual thinking to develop across disciplines.

Professor John Joughin Vice-Chancellor

Research degrees

Master of Research (MRes)

At UEL you will benefit from research-led teaching, learning from academics who are committed to excellence in their field. UEL offers the following types of research degree:

The one-year (full-time) or two-year (part-time) MRes is a taught postgraduate degree which includes tuition in research methods and the completion of a research project. This degree is designed to provide a foundation either for doctoral-level study or to prepare you for advanced research in organisational, academic and industrial contexts.

Master/Doctor of Philosophy (MPhil/PhD) All our academic Schools offer MPhil and PhD degrees supervised by academics.

Professional Doctorate Professional Doctorates offer greater practicebased and taught elements than a traditional PhD. They are specifically aimed at people working in relevant professional roles.

Further information on MPhil, PhD and Professional Doctorate courses can be found in the School sections of this prospectus or at uel.ac.uk/pg

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In addition, there are now specific MRes degrees offered by the Schools of Health, Sport and Bioscience, and Architecture, Computing and Engineering.

For further information on the MRes degree visit uel.ac.uk/gradschool

The research culture at UEL is very positive. UEL is a university that believes in itself and is going places in the research field.

Professor Adrian Renton Director of the Institute for Health and Human Development, UEL

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Research support and expertise As a research student at UEL, you will be able to benefit from, and contribute towards, our dynamic and supportive research culture.

Research students are based in one of our seven academic Schools and have access to Schoolbased resources, which may include dedicated postgraduate centres and social space, and specialist IT facilities.

Our Graduate School runs the Researcher Development Programme (RDP), which is a suite of skills development workshops and online resources designed to meet the needs of research students and staff at UEL. The RDP is managed

by Dr Caroline Dunmore, UEL’s Researcher Development Manager. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding the RDP, please contact Caroline on c.dunmore@uel.ac.uk

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UEL has more than 50 research institutes, centres and groups. These unite high-profile academics in cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research activities, ranging from refugee studies and community wellbeing to sustainable environmental technologies. Our researchers are committed to seeking viable and valuable solutions to problems of real-world significance. UEL will continue strengthening its research base and build on new areas of expertise through multi-team working, both within the University and externally through our extensive links with business, industry and academic institutions in the UK and internationally.

Our reputation for innovation and excellence in research is reflected in the high-quality, accessible supervision our academics provide to research students.

For further information, visit uel.ac.uk/research

For further information on the Researcher Development Programme, visit uel.ac.uk/research-workshops

Completing a PhD is a marathon, not a sprint. What I gained through this process is more than skills in research, project management and communication – it helped me to redefine my future as an individual and a professional, in a positive and sustainable way.

Alex Logvynovskiy Digital Media Developer and PhD graduate in Semantic Social Bookmarking

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Your UEL student experience We want to ensure that you get the best out of your studies and your time here at UEL. We are committed to maintaining our excellent standards of teaching and learning across all our courses and offer a comprehensive range of facilities, support and services to all our students. Whatever kind of postgraduate study you undertake at UEL, there is plenty of help available should you need it – ranging from academic advisors and subject specialists to childcare facilities and student finance advice.

Supportive community Our Student Services team offers a wide range of information, advice and support from our on-campus Student Centres. The team provides the following support services: • Children’s Garden Early Years Centre – providing safe, high-quality nursery provision at Docklands • Student Money Advice and Rights Team (SMART) – providing advice on funding available from UEL and externally • Health and Wellbeing – offers a preliminary health service attending to students’ basic healthcare needs, together with referral and emergency arrangements, health promotion and advice • Counselling – our accessible, discreet, professional counselling services offer personalised support to students • Disability and Dyslexia Unit – offers support, advice and information for students with disabilities, and students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties

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• Regional Access Centre (RACEL) – provides help if you need to apply for a Disabled Student Allowance (DSA); they can assess and supply an Assessment of Need report to send to your local authority (at no direct charge to you) • Support for international students – the UEL International team provides comprehensive support for applicants and students.

For further information visit uel.ac.uk/students

Chaplaincy UEL’s Chaplaincy service provides multifaith support to meet the spiritual needs of all our students. There are advisors and volunteers from several faiths, including Christian, Muslim and Sikh, and prayer rooms, faith meetings and worship on campus.

For further information visit uel.ac.uk/chaplaincy

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UELSports UEL offers a full range of sporting activities, whether you’re interested in keeping fit, trying a new sport or competitive sporting action. Our ambition to become London’s leading university for sport by 2015 was boosted by winning the Most Improved University at the 2012 British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) awards ceremony.

UELSports offers a range of services for students wanting to keep fit or who are interested in recreational or competitive sport. This includes sports clubs – with over 20 sports clubs, from rowing to athletics, swimming to football, there’s something for everyone.

– a state-of-the-art, 120-piece fitness centre – two large, multi-court sports arenas – a dedicated strength and conditioning room – a dance and aerobic studio – an outdoor five-a-side football pitch – a sports café.

• High-performance sport – UEL attracts many high-performance/elite athletes, who enjoy one of the best scholarship packages in the UK and one of the most flexible study programmes.

It was also Team USA’s sports performance and operations base during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• Sports participation and exercise – our Try-a-Sport 365 programme offers free sessions for you to try new sports.

• Sports Scholarships – Our scholarships enable elite athletes to balance study with their sporting ambitions. Our current sports scholars include Olympians, Paralympians and senior internationals who represent UEL in national and international university competitions.

• Sports facilities – including SportsDock, a £21 million sports facility at Docklands campus.

SportsDock offers a host of world-class facilities including:

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The staff here have been brilliant with facilitating my sporting commitments, such as recording lessons when I’m out of the country competing, so that I can catch up with what’s covered in class.

Gemma Gibbons MSc Exercise Science and Health graduate and 2012 Olympics silver medallist

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International students Why do international students choose UEL? 1.

Voted best in the UK for visa advice, health and wellbeing support, airport pick-up, welcome programme and eco-friendly attitude in the summer 2012 International Student Barometer.

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Courses designed with international students in mind.

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Teaching excellence – awarded the highest-possible rating by the UK Government’s Quality Assurance Agency.

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Competitive tuition fees and generous scholarships for international students.

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English language support for students before and during study.

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24/7 libraries at our Docklands and Stratford campuses.

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Outstanding London location – on the doorstep of the Olympic Park.

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Guaranteed accommodation for international students (conditions apply).

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International Welcome Programme for new students, free airport pick-up and social events throughout the year.

10. Excellent transport links for London, the UK, the rest of Europe and beyond.

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UEL International

Visit us in your country

The UEL International team will look after you from when you start the application process right through to graduation and the time you become part of our Alumni Network. The team, based at the Docklands Campus and supported by our centres in China, Malaysia and India, assists students through the application process and provides a focal point for our international students once they arrive in the UK. They organise the Welcome Programme for international students, provide English language support and offer visa counselling.

We have centres in China, Malaysia and India to help you with your UEL application. For more information, and to get in touch with them, please visit uel.ac.uk/international

Visa advice Our team of trained international student advisors is on hand to provide information on immigration, both prior to application and throughout your time at UEL. They also run regular workshops about visas and schemes whereby you can work in the UK on completion of your studies.

UEL International staff visit many countries across the world to help students through the application process. To check when we are next in your area, visit uel.ac.uk/international. We also work with a network of advisors based all over the globe. Our advisors can help you select and apply for your course, assist with your visa application and much more.

Pre-Master’s course This three-month, one semester course will provide you with the skills you need to progress to a Master’s degree at UEL or a wide range of British universities.

UEL was voted best in the UK for visa advice in the summer 2012 International Student Barometer.

Successful completion of the course can lead to automatic entry to a number of Master’s courses at UEL.

International Welcome Programme

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Voted the best in London in a recent International Student Barometer (and number four in the whole of the UK), the Welcome Programme is made up of social events and practical information sessions.

It is designed to help you make friends and settle into life in the UK right from the start of your course. Here is a sample Welcome Programme schedule:

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• free airport pick-up from Heathrow or Gatwick airports • tour of London • boat trip on the River Thames

International students who require a Tier 4 student visa to study in the UK are unable to undertake part-time study.

International award winner UEL won The Times Higher Leadership and Management award for Outstanding International Strategy in 2012. The award recognises UEL as a market leader with an innovative approach to international teaching, research and partnership.

• trip to Westfield Stratford City (the largest urban shopping mall in Europe) • movie night • health and wellbeing sessions • money matters advice sessions.

English language support Our Language Centre offers specialist English courses for international students who need extra English support before they join a programme at UEL. Courses include pre-sessional and in-sessional Academic English which are taught in our modern, well-equipped campuses.

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Tuition fees Our programmes represent excellent value for money, providing you with a great education at an affordable price. Our package of bursaries and scholarships means that financial constraints shouldn’t stop you from achieving your ambitions. Our Student Money Advice and Rights Team (SMART) is available to provide you with advice and guidance to get you off to a flying start.

Current fees

Payment of fees

Fees for 2014/15 were not confirmed at the time of going to press. However, up-to-date information on tuition fees can be found on our website at uel.ac.uk/fees

We offer several payment options to suit your personal circumstances, including instalment payment schemes and a discount for early payment of your fees. For queries regarding payment options email creditcontrol@uel.ac.uk or call our Finance and Registry Help Team on +44 (0)20 8223 7526.

UK/European Union (EU) students If you are a UK or EU student, you can pay your tuition fees in five equal monthly instalments over the first five months of your programme, without any additional costs or charges. The first instalment must be paid before you commence your studies.

UK/EU teacher training students Postgraduate teacher training programmes are treated as undergraduate programmes for fees payment purposes, and you may be eligible to apply for a Tuition Fee Loan and other funding from Student Finance England.

For details please contact: Student Money Advice and Rights Team (SMART) T: +44 (0)20 8223 6200 Visit uel.ac.uk/smart Cass School of Education and Communities T: +44 (0)20 8223 2832 (primary) or T: +44 (0)20 8223 2782 (secondary) Visit uel.ac.uk/pgce

Part-time fees Fees for part-time study are calculated on a modular basis. It is important to note that each programme has a minimum number of modules that can be taken in an academic year. To ensure we give you the most accurate information we have not included part-time fees in this prospectus.

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International students (non-EU) As an international student you will be required to pay at least 50% of your fees before starting at UEL. The remaining fees can be paid in equal instalments over the first five months of your programme, with no additional costs or charges.

Early payment discount If you pay your full tuition fees in advance you may receive either a 5% or 10% discount depending on how early you pay. Further information about this scheme will be sent to you by credit control after your place at UEL has been confirmed.

Further information Our Student Money Advice and Rights Team (SMART) is available to provide UK/EU students with essential information and guidance on funding opportunities, loans and a whole lot more.

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Funding UEL provides a generous range of scholarships and bursaries to help you pay for your studies. We also provide advice on applying for external funding and planning and managing your finances.

Funding available from UEL

External funding opportunities

UEL Postgraduate Bursary

Employer-sponsored Study (UK/EU students only)

The UEL Postgraduate Bursary helps all our postgraduate students with the financial aspects of studying – by providing funds to spend on studyrelated expenses. The bursary is worth up to £120 over the course of your studies.

UEL Postgraduate Scholarships (UK/EU students only) The scholarships are for new students studying on a Master’s degree programme and are worth 50% of the tuition fees. The scholarships are awarded via a competitive merit-based application process.

Your employer may be willing to contribute towards your fees. A postgraduate qualification can help you to upgrade your skills and knowledge, benefiting both you and your employer.

Teacher Training (PGCE) Bursaries (UK/EU students only) UK/EU students enrolling on a postgraduate teacher training programme are entitled to a taxfree Teacher Development Agency Bursary.

Alumni Fee Waiver

Research Councils

UEL graduates enrolling on a Master’s degree, Professional Doctorate or postgraduate research degree are entitled to a 15% discount on their tuition fees. Applicants should state their UEL student number on their application in order to access the discount.

Research Council studentships are open to UK/EU students, providing grants for full- or parttime study.

Part-time Postgraduate Fee Waivers

UEL offers a growing range of scholarships and bursaries including many subject- and coursespecific awards. Further information, including a directory of external funding opportunities, is available at uel.ac.uk/fees

Fee waivers of up to 50% (up to a maximum of £500) are available to part-time UK/EU postgraduate students from low-income households.

Access to Learning Fund (UK/EU students only) UK students who have applied for a Professional and Career Development Loan are eligible to apply for financial assistance from the Access to Learning Fund (ALF).

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Further information

Information, advice and guidance Our Student Money Advice and Rights Team (SMART) provides information, advice and guidance on a range of funding opportunities for students.

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Applying to UEL We consider applications from students with a wide range of backgrounds, qualifications and experience, and our online application system will enable you to submit your application from anywhere with internet access 24/7.

International qualifications We accept a wide range of qualifications from across the world. You must not convert your qualifications to a UK equivalent but list each qualification title exactly as it is noted on your certificate. Please ensure you provide as much detail about your studies as possible on your application, specifically scores/marks/grades for all qualifications that you have achieved.

Criminal records and health checks Due to the nature of some programmes, further checks such as Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) or health checks may be required.

How to apply Taught degrees The easiest and most secure way to apply is online at uel.ac.uk/pgapply Our online application system enables you to complete your application via any internet-connected computer. You can save your application form and return to complete it at any time. When you submit your application we will send you an email to confirm that it has been received.

Teacher training programmes

For further information contact the Applicant Checks Officer by calling +44 (0)20 8223 6271, emailing applicantchecks@uel.ac.uk or visiting uel.ac.uk/dbs

Applications for teacher training (PGCE) programmes starting in September 2014 opened in November 2013, and must be made via UCAS Teacher Training www.ucas.com Demand for places is high, so early application is advised for all PGCE programmes.

English language requirements

Research degrees

All postgraduate students will need to demonstrate a good level of English language proficiency.

This can be evidenced by the attainment of a UK first degree (where the language of instruction is English) or, for international students, through the achievement of an internationally recognised qualification such as IELTS. English language requirements for each programme are listed on our website at uel.ac.uk/pg

If you are considering applying for a research degree, please visit uel.ac.uk/study/pgr If the relevant School at UEL has the required expertise and facilities to support your area of research, you will be invited to complete an application form. In most cases, a submission of the application form will be followed by a formal interview.

For further information on English language testing and support for non-native speakers visit uel.ac.uk/languagecentre

For further information about all programmes and application methods contact the Applicant Enquiries Team on +44 (0)20 8223 3333 or email study@uel.ac.uk

Part-time study for international students International students who require a Tier 4 student visa to study in the UK are unable to undertake part-time study.

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Academic Schools

Academic Schools We have around 140 postgraduate courses. In this section of the prospectus they have been arranged by the relevant School and grouped in broad subject areas, which are arranged alphabetically. Schools are listed below.

32 School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering 48 School of Arts and Digital Industries 60 Cass School of Education and Communities 72 School of Health, Sport and Bioscience 86 School of Law and Social Sciences 100 School of Psychology 112 Royal Docks Business School 122 Additional courses

Please note: Throughout this section of the prospectus you will see some courses with DBS after the title. These courses involve working closely with children and/or vulnerable adults. Applicants are therefore subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Disclosure check.

A guide to the DBS can be found on our website at uel.ac.uk/dbs If you have any queries regarding this procedure, please contact the Applicant Checks Officer on +44 (0)20 8223 6271 or at applicantchecks@uel.ac.uk

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School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering “I am close to completing my Master’s degree, which will help me gain chartership with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

“Learning from experienced industry professionals at UEL provided me with a valuable insight beyond pure academic learning. Together with insightful lectures and field trips, I gained a practical understanding of what it takes to design practical engineering solutions.”

Luke Smith MSc Civil Engineering

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Architecture, Computing and Engineering

Our School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering provides a synergy between the major areas of architecture, computing and intelligent systems, civil, communications and electrical engineering, interior and product design, product design and sustainability. Internationally recognised areas of research include satellite guidance systems, cloud computing, cyber security and sustainability, while our Geo-Information Research Centre provides consultancy services worldwide. The School has been awarded Cisco Networking Academy status, Microsoft IT Academy status and offers professionally accredited postgraduate courses and invaluable opportunities for placement within industry.

Our facilities We have a wide range of facilities available to students, including: civil engineering and hydraulic laboratories; network and multimedia laboratories with a wide range of specialist software; a dedicated laboratory to complement our Cisco professional qualification and housing a wide range of applications; numerous electrical and electronic engineering laboratories; and surveying labs with the latest GIS software. Our purpose-built AVA centre, designed by one of our own leading architects, includes studio spaces and drawing rooms, a digital-output laboratory, woodworking and sculpture workshops, film and digital photography studios and exhibition and gallery space.

Leading experts The School’s staff include a number of highly renowned academics who are leading figures in their fields. Hassan Abdalla, Dean of School, is Professor of Sustainable Design and Innovation, and Professor Allan Brimicombe is founder of the Centre for Geo-Information Studies.

Our School is committed to high-quality applied research that is informed by real-world problems and seeks pragmatic solutions. While such topics naturally reflect the specialist interests and expertise of staff, our research focuses in three broad areas: applied informatics, sustainability and the built environment, and systems engineering. We have a number of recognised research centres and research groups, which provide foci for research activities, students and liaison with other Schools, as well as with funding bodies, other outside organisations and our clients. We aspire to build and develop our research as a crucial part of our future and as a sign of our commitment to innovative thinking and practice.

Events and activities The School regularly hosts and organises conferences and seminars, including an annual international conference on global e-security which attracts delegates from across the globe, and a recent conference on advances in computing and technology. We also host exhibitions and installations of students’ work. This culminates with our end-of-year exhibitions, which showcase our students’ work and attract leading figures from the architecture and product design sectors as well as members of the public.

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MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2)

MSc Architecture: Computing and Design

The MArch provides the educational framework that enables students who successfully complete the course to have exemption from Part 2 of the ARB/RIBA examination and progress to Part 3. Design studios work autonomously on bespoke courses led by the design tutors and supported by technical, computing, and history and theory staff. The course emphasises learning through the process of making and the critical reflection of what has been made. In this way creativity and critical judgement are developed within each student. You will receive personal tuition each week from tutors who are usually also active as practising architects. The majority of learning is done through design project work in the School’s excellent studios and workshops.

This course focuses on the use of the computer as an aid to developing architectural designs at the conceptual level, rather than a means of generating production information.

It investigates ways of generating shape and form using forward-looking technologies, and covers both evolutionary algorithms and simulation models taken from artificial life and mathematics. The underlying theme is to make a connection between the understanding of form and space in architecture, and the processes needed for its creation.

Course content The MSc comprises two modules with core and optional components. The modules are: • Architecture and Urbanisms: Tools, Principles, Theories and Practice

Course content This MArch course comprises four modules:

– Computer-aided Architectural Design (core component) – Visual Basic for AutoCAD (optional component)

• Architectural Design 1 • Architectural Design 2 • Supporting Studies

• User Interface Design

• Technical, Professional and Cultural Studies.

Components of these modules include History and Theory, Computing and Design, Sustainability, Material Matters and Alternative Urbanisms.

– Architecture and Urbanisms: Theories, Context and Practice (core component) – Theories and Systems in Architecture (core component) – Advanced Practice (optional component).

Career opportunities This course is in the second stage of architectural education. It is also good preparation for any work in which you need to be able to analyse problems and propose creative solutions.

Duration Two years full-time.

Entry requirements Normally a minimum 2.2 (or equivalent) degree in architecture and exemption from RIBA Part 1, plus interview with portfolio.

You will also be required to complete a thesis.

Career opportunities The integration of environmental design with architectural and urban design practice is of ever-increasing importance. Architects equipped with these skills are increasingly in demand professionally in both the private and public sectors.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Start date

Entry requirements

September.

Normally a minimum 2.1 (or equivalent) architecture/built environment degree and/or RIBA Part 1 exemption. Applicants without these qualifications will be assessed on the basis of a short essay, portfolio and interview.

Start date September.

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MA Architecture: Design The MA offers practising architects, or recent graduates, opportunity for focused investigations into architecture. Within this course you create poetic readings and from these form an architectural response through drawings, digital or parametric explorations, physical model making and writing. The MA is structured around the atelier studio system, with options in supporting subjects that build on both studio design and thesis topics.

Course content

Architecture

MA Architecture: Interpretation and Theories This course introduces a range of advanced studies in the history and theory of architecture. It is primarily concerned with the relationship of theories and ideologies to architectural practice, and develops this by engaging with fundamental issues in modern and current architecture. Central to its approach is an understanding of cultural thought, which forms the context of the development of architectural writing and architectural practice.

The MA comprises two core modules and a thesis.

The modules are: • Design • Supporting Studies: Theory/Technical/ Professional Studies.

Course content The MA comprises two modules with core and optional components. The modules are: • Architecture and Urbanisms: Tools, Principles, Theories and Practice

Career opportunities Buildings and cities are constantly changing, so architectural practice requires advanced design experience that integrates environmental design and responds to these transformations and transitions.

Architects and designers able to address these issues are likely to strengthen their career prospects in both the private and public sectors.

Duration One year full-time.

– Histories and Criticisms – Modernist and Current Theories • Architecture and Urbanisms: Theories, Context and Practice – Architectural Representation – Architecture and the Poetic.

You will also be required to complete a thesis.

Career opportunities

RIBA Part 1 or equivalent plus some professional experience. Admission is by interview over portfolio.

Graduates of this course have opportunities to develop careers as architectural teachers. The course also provides an extra dimension to architectural portfolios, enhancing opportunities for furthering careers in architectural practice.

Start date

Duration

Entry requirements

September.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Normally a minimum 2.1 (or equivalent) degree in architecture/history of art or similar. Applicants without these qualifications will be assessed on the basis of a short essay, portfolio and interview.

Start date September.

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MA Architecture: Sustainability and Design

MA Architecture: Urban Design

The need to consider the position of architecture today is as great as, if not greater than, it was at the beginning of the 20th century. Increased building legislation passed by governments leads to the obligation to rethink architecture’s practices and approaches. This MA addresses architectural responses to the latest environmental thinking and deals with both the quantifiable and the qualitative (unquantifiable) aspects of sustainable architecture, at both the macro and micro scales. The MA enables architects and designers to apply these specialist new skills in their own design practice and consultancy.

This course explores and develops new forms of urban practice in cities undergoing rapid change. It aims to develop practical and innovative urban design strategies and positions, from neighbourhoods to whole cities. It is designed to develop tools for the urban designer and examines the boundaries between urban and landscape practice through emphasising their interdependence. The course also explores how the relationship of climate, weather and materiality in an urban territory may give rise to specific solutions to generic questions.

Course content

Course content The MA comprises two main taught modules and a thesis. They deal uniquely with sustainability at both the building and city scales.

The modules are: • Environmental Architecture: – Architecture and the Environment – Principles of Sustainability and Environmental Modelling; Principles of Environmental Design: Application of Theory into Practice • Urban Ecology: – Theories and Contexts; Sustainable City Research – Urban Ecology Prototype Design.

The MA comprises two modules which include core and optional components, plus a dissertation.

The modules are: • Architecture and Urbanisms: Tools, Principles, Theories and Practice • Architecture and Urbanisms: Theories, Context and Practice.

Career opportunities The integration of environmental design with architectural and urban design practice is of ever-increasing importance. Architects and designers able to address these issues are likely to strengthen their career prospects in both the private and public sectors.

Career opportunities

Duration

The integration of environmental design with architectural and wider city-scale practice is increasingly important. Architects equipped with these skills are in demand professionally in both the private and public sectors. Graduates can expect to be employed as ‘environmental architects’ as well as environmental (design) consultants and advisors in the building industry.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Duration

Start date

One year full-time, two years part-time.

September.

Entry requirements Normally a minimum 2.1 (or equivalent) architecture degree and/or RIBA Part 1 exemption.

Applicants without these qualifications will be assessed on the basis of a short essay, portfolio and interview.

Entry requirements Normally a minimum 2.1 degree (or equivalent) in architecture/built environment and/or RIBA Part 1 exemption. Applicants without these qualifications will be assessed on the basis of a short critical write-up, portfolio and interview.

Start date September.

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MA Landscape Architecture This course focuses on understanding current best practice in landscape architecture, both locally and internationally, while also emphasising the development of intuitive creative processes to test and develop new forms of landscape practice. It welcomes students as fellow collaborators in studies that develop innovative new strands to contemporary landscape architecture. The course also deals proactively with the complex environmental, social and creative questions of the time.

Course content The MA comprises two modules with design studio and theory components, which then lead on to a thesis. The modules are: • Landscape Architecture: Tools, Principles, Theories and Practice • Landscape Architecture: Theories, Context and Practice.

Career opportunities The integration of environmental design with architectural and urban design practice is of everincreasing importance. Landscape architects equipped with these skills are increasingly in demand professionally in both the private and public sectors, nationally and internationally.

Architecture

MA Professional Landscape Architecture This new course, currently seeking accreditation from the Landscape Institute, develops critical and practical skills that address the growing field of landscape architecture. We work collaboratively with students on site-based projects, using London as a design resource, in order to examine and propose new ways in which the urban landscape might operate. This MA explicitly focuses on the requirements of the profession of landscape architecture in the UK. It draws upon a wide theoretical and historic base, which is interwoven with technical and practical knowledge to provide you with skills to enter and progress your professional life in landscape architecture. We work on live projects where possible, collaborating with architecture and urban design Master’s programmes, to ensure the study of landscape architecture at UEL parallels the inter-disciplinary and collaborative working nature of professional practice life.

Course content The MA comprises two modules with core and option components. You are also required to complete a thesis. The modules are: • Architecture and Urbanisms: Tools, Principles, Theories and Practice

Duration

• Architecture and Urbanisms: Theories, Context and Practice.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Career opportunities

Entry requirements

The integration of environmental design with architectural and urban design practice is of everincreasing importance. Landscape architects equipped with these skills are increasingly in demand professionally in both the private and public sectors, nationally and internationally.

Normally a minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent) in architecture/built environment, fine art, civil engineering or landscape architecture. Applicants without these qualifications will be assessed on the basis of a portfolio and interview.

Start date September.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Normally a minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent) in architecture/built environment or landscape architecture and/or RIBA Part 1 exemption.

Applicants without these qualifications will be assessed on the basis of a short essay, portfolio and interview.

Start date September.

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Architecture / Civil Engineering

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Diploma in Architectural Design

MSc Civil Engineering This MSc addresses the needs of engineers engaged in the planning, design and construction of various civil engineering works. In each module, theory and application are studied together in order to solve practical problems.

You will learn how to accurately analyse data, use various computer design packages and project-manage. Your choice of modules and dissertation topic will allow some specialisation.

This course is for students who have a first degree but do not have RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Part 1 exemption.

Most learning is achieved through project work in our studios, computer suites and workshops, complemented by lectures and seminars. However, the heart of the course is in the design studio, where you learn to become an architect through project work.

We also emphasise learning through making and reflecting, enabling you to develop your creativity and critical judgement.

Course content The MSc comprises four taught modules chosen from a range of options, plus a research dissertation. The module options are:

Course content The Diploma comprises two modules: • Design • Supporting Studies – Technical and Professional.

Components of these modules include History and Theory, Computing and Design, Sustainability, Material Matters and Alternative Urbanisms.

Career opportunities

• Advanced Structural Analysis • Design in Steel and Concrete • Design in Timber and Masonry • Engineering Management and Project Organisation • Highway Engineering • Transportation Engineering • Hydraulic Structures, Coastal and River Engineering • Soil Structure Engineering • Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.

Career opportunities

This course is the second stage of architectural education. It is also good preparation for any work in which you need to be able to analyse problems and make creative proposals for their solution.

Duration Two years full-time.

The degree will enhance your career prospects in a wide variety of civil engineering roles such as consultancy, contractor and client organisations, as well as other related areas such as research and management. It can also help you to further your career if you are already working in the field.

Professional qualifications

Entry requirements Normally a minimum 2.2 (or equivalent) degree in architecture, plus interview with portfolio.

International students will also need IELTS 6.5 (or equivalent).

Start date September.

The MSc in Civil Engineering degree at UEL is accredited as meeting the requirements for Further Learning for a Chartered Engineer (CEng) for candidates who have already acquired an Accredited CEng (Partial) BEng (Hons) or an Accredited IEng (Full) BEng/BSc (Hons) undergraduate first degree. See www.jbm.org.uk for further information.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 BEng degree or 2.1 BSc degree (or equivalent) in civil or structural engineering.

Appropriate professional qualifications (eg MICE, MIStructE) are also acceptable. Applicants with other qualifications will be considered on an individual basis.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Structural Engineering This course will provide a sound knowledge and training in structural engineering, including both the broad concepts involved in construction, design and analysis, as well as specialist skills. Practical work and lectures will introduce you to both practice and theory.

Course content The MSc comprises four taught modules chosen from a range of options, plus a research dissertation. The modules are: • Advanced Structural Analysis • Design in Steel and Concrete • Design in Timber and Masonry • Soil Structure Engineering • Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering.

Civil Engineering / Computing

MSc Business Information Technology by distance learning This fully online MSc is designed to provide you with the latest cutting-edge business IT skills required in today’s competitive work market. Advanced IT skills are essential as globalisation, the ubiquity of IT and the growth of e-commerce have created new social, cultural and economic realities.

The MSc places particular emphasis on enterprising skills. Our academic staff have extensive experience in both teaching and industry, so you will be taught by those who have practical knowledge as well as understanding concepts and theories. You will examine issues relevant to your immediate work environment under the guidance of knowledgeable academics.

Career opportunities

Course content

There is an ongoing global demand for wellqualified structural engineers, and this course will offer a valuable, accredited qualification. There are employment opportunities in local government and private industry.

The course consists of the following core modules, plus a dissertation. The modules are:

Professional qualifications

• Security Management

The MSc Structural Engineering degree at UEL is accredited as meeting the requirements for Further Learning for a Chartered Engineer (CEng) for candidates who have already acquired an Accredited CEng (Partial) BEng (Hons) or an Accredited IEng (Full) BEng/BSc (Hons) undergraduate first degree. See www.jbm.org.uk for further information.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 BEng degree or 2.1 BSc degree (or equivalents) in civil or structural engineering.

Appropriate professional qualifications, such as MICE or MIStructE, are also acceptable.

Applicants with other qualifications will be considered on an individual basis.

Start dates September and February.

• Information Technology and Internet Law • Knowledge Management Systems • Strategic IT Management.

Career opportunities You will gain a recognised qualification which will equip you to enter a senior role in IT and computing services. You will benefit from opportunities to network and interact with peers around the globe and take advantage of the knowledge and experiences they have.

Duration 18 months full-time, two–six years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent), preferably in computing, business information systems or a related area. You will also require a PC or Mac with at least ten hours’ unrestricted access per week, internet access and access to a printer.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Business Information Systems

MSc Computer Networks

This course offers a balance of theory, advanced practical skills and experience, providing a sound knowledge and analytical ability to support your professional development. For those with little or no previous computer experience, the course offers valuable insights into the use of IT in a business context and an awareness of its best use for strategic advantage. The very latest developments are studied from the perspective of theoretical research or with a view to complex systems construction.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules plus a dissertation. The modules are: • Database Systems

Studying this MSc will provide you with an opportunity for cross-disciplinary interaction and close co-operation with teaching staff in both computer science and electrical engineering. The MSc enables you to study, at advanced level, the areas of wired and wireless computer networking and network management and security. You will have the opportunity to design, build and test various wired and wireless platforms via the use of labs, practicals and specialist network hardware and simulation software. Both the theoretical and practical aspects of this course will enable you to take much acquired knowledge into the dissertation phase; producing complex and in-depth research materials, which in some cases may lead to publication.

Course content

• Global Sustainable ICT Management • Rapid Application Methods.

The course comprises four 30-credit modules plus a 60-credit dissertation. All modules have handson laboratory sessions. The modules are:

Career opportunities

• Communication Networks

The course provides for a wide range of career paths, including specific IT-related positions and also roles combining IT with general management. There is a growing demand within the industry to have key management positions filled with personnel who can make best productive use of their IT facilities and use them for strategic advantage.

• Computer Communications

• Project Management

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent), preferably in computing, science or business.

Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on a case-by-case basis in the light of their professional and academic experience.

• Network Management • Network Security.

Career opportunities The course provides the skills necessary to secure employment in computer security, network management/development and related fields. Moreover, the course provides the necessary knowledge should you wish to engage in further study for a PhD and possibly follow an academic career.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in computer networks, engineering, computing and/ or science. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on a case-by-case basis in the light of their professional and academic experience.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Computer Systems Engineering This course provides theoretical and practical understanding of technologies and techniques related to engineering, systems specification and project management. It gives you an understanding of software and hardware systems engineering, software systems specification, and the complexity, interconnectivity and management of such systems. It provides knowledge and skills for employment in engineering and related fields as well as academic grounding for further research.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation. The modules are: • Computer Communications • Formal Methods

Computing

MSc Cyber Crime This course explores and investigates different types of internet-related crime; computing and network technologies with respect to the commissioning and detection or prevention of cyber crime. It also examines the criminological and sociological study of cyber crime, electronic discovery (e-discovery) in which parties involved in litigation respond to requests to produce electronically stored information (ESI), and cyber space law and other measures designed to combat cyber crime.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules, plus a dissertation. The modules are: • Current Issues in Information Technology Law • Cyber Criminology • e-Discovery

• Project Management

• Systems Integration.

• Systems Engineering.

Career opportunities

Career opportunities Many MSc graduates successfully embark on careers in the engineering and computing industries, while others pursue further study either in the UK or abroad. The course particularly addresses those skills needed for management positions in the engineering field. Graduates of this course will have proven skills in systems and software specification and knowledge of advanced communications techniques, as well as the knowledge required for managing a project team to bring to fruition the designed system.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, applied mathematics or physics. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on a case-bycase basis in the light of their professional and academic experience.

There is a shortage of skilled personnel in the fields of information security and digital forensics, and as a graduate of this course you could look to progress to work in multinational organisations including law firms and cyber crime-fighting agencies. Opportunities in combating computer crime socially and legally are expected to continue increasing for the foreseeable future.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent) in computing, law, criminology or an appropriate and related subject. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on a case-by-case basis in the light of their professional and academic experience.

Start dates September and February.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Data Science

MSc e-Health

London is at the heart of a rich global data landscape in which information extracted from data forms an important resource in knowledge and wealth production. UEL is tied into this landscape through its geographical proximity to data-centric industries in the City, Canary Wharf and east London. UEL has a rich seam of research engagement with data-centric areas of central and local government, health, crime, education, finance, private and third-sector organisations. Particular expertise is in novel approaches to analysis, issues of data quality and information security.

This course lays a foundation covering the basic understanding of e-health technologies and devices, data and knowledge interoperability for health informatics and operational management in healthcare. The course is designed to meet the demand within the health sector for IT specialists, drawing upon content based on practices within the National Health Service (NHS). As a student you will also be provided with an opportunity to develop e-health applications using the latest mobile platforms. MSc e-Health at UEL brings together expertise from our Schools of Architecture, Computing and Engineering (ACE) and Health, Sport and Bioscience (HSB) to ensure that you receive expert tuition from both a systems designer and an end-user perspective.

Course content The MSc comprises four taught modules chosen from core and optional modules, and a dissertation: • Advanced Decision Making • Data Ecology

Course content

• Qualitative Data Analysis

The MSc comprises four core modules, plus a dissertation. The modules are:

• Research Dissertation • Quantitative Data Analysis

• Health Informatics in Practice

• Spatial Data Analysis.

• Health Information Systems – Design and Implementation

Career opportunities The course is for any profession in which data and their informational derivatives are central to knowledge production, business models, decision-making, project and risk evaluation, and the development of policy. On graduating you will possess advanced qualifications in this area and this will prepare you for a professional or research career. You will also be eligible to apply for Fellowship of the Royal Statistical Society.

Duration

• Service Management for Health Informatics and e-Health • Software Applications for e-Health.

Career opportunities According to NHS Careers, there are expected to be career opportunities for graduates in the areas of information and communication technology (ICT), knowledge management, information management and clinical informatics.

Duration

One year full-time, two years part-time. Teaching is concentrated on Fridays and/or Saturdays, depending on the modules.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements

Block-mode delivery of taught modules will normally be based on an intensive one-week course at UEL’s Docklands campus. During the remainder of the semester, you will be able to work on your reading, practical components and coursework with online help, supervision and group tutorials.

Minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent), preferably in a computer science, computing or IT-related course or an appropriate and related subject.

Start dates September and February.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in any relevant field in science, social science and engineering disciplines.

Start date September.

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MSc Enterprise Architecture This MSc, designed in collaboration with the Integrated Architecture Skills Alliance (IASA), aims to meet the increasing need for enterprise architects who combine technical knowledge (eg technology, software and infrastructurerelated knowledge within an enterprise context) with an advanced understanding of business technology strategy and human dynamics. It is the first course of its kind in Europe and taps into UEL’s expertise in enterprise architecture and modelling as well as in business strategy management.

Course content The MSc comprises two core modules, two option modules and a dissertation. Core modules are:

Computing

MSc Information Security and Computer Forensics The course will stimulate a rigorous, critical approach to the understanding of network management, security threats and vulnerabilities such as viruses and malicious codes. You will learn how to develop network security reports, collect and secure virtual crime scenes, understand network security and develop an understanding of legal issues raised by the increased use of communication networks. The course also provides theoretical and practical knowledge in relevant technologies and techniques.

Course content

• Enterprise Architecture

The MSc comprises four core modules, plus a dissertation. The modules are:

• International Business Strategy.

• Computer Security

Option modules are chosen from:

• Information Technology and Internet Law

• Information Technology and Internet Law

• Seizure and Examination of Computer Systems.

• International Finance • International Human Resources Management • Security Management • Work-based Planning • Work-based Practice.

Career opportunities The course will allow business architects, infrastructure architects and solution architects to progress their careers and become enterprise architects. It allows software architects to widen their scope and understand the projects they work on and how they fit within the organisation. It also enables business architects to understand the technical aspects of architecture when coming from business backgrounds. The course content is aligned with the IASA Body of Knowledge and currently prepares you to undertake the IASA Associate exam, and, with the right experience, achieve CITA-P status.

• Security Management Career opportunities There is a shortage of skilled personnel in the fields of information security and digital forensics, and graduates of this course can progress to work in multinational organisations including cybercrimefighting agencies.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent) in computing.

Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on a case-by-case basis in the light of their professional and academic experience.

Start dates September and February.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Two years’ relevant work experience in addition to a first degree (minimum 2.2) in computer science, business or a relevant discipline. Applicants having other qualifications and/or appropriate professional experience will be considered.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Information Technology

MSc Software Engineering

This course is designed to provide graduate students who have demonstrated intellectual ability in other subject areas with the opportunity to undertake postgraduate study in the computing arena and achieve a qualification that will facilitate a career change or entry into the computing field. The degree focuses on rapid acquisition of the knowledge and skills required for implementing information systems and an evaluation of the development effect on business organisations.

Course content

This course provides you with theoretical and practical understanding of engineering, the development of software from design to testing, and technologies related to serviceoriented computing, mobile systems and software verification. Along with software engineering and project management elements, this course will provide knowledge and technical skills covering the entire software lifecycle from specification, through to design, implementation and testing; as well as providing a thorough academic grounding for potential future research.

The MSc comprises four core modules, plus a dissertation. The modules are:

Course content The MSc comprises three core modules, a fourth module chosen from two options, and a dissertation. The core modules are:

• Database Systems • Programming Methodology • Rapid Application Methods

• Software Engineering

• Systems Integration.

• Project Management

Career opportunities

• Service-oriented Computing.

The course prepares you for a wide range of career paths, including specific IT-related positions and roles combining IT with general management.

There is a growing demand within the industry to have key management positions filled by personnel who can make best productive use of their IT facilities and use them for strategic advantage.

The option modules are: • Design and Application of Mobile Computing Systems • Formal Methods.

Career opportunities Graduates of this course have the skills and knowledge to develop high-quality software applications, leading to careers as software engineers.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent) in science or business studies. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on a case-bycase basis in the light of their professional and academic experience.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements A minimum 2.2 honours degree in computing, information systems, information technology, computer networks, computer science, computer engineering, electronic engineering, communications engineering, applied mathematics or physics. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on a case-by-case basis in the light of their professional and academic experience.

Start dates September and February.

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Professional Doctorate in Data Science

Professional Doctorate in Information Security

London is at the heart of a rich global data landscape in which information extracted from data forms an important resource in knowledge and wealth production. UEL has a rich seam of research engagement with data-centric areas of central and local government, health, crime, education, finance, private and third-sector organisations. Particular expertise is in novel approaches to analysis, issues of data quality and information security.

The principal aim of the Professional Doctorate is to make a significant contribution to the advanced professional and academic development of information security, digital forensics and compliance. You will be required to complete a 40,000-word thesis as part of your doctoral studies.

Course content The Professional Doctorate comprises a range of core and optional modules as well as a thesis: Advanced Decision Making • Applied Research Tools and Techniques • Data Ecology • Planning for Doctoral Research • Qualitative Data Analysis • Research Methods for Technologists • Research Thesis • Spatial Data Analysis • Work-based Project Review.

Career opportunities The course is for any profession in which data and their informational derivatives are central to knowledge production, business models, decisionmaking, project and risk evaluation, and the development of policy. On graduating, you will possess the highest-possible qualification in this area, one that will prepare you for senior positions.

You will also be eligible to apply for Fellowship of the Royal Statistical Society.

Duration Full-time – minimum 33 months/maximum 48 months; part-time – minimum 45 months/ maximum 60 months.

Block-mode delivery of taught modules will normally be based on an intensive one-week course. During the remainder of the semester, you work on your reading, practical components and coursework with online help, supervision and group tutorials.

Entry requirements All students admitted to the programme must have at least five recent years in a senior position within the information security area and on entry be employed in the same discipline. Interview may be required.

Course content The requirements of industry are varied, challenging and continually changing, with information security and corporate governance at the forefront of the knowledge explosion.

Linked to the increase in the number of Master’slevel courses in the UK and demands from professionals for higher forms of learning and qualification, this Professional Doctorate has become popular both nationally and internationally.

It is popular in the UK as it allows you to study while continuing in your professional career.

Internationally, the Doctorate is popular because of its structured nature and the face-to-face input.

Career opportunities Career opportunities for experienced security professionals who have recognition beyond Master’s level in the field of information security are expected to increase. This course has been developed to meet the demand. The Doctorate provides opportunities to develop specialist skills and leadership capacities. It is expected that the course will considerably enhance your career pathways within information security.

Duration Two years part-time. Research seminars take place once a fortnight. Additionally there are individual meetings with research supervisors and time dedicated to individual study and research.

Entry requirements Good Master’s degree (or equivalent) and three years’ professional experience with current employment within the industry. Applicants without these qualifications will be assessed in the light of their professional and academic experience.

Start dates September and February.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering

MSc Mobile Communications This course provides theoretical and practical understanding of hardware and software technologies and techniques related to mobile communication, systems and networks. It gives an in-depth understanding of the technology appropriate to mobile communication systems, the hardware, and software interaction and development. It also provides knowledge and skills for employment in mobile communications and related fields in radio frequency engineering, as well as academic grounding for further research.

The MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering allows for study of a variety of topics including power electronics, communications, control systems and digital signal processing. The course is designed to provide a sound theoretical and practical knowledge of hardware and software technologies and techniques related to applications in electrical and electronic engineering, and to provide the skills necessary to secure higher study or employment in this and related fields.

Course content

Course content

The MSc comprises four core modules plus a dissertation. The modules are:

The modules are: • Communications Networks

• Communication Networks

• Computer Based Control • Digital and Embedded Systems • Digital Signal Processing and Numerical Methods • Power Electronics and Drives

• Design and Application of Mobile Computing Systems • Digital Signal Processing and Numerical Methods

• Project Dissertation

• Digital Signal Processing for Mobile Communications.

• Project Management

Career opportunities

• Radio Frequency and Microwave Circuit Design • System Engineering.

Career opportunities The degree will further enhance your career prospects in a variety of electrical and electronic engineering roles and can help you to further your career if you are already working in the field.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours in a BEng degree (or equivalent) or 2.1 BSc (pr equivalent) in electrical/ electronic engineering or physics.

Start dates

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Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements A minimum 2.2 honours degree in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, communications engineering, applied mathematics or physics. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on a case-by-case basis in the light of their professional and academic experience.

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MSc Radio Frequency and Microwave Engineering This course provides you with a sound theoretical and practical knowledge of radio frequency (RF) and microwave engineering.

It also provides depth for further research as well as knowledge and skills for employment in this and related fields in communications engineering. The course has been developed to give you an in-depth understanding of the practical RF and microwave design process, the analysis of RF and microwave systems, technology appropriate to wireless communication systems, and RF signal propagation.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation. The modules are: • Communication Networks • Radio Frequency and Microwave Analysis and Measurement • Radio Frequency and Microwave Circuit Design • Wireless Propagation.

Career opportunities Graduates can expect to pursue careers as microwave design engineers, roles which involve design and development of RF and microwave circuits (including transmitters, receivers and antennae) which could be used in missile seekers and data links.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements A minimum 2.2 honours degree in electrical engineering, electronic engineering, communications engineering, applied mathematics or physics. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on a case-by-case basis in the light of their professional and academic experience.

Start dates September and February.

Electrical Engineering / Research

MPhil/PhD by research Our MPhil and PhD degrees allow you to draw on the research expertise of our academic staff, at least two of whom will serve as your supervisory team. As well as enabling you to challenge established ideas and concepts, these courses allow you to develop your personal and professional skills. You will have access to a wide range of learning and study skills support through your academic School and also through our Graduate School, which offers specialist support, advice and guidance, including tuition in researcher skills development. The Graduate School also offers advice on potential sources of funding.

Course content These courses comprise supervised research that leads to a thesis alone or a thesis and some other form of examinable outcome. You will receive formal and informal support to develop your research proposal and practical research skills.

Career opportunities Our postgraduate research graduates go on to a wide range of careers, including academic and research roles in the public and private sectors.

Duration Normally 18 months full-time or two years parttime for an MPhil (maximum three years full-time/ four years part-time). Normally three years fulltime/four years part-time for a PhD (maximum four years full-time/five years part-time).

Entry requirements The minimum entry requirement for registration for an MPhil is a second-class honours degree, or above, from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the Research Degrees Sub-committee (RDS) as equivalent to such (eg a verifiable international qualification). The normal entry requirement for a PhD via MPhil registration is a first- or upper-second-class honours degree from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the RDS as equivalent.

A 1,000–1,500-word research proposal, academic references and copies of relevant transcripts and certificates will also be required.

Start dates September and February.

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Arts and Digital Industries

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School of Arts and Digital Industries “My Master’s is really part of a suite of courses including print, design, fashion and photography – these courses work together, so you are not limited to one discipline. The course is varied and you can choose how you want to develop yourself – there is the variety that will take your ideas further.”

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Arts and Digital Industries

The School of Arts and Digital Industries is a vibrant and creative community of students, staff, researchers and alumni. Our courses cover a broad range of disciplines, from fashion, film, fine art, journalism and media, to music, theatre, creative writing, and cultural and heritage studies. We offer collaborative and entrepreneurial learning experiences, and our students and staff produce exciting and groundbreaking work supported by the resources of the University and the wider creative community of east London and beyond.

Our facilities We have a wide range of facilities available to support students. Our purpose-built AVA Building at Docklands campus includes studio spaces and drawing rooms, a digital-output laboratory, woodworking and sculpture workshops, film and digital photography studios and exhibition and gallery space. In addition, our brand-new campus at University Square Stratford includes purpose-built, specialist studios and performance areas for our performing arts courses. Our Multimedia Production Services unit offers state-of-the-art digital production equipment with facilities ranging across the whole spectrum of modern production techniques and procedures, video, audio/music and photography.

Leading experts The School’s staff includes a number of leaders in their fields. These include: Professor Maggie Humm, one of the UK’s foremost authorities on Virginia Woolf; noted film-maker John Smith; internationally published author Tessa McWatt; and world-renowned artists such as Faisal Abdu’Allah, Visiting Professor Richard Wilson and Turner Prize-winner Grenville Davey.

Innovative research We have an international reputation for cutting-edge research in gender, ethnicity, social exclusion, migration, social and cultural theory, social history, urban regeneration and international development. The Government’s most recent Research Assessment Exercise confirmed our reputation as one of the UK’s leading universities in cultural communications and media studies: 80% of work submitted was adjudged to be of world-leading or internationally excellent standard.

Our thriving research community and dynamic research agenda drives our innovation and creativity and creates an environment where there is the freedom for ideas and intellectual thinking to develop. Within the School we have researchers who are at the leading edge of research developments within their field, as well as dynamic, early-careers researchers and PhD students. We also host a number of research institutes and centres that are at the forefront of thinking and developments in their fields, including the London East Research Institute, the Centre for Cultural Studies Research, the Moving Image Studio, the Raphael Samuel History Centre and the Rix Centre for Innovation in Learning Disability.

Events and activities The School regularly hosts exhibitions and installations of students’ work, including an end-of-year degree show that attracts leading figures from the art world. We also exhibit externally, at events such as Graduate Fashion Week where we have an enviable track record of success. We also host and organise national and international conferences and seminars such as the largest international conference on cultural studies ever held in the UK, the Cultural Studies Now conference.

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Art and Design

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MA Fine Art

MA Graphic Design

On this degree you are encouraged to develop ambitious, innovative and personal work within the supportive atmosphere that the dedicated studio provides. Within this context students respond positively to the rigorous and intellectually challenging debate initiated through seminars, artists’ talks and gallery visits. The interdisciplinary nature of contemporary practice is reflected in the way that elements of professional practice are thoroughly integrated into studio practice.

That studio development is underpinned

by Critical Concepts, a series of seminars, presentations and lectures that introduces the central concepts and ideas of the theoretical debate taking place around contemporary fine art practice. You will take responsibility for organising and curating group shows, both independently and formally as part of the curriculum.

The MA Graphic Design course provides a contemporary environment for the investigative analysis of graphic design practice through subject-specific discourse, and through interdisciplinary practice that recognises the increasing influence of other visual arts discourses on contemporary graphic design practices. You are encouraged to engage in innovative problem solving, critical debate and cultural and contextual environments, and to explore new approaches to communication design and graphic solutions in graphic design practice. The MA Graphic Design offers the opportunity to further advance creative responses to graphic design practice and provides new opportunities for broadening practice and critical understanding.

Course content There are three core modules and one option module. The core modules are:

Course content

• Creative Practice (Graphic Design)

The MA comprises modules in:

• Negotiated Practice

• Creative Practice/Critical Concepts

• Professional Engagement.

• Independent Projects and Exhibition • Personal and Professional Practice.

The option modules are:

Career opportunities

• Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries

This course expands your skills and knowledge base, and our graduates have an excellent track record of obtaining commissions and winning prizes. Many UEL graduates exhibit their work internationally and have had research published, and a significant number have progressed to our Professional Doctorate in Fine Art. Other graduates have successfully taken academic positions at universities and colleges, both in the UK and overseas.

• Fashion Exploration and Practice • Graphic Design Discourses • Photographic Discourses • Textiles Exploration and Practice.

Career opportunities

Duration

It is anticipated that this degree will prepare graduates for a wide range of careers in graphic design, art direction, design futures, motion graphics and in related areas such as the media and the creative arts.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Duration

Entry requirements

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Degree (or equivalent) in fine art/creative arts.

Entry requirements

Start date

Degree (or equivalent) in fashion, design or creative arts.

September.

Start dates September and February.

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MA Photography The Photography MA at UEL provides a nurturing environment for the investigative analysis of photographic practice. Aimed at artists, designers and photographers, the course helps you develop creativity and intellectual understanding through a high level of debate, subject-specific discourse and practical application, as well as through opportunities for cross-disciplinary investigation into moving image, graphics and print media. The course encourages debate around issues of representation, contextualisation through historical and theoretical frameworks, and contemporary dialogues in interdisciplinary photographic practice.

Course content The MA comprises three core modules and a further option module chosen from a range of choices. The core modules are: • Creative Practice • Negotiated Practice • Professional Engagement.

The option modules are: • Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries • Fashion Exploration and Practice • Graphic Design Discourses • Photographic Discourses • Textiles Exploration and Practice.

Career opportunities It is anticipated that this degree will prepare you for a wide range of careers in photography, graphic design, publishing and in related areas such as the media and the creative arts.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Degree (or equivalent) in art or design.

Start dates September and February.

Art and Design

Professional Doctorate in Fine Art Our Doctoral course consists of creative practice, professional practice, critical seminars and theoretical research, and follows, as far as possible, the organic, foraging, unpredictable nature of art practice. This distinguishes it from the more academic fine art. After writing your proposal, you will work with allocated supervisors, and a core staff team provide continuity and integration. A strong group dynamic and exhibition culture are central to the course. Work in progress is aired through regular seminars, and interim shows take place each year, with critics, curators and artists from outside the University critiquing the work. You are encouraged to curate your own external exhibitions. Annual written reviews serve as an ongoing record of Doctoral work and thinking, and these form the basis of the final report that accompanies the viva voce assessment and the final production, a major showcase of work.

Course content The course includes one core module: • Fine Art Research Methodologies.

This module supports the production of a research proposal.

The rest of the Doctorate is delivered by supervision of research in theory, creative and professional practice. It also involves exhibition seminars and an annual critical review paper.

You are encouraged and expected to combine your research with professional practice through exhibitions.

Career opportunities Many graduates have successfully taken academic positions at universities and colleges, both in the UK and overseas. Many also exhibit their work nationally and internationally and have received recognition in a large number of international competitions and exhibitions.

Duration Normally three years full-time or five years parttime (maximum eight years’ registration).

Entry requirements MA in Fine Art or related subject or professional experience.

Start date September.

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Fashion and Textiles

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MA Print Design

MA Fashion

This course offers a unique opportunity for graduates from art and design backgrounds to further develop their creative practice in the medium of print design. The course provides an interdisciplinary studio-based learning experience, which enables students to experiment with new materials, processes and environments. Students benefit from UEL’s digital print bureau, FabPad, and have access to fully equipped specialist screen print and dye workshops.

The MA Fashion course at UEL offers an exciting opportunity for you to deepen your experience and understanding of fashion, working within a creative, interdisciplinary framework. You have the opportunity to develop your creative design practice and explore new methodologies. You have access to studio and specialist design facilities and will be taught by a team with active research and industry experience Course content

Course content

The MA comprises two single modules and two double modules. The modules are:

The MA comprises three core modules and a further option module from a range of choices.

• Creative Practice (double)

The core modules are:

• Negotiated Practice (double)

• Creative Practice: Print Design

• Professional Engagement (single)

• Negotiated Practice: Print Design

• University-wide option module (single).

• Professional Engagement.

Career opportunities

The option modules are: • Fashion Exploration and Practice

This degree prepares graduates for a wide range of careers in the fashion industry and also in related areas such as the media and creative arts.

• Graphic Design Discourse

Duration

• Photography Discourse.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Career opportunities

Entry requirements

This MA will equip you with a set of subjectspecific, transferable skills suitable for work in the fashion/textiles and creative industries.

Typical professions include print/surface designer, fashion print designer, interior designer, textile entrepreneur, textile designer/maker, visual analyst, textile artist, design director, studio/project manager and design consultant. You may also progress to an MPhil or PhD.

Degree (or equivalent) in art, design or fashion plus an interview with portfolio.

• Entrepreneurship in the Creative Industries

Start dates September and February.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Applicants will normally have a first degree (minimum 2.2) in print/surface/textile design or in an art or design discipline and with a particular interest and experience in print design. The MA is also suitable for qualified textile/fashion print design professionals wishing to develop their professional practice, or lecturers wishing to upgrade their skills. Places will be offered after a successful interview (in person or online).

Start dates September and February.

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Fashion and Textiles / Humanities and Creative Industries

MA International Fashion Management

MA Cultural Studies

• Fashion Trend Prediction and Product Development in a Global Economy

This course engages with key contemporary debates in the discipline of cultural studies.

This enables it to offer options that reflect the intellectual dynamism of current work in the field and the particular expertise of our staff, and enables you to develop your research, analytical, writing and production skills in preparation for an extended summative piece of work on a relevant topic of your choice. The MA offers an advanced grounding in the core themes of cultural studies and an opportunity to explore the full range of cutting-edge debates in the field. The course is suitable for graduates of cultural studies, humanities and social science subjects who wish to deepen their knowledge of the theoretical approaches and thematic content of cultural studies. It will prepare you for higher-level academic work and will also be appropriate for those seeking employment in the cultural industries and social agencies

• Buying, Merchandising and Operations Management for International Retailers

Course content

This course provides you with the opportunity to gain a sound theoretical and conceptual grounding in the processes, models and metrics of fashion management. You will develop skills in understanding trend prediction, product development, sourcing and supply chain management, buying, merchandising, integrated marketing communications management, branding, brand management, and international business strategy in addition to personal development skills.

Course content This MA consists of four modules and a dissertation. The modules are:

• International Business Strategy.

The course comprises two core modules, two option modules from a range of choices, and a dissertation. The core modules are:

Career opportunities

• Culture, Power and Politics

• International Fashion Brand Management and Marketing Communication Strategies

Successful completion of the course will provide a sound platform for career progression.

Roles include merchandising, buying, product development, marketing, logistics, operations and visual merchandising.

• Research Methods.

Career opportunities

Duration

This course will prepare you for employment in the cultural industries, teaching and some social agencies. It will also prepare you for higher-level academic work.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Duration

Entry requirements

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Applicants will normally have a first degree (minimum 2.2) and evidenced knowledge of the fashion industry, or be professionals with work experience in the fashion industry seeking career progression. Eligibility for applicants without degree-equivalent qualifications will be assessed on the basis of the personal statement and application form. Places will be offered after a successful interview (in person or online).

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate subject.

Start date September.

Start dates September and February.

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Humanities and Creative Industries

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MA Heritage Studies

MA Journalism and Society

This course takes a wide and inclusive approach to public history and heritage that embraces the street and the internet, as well as the museum or exhibition gallery. The course has a strong focus on memory, oral history and multimedia production – all rapidly expanding areas of heritage practice. This MA equips you with key skills in researching, interpreting and communicating history through a variety of media. It affords you an outstanding opportunity to develop the skills necessary to produce digital media, and you can choose to submit a dissertation or a practice-based project/exhibition. Courses run in the evenings and can be taken full- or part-time.

Do we need (so many) professional journalists, now that breaking news is widely and freely available? Does private ownership of the press damage journalism as a public service? You will investigate the past, present and future of journalism, and evaluate its changing relationship to society.

Course content The MA comprises three core modules, a further option module from a range of choices, and a dissertation. The core modules are: • Journalism: Social Change and Changing Profession • Journalism: Technique and Society

Course content There are two core modules plus option modules from a range of choices. The core modules are:

• Research Methods.

The option modules are:

• Memory, Heritage and the Politics of the Past

• Advertising and Media Culture

• Place, Oral History and Digital Heritage.

• Global Media

The option modules (depending on availability) are:

• Modernity and Culture.

• Archives: Contemporary Policy and Practice (taught at London Metropolitan Archives)

Career opportunities

• Heritage and Visual Cultures

The course will enhance your career in journalism, facilitating the development of professional practices, encouraging critical thinking and assisting you to act strategically with regard to your potential and progressive development.

• Migration and Heritage

Duration

• Ethnographic Museums • Exhibiting the Body

• Museums, Visitors, Learning.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Career opportunities This MA offers potential career opportunities in the museum and heritage field, tourism, academic research, journalism, libraries and archives, education, broadcasting and new media. It could also lead to PhD study and an academic career or to a position of greater responsibility.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent).

Start date September.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 degree in a cognate area of study.

Mature applicants with a degree or substantial professional experience may be considered for admission on the basis of an interview and written test and/or portfolio of work.

Start dates September and February.

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Humanities and Creative Industries / Media and Screen

MA Magazines

MA Filmmaking

Through this course you will gain insights into the magazines business. You will learn to audit magazines – appraising the commercial performance of various publications – before developing and producing your own magazine as part of a research project.

The MSc comprises three core modules, a further option module from a range of choices, and a dissertation. The core modules are:

The MA Filmmaking degree encompasses documentary, fiction, artists’ moving images, multichannel installation and media in the context of new technologies. The MA is intended for graduates of film studies, cultural and media studies, humanities and social sciences, and art and design. Graduates can expect to find their place within a range of cultural and creative industries, such as film and television production, contemporary art, new media platforms, teaching, or progressing to doctoral research.

• Journalism: Social Change and Changing Profession

Course content

Course content

The option modules are:

The MA comprises two core modules, a further two modules chosen from a wide range of options, and a dissertation. The core modules are:

• Advertising and Media Culture

• The Context of Media Production

• Global Media

• Research Methods.

• Media Practice.

Career opportunities

Career opportunities

This course will be of particular interest to students intending to pursue careers in a range of fields such as education and the media, museum and archive work. It will also equip you with theoretical knowledge and analytic skills in film, television and historiography, suited to the pursuance of further doctoral research.

• Magazines: Craft and Critique • Research Methods.

Destinations for graduates include magazine journalism, advertising, publishing, PR, branding, corporate communications and other creative industries.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Duration

Entry requirements

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Honours degree (or equivalent).

Entry requirements

Start dates

Honours degree (or equivalent) in a humanities, social science or arts subject, or comparable professional or research experience.

September and February.

Start date September.

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Media and Screen / Performing Arts and Music

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MA Media Studies

MA Acting

This interdisciplinary course examines the rapidly changing contemporary media culture.

It is designed to develop a critical awareness of historical developments and current debates in media studies, and an understanding of the complex, pervasive and transnational cultures in the production and consumption of media.

Topics studied include convergent media and creative industries; screen cultures; sound and music; advertising and PR; digital, social and mobile media. The course offers the opportunity to undertake production-based work.

This is a groundbreaking, professional training course for those wishing to develop their acting informed by a critical understanding of theatre and performance. In collaboration with the MA Theatre Directing, the course provides an emphasis on producing professional-standard theatre work that engages with current approaches in theatre and performance making. The MA is taught in high-specification performance spaces at University Square Stratford by a dedicated team of academics, all of whom have experience of professional practice. Each year a professional theatre company mentors the Staging Performance module, giving you an understanding of both the process and of the logistics of performance.

Course content The MA comprises two core modules, a further two modules chosen from a range of options, and a dissertation. The core modules are: • Media Cultures • Research Methods.

Course content The MA comprises four core modules and a dissertation. Modules are: • Actor Training

Career opportunities

• Performance Laboratory

This degree will be particularly appropriate if you are looking to work in the media or cultural industries as a practitioner, researcher or administrator. It will also prepare you for higherlevel academic work such as a PhD.

• Staging Performance • Research Methods.

The course is taught in the evenings and on Saturdays, in full- and part-time modes.

Duration

Career opportunities

One year full-time, two years part-time.

This MA will equip you with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to work as a stage actor.

You will be provided with the means to produce your own work as well as find work in the wider arena through the involvement of working professionals.

Final degree shows will act as a showcase for you to gain agents and develop your networks. You will be assigned your own professional mentor to help you build a personal network in the profession following your graduation. In addition, the Staging Performance module is mentored by a theatre company, which provides you with access to entry-level ways of performing your own work and an understanding of the funding system for the arts in general.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent).

Start date September.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent).

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MA Theatre Directing The MA Theatre Directing provides the opportunity for those who wish to develop their theatre directing practice through an active engagement with critical thinking about performance. In collaboration with the MA Acting, the course provides an emphasis on producing professional-standard theatre work that engages with current approaches in theatre and performance making. The course is taught in high-specification performance spaces at University Square Stratford by a dedicated team of academics, all of whom have experience of professional practice. Each year a professional theatre company mentors the Staging Performance module, giving you an understanding of both the process and the logistics of performance.

Course content The MA comprises four core modules plus a dissertation. Modules are: • Director Training • Performance Laboratory • Research Methods • Staging Performance.

You will also direct a piece for a final degree show, which will be open to the public. The course is taught in the evenings and on Saturdays in both full- and part-time modes.

Career opportunities This MA will equip you with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to work as a theatre director. Through the involvement of working professionals, you will be provided with the means to produce your own work and find work in the wider arena. You will be assigned your own professional mentor to help you build a personal network following your graduation. In addition, the Staging Performance module is mentored by a theatre company, which provides you with access to entry-level ways of performing your own work and an understanding of the funding system for the arts in general.

Performing Arts and Music

MA Writing: Imaginative Practice by distance learning This MA offers an exciting, mixed-genre approach to writing, allowing you to hone your writing through critical creative practice. We offer opportunities to explore tradition or to break out of old forms and restrictions. Our focus on new writing expands the writer’s personal frontiers and allows for new, hybrid forms. With an emphasis on producing work for publication/performance/ production that expresses contemporary writing and the international nature of the course’s students, the MA offers you a unique forum for developing your work in a multidisciplinary environment. We recognise the increasing demand from national and international students working across different genres to develop their writing at a postgraduate level, leading to completion of an extended piece of work. This course provides live virtual interaction with tutors and other students around the world.

Course content The MA comprises four core modules and a dissertation by practice. Modules are: • Adaptation: Transformation and Form • Experience: Encounters with the Real • Genre: Explorations of Expression • Research Methods.

Career opportunities While the MA provides the groundwork for future writers working in poetic forms (whether in the printed word, music or art installation), graduates will also include emerging dramaturges with skills in script development and an engagement in critical approaches to performance writing. The MA can lead to careers in publishing, teaching, performing arts and the film and television industries as script readers and editors, as well as providing a firm foundation for those interested in careers as freelance writers.

Duration Two years part-time.

Honours degree (or equivalent) in a related subject, and relevant experience.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.1 or above, in addition to an interview and submission of a portfolio of creative writing.

Applicants with a degree or equivalent experience who may not meet these entrance criteria but can demonstrate potential as writers and a strong desire to participate are encouraged to apply.

Start date

Start date

September.

September.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements

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Research

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MPhil/PhD by research

Course content

Our MPhil and PhD degrees allow you to draw on the research expertise of our academic staff, at least two of whom will serve as your supervisory team. As well as enabling you to challenge established ideas and concepts, these courses allow you to develop your personal and professional skills. You will have access to a wide range of learning and study skills support through your academic School and also through our Graduate School, which offers specialist support, advice and guidance, including tuition in researcher skills development. The Graduate School also offers advice on potential sources of funding.

These courses comprise supervised research that leads to a thesis alone or a thesis and some other form of examinable outcome. You will receive formal and informal support to develop your research proposal and practical research skills.

Career opportunities Our postgraduate research graduates go on to a wide range of careers, including academic and research roles in the public and private sectors.

Duration Normally 18 months full-time or two years parttime for an MPhil (maximum three years full-time/ four years part-time). Normally three years fulltime/four years part-time for a PhD (maximum four years full-time/five years part-time).

Entry requirements The minimum entry requirement for registration for an MPhil is a second-class honours degree, or above, from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the Research Degrees Sub-committee (RDS) as equivalent to such (eg a verifiable international qualification). The normal entry requirement for a PhD via MPhil registration is a first- or upper-second-class honours degree from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the RDS as equivalent.

A 1,000–1,500-word research proposal, academic references and copies of relevant transcripts and certificates will also be required.

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Cass School of Education and Communities “The course is excellent.

I am finding it’s having a positive impact on my working life at the moment. My tutors are inspiring and they have encouraged me to adapt my knowledge to influence my teaching at school.”

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Education and Communities

The Cass School of Education and Communities is a major centre engaging in research and scholarship of local, national and international significance. We are a vibrant and relevant School engaging with local, national and international agendas. Specialist areas include professional education, teacher education, social work, special needs, early childhood education, race and community, technologyenhanced learning and comparative education. Our teacher training courses are rated as good by Ofsted (December 2012), and our social work courses have been approved by the Health and Care Professions Council, and are endorsed by the College of Social Work.

Our facilities The School houses three innovative and multidisciplinary research centres: the Centre for Social Work Research, the International Centre for Public Pedagogy and the International Centre for the Mixed Economy of Childcare. Our staff are experts in their fields, with backgrounds in both academic areas and in practice, and we have many nationally and internationally renowned professors in our School. Staff have undertaken research and are involved in education policymaking in many countries in Australasia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Southern and West Africa and the Caribbean as well as in Europe and North America.

Sir John Cass’s Foundation Sir John Cass’s Foundation is a leading City of London-based educational charity that promotes participation and achievement in education. The Foundation donated funds towards the School’s state-of-the-art Education Centre, which was opened by Cherie Blair in 2009. Our students enjoy access to a wide range of facilities, including UEL’s fully networked multimedia libraries, which offer 24/7 access during semesters, and our Education Centre offers specialist science teaching space, a professional kitchen, music, dance and drama studios, an ICT laboratory, and an art, design and textiles studio.

Careers Links with industry are very important to us. We work closely with a range of employers, professional bodies and other partners to ensure our students develop the appropriate skills and knowledge to be highly employable. We offer a wide range of benefits that will enhance your learning experience at UEL and will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need for a successful career.

Partners The School has a strong commitment to developing collaborative partnerships and has excellent relationships with a range of partners for early childhood, initial teacher education, continuing professional development and social work, and has franchised courses with a number of colleges.

We have also developed a range of exciting collaborative projects with local schools, local authorities and communities.

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MA Creative Leadership in Education

MA Early Childhood Studies*

This MA is designed to engage critically with current thinking and ideas about leadership relevant to all levels of an organisation, and in relation to all roles. There are opportunities to:

This MA enables you to develop an in-depth knowledge of early childhood and to engage critically with issues and developments in the field in order to enhance your own learning.

The course facilitates advanced understanding of early childhood studies from national and international perspectives. Our flexible study timetable allows you to study full-time or parttime to suit your personal and professional circumstances. The MA will be delivered via face-to-face sessions in the evenings.

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• develop specific skills of coaching, mentoring and communication • explore the relationship between policy, research and practice, and to engage with approaches to evaluation in the workplace • think creatively and develop models and practices of leadership that are fit for purpose, responsive to change and inclusive of employee engagement.

Course content The MA comprises two core modules, two further option modules and a dissertation. You can also complete a Postgraduate Certificate (one core and one option module) or a Postgraduate Diploma (two core and two further option modules).

Course content The MA comprises four core modules and a dissertation: • Advanced Study of Curricular Models in Diverse National and International Settings • Current Issues in Early Childhood • Policy Issues in Early Childhood: National and International Perspectives

Core modules are:

• Research Methodologies in Education and Professional Practice

• Reflecting Upon Creative Leadership

• Dissertation allowing for your choice of a specialist topic.

• Research Methodologies in Education and Professional Practice.

Career opportunities

Option modules are: • Developing Leadership Capability for Change • Impact of Policy on Leadership Practice.

Appropriate modules from other education Master’s degrees in our portfolio may be available as options.

Career opportunities The course has close links with Department for Education (DfE)and National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) initiatives.

Duration

Career opportunities are extensive and diverse.

An MA Early Childhood Studies degree may lead to employment opportunities in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Potential career roles include management roles in early years settings or within children’s charities; childcare advisor; early years consultant; senior officer in children’s services; other senior posts in the early childhood field and lecturing in further/higher education. The award and work undertaken can contribute to academic progression towards a PhD or professional development and the opportunity of subject specialism in the field.

Duration

Two years part-time.

One year full-time, two years part-time, for the four core modules.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

Honours degree (or equivalent) and a significant amount of time spent working in an educational setting.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in preferably a related subject area such as child psychology, early childhood studies or sociology.

Degrees in other subjects will also be considered.

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MA Education Designed for educational professionals wishing to engage critically with new developments in teaching, this course focuses on the key educational processes that underpin learning, teaching and the positive management of change. Engagement in these processes enables you to develop your understanding of current thinking in policy and practice. You will enhance your abilities to analyse, critique and develop your own and others’ practice while building upon your intellectual, organisational and professional skills.

Course content There are two routes that can be taken.

• Route 1 is for participants enrolling on an individual basis. Face-to-face elements of the course are likely to take place at UEL’s Stratford Campus. Assessments allow individuals to focus upon an aspect of their practice or role which is relevant to their context as well as to the specific module.

• Route 2 is for schools, academies, school networks and coalitions. This provides a framework for analysing need and planning professional learning and development that enables institutional goals, issues or problems to be addressed. The course supports capacity building in relation to individual contexts and includes learning which is integrated with working contexts. Evaluation of impact is central to the design of the course. Modules can be undertaken on an individual basis, or can be either personalised or bespoke to schools, academies, school networks and coalitions.

Education

MA English Language Teaching (ELT) This course provides English-language teachers and graduates with relevant teaching experience and a deeper understanding of the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). In addition to specific topics, the course provides an overview of the theoretical, philosophical and ethical principles that underpin educational research, and introduces you to the theory and practice of action research. The MA ELT is available in face-to-face, distance and blended learning modes.

Course content The MA comprises four core modules and a dissertation. The modules are: • ELT and its Contexts • Language Systems and Language Skills • Methodology and Materials in ELT • Second Language Acquisition and ELT. Career opportunities The course gives English-language teachers at primary or secondary level, teachers in adult education and graduates with relevant teaching experience the opportunity to enhance their promotion prospects either within their local teaching environment or beyond. It also equips those who are interested in pursuing an academic career in the field of English language teaching, or who wish to embark on a PhD, with essential research and analytical skills.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

A dissertation is also required.

Entry requirements

Career opportunities The course has close links with Department for Education (DfE) and National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) initiatives.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in the social sciences or humanities (such as languages, English, education and psychology) and evidence of classroom experience.

Duration

Start dates

Two years part-time.

September and February.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) and a significant amount of time currently spent working in an educational setting.

Start dates September, January and May.

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MA English Language Teaching (ELT) (by distance learning)

MA Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Course content

This MA meets the needs of practising higher education (HE) professionals. As an HE professional you will be engaged in teaching or supporting teaching for a minimum of 50 hours a year. We draw directly on your experience of facilitating learning for undergraduate and postgraduate students. At UEL we believe the modern university, with its diverse student body, requires academic staff of the highest calibre working for the success of their students, and this course aims to support you in achieving this standard.

The MA comprises four core modules and a dissertation. The modules are:

Course content

In addition to the on-campus course, we also offer a fully online distance learning MA in English Language Teaching. The course covers the same ground as the on-campus version and is designed to be flexible and compatible with the lives of working teachers. The course can be studied from wherever you are in the world.

The course comprises two core modules, two further option modules and a dissertation. Core modules are:

• ELT and its Contexts • Language Systems and Language Skills • Methodology and Materials in ELT

• Context, Policy and Research in Higher Education

• Second Language Acquisition and ELT. This course is delivered exclusively online. You receive online tutorial support, and regularly participate in formal and informal online discussions with other students and tutors.

• Pedagogy and Learning in Higher Education.

Option modules are: • Action Research

Career opportunities The course gives English language teachers at primary or secondary level, teachers in adult education and graduates with relevant teaching experience the opportunity to enhance their promotion prospects either within their local teaching environment or beyond. It also equips those who are interested in pursuing an academic career in the field of English language teaching, or who wish to embark on a PhD, with essential research and analytical skills.

Duration Two to six years part-time.

Entry requirements

• Culture and Diversity in Higher Education • Reflective Practice.

Appropriate modules from other education Master’s degrees in our portfolio may be available.

Career opportunities The course meets the requirements of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and is an accredited on-campus course. Successful completion demonstrates achievement of the HEA professional standards framework and enables membership of the HEA. The knowledge and development gained can also enhance career and promotion prospects.

Honours degree (or equivalent) in the social sciences or humanities (such as languages, English, education and psychology) and evidence of classroom experience. Applicants may be interviewed by telephone and may be asked to produce a sample of writing. You will require a PC or Mac with at least 15 hours’ unrestricted internet access per week, plus access to a printer.

Duration

Start dates

Start dates

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Two years part-time.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent). You must spend at least 50 hours in higher or further education teaching/supported-learning activities each academic year.

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MA Special Educational Needs

MA Youth and Community Work*

This MA is designed for professionals and para-professionals working within educational contexts. The course addresses special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) for a wide range of age groups through critically engaging with current thinking, policy and legislation about both specialist and inclusive pedagogies and provision. This MA covers the essential concept of inclusion in depth, as well as examining policy and practice in the areas of behaviour, autism, literacy difficulties and the management of SEND. Teaching on the MA draws widely from national and international research to inform and examine practice. The course is relevant to both mainstream and specialist settings and covers the requirements for those seeking to become inclusion managers/SENCOs.

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Course content

The course offers graduates in relevant fields, and with experience of working with young people and community groups, an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the field of youth and community work at both the theoretical and the practical levels. The course leads to a Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) professional qualification in youth work after completion of a Postgraduate Diploma (PGDip). The course is designed to allow you to study full-time or part-time in order to follow a flexible study timetable to suit your personal and professional circumstances.

Course content The PGDip comprises four core modules, while students who wish to gain an MA must also complete a dissertation. The modules are:

The MA comprises four modules and a research dissertation.

• Community Development, Theory and Practice

Modules are chosen from:

• Fieldwork Practice (2)

• Autism Spectrum Disorders and Educational Approaches • Critical Approaches to Inclusive Education

• Fieldwork Practice (1) • Theory, Policy and Practice of Youth Work.

Career opportunities

• SEN Research Methodologies and Dissertation (double module).

On completing this course, you will gain professional recognition as a qualified youth and community worker under the terms of the JNC. This will enable you to work within children’s and young people’s services or in the third sector in the UK. The award and work undertaken can contribute to academic progression towards a PhD or professional development and the opportunity of subject specialism in the field.

Career opportunities

Duration

The course supports development and demonstrates achievement in relation to SENCO professional standards, and performance indicators relating to career progression. The course provides opportunities to specialise in specific areas of SEN, and to support further study for a PhD or Professional Doctorate.

12 months full-time, or 18 months part-time, for a PGDip and 18 months full-time, 36 months parttime for the full MA.

• Exploring Behaviour: Theories and Perspectives for Practice • Management in SEN • Supporting Pupils with Literacy Difficulties and Dyslexia

Entry requirements

Two years part-time.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a related subject area such as child psychology, early childhood studies, sociology, etc, as well as relevant prior experience of working with young people in the 13–19 age range.

Entry requirements

Start dates

Honours degree (or equivalent).

September and February.

Duration

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Doctor of Education (EdD)

Course content The course consists of two stages. In stage one you complete five modules of coursework. Stage two consists of the doctoral thesis.

This Doctorate is designed to provide you with opportunities to: • create and interpret new knowledge, through original research or other advanced scholarship, of a quality to extend the forefront of the discipline, satisfy peer review and merit publication • develop a deep understanding of research methodologies and to use this understanding to critically investigate educational and professional contexts

Core modules are:

• disseminate research and ideas through written and oral modes clearly and critically.

Career opportunities

• Key Approaches to Educational Research • Methods and Analysis in Educational Research • Research Planning and Design.

A wide range of option modules is available – details of individual modules can be found on our website at uel.ac.uk/pgcourses The course is designed to benefit professionals working within a range of educational contexts. It is aimed at practising educators who see doctoral study as a key step in their own professional development, as well as a means of improving educational and institutional practice.

Duration Three years full-time, six years part-time.

Entry requirements Applicants should normally have a good Master’s degree or an equivalent qualification, as well as a minimum of three years’ experience of professional practice in education. Those without such qualifications are nonetheless encouraged to discuss the possibility of registering for the course.

Competence in oral and written English should satisfy UEL entrance requirements.

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PGCE: Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Primary)* * DBS check required – see p31 This course, run in close partnership with local schools, enables you to develop the skills, knowledge and understanding, attributes and values necessary to support children’s learning, and prepares you to embark on a career in teaching. Successful completion of the course leads to recommendation for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), a PGCE and includes 60 credits at Master’s level.

We run a number of routes through the Primary PGCE, designed in collaboration with local partners. These will enhance your skills, knowledge and understanding in a particular area or subject. These routes are: Primary with English; Primary with English as an Additional Language (EAL); Primary with SEN: Inclusion; Primary with SEN: Special Schools; Primary with Early Years; Primary with Modern Languages (French or Spanish); Primary with ICT and Computing; Primary with Science; Primary with Music; Primary with Humanities and Religious Education. Whichever route you are selected for, we will ensure that you acquire all the requisite skills, knowledge and understanding to be an outstanding teacher of all children in all Primary subject areas.

In our most recent Ofsted inspection (December 2012) we were delighted that a number of key strengths were identified and our course was judged to be “good”.

PGCE Teacher training Course content The teaching year is divided into three terms, with school half-terms designated as directed study time. The teaching year begins in September and ends in July. You attend five days a week and spend the equivalent of 24 weeks engaged in school-based training.

You study the curriculum and gain a thorough understanding of how to bring this to the classroom in a way that engages and motivates pupils. You develop confidence and competence in using a range of learning, teaching and assessment strategies, and understand how to adapt your teaching to meet the needs and support the progress of all pupils. You evaluate your teaching and develop critical thinking skills.

The course is underpinned by an expectation of active learning with a strong focus on your contributions and individual and collaborative participation.

Career opportunities All our completing trainees seeking a teaching post are successful in attaining a position. Many former trainees have become members of school senior management teams, and a number have become headteachers.

Professional qualifications After successful completion of the course you will be recommended for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

Duration 12 months.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent); GCSE grade C (or equivalent) in English language, maths and science; effective reading abilities with clear and accurate spoken and written English; meeting the Secretary of State’s requirements for physical and mental fitness to teach; at least ten days’ experience of observing or working with children in the Foundation Stage/Primary Phase in a mainstream school.

Start date September.

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PGCE Teacher Training

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PGCE: Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Secondary)*

Course content

* DBS check required – see p31 This course provides you with the opportunity to meet the Teachers’ Standards required for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) while achieving a highly valued qualification. Our secondary subject areas are biology, chemistry, computer science, design and technology (food and textiles), English, mathematics, modern languages, physical education, physics, and physics with mathematics. Paramount within the course are the skills required to educate young people in a multicultural and multilingual urban environment.

In our most recent Ofsted inspection (December 2012) we were delighted that a number of key strengths were identified and our course was judged to be “good”.

The majority of the course is spent on placement.

You must complete 120 days in schools to comply with QTS requirements. During the course you study the pedagogy of your subject and consider the ways in which pupils engage with learning.

The course covers detailed study of teaching and learning in the 11–16 age range including the National Curriculum. You also work on a range of issues such as assessment, behaviour management and the role of teachers. Equal opportunities issues such as working with bilingual learners and pupils with special educational needs underpin all course sessions.

Career opportunities There are numerous, varied career development opportunities available to teachers in different roles and at different career stages. Some graduates move along the career path from newly qualified teacher to becoming a specialist leader in education. Others take a management route through middle management to become headteachers.

Professional qualifications After successful completion of the course, you will be recommended for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

Duration 36 weeks full-time.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) 2.2 or above, usually in the subject area you plan to teach; GCSE grade C or equivalent in English and mathematics; effective reading abilities with clear and accurate spoken and written English communication skills; and meeting the Secretary of State’s requirements for physical and mental fitness to teach.

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Social Work

MA in Post-Qualifying Professional Practice*

MA Social Work (professional qualification in social work)*

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Aimed at qualified practitioners working with children and young people or with adults or people in mental health settings, this MA enables eligible social workers and allied professionals to achieve a Master’s degree at the level of advanced professional practice. You are given the opportunity to deepen and enhance your knowledge and skills in specialist practice and your understanding of values and ethical approaches to practice, as well as the opportunity to conceptualise and review practice interventions.

Run jointly by UEL and the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, this MA is a professional qualifying course for graduates wanting to become social workers. Taught by lecturers and skilled professionals who are at the forefront of social work practice, the MA offers unrivalled opportunities to integrate theory and research into social work practice.

Some of the teaching is at the Tavistock, where there is a particular emphasis on experiential learning, drawing on the expertise of clinicians based there.

Course content This course has a flexible structure. Modules/short courses are: • Consolidating Your Social Work

Course content The MA comprises six core modules and a dissertation. Modules are:

• Specialist modules for those working with children and families, adults and with people in mental health settings

• Fundamentals of Social Work Practice

• Practice Educator Professional Standards

• Professional Development and Practice

• Best Interests Assessor (six one-day workshops) • Professional Practice Innovation Project.

Career opportunities The knowledge, values and skills gained on this course will be directly transferable to the full range of practice settings. Successful completion will enable you to take up specialist roles including practice educator (stages one and two), best interests assessor, deprivation of liberties safeguards, and approved mental health professional.

Professional qualifications Completion of the MA will enable you to achieve awards that are underpinned by the Quality Assurance Agency’s academic benchmarks for social workers. The module/short courses are mapped against the Professional Capabilities Framework of The College of Social Work and the Continuing Professional Standards of the regulatory body, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Duration Two to four years.

Entry requirements Applicants need to be qualified and registered social workers or allied professionals.

Start dates September and February.

• Human Growth and Development • Law and Social Justice • Professional Practice Placement (Year 1, 70 days) • Professional Practice Placement (Year 2, 100 days).

The 170 practice learning days are integrated throughout the course alongside 30 skills days.

Career opportunities Successful completion will open up a wide range of employment opportunities in social work.

Professional qualification The MA offers a professional qualification in social work and is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and endorsed by The College of Social Work.

Duration Two years full-time.

Entry requirements First degree (minimum 2.1 Hons) in any subject (UK or equivalent standard); a first degree (minimum 2.2 Hons) plus postgraduate qualification may be considered in exceptional circumstances. You will also need experience of working with vulnerable people in a caring role, GCSE English and Maths grade C or above (or equivalent), and satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check and health checks.

Start date September.

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Research

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MPhil/PhD by research

Course content

Our MPhil and PhD degrees allow you to draw on the research expertise of our academic staff, at least two of whom will serve as your supervisory team. As well as enabling you to challenge established ideas and concepts, these courses allow you to develop your personal and professional skills. You will have access to a wide range of learning and study skills support through your academic School and also through our Graduate School, which offers specialist support, advice and guidance, including tuition in researcher skills development. The Graduate School also offers advice on potential sources of funding.

These courses comprise supervised research that leads to a thesis alone or a thesis and some other form of examinable outcome. You will receive formal and informal support to develop your research proposal and practical research skills.

Career opportunities Our postgraduate research graduates go on to a wide range of careers, including academic and research roles in the public and private sectors.

Duration Normally 18 months full-time or two years parttime for an MPhil (maximum three years full-time/ four years part-time). Normally three years fulltime/four years part-time for a PhD (maximum four years full-time/five years part-time).

Entry requirements The minimum entry requirement for registration for an MPhil is a second-class honours degree, or above, from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the Research Degrees Sub-committee (RDS) as equivalent to such (eg a verifiable international qualification). The normal entry requirement for a PhD via MPhil registration is a first- or upper-second-class honours degree from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the RDS as equivalent.

A 1,000–1,500-word research proposal, academic references and copies of relevant transcripts and certificates will also be required.

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School of Health, Sport and Bioscience “The scholarships and bursaries UEL offered were a great help for my study as they meant I could afford to take on slightly less part-time work, which allowed me to spend more time at university and completing coursework.”

Jamie Felton MSc Strength and Conditioning

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Health, Sport and Bioscience

Our School of Health, Sport and Bioscience offers a wide range of health, bioscience and sports science courses. We have strong links with employers, the National Health Service (NHS) and sporting organisations and teams, teams which whichenhance enhancethe the learning experience and opportunities available for our students. We are one of the UK’s leading centres for both physiotherapy and sports science, and for successful delivery of professional development courses programmes for health for health workers. workers.

The School The School was was firmly firmly engaged engaged with with the Olympic the Olympic Games Games at Stratford at Stratford in 2012, in 2012, and remains and remains so with so withGames’ the the Games’ legacy legacy and with and other with other international international events. events.

Our facilities Our At the facilities heart of our facilities is our range of modern, well-equipped laboratories and workshops, including genomic and proteomic, microbiology andwell-equipped tissue culture laboratories facilities, andand a new exercise At the heart of our facilities is our range of modern, workshops, physiology laboratory.

This is supported by other equipment including motion analysis systems, including genomic and proteomic, microbiology and tissue culture facilities, and a new exercise power-test systems, video analysis equipment, isokinetic dynamometers and much more, all of physiology laboratory. This is supported by other equipment including motion analysis systems, which contributes to building a world-class sport and health facility. Our state-of-the-art Centre for power-test systems, video analysis equipment, isokinetic dynamometers and much more, all of Clinical Education in Physiotherapy, Podiatry and Sports Science, housed in a purpose-built facility, which contribute to building a world-class sport facilities and health facility. Our Centre for is London’s only provider of clinical and training in podiatry andstate-of-the-art builds on our excellent Clinical Education in Physiotherapy, andofSports Science, housed in a purpose-built facility, reputation as a provider of educationPodiatry in a range healthcare fields. is London’s only provider of clinical and training facilities in podiatry and builds on our excellent reputation as a provider of education in a range of healthcare fields.

Innovative research

The School carries out research at national and international levels, undertaken with a variety Innovative research of partners including the NHS, industry and other UK and overseas universities. Research groups include the internationally Institute for Health andundertaken Human Development.

The The School carries out research atrecognised national and international levels, with a variety Institute and its members have a track record of research geared towards policy and intervention of partners including the NHS, industry and other UK and overseas universities. Research development in both developing and developed countries; a commitment to community groups include the internationally recognised Institute for Health and Human Development. The participation in research; and a focus on the potential of the cultural and creative industries to Institute and its members have a track record of research geared towards policy and intervention influence consumption lifestyles and promote health and wellbeing. Other established research development developing and developed countries, a commitment to community groups focus in onboth Medicines Research, Infection and Immunity, Human Motor Performance and participation in research, Applied Sports Science. and a focus on the potential of the cultural and creative industries to influence consumption lifestyles and promote health and wellbeing. Other established research groups focus on medicines research, infection immunity, motor performance and Our postgraduate research programmes, whichand include MRes,human PhD and Professional Doctorate applied science. degrees,sports offer the opportunity to be part of our dynamic academic community and to gain research training in areas that make a difference to human health and science in local, national and international contexts.

Research areas include community health, health psychology, Our postgraduate research courses, which include MRes, PhD andphysiotherapy, Professional Doctorate degrees, podiatry, biomedical sciences, microbiology, pharmacology, biochemistry, drug development, sports offer the opportunity to be part of our dynamic academic community and to gain research training science and herbal medicine. in areas that make a difference to human health and science in local, national and international contexts. Research areas include community health, physiotherapy, health psychology, podiatry, Events activities biomedicaland sciences, microbiology, pharmacology, biochemistry, drug development, forensic science, sports science, plant genetics and herbal medicine.

The School hosts a variety of events and activities throughout the year, such as lectures and seminars. We also play an active role in the wider local community, as part of our commitment to communityand participation in research, and nationally and internationally through representation on Events activities scientific and medical, consultative, editorial and professional bodies.

The School hosts a variety of events and activities throughout the year, such as lectures and seminars. We also play an active role in the wider local community as part of our commitment to community participation in research, and nationally and internationally through representation on scientific and medical, consultative, editorial and professional bodies.

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MSc Bioinformatics

MSc Biomedical Immunology

This MSc aims to produce graduates with a sound knowledge of bioinformatics and biotechnology and who wish to work in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical or academic sectors, or any field in which knowledge of bioinformatics is desirable. It covers both practical and theoretical aspects and the necessary skills to undertake individual and collaborative research in these fields.

The MSc will cover the concepts, language and applications of bioinformatics, as well as molecular biology and disease, focusing on the techniques and concepts associated with genetic engineering. It also offers practising biomedical scientists the opportunity to gain the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the technical challenges of the 21st Century.

This MSc provides you with knowledge of the practical and theoretical aspects of immunology, with emphasis on clinical applications. This will include in-depth study of how the immune system responds to pathogens and how it can be manipulated for therapeutic purposes. The MSc also looks at the methodology used in obtaining knowledge.

In addition to taught modules, you will be trained in research processes, culminating in an individual research project. The MSc also offers practising biomedical scientists the opportunity to gain the necessary knowledge and skills to meet new technical challenges.

Course content

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation. Modules are:

The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation. Modules are:

• Applied Biomedical Immunology

• Applications of Bioinformatics

• Biomedical Immunology

• Bioinformatics

• Research Skills

• Molecular Biology and Disease

Career opportunities

• Bioinformatics.

• Research Skills.

Career opportunities More and more industries are turning to in silico systems and biotechnology in order to improve their products and make the manufacturing process easier, cleaner and more costeffective. Graduates might pursue careers in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries, in the National Health Service or Health Protection Agency, environmental monitoring, or research in universities or research institutes. There are also opportunities in areas such as scientific sales and management, and clinical data management.

Professional qualifications This course is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science and is suitable for those seeking to pursue the Higher or Advanced Specialist Diploma or Chartered Scientist status.

This MSc has been designed for students wishing to make a career in immunology, an area of intense activity and investment. Besides research, immunologists are extensively employed in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries and in the National Health Service. The course offers practising biomedical scientists the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge to enhance their understanding of the causes, diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Professional qualifications The course is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science and is suitable for those seeking to pursue the Higher or Advanced Specialist Diploma or chartered scientist status.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements

Duration

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a biological or life-sciences area. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on other qualifications and experience. In exceptional circumstances applicants with other qualifications or experience may be considered.

Start dates

Start dates

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements

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MSc Biomedical Science

MSc Bioscience

The aim of this professionally accredited MSc is to produce graduates with a sound knowledge of both the practical and theoretical aspects of the specialist areas of biomedical science: clinical chemistry, medical microbiology, cellular pathology and haematology. The MSc also offers practising biomedical scientists the opportunity to gain the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the technical challenges of the 21st Century.

This MSc equips you with knowledge of both practical and theoretical aspects of bioscience, and the necessary skills to undertake individual and collaborative research. The MSc allows you to design your own interdisciplinary Master’s course, choosing from a wide range of bioscience modules. The MSc will appeal to a wide spectrum, from working scientists to science teachers looking to update their knowledge of the latest trends.

Course content

Course content The MSc comprises one core module – Research Skills – three option modules from a range of choices, and a dissertation. Option module choices include:

The MSc comprises three core modules, one option module and a dissertation. Core modules are: • Biology of Disease (two modules) • Research Skills.

The option module is chosen from Bioinformatics or Immunology.

Career opportunities Many graduates enter careers as biomedical scientists in the National Health Service or related agencies such as the Health Protection Agency and Blood Transfusion Service. Biomedical scientists are also sought after in industry, and there are opportunities in universities, research institutes and other organisations. The MSc offers practising biomedical scientists, especially those who do not have a recent qualification, the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge to enhance their understanding of the causes, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Careers are also available in areas such as scientific sales and clinical data management.

• Advanced Cellular Pharmacology and Physiology • Applications of Bioinformatics • Applied Biomedical Immunology • Applied Toxicology • Bioinformatics • Biology of Disease 1 and 2 • Biomedical Immunology • Clinical Instrumentation and Diagnostic Physiology • Commercial Biotechnology • Forensic Analysis • Health and Disease of Physiological Systems • Medical Microbiology – Control • Medical Microbiology – Pathogenesis • Molecular Biology and Disease • Toxicology.

Professional qualifications

Career opportunities

This course is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science and is suitable for those seeking to pursue the Higher/Advanced Specialist Diploma or chartered scientist status.

This MSc provides you with a range of career options, from the National Health Service and biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to teaching (with further qualifications). The MSc can also lead to further study for a research degree.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a biological or life-sciences area. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on other qualifications and experience. In exceptional circumstances students with other qualifications or experience may be considered.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a biological or life-sciences area. In exceptional circumstances students with other qualifications or experience may be considered by the course leader.

Start dates

Start dates

September and February.

September and February.

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MSc Biotechnology This MSc aims to produce graduates with a sound knowledge of both practical and theoretical aspects of the specialist areas of biotechnology. This specialist area of bioscience uses advances in molecular biology for applications in human and animal health, agriculture, environment and biochemical manufacturing. You will also be trained in research processes, culminating in an individual research project in which you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your individual skills and abilities. The MSc also offers practising biomedical scientists the opportunity to gain the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the technical challenges of the 21st Century, regardless of specialism.

MSc Biotechnology and Management This course equips you with both practical and theoretical knowledge of biotechnology and the necessary skills to undertake individual and collaborative research. It also enables you to develop knowledge of managerial skills so that your scientific knowledge can be applied to a business environment.

Course content The MSc comprises five core modules and a dissertation. Modules are: • Commercial Biotechnology • Implementing Change • Molecular Biology and Disease

Course content

• Planning Change

The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation. Modules are:

• Research Skills.

Career opportunities

• Bioinformatics • Commercial Biotechnology • Molecular Biology and Disease • Research Skills.

Career opportunities More and more industries are turning to biotechnology in order to improve their products and make the manufacturing process easier, cleaner and more cost-effective, creating opportunities for individuals trained in biotechnology. Graduates trained in the technologies designed for biotechnology will also find their training applicable to advanced research in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and the plant and animal sciences.

This course is suited to those wishing to pursue a career in the biomedical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, especially in posts requiring some management expertise. Biotechnology postgraduates also find their training applicable to advanced research in molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and the plant and animal sciences.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a biological or life-sciences area. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on other qualifications and experience.

Professional qualifications

Start dates

The course is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science.

September and February.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a biological or life-sciences area. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on other qualifications and experience. In exceptional circumstances applicants with other qualifications or experience may be considered.

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MSc Medical Physiology This modular course is designed for postgraduate students wishing to gain a detailed understanding of both the practical and theoretical aspects of medical/clinical physiology; particularly the pathophysiology, instrumentation and diagnostic tools used to study the human body. As well as essential laboratory and communication skills, you will also be introduced to entrepreneurial techniques and key management concepts and practices, enabling you to apply your knowledge to a business environment. You will also be trained in research processes, from concept to delivery, culminating in an individual research project providing you with an opportunity to demonstrate your abilities.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation. Modules are: • Advanced Cellular Pharmacology and Physiology • Clinical Instrumentation and Diagnostic Physiology • Health and Disease of Physiological Systems • Research Skills for Pharmacology and Physiology.

Career opportunities This MSc has been designed for students wishing to pursue a research career in an academic institution or research institute, in the pharmaceutical industry, the National Health Service or the Health Protection Agency.

Alternative careers in related areas, such as scientific sales and management and clinical data management, are also possible.

MSc Molecular Medical Microbiology This MSc enables you to gain a detailed understanding of both practical and theoretical aspects of the specialist areas of medical microbiology. The cutting edge of biology research is at the molecular level, using techniques such as genomics and proteomics, leading to an increased understanding of how micro-organisms cause disease and how this knowledge can be applied therapeutically.

These areas are covered in depth, together with training in research skills. The MSc also offers practising biomedical scientists the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the technical challenges of the 21st Century, regardless of specialism.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation. Modules are: • Bioinformatics • Medical Microbiology – Control • Medical Microbiology – Pathogenesis • Research Skills.

Career opportunities This MSc has been designed for those wishing to pursue a research career in an academic institution or research institute, the pharmaceutical industry, the National Health Service or the Health Protection Agency. Careers are also possible in related areas, such as scientific sales and management and clinical data management.

Professional qualifications

One year full-time, two years part-time.

The course is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science. It is also suitable for those seeking to pursue the Higher or Advanced Specialist Diploma or Chartered Scientist status.

Entry requirements

Duration

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a biological or life-sciences area. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on other qualifications and experience.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Duration

Start dates September and February.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a biological or life sciences area with a significant microbiology component. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on other qualifications and experience. In exceptional circumstances students with other qualifications or experience may be considered.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Pharmaceutical Science

MSc Pharmacology

The aim of this MSc is to produce postgraduate students with in-depth knowledge of both the practical and theoretical aspects of the specialist areas of pharmaceutical science, with the main emphasis on applied technologies in pharmaceutics, instrumental techniques in pharmaceutical analysis and systematic approaches for drug design. You will also be trained in research processes, culminating in an individual research project in which you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your individual skills and abilities.

This modular MSc enables you to gain a detailed understanding of both practical and theoretical aspects of cellular and molecular pharmacology. On completion, you will be equipped to undertake individual and collaborative research in pharmacology. The MSc offers you the opportunity to explore novel drug-discovery technologies and also offers routes into traditional pharmacology.

In addition, this course makes use of recent research papers to inform group discussion and enhance critical thinking skills. You will be trained in research from concept to delivery, culminating in an individual research project, which will foster independent laboratory study.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules:

Course content

• Advanced Pharmaceutics

The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation/research project. Modules are:

• Drug Design • Research Skills

• Advanced Cellular Pharmacology and Physiology

• Dissertation

• Molecular Pharmacology and Drug Development

and one optional module from:

• Psychopharmacology and Integrative Systems

• Advanced Cellular Pharmacology and Physiology • Bioinformatics

• Research Skills for Pharmacology and Physiology.

• Pharmaceutical Analysis

Career opportunities

• Toxicology.

The course will enable you to pursue a career in pharmacological research allied to drug development with global pharmaceutical companies, small to medium biotechnological enterprises, and government-funded research institutes and laboratories.

Career opportunities Graduates of this degree have a wide range of career options including: pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies that are developing new drugs and evaluating new products; chemical companies making intermediates for the drug industry, who require graduates with analytical skills and an understanding of drug development; major pharmaceutical companies for the manufacturing, formulation and quality control of medicines and also advising customers on technical aspects of their products; and universities and research institutes offering research-based careers.

Duration One year full-time or two years part-time.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a biological or life-sciences area with evidence of some pharmacology or physiology components.

In exceptional circumstances applicants with other qualifications or experience may be considered by the course leader.

Start date

Entry requirements:

September.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in relevant subjects in chemical, pharmaceutical, biological or life-sciences related areas. In exceptional circumstances applicants with other qualifications or experience may be considered.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Phytopharmaceutical Science Based on the increasing importance of the development of drugs from plants and other natural compounds, this MSc aims to enable individuals with specific expertise in the regulation, quality control and development of plant-based medicines to pursue a career in the rapidly expanding phytopharmaceuticals industry or a government regulatory body.

Over recent years there has been increasing worldwide interest and investment from the global pharmaceutical industry in the development of medical treatments particularly derived from traditional medicine sources. This course focuses specifically on the development of plant and plant-derived medicines.

MSc Toxicology This modular course aims to produce postgraduate students with a sound knowledge of both practical and theoretical aspects of the specialist area of toxicology and the skills necessary to undertake individual and collaborative research in this field. This course has been designed for students wishing to make a career in the pharmaceutical industry, medical or academic research, forensic science or any field where a knowledge of toxicology is desirable.

Course content The MSc comprises three core modules, a further optional module from a range of choices, and a dissertation. The core modules are: • Applied Toxicology

Course content

• Research Skills

The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation/research project. Modules are:

• Toxicology.

• Drug Design Phytopharm

This course is designed for students wishing to pursue a career in the Health Protection Agency, the pharmaceutical industry, the National Health Service, medical sales, medical or academic research, clinical data management, forensic science, environmental monitoring or any area where knowledge of toxicology is desirable.

Looking to the future, the course will help biomedical scientists meet the technical challenges of the 21st Century, regardless of specialism.

• Pharmaceutical Analysis • Phytopharmaceutics • Research Skills.

Career opportunities Phytopharmaceutical scientists work for a range of private and public bodies, including companies specialising in the manufacture of herbal medicines, pharmaceutical companies researching plant-derived drugs, and regulatory bodies involved in the quality control of herbal medicines.

Opportunities also exist in teaching, writing and horticulture.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in relevant subject areas such as life sciences and health professions whereby there is an interest in the development of new biomedical health treatments which have source material based on natural plant materials.

Start dates September and February.

Career opportunities

Professional qualifications The course is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science and is suitable for those seeking to pursue the Higher or Advanced Specialist Diploma or Chartered Scientist status.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a biological or life-sciences area. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on the basis of other qualifications and experience.

Start dates September and February.

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MRes Bioscience

Professional Doctorate in Biomedical Science

If you are interested in pursuing a career in research this Master’s course by research offers an excellent opportunity for you to develop your research skills and demonstrate your potential as an independent researcher.

Research projects are undertaken in conjunction with staff in our established research groups – either the Medicines Research Group or the Infection and Immunity Research Group – providing opportunities to work alongside active researchers on ongoing projects.

This Professional Doctorate is aimed at practising professionals who aspire to the highest level of professional and academic achievement. You will need to be employed in biomedical science to take the Doctorate, as it is expected that the project will be carried out in your workplace.

Course content The Doctorate consists of taught elements and a research project. Core modules help you to plan and execute your research project. The project will be work-based within, and appropriate to, your biomedical science speciality, and will require the production of a 40,000-word thesis.

Course content The course consists of two taught modules of 30 credits each, one of which must be in research skills, and a large year-long research project which is worth 120 credits. Assessment is based on a final project report and viva voce examination.

Career opportunities

Career opportunities This course is a stepping stone to a research career in biomedical or pharmaceutical research or an academic career. For students intending to go on to study for PhD, the skills and outputs from the course will provide you with a competitive advantage.

Duration

The Doctorate is a recognised step on the career path towards advanced practitioner grades in the National Health Service. The career path from basic-grade biomedical scientist (with a certificate of competence) to advanced specialist is paralleled by increasingly higher academic qualifications.

A Professional Doctorate will assist you to gain access to these higher grades.

Duration

12 months full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree from a UK university (or equivalent). For overseas applicants we also require IELTS of 6.5 (with no component less than 6.0) or equivalent. Applicants will be selected through a suitability process which will involve interview and presentation on your selected project.

The normal minimum and maximum periods of registration are three to five years full-time and four to six years part-time.

Entry requirements

Start dates

Master’s degree in biomedical science (or equivalent), and you must be employed in biomedical science. An interview will also normally be required. Advanced entry may be possible for applicants with relevant qualifications at Master’s level.

September and February.

Start date Negotiable.

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MSc Advanced Practice for Health Professionals The MSc is designed to give clinical staff practising in a range of healthcare disciplines the opportunity to explore and evaluate the evidence base for their practice, enabling them to develop more effective and innovative approaches to practice.

Course content The MSc comprises either four or five modules and a dissertation. The Foundations in Research module is core; others are chosen from a wide range of options, subject to availability, including:

MSc Podiatric Medicine Designed to meet the needs of practising podiatrists, the central focus of this course is the evaluation of podiatric practice. It will help you to develop a systematic understanding of current knowledge and critically evaluate current research, thus enabling you to develop more effective and innovative approaches to practice.

Course content The MSc comprises three core modules, an option module chosen from a wide range of options (subject to validation) and a dissertation. Core modules are:

• Clinical Reasoning

• Evaluations of Interventions in Podiatric Practice

• Evaluation of Interventions in Practice

• Foundations in Research

• Gait, Balance and Posture • Muscles, Movement and Exercise.

• Podiatric Practice: Assessment of Podiatry Patients.

Career opportunities

The range of option modules includes:

This MSc will enhance your clinical skills and knowledge, helping you to seek higher-level posts such as specialist or advanced practitioner status.

It will provide evidence of continuing professional development required by regulatory bodies, and could also lead to research, or other roles such as consultancy, in related commercial enterprises.

• Gait, Balance and Posture

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) in a health profession or relevant area. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on the basis of other equivalent level qualifications. Clinical experience and membership of the relevant professional body is also required.

Start dates September and February.

• Muscles, Movement and Exercise.

Career opportunities Opportunities exist in a range of areas including the National Health Service (NHS) and private practice. This MSc will enable you to seek higher-level posts such as specialist or advanced practitioner status, or pursue research or further academic study. For internationally trained podiatrists, the course may assist with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in podiatry from a UK university, with a minimum of 12 months’ experience.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Public Health

MSc Physiotherapy

This MSc offers a critical understanding of the concepts and principles of public health, together with the skills and knowledge to conduct research into, and be actively engaged in, health issues. Evidence-based practice and research are high priorities in health/social care, and the MSc enables you to develop the ability to synthesise health data and research findings, and critically analyse them. Content is aligned with the Public Health Skills and Career Framework and phase 1 of the Faculty of Public Health curriculum. This aims to ensure you are well prepared for a career in this field and/or further specialist training. UEL is a member of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) and the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER).

* DBS check required – see p31 Designed to meet the needs of international practising professionals, the central focus of this course is the evaluation of physiotherapy practice. It will help you develop a systematic understanding of knowledge and critically evaluate current research, and give you a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to evaluating your own practice and advanced scholarship.

Course content The MSc comprises three core modules, one option module from the Postgraduate Framework for Health Professions, and a dissertation. Core modules are: • Clinical Reasoning

Course content

• Evaluating Interventions in Practice

The MSc comprises four core modules, an option module and a dissertation. Core modules are:

• Foundations in Research.

• Health Promotion: Theory and Practice

The option module is chosen from:

• Public Health: Policy and Strategy

• Gait, Balance and Posture

• Public Health: Theory and Practice

• Muscles, Movement and Exercise.

• Research and Epidemiology for Health Professionals.

Career opportunities All students are practising physiotherapists, and the course assists with career development and progression. Career opportunities exist in a range of areas, including the National Health Service, and private practice. This MSc could also lead to research or further academic study, or roles such as consultancy in related commercial enterprises.

For internationally trained physiotherapists, success on this course may assist with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.

Option modules are: • Alcohol and Drug Misuse: Public Health and Health Promotion Perspectives • Impact of Globalisation on Health and Development • Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Career opportunities The MSc offers you enhanced employment prospects within the public health sector, such as working as a public health specialist/practitioner within a Directorate of Public Health in an NHS Primary Care Trust, with the possibility of progressing on to director of public health.

Duration One year full-time.

Entry requirements

Duration 18 months full-time, two and a half years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree in a relevant subject from a recognised UK university (or equivalent; work experience related to healthcare, including the laboratory or clinical field is desirable).

Minimum 2.1 honours degree (or equivalent) in physiotherapy; applicants with a lower degree class may be admitted if they have suitable professional qualifications or experience. You will also need professional registration with a relevant regulatory body and at least six months’ relevant work experience.

Start date September.

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MSc Sport Psychology

If you are interested in pursuing a career in research, this Master’s course by research offers an excellent opportunity for you to develop your research skills and demonstrate your potential as an independent researcher.

Research projects are undertaken in conjunction with staff in our established Institute for Health and Human Development or our Human Motor Performance Research Group, providing opportunities to work alongside active researchers on ongoing projects.

This MSc equips you with a theoretical knowledge of sport psychology, followed by an examination of how to apply that knowledge as a sport psychology consultant. The course also allows you to choose a module from a range of options to meet the diverse needs of those involved in sport psychology today.

Course content

Course content The course comprises three core modules, one option module and a dissertation. Core modules are:

The course consists of two taught modules of 30 credits each, one of which must be in research skills, and a large year-long research project which is worth 120 credits. Assessment is based on a final project report and viva voce examination.

• Advanced Applied Sport Psychology

Career opportunities

• Sport and Exercise Nutrition

This course is a stepping stone to a research career in areas of public health, health promotion, physiotherapy, podiatry or rehabilitation or to an academic career. For students intending to go on to study for PhD, the skills and outputs from the course will provide you with a competitive advantage.

• The Theory of Strength and Conditioning.

Duration 12 months full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree from a UK university (or equivalent). For overseas applicants we also require IELTS of 6.5 (with no component less than 6.0) or equivalent. Applicants will be selected through a suitability process which will involve interview and presentation on your selected project.

Start dates September and February.

• Contemporary Theories in Sport Psychology • Research Methods and Statistics.

The option module is chosen from:

Career opportunities On successful completion of this MSc you will be well placed to use the skills acquired through the degree in a range of sport and business jobs. The course also prepares you to begin studying further in an applied setting through the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science (BASES) Supervised Experience structure and in an academic setting in the form of a PhD. The specialist knowledge gained would also put you in a very good position to apply for teaching positions in the further education sector.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree in a relevant subject area.

Start date September.

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MSc Strength and Conditioning

MRes Sports Science

This MSc aims to provide you with a comprehensive grounding in the practical and theoretical components of strength and conditioning as well as the necessary skills to undertake individual and collaborative research. The MSc has been developed to cover the competencies of the UK Strength and Conditioning Association (UKSCA) and the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

If you are interested in pursuing a career in research, this Master’s course by research offers an excellent opportunity for you to develop your research skills and demonstrate your potential as an independent researcher.

Research projects are undertaken in conjunction with staff in our established Applied Sports Science Research Group, providing opportunities to work alongside active researchers on ongoing projects.

Course content The course consists of two taught modules of 30 credits each, one of which must be in research skills, and a large, year-long research project which is worth 120 credits. Assessment is based on a final project report and viva voce examination.

Course content The MSc comprises three core modules, one option module from a range of choices, and a dissertation. Core modules are:

Career opportunities

• Foundations in Research

The option module is chosen from:

This course is a stepping stone to a research career in sport and exercise science, sports psychology or sports sociology or an academic career. For students intending to go on to study for PhD, the skills and outputs from the course will provide you with a competitive advantage.

• Contemporary Theories in Sport Psychology

Duration

• Sports Nutrition.

12 months full-time, two years part-time.

• Note: Work-based Learning may also be an option in year two for part-time students.

Entry requirements

• The Advanced Practice of Strength and Conditioning • The Theory of Strength and Conditioning.

Career opportunities The MSc offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills and knowledge working in the growing field of strength and conditioning.

The course has been developed to facilitate accreditation with the UKSCA and the NSCA, thereby maximising the potential for employment in a variety of settings.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree from a UK university (or equivalent). Applicants will be selected through a suitability process which will involve interview and presentation on your selected project.

Start dates September and February.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in sport science or related area. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on other qualifications and experience.

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MPhil/PhD by research Our MPhil and PhD degrees allow you to draw on the research expertise of our academic staff, at least two of whom will serve as your supervisory team. As well as enabling you to challenge established ideas and concepts, these courses allow you to develop your personal and professional skills. You will have access to a wide range of learning and study skills support through your academic School and also through our Graduate School, which offers specialist support, advice and guidance, including tuition in researcher skills development. The Graduate School also offers advice on potential sources of funding.

Course content These courses comprise supervised research that leads to a thesis alone or a thesis and some other form of examinable outcome. You will receive formal and informal support to develop your research proposal and practical research skills.

Career opportunities Our postgraduate research graduates go on to a wide range of careers, including academic and research roles in the public and private sectors.

Duration Normally 18 months full-time or two years parttime for an MPhil (maximum three years full-time/ four years part-time). Normally three years fulltime/four years part-time for a PhD (maximum four years full-time/five years part-time).

Entry requirements The minimum entry requirement for registration for an MPhil is a second-class honours degree, or above, from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the Research Degrees Subcommittee (RDS) as equivalent to such (eg a verifiable international qualification). The normal entry requirement for a PhD via MPhil registration is a first- or upper-second-class honours degree from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the RDS as equivalent.

A 1,000–1,500-word research proposal, academic references and copies of relevant transcripts and certificates will also be required.

Start dates September and February.

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School of Law and Social Sciences “Working with migrants and refugees is my passion but there is a lack of services that support vulnerable families, and no services to educate people. I would like to take my expertise into other countries, and my postgraduate qualification will stamp my experience and add legitimacy to whatever I go on to do.”

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Law and Social Sciences

Welcome to the School of Law and Social Sciences (LSS). Located at UEL’s newest campus, University Square Stratford, and at the Docklands campus, the School has a vibrant, unique identity, rooted in its world-class research, its innovative, critical approach to higher education and its internationalism. We also have strong ties to east London, an important site of social, cultural and economic transformation. We offer an exciting portfolio of courses of high academic quality and a stimulating, collaborative research environment.

Our facilities Law and criminology courses are based at University Square Stratford, in Stratford’s cultural quarter, close to London’s Olympic Park and opposite the new Westfield shopping centre and Stratford International station. The site includes a conference centre as well as a mooting room and law clinic, computer suites, study areas and a café. Social Sciences are based at Docklands, again with access to a 24/7 multimedia library, a large computing centre and a range of restaurants and cafés. Both sites enjoy excellent transport links to central London.

Leading experts The School is home to a number of experts in their fields, especially in the School’s specialisms of terrorism studies, human rights, international relations, psychosocial studies, narrative research and Islamic and Middle Eastern law. Notable figures in the School include Andrew Silke, one of the UK’s leading experts in terrorism studies; Kofi Kufuor, specialist in international economic law; Hilary Lim and Siraj Sait, experts in Islamic land law; and John Strawson, an expert in Middle Eastern and Islamic law.

Professor Corinne Squire is a leading expert in psychosocial studies, an area in which UEL is at the forefront in the UK, while Professor Molly Andrews, Co-director of the Centre for Narrative Research, is an expert in the field of narrative research and was winner of the 2008 Outstanding Book of the Year award from the American Education Research Association.

Innovative research LSS’s research is highly regarded and increasingly influential. In the Government’s most recent (2008) Research Assessment Exercise, Law was ranked 7th out of the 14 London law schools and is in second place among post-1992 universities, with 80% of its work rated as of international significance. Our Sociology submission was the highest-rated of any post-1992 university, and one of the highest-rated in the country, with 75% of its work judged of international significance and 10% rated as world class.

75% of our Social Policy and Social Work research was judged as of international quality.

Events and activities The School regularly hosts conferences, workshops and lectures by external specialists in their field.

The School is deeply committed to the future employability of its students and has its own Head of Employability who ensures we have excellent relationships with local, national and international employers, some of whom sit on the School’s Employability and Pro Bono Committee. The School is home to a law clinic, encouraging students to work closely with supervising solicitors and the public.

Our partners The School has teaching and research partnerships with a number of influential local, national and international partners, such as the Metropolitan Police, the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust and a number of Erasmus-linked institutions.

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LLM International Law

LLM Human Rights

This LLM offers a challenging and critical study of law in a global society. The theme is the changing boundaries of international law in a time of globalisation. The course encourages you to think beyond Western dominance of international legal theory and practice, offering radically different perspectives on law ranging from policy-oriented and doctrinal approaches to narrative form, feminism and post-colonial discourses.

This course, taught by leading academics, offers critical perspectives on human rights in international, regional and national contexts.

The course explores contemporary debates around human rights protection and the growing importance of human rights in the fields of law and politics.

Course content The course comprises one core module, three further modules chosen from a range of options, and a dissertation. The core module is:

Course content The LLM comprises two core modules, two further modules chosen from a range of options, and a dissertation. The core modules are: • Current Issues and Research in International Law • International Human Rights.

• Current Issues and Research in International Law.

The option modules include:

Option modules include:

• Democracy and the Rule of Law

• Critical Perspectives on Terrorism

• International Environmental Law

• International Corporate Responsibility

• International Law of Minority Rights

• International Criminal Law

• International Refugee Law

• International Environmental Law

• Islam and Human Rights

• International Human Rights

• War and Human Rights.

• International Law and Business

Career opportunities

• International Law and the Use of Force

Graduates with a specialisation such as the LLM Human Rights can look to the expanding market and professional choices available in this field.

A wide range of possible career paths includes specialised human rights practice, work in the public sector and government, international human rights and development agencies, journalism and advocacy.

• Business and Human Rights

• Law and Policy in the Middle East • Law of International Finance • Law of the World Trade Organization • International Law and Business.

Career opportunities Graduates with a specialisation in LLM International Law can look to the expanding market and professional choices available in this field. Possible career paths include legal practice, policy-making within the public sector and government, community relations, human rights work in development agencies/organisations, journalism and advocacy.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) in law, international relations, political science, economics, sociology or cultural studies. Degrees in other subjects will be considered.

Duration

Start dates

One year full-time, two years part-time.

September and February.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) in law, international relations, political science, economics, sociology or cultural studies. Degrees in other subjects will be considered.

Start dates September and February.

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LLM International Law and Criminal Justice

LLM International Business Law

This LLM provides a critical appreciation of the new legal regime emerging between international law and criminal justice symbolised by the creation of the International Criminal Court. Through a strong foundation in both international law and international criminal law, the LLM offers the opportunity to develop expertise in terrorism studies, international policing, international organised crime, the laws of war and armed conflict, human rights and Islamic law.

This LLM brings together issues of business regulation with broader issues of international law, governance and globalisation. Teaching focuses on themes such as global corporate responsibility, the relationship between business and human rights, the role of the UN in setting international business standards and contemporary international business practice.

Course content

Course content The course comprises three core modules, one option module and a dissertation. Core modules are:

The LLM comprises two core modules, two further modules from a range of options, and a dissertation. The core modules are:

• Current Issues and Research in International Law

• Current Issues and Research in International Law

The option module is chosen from:

• International Criminal Law. Option modules are chosen from: • Business and Human Rights • Contemporary Islamic Legal Issues • Critical Perspectives on Terrorism • Democracy and the Rule of Law • International Human Rights • International Law and the Use of Force • International Refugee Law • Transnational Organised Crime • War and Human Rights.

Career opportunities Graduates of this LLM can look to the expanding market and professional choices available in this field. Possible career paths include legal practice, policy-making within the public sector and government, community relations, human rights work in development agencies/organisations, journalism and advocacy.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements

• International Corporate Governance • International Law and Business.

• Contemporary Islamic Legal Issues • Economic Integration in Developing Economies • European Consumer Law • Globalisation • Human Rights and Business • International Corporate Governance • International Environmental Law • International Human Rights • Law and Development • Law and Policy in the Middle East • Law of the World Trade Organization • Regulation of Financial Markets • Regulation of Transnational Corporations.

Career opportunities Graduates will be equipped with the practical and theoretical knowledge to pursue careers with international and national financial and regulatory institutions, national and international business legal firms, international corporations and government agencies.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Honours degree (or equivalent) in law, criminology, sociology, international relations, political science, economics, psychology, cultural studies, social work, area studies or any other relevant field.

Entry requirements

Start dates

Start dates

September and February.

September and February.

Honours degree (or equivalent) in law, international relations, humanities, social sciences or a relevant field.

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LLM International Law and the World Economy

LLM International Law and Financial Markets

The LLM International Law and the World Economy course offers a critical analysis of the complex matrix of law, organisations, practices and ideas that together make up the world economy. The course draws on elements of law, politics, history and sociology and examines the role of international law in developing the framework for world trade.

This LLM enables you to evaluate the role of public international law in the regulation of financial markets. It offers a critical appreciation of the doctrines and institutions of public international law, and the form and environment of the regulation of financial markets. The LLM emphasises the relationship between the rule of law and the operation of international finance in the context of globalisation, focusing on accountability, transparency and good governance.

Course content The course comprises three core modules, two option modules from a range of choices, and a dissertation. The core modules are:

Course content The course comprises two core modules, two option modules and a dissertation. The core modules are:

• Current Issues and Research in International Law • Law of the World Trade Organization or Globalisation.

• Current Issues and Research in International Law • Regulation of Financial Markets.

The optional modules are chosen from:

Option 1 is chosen from:

• Business and Human Rights

• Business and Human Rights

• Economic Integration in Developing Countries

• Contemporary Islamic Legal Issues

• International Business Law

• International Criminal Law

• International Corporate Responsibility

• International Refugee Law

• International Environmental Law

• War and Human Rights.

• Law of International Finance • Law of Transnational Corporations

Option 2 is chosen from:

• Regulation of Financial Markets.

• Globalisation • Integration of Developing Countries

Career opportunities

• International Corporate Responsibility

Graduates with an LLM in International Law and the World Economy can look to the expanding market and professional choices available in this field. A wide range of possible career paths includes specialised legal practice, work in the public sector and government, development agencies and organisations, journalism and advocacy.

• International Law and Business • Law of International Finance • Law of Transnational Corporations • Law of the World Trade Organization.

Career opportunities

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Graduates will have a good background for work in the financial sector of the legal profession, in financial institutions, business, the public services and NGOs.

Entry requirements

Duration

Honours degree (or equivalent) in law, international relations, humanities, social sciences or a relevant field.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Duration

Start dates September and February.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) in law, international relations, political science, economics, sociology or cultural studies. Other subjects will be considered.

Start dates September and February.

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LLM International Law and International Relations

LLM Islamic and Middle East Studies

This LLM offers you the opportunity to engage with the role of law in international affairs.

The interrelations between international law and international relations have become increasingly intense in the decade since September 2001, as both legal and political responses to threats to international peace and security have been co-ordinated through the United Nations and regional organisations.

The LLM places great emphasis on the interrelations between international law and international relations on issues such as the regulation of the use of force, terrorism, the protection of the environment, racial and gender equality, national identity, globalisation, international human rights, post-colonialism and conflict resolution.

This LLM offers a unique, interdisciplinary approach to legal issues in the Middle East and Islam. The course is built on the work and expertise of UEL’s School of Law and Social Sciences in the areas of the Palestinian–Israeli conflict, the Iraq crisis, Islamic feminism, Islamic legal discourses and post-colonial analysis of Islamic legal history. It offers challenging perspectives on Islamic law, international law, human rights, democracy and pluralism in the context of critical Islamic and Middle East Studies.

Course content The course comprises two core modules, two option modules and a dissertation. Core modules are:

Course content The course comprises two core modules, two option modules and a dissertation. Core modules are: • Current Issues and Research in International Law • Law and Policy in the Middle East.

Option modules include: • Contemporary Islamic Legal Issues

• Critical International Relations

• Critical Perspectives on Terrorism

• Current Issues and Research in International Law.

• Democracy and the Rule of Law

The option modules are chosen from a very wide range – a full list can be found on the course page on our website at uel.ac.uk/pg

• Islam and Human Rights

Career opportunities Graduates with an LLM in International Law and International Relations will have a strong interdisciplinary formation enabling them to pursue careers with international organisations, the public sector and government, developmental agencies and in journalism.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) in law, international relations, humanities, social sciences or a relevant field.

Start dates September and February.

• International Law and the Use of Force • Islamic Legal Theories.

Career opportunities Graduates of this LLM can look to the expanding market and professional choices available in this field.

There is an ongoing demand for specialists in this field. Specialists have gained importance given the wide gulf between the Islamic world/Middle East and the West, as well as the increasing multiculturalism in Western societies. Possible career paths include policy making within the public sector and government, community relations, human rights work in development agencies/organisations, journalism and advocacy.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) in law, international relations, political science, economics, sociology or cultural studies. Degrees in other subjects will be considered.

Start dates September and February.

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LLM General

MSc Terrorism Studies

This course considers national, international and global themes in a critical legal perspective. It is also designed to promote better understanding of law-related frameworks in areas such as human rights, international law, development, refugees, minority rights and Islam. The course offers you considerable freedom to tailor your studies in order to link your previous or current experience to academic inquiry.

Terrorism and the fight against terrorism have become critical issues for society.

Drawing on the School of Law and Social Science’s strengths and expertise in terrorism, international law, criminology and human rights, this MSc offers a new agenda for theoretical research and policy intervention and an opportunity to engage with critical developments in modern terrorism. It also provides a firm grounding in understanding and analysing terrorism, counter-terrorism and transnational criminology.

Course content The LLM comprises one core module, three further modules chosen from a range of options and a dissertation. The core module is: • Current Issues and Research in International Law. There is a wide range of around 20 choices for the option modules – for a full list visit the course page on our website at uel.ac.uk/pgcourses

Course content The MSc comprises three core modules, one option module and a dissertation. Core modules include: • Critical Perspectives on Terrorism • Critical Perspectives on Counter-terrorism • Transnational Organised Crime.

Option modules include:

Career opportunities

• Contemporary Islamic Legal Issues

Graduates of this degree can look to the expanding market and professional choices available in this field. A wide range of career paths exists, including working in the legal sector, the public sector and government, developmental agencies, journalism and advocacy.

• Current Issues and Research in International Law • International Criminal Law • International Law and the Use of Force • International Policing Co-operation and Structures

Duration

• War and Human Rights.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Career opportunities

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) in law, international relations, political science, economics, sociology or cultural studies. Degrees in other subjects will be considered.

This MSc will assist you to enter careers in a wide variety of fields including those related to security, policing, policy and international work, or help advance your existing career.

Duration

Start dates

One year full-time, two years part-time.

September and February.

Entry requirements Applicants should possess a degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject such as criminology, law, politics, psychology or sociology. Consideration will also be given to applicants with relevant work experience (eg police work).

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Anthropology This timely course connects with a growing need for anthropologically based expert knowledge. The MSc provides critical understandings of anthropological theories and knowledge conventions. You will develop anthropological expertise for a range of people-specialist roles in employment settings.

The MSc will also be suitable for candidates seeking a postgraduate qualification in anthropology in preparation for doctoral studies. It includes options on human rights, belonging and refugee studies.

MSc Anthropology, Human Rights and Justice This MSc addresses the demand for anthropological expertise on human rights and justice. Uniquely, it offers a wide range of option modules from our LLM Human Rights, MA Refugee Studies and MSc Anthropology courses. Designed for graduates as well as for professionals who seek anthropological expertise on human rights and justice, it is also a suitable basis for proceeding to a PhD in the anthropology of human rights and related areas.

Course content

Course content

The MSc comprises four core modules, inclusive of a double dissertation module. It offers a range of options. Core modules are:

The MSc comprises three core modules, inclusive of a double dissertation module, and an option module from a range of choices. Core modules are:

• Anthropology Approaches (double dissertation) • Key Debates in Anthropology • Practice Anthropology.

Option modules are: • Cultures of Exile • Current Issues in Forced Migration • Introduction to Forced Migration • Landscapes of Power and Rights • Migration, Citizenship and Social Policy • Psychosocial Perspectives on Forced Migration • University-wide option.

Career opportunities This MSc will appeal to professionals and practitioners seeking an advanced academic qualification in anthropological skills. You could work as an expert/people specialist in government departments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the media, the UN or other organisations in local and international settings. You could also pursue doctoral studies in anthropology or related disciplines on completion of this course.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum second-class honours degree (or equivalent) in any related area. Equivalent professional or research experience will be considered.

Start dates September and February.

• Anthropology Approaches (double dissertation) • Anthropology, Human Rights and Justice • Landscapes of Power and Rights.

Option modules are: • Conflict, Displacement and Human Security • Cultures of Exile • Current Issues in Forced Migration • International Human Rights • International Refugee Law • Islam and Human Rights • Migration, Citizenship and Social Policy • Practice Anthropology • Psychosocial Perspectives on Forced Migration • University-wide option.

Career opportunities This MSc will be applicable to a wide range of professions in the private and public sectors.

You could work as a people specialist on peacekeeping missions or for government entities and a range of other organisations. You could also proceed to doctoral research.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements A good honours degree i(or equivalent) in any related area. Equivalent professional or research experience will be considered.

Start dates September and February.

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MA Conflict, Displacement and Human Security

MSc ICTs and Development

• Conflict, Displacement and Human Security

This MSc examines the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and socio-economic development. It forms a basis of critical evaluation of research in the field and provides the opportunity to understand the complex and dynamic relations between the social, economic and political forces that shape ICTs and development processes. Using insights from development studies and science, technology and society, the MSc is distinctive in its offering of a social science perspective on ICTs and international development. It is aimed at existing practitioners or consultants seeking a relevant academic qualification and recognition for the community/society-based research they undertake, social science graduates with an interest in ICT and development issues, and those seeking skills and knowledge required to design and implement ICT-based systems and initiatives within international and local development contexts.

• Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences.

Course content

The option modules are chosen from:

This MSc comprises three core modules, one option module and a dissertation. Core modules are:

This MA offers an advanced and comprehensive understanding of the relationship between conflict, displacement and human insecurity. Distinctive features of the course are its focus on conflict and displacement, its people-centred approach, and its emphasis on human security that combines both human rights and human development. The MA approaches development as an important security strategy and considers displacement a measure of human security. It encourages independent critical approaches to contemporary theories of conflicts, human rights and human security.

Course content The course comprises two core modules, two option modules and a dissertation. The core modules are:

• Development in the International Context

• Development in the International Context

• Global Environmental Politics

• ICT Systems: Designing for Development

• Introduction to Forced Migration

• Qualitative Research Methods.

• War and Human Rights • University-wide option.

The option module is chosen from:

Career opportunities

• Global Sustainable ICT Management

The MA is relevant to employment in the fields of conflict management and resolution, humanitarian assistance and displacement, human rights and development initiatives. It has relevance to nongovernmental as well as government-sector employment both in developing and developed countries. The MA also develops skills appropriate for further research in conflict, displacement, development and human rights fields, as well as in associated areas of social and political theory.

• Sociotechnical Dynamics of the Information Society.

Duration

Duration

One year full-time, two years part-time.

One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

A good honours degree (or equivalent) in a related subject, and relevant experience.

Start date

Career opportunities The MSc will suit those interested in working in ICT for development policy and planning, implementation and management of ICT projects and initiatives and other ICT or development-related areas. Opportunities exist within public, private and voluntary-sector organisations. It will also be of interest to those considering a PhD.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree. Applicants who are not graduates but who have relevant research or professional experience may also be considered.

Start dates

September.

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MSc International Development and Health

MSc International Relations

Course content

Course content

• Development Management in the International Context

• Critical Theories in International Relations

• Public Health: Policy and Strategy

• Qualitative Research Methods for Social Scientists.

Current changes in international politics raise important questions that this MSc seeks to This MSc offers you the opportunity to examine address. Where is the focus of order in the the interface between international development post-Cold War international system? Is there and health. The course explores the causes and any prospect of justice in relations between patterns of health-related development deficits states? How is world order/disorder affected and the roles of the different actors in improving by developments such as democratisation, primary healthcare provision in the developing the credit crisis and economic liberalisation, world. The MSc provides a critical approach environmental degradation and resource emphasising the building of intellectually sound depletion, resurgent religious movements practitioner knowledge for the health and and nationalisms? This MSc enables you to development sector. Students are encouraged to develop a critical awareness of competing take up placement opportunities offered through analytical frameworks in the study of collaborative links with non-governmental international relations and deploy this in the organisations (NGOs) in Latin America, Africa analysis of specific questions and issues. and Asia.

The course consists of three core modules, a further The MSc comprises three core modules, a further module chosen from a range of options, and a option module from a range of choices, and a dissertation. The core modules are: dissertation. Core modules are:

• Research Methods.

• Global Environmental Politics

There is a range of option modules available – a full list can be found on the course page at uel.ac.uk/pgcourses

Option modules include:

Career opportunities

• Development Management in an International Context

Those seeking careers as development and health specialists will be able to use this MSc to achieve their professional goals. Destinations will include development and health planning and policy roles with development agencies, consultancies, NGOs and related areas such as development planning and policy research. The course also provides strong research grounding for a PhD. Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree in a cognate area.

Applicants without a relevant first degree but with substantial professional experience may be considered for admission, usually on the basis of an interview.

Start date

• Cultural Encounters in International Relations • Current Issues and Research in International Law

• Introduction to Forced Migration • Law and Policy in the Middle East • Migration, Citizenship and Social Policy.

Career opportunities Possible career paths include posts in the public sector and government, the media, and developmental agencies and organisations.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree in a relevant subject.

Start dates September and February.

September.

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MA Narrative Research Narrative research is growing in popularity within academic social science and applied social policy areas. Within cultural studies too, increasing numbers of researchers and students use narrative analysis. Within established social science research MAs, students rarely receive specific training to adopt a narrative methodological approach.

This absence is even more pronounced within MAs in other areas. Narrative studies are, however, methodologically and theoretically very diverse, and students require academic experience in the area in order to be able to use them effectively.

MSc NGO and Development Management This MSc offers you the opportunity to examine central issues facing developing countries in today’s globalised world and to learn practical skills that will enable you to work in development. The MSc not only addresses theories of development, but also explores how development works at the grass roots, and analyses how development courses and projects are designed, implemented and managed. It also gives you an understanding of the role NGOs can play in promoting social and economic progress.

Course content

Course content

The course consists of three core modules, a further option module from a range of choices, and a dissertation. Core modules are:

The MA comprises two core modules, a further two modules from a range of options, and a dissertation. The core modules are: • Narrative Practice

• Development Management in the International Context

• Narrative Research.

• Project and Course Design for Development

The optional modules are:

• Research Methods.

• Feminist Post-colonialism

Option modules are:

• Genealogical Research Strategies

• Cultural Encounters in International Relations

• Life-course Narratives

• Global Environmental Politics

• Orientalism, Gender, Sexuality

• International Human Rights

• Political Narratives.

• Introduction to Forced Migration

• Psychosocial Analysis of Forced Migration

• Psychosocial Perspectives of Forced Migration

• Subjects in Culture.

• Sustainability and the Commons.

Career opportunities

Career opportunities

Using and applying narratives is a growing career field including, among other subjects, academic social science and cultural studies, applied social policy areas, health services, computing (particularly in the development and theorisation of narrative-based games) and biographically based artwork.

The MSc will help you work in development agencies, aid and relief organisations, charities and the voluntary sector. It also provides a foundation for research towards MPhil/PhD degrees. Some graduates have set up their own NGOs. Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Duration

Entry requirements

One year full-time or two years part-time.

Minimum 2.1 honours degree in a cognate area of study. Applicants without a relevant first degree or with a 2.2 honours degree but with substantial professional experience may be considered for admission, usually on the basis of an interview.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent).

Start date September.

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MA Psychosocial Studies (by distance learning) This MA provides an in-depth introduction to the cross-disciplinary field of psychosocial studies. It draws on ideas from psychology, psychoanalysis, sociology, literature, history and cultural studies to understand the shaping of human identities and our experience in the contemporary social world. The MA will enable you to explore issues in depth to acquire a greater understanding of yourself and the world around you, by focusing on how identities are shaped and experienced in different social, psychological and historical contexts.

Course content The course comprises two core modules, two option modules and a dissertation. The core modules are: • Introduction: Framing Psychosocial Studies • Research Strategies in Psychosocial Studies.

The option modules are taken from:

MA Refugee Studies The refugee phenomenon is an issue of world importance. Forced migration affects vast numbers of people who find themselves victims of exclusion, and who are often denied asylum. This course investigates the causes of forced migration, the ethical and legal issues involved, the impact on individuals and refugee communities, and the implications for the wider society. Drawing on staff and students’ personal contacts with refugee communities, it develops an appreciation of refugee experiences, achievements and needs.

Course content The MA comprises two core modules, two further modules from a wide range of choices, and a dissertation. The core modules are: • Introduction to Forced Migration • Research Methods.

The option modules are: • Cultures of Exile • Current Issues in Forced Migration

• Applying Psychosocial Studies

• Exploring Gender and Forced Migration

• Know Thyself – Changing Conceptions of the Self

• International Human Rights

• The Relational Turn in Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society.

• International Refugee Law

The MA is completed by the successful submission of a dissertation. It is also possible to take modules as stand-alone short courses.

• Psychosocial Perspectives on Forced Migration.

Career opportunities The MA will appeal to psychology graduates who want to include more social and cultural perspectives in their work, and to sociology and social science graduates interested in psychological dimensions that may have been missing from their former studies. It will also be of interest to those such as therapists, social workers and individuals who work or wish to work in the health or care sectors and are interested in placing their work within academic frameworks.

Duration Two to six years part-time.

Entry requirements Applicants will need to have the equivalent of a degree, usually at 2.1 or above, in a relevant social science, humanities or related discipline.

Start date

• Migration, Citizenship and Social Policy Career opportunities This MA will be of interest to anyone professionally concerned with, or wanting to enter employment in, the fields of human rights, legal representation of refugees, counselling, education, social and community issues, and advocacy for refugees and welfare. It will also benefit anyone wishing to undertake further research in migration and diasporic studies, ethnicity, psychosocial and cultural theory, legal studies and social policy.

Internships are available for students wishing to gain work experience during their study.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in a related subject, and relevant experience.

Start date September.

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MA Refugee Studies and Community Development

MA Sociology

This unique course focuses on the increasingly important and highly relevant area of social care and refugees, and the communities to which they belong. The MA examines key issues in refugee studies and the communities in which refugees live, with special reference to refugee communities in east London. It includes specialist options on social, cultural, political, legal and psychosocial aspects of refugee studies.

Course content

This MA responds to a growing need for highly trained social researchers to make sense of our rapidly changing world. You will be introduced to a variety of research methods and study topics, including urban change, culture, gender, race, terrorism, nationalism and social policy. In addition, the MA uniquely encourages you to consider contemporary debates through attention to the local area, and includes opportunities to carry out research in collaboration with organisations and research partners.

Course content

The MA comprises three core modules, a further option module and a dissertation. The core modules are:

The MA comprises three core modules, a further module chosen from a range of options, and a dissertation. The core modules are:

• Introduction to Forced Migration

• Framing Questions, Locating Research

• Introduction to International Social Work and Community Development

• Themes and Issues in Contemporary Sociology • Theorising Modernity and Understanding Crises.

• Research Methods.

The option modules are:

The option modules are:

• Migration, Citizenship and Social Policy

• Approaches to Public and Community Service

• Narrative Force

• Current Issues in Forced Migration

• Narrative Research

• Governance

• Psychosocial Perspectives on Forced Migration

• International Human Rights

• University-wide option.

• International Refugee Law

Career opportunities

• Migration, Citizenship and Social Policy

One year full-time, two years part-time.

This MA provides the skills and expertise needed for a wide range of employment opportunities in diverse sectors. Local and national governments seek to understand the impact of policy decisions; nongovernmental organisations look to inform the public about neglected aspects of society; corporations try to find out how to market their products effectively to a diverse population. You will receive the training to undertake these research roles and many others, including in the charity and voluntary sector, for policy and research organisations and to fulfil social research requirements in public- and private-sector organisations. The MA will also enable you to pursue doctoral studies in sociology or related disciplines.

Entry requirements

Duration

A good honours degree (or equivalent) in a related subject, and relevant experience.

12 months full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements

Start date

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in sociology or a related discipline.

• Psychosocial Perspectives on Forced Migration • Volunteering, Voluntarism and Voluntary Action • University-wide option.

Career opportunities The MA will appeal to professionals and practitioners interested in refugees and community development, locally and internationally. You could work in non-governmental organisations, social service departments and charities.

Duration

September.

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MPhil/PhD by research Our MPhil and PhD degrees allow you to draw on the research expertise of our academic staff, at least two of whom will serve as your supervisory team. As well as enabling you to challenge established ideas and concepts, these courses allow you to develop your personal and professional skills. You will have access to a wide range of learning and study skills support through your academic School and also through our Graduate School, which offers specialist support, advice and guidance, including tuition in researcher skills development. The Graduate School also offers advice on potential sources of funding.

Course content These courses comprise supervised research that leads to a thesis alone or a thesis and some other form of examinable outcome. You will receive formal and informal support to develop your research proposal and practical research skills.

Career opportunities Our postgraduate research graduates go on to a wide range of careers, including academic and research roles in the public and private sectors.

Duration Normally 18 months full-time or two years parttime for an MPhil (maximum three years full-time/ four years part-time). Normally three years fulltime/four years part-time for a PhD (maximum four years full-time/five years part-time).

Entry requirements The minimum entry requirement for registration for an MPhil is a second-class honours degree, or above, from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the Research Degrees Subcommittee (RDS) as equivalent to such (eg a verifiable international qualification). The normal entry requirement for a PhD via MPhil registration is a first- or upper-second-class honours degree from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the RDS as equivalent.

A 1,000–1,500-word research proposal, academic references and copies of relevant transcripts and certificates will also be required.

Start date September and February.

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School of Psychology “The School of Psychology is really respected. It does make a difference. My Master’s course was flexible, so I could tailor my studies to areas that interested me.

Most importantly, I have been able to apply the skills and knowledge I gained to real situations at work.”

Chrysa Paradeisou MSc Applied Psychology

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Psychology

Our School of Psychology is one of the largest in the UK for postgraduate professional psychology training. We provide a wide range of professionally accredited courses at Master’s and Doctoral levels, extending across clinical, educational, positive and occupational psychology, as well as career guidance, counselling, coaching and psychotherapy. We are innovative; for example, our postgraduate degree in positive psychology was the first in Europe.

Our facilities The School boasts specialised research and laboratory facilities including EEG equipment, eye-tracker and virtual-reality facilities, as well as audiovisual recording and editing suites, playback facilities and computer suites.

Leading experts Our staff are leading figures in their fields. For example, Dr Nimisha Patel received the British Psychological Society’s award for distinguished contributions to professional psychology; Dr Dave Harper is one of 12 scientists chosen by Scientists for Global Responsibility as an inspiring career case study; and Dr Ashok Jansari is an expert in neuropsychology and winner of the prestigious Cermak Award for his research. Professor Rachel Mulvey has advised the Government on the career guidance profession, and Gordon Jinks has led a national online debate on training as a counsellor.

Innovative research The School is renowned for research in fields as diverse as infant development, cognitive neuropsychology, educational psychology, and recovery after head injury and strokes. In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008), the research outputs of 19 of our academic staff were submitted across four units of assessment. 98% of those outputs as submitted to the Psychology unit of assessment were judged to be of international quality.

Events and activities The School regularly hosts conferences, talks and lectures by experts in the field.

Our diversity is reflected in topics that have ranged from The Psychology of Success: Coaching in Education, to a multidisciplinary international conference on Mindfulness and Wellbeing from Spirituality to Neuroscience.

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MSc Applied Positive Psychology

MSc Applied Positive Psychology by distance learning

Positive psychology is the scientific study of optimal human functioning and flourishing.

Instead of drawing on a ‘disease model’, it focuses on factors that enable individuals and communities to thrive. Areas of research and application include wellbeing and its determinants: positive emotions; resilience; creativity; optimism; character strengths; and positive institutions. Taught by the pioneers of the field in Europe, the MSc particularly emphasises skills development, including facilitation, intervention and research skills.

In addition to our on-campus MSc in Applied Positive Psychology we offer a distance learning version of the same course. Choosing to study by distance learning allows flexibility by enabling you to fit study around other commitments.

Distance learning students do not have to attend on-campus lectures, and communication with tutors and peers is done online or by phone.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules:

Course content

• Foundations of Positive Psychology (double module)

The MSc comprises four core modules: • Foundations of Positive Psychology (double module)

• Advanced Positive Psychology (double module)

• Advanced Positive Psychology (double module)

• Research Methods and Dissertation 2.

• Research Methods and Dissertation 1

• Research Methods and Dissertation 1

Career opportunities

• Research Methods and Dissertation 2.

Career opportunities Graduates are likely to develop careers in organisational or business consultancies through their knowledge of tools for transforming business, institutions or practice. Business executives, human resources personnel and managers are likely to enhance their career prospects, while life coaching is another possible career pathway.

The MSc is also valuable for qualified clinical psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists, nurses and doctors who intend to use positive psychology theory, research and applications in their work. Qualified teachers can use positive psychology expertise to inform their teaching practice. The course can also be a stepping stone towards a doctorate.

Graduates are likely to develop careers in organisational or business consultancies through their knowledge of tools for transforming business, institutions or practice. Business executives, human resources personnel and managers are likely to enhance their career prospects, while life coaching is another possible career pathway. The MSc is also valuable for qualified clinical psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists, nurses and doctors who intend to use positive psychology theory, research and applications in their work. Qualified teachers can use positive psychology expertise to inform their teaching practice. The course can also be a stepping stone towards a doctorate.

Duration Two to six years part-time.

Entry requirements

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 first degree (or equivalent) in psychology, sociology, health and social welfare, counselling, education studies, human resources, business or social enterprise studies, or other related disciplines. Applicants without one of these qualifications but with appropriate professional experience may also be considered.

Minimum 2.2 first degree (or equivalent) in psychology, sociology, health and social welfare, counselling, education studies, human resources, business or social enterprise studies, or other related disciplines. Written application and reference also required. You will also require a PC or Mac, with at least ten hours’ unrestricted access per week, internet access and access to a printer.

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MSc Business Psychology

MSc Career Coaching

This course addresses organisational functioning from individual and group perspectives. It examines internal factors such as organisational communication and organisational culture as well as external factors such as the impact of technological change on the wellbeing, motivation and performance of workers. You will meet and work with occupational psychologists and other experts in their fields throughout this course.

This course provides a unique opportunity for students to combine academic knowledge with practical skills to graduate as effective and credible career coaches. The course brings together the best of theory and practices from the fields of career guidance and coaching psychology, already well established within the School, to pioneer a new way of working that holds high relevance and currency for the public and private sectors.

Course content The MSc comprises the following six core modules: • Appraisal and Career Development/Counselling and Individual Development • Design of the Work Environment/Human– Machine Interaction • Employee Relations and Motivation/ Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Development • Selection and Assessment/Training and Development • Professional Practice/Dissertation • Research Methods and Statistics.

Career opportunities People who have completed the MSc have gone on to work for many large commercial organisations, some of the world’s leading consultancies, many different government departments both in the UK and abroad, trade unions, transport companies and charities.

Students on our courses are able to apply for one of five internships we have set up exclusively with the National Health Service and one of Europe’s leading human resources and organisational development consultancies.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in any discipline.

Start dates

Course content The course comprises two core modules, two further option modules from a range of choices and a dissertation. Core modules are: • Career Coaching Theory and Practice • Evidence-based Coaching.

Option modules include: • Career Interventions: Beyond the One-to-One • Coaching in Educational Settings • Coaching into the World of Work • Health-based Coaching • Leadership and Organisational Coaching.

Flexible teaching enables you to combine study with a full-time job, wherever you are based.

The blended learning approach used typically translates into attending campus lectures one day per month. Teaching is concentrated on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Career opportunities The MSc provides routes for those wishing to work in career coaching, in particular working with adult career changers, outplacement consultancy and within higher education.

Duration The MSc can be completed in one year full-time or two to three years part-time.

Entry requirements First degree or equivalent professional qualifications/experience.

Start dates September and February.

September and February.

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MA Careers

MSc Clinical and Community Psychology

This course offers accredited continuing professional development (CPD) for career guidance practitioners. It is supported by the Career Development Institute (CDI) and satisfies the CPD requirements for the Professional Register of Career Practitioners.

Course content The course requires completion of a research dissertation. Taught sessions on research methods are shared with Master’s students from career coaching, coaching psychology and counselling, and supervision is offered by a careers specialist.

Career opportunities

This course provides high-quality, up-todate training in theory, practice and research in clinical and community psychology. The course gives you the opportunity to gain a critical understanding of the main therapeutic orientations (eg cognitive–behavioural, psychodynamic, systemic), research skills and service provision frameworks relevant to clinical and community applications of psychology. All teaching is informed by the view that psychological processes are best understood in direct relation to social and cultural contexts, diversity and inequalities.

The MA offers progression from initial training. It allows qualified and experienced professionals working in the guidance context the opportunity to update their knowledge of developments in research and theory relevant to guidance practice and to undertake their own work-based research.

Course content

Duration

• Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy Placement

One year part-time.

The modules are: • Clinical and Community Psychology Theory and Practice • Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies • Family and Systemic Therapies

Entry requirements

• Family and Systemic Therapy Placement

Postgraduate Diploma in Career Guidance or equivalent. Non-standard entry may be open to holders of a relevant professional qualification.

Interview and references will also be required.

• Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Therapies • Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Therapy Placement • Research Methods and Dissertation.

Start dates

Career opportunities

September and February.

On completion you will be in a very competitive position to apply for positions on professional study courses (eg clinical, counselling or educational psychology), for junior/assistant psychology posts in the National Health Service, or research positions. The MSc encourages you to develop transferable skills of independent learning, personal reflection, critical appraisal and research scholarship, which are appropriate for employment in a range of professional roles and environments.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.1 honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology or a related subject.

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MSc Coaching Psychology This course provides professional training and development for people wishing to work in organisational, educational, career development and health settings in order to develop and coach their staff, students, patients and clients. It also provides opportunities for practising coaches to update their understanding of theory, research and wider psychological knowledge to complement their practical skills in order to gain a competitive advantage in the market. The course you take is determined by the type of first degree you hold.

MSc Coaching Psychology by distance learning In addition to the courses delivered on campus, you can also gain an MSc Coaching Psychology degree by distance learning.

Choosing to study by distance learning allows flexibility by enabling you to fit study around other commitments. Distance learning students do not have to attend on-campus lectures, and communication with tutors and peers is done online or by phone.

Course content The modules are:

Course content The modules are: • Coaching and Mentoring in Education

• Coaching and Mentoring in Education • Coaching for Career and Professional Development

• Coaching for Career and Professional Development

• Evidence-based Coaching Theory and Practice

• Evidence-based Coaching Theory and Practice

• Leadership and Organisational Coaching

• Health-based Coaching

• Psychological Perspectives of the Self in Coaching

• Leadership and Organisational Coaching • Psychological Perspectives of the Self in Coaching • Research and Dissemination Part 1 • Research and Dissemination Part 2.

Career opportunities The courses are designed for those looking to take forward their careers in coaching, career development, consulting, health or education, and will provide the appropriate skills and development opportunities.

Duration 12 months full-time, two years part-time. Teaching is concentrated on Thursdays, Fridays and/or Saturdays, depending on the modules.

Entry requirements Honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society as conferring the Graduate Basis for Chartership with the Society, plus interview.

• Health-based Coaching

• Research and Dissemination Part 1 • Research and Dissemination Part 2.

Career opportunities The courses are designed for those looking to take forward their careers in coaching, consulting, health or education, and will provide the appropriate skills and development opportunities.

Duration Two to six years part-time.

Entry requirements See left. In addition, you will require a PC or Mac and at least 15 hours’ unrestricted internet access per week, plus access to a printer.

Start dates September and February.

Start dates September and February.

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MA Counselling and Psychotherapy

MSc Criminal and Investigative Psychology

The course provides a foundation for your development as a therapist through:

The criminal and investigative psychology course offers you an opportunity to explore the issues associated with defining and blending the core activities of psychology and investigation. It applies psychological theories about criminal behaviour to current investigative issues that professionals contend with on a regular basis. You will be introduced to the underlying skills that investigative psychologists use in formulation and assessment of particular cases. Lectures are taught by academics and criminal investigators.

• an intensive training in practical skills • a core model of counselling within which it is possible to integrate concepts and techniques from a variety of theoretical orientations • an opportunity for you to enhance and extend your academic and professional development to Master’s-degree level.

Course content There are three broad components:

Course content

• Self-development

The modules are:

• Skills and Practice

• Applied Criminological and Investigative Psychology

• Theory.

• Criminal Psychology

A Postgraduate Diploma is also available, containing all the elements required for British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy accreditation. It provides a balance of theory, skills training, personal development and clinical practice.

• Critical Perspectives on Counter-terrorism • Critical Perspectives on Terrorism • Cyber Criminology • Research Dissertation • Research Methods and Statistics

Career opportunities The aim of the course is to provide an education and training in counselling and psychotherapy to a level appropriate for safe and effective practice.

Within the course framework, you are encouraged to develop your own preferred ways of thinking and working. The approach is designed to appeal to a diverse range of occupational groups within the ‘helping professions’. It is also appropriate for those who wish to work in private practice.

Duration

• Transnational Organised Crime.

Career opportunities On completion you will be in a very competitive position to apply for positions with the Government (Home Office, Ministry of Defence, police). The MSc encourages you to develop transferable skills of independent learning, personal reflection, critical appraisal and research scholarship, which are appropriate for employment in a range of professional roles and environments.

Three years part-time for MA, two years part-time for PG Diploma.

Duration

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

First degree or equivalent professional qualifications/experience.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in any discipline.

Start date

Start date

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MSc International Humanitarian Psychosocial Consultation by distance learning This unique course promotes awareness of psychosocial aspects within any field of humanitarian work, in the UK and overseas.

It covers a range of contexts affecting psychosocial wellbeing and access to appropriate services. You will be introduced to different types of consultation. Skills covered include those of engagement, consultation and the identification of a process by which information can be accessed, shared and evaluated. By studying via distance learning, you will be able to study from anywhere in the world with others who are working and studying around the globe. Tutors are specialists in their fields and connected to international humanitarian aid agencies and/or professional bodies such as the UN, the World Health Organization and the International Red Cross. The MSc actively engages with best practice and guidance from the humanitarian sector, combining academic sources and research with psychosocial consultation and the contextualising of presenting issues.

MSc Occupational and Organisational Psychology This MSc addresses organisational functioning from individual and group perspectives. It examines internal factors such as organisational communication and organisational culture, as well as external factors such as the impact of technological change on the wellbeing, motivation and performance of workers. You will meet and work with occupational psychologists throughout this course.

Course content The MSc comprises six core modules: • Appraisal and Career Development/Counselling and Individual Development • Design of the Work Environment/Human– Machine Interaction • Employee Relations and Motivation/ Organisational Behaviour and Organisational Development • Selection and Assessment/Training and Development • Professional Practice/Dissertation • Research Methods and Statistics.

Course content The course includes: • Humanitarian Contexts • International Contexts • Psychosocial Consultation • Wellbeing and Resilience • Research 1 • Research 2.

Career opportunities Graduates may progress into careers with humanitarian aid agencies in the UK or overseas, or within public health/social services which have a psychosocial focus, or follow further study.

Duration Three years part-time or less.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in any subject.

Start dates

Career opportunities People who have completed the MSc have gone on to work for many large commercial organisations, some of the world’s leading consultancies, many different government departments in the UK and abroad, trade unions, transport companies and charities. Students on our course are able to apply for one of five internships we have set up exclusively with the National Health Service and one of Europe’s leading human resources and organisational development consultancies.

Duration One year full-time, two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society as conferring the Graduate Basis for Chartership with the Society.

Start dates September and February.

September and February.

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MSc Psychology

Postgraduate Certificate in Integrative Counselling and Coaching

Psychology aims to understand how and why humans and non-human animals act in the ways they do, and to apply that knowledge in a wide variety of settings. The discipline is extensive in scope, ranging from observations of basic neural mechanisms to analyses of complex human relationships. This course will develop your knowledge, understanding, research and practical skills in the subject.

Course content The course comprises the following core modules: • Cognitive Psychology and Psychobiology • Developmental Psychology and Personality/ Individual Differences • Research Methods • Social Psychology and Conceptual and Historical Perspectives in Psychology • Research Thesis.

This course offers professional training for those aiming to integrate various counselling approaches and coaching in their one-to-one practice. The course enables you to acquire the knowledge, skills, attributes and confidence to work in that way. Topics include evidencebased coaching theory and practice and the integrative framework of personal consultancy, and you also examine various approaches and techniques and how to incorporate them into practice. The course is taught through lectures and seminars, with a sustained emphasis on an interactive approach to teaching and learning.

Skills workshops are offered for practice-based skills, with high-quality digital recording facilities for learning and assessment.

Course content You must complete two 30-credit modules to gain the award of Postgraduate Certificate:

Career opportunities This MSc is an excellent route for anyone who did not take an undergraduate degree in psychology to study the subject and then train to become a professional psychologist, a researcher in the field or to simply use the knowledge and skills gained in another career.

Professional qualifications Our MSc Psychology course is accredited by the British Psychological Society as conferring eligibility for the Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC).

Duration

• Evidenced-based Coaching Theory and Practice • Personal Consultancy.

Career opportunities With this qualification you would be able to work as an integrative practitioner and personal consultant, either independently or within an organisation. It is anticipated that some participants will already work as counsellors and successful completion of the course will ensure they have broadened their skill base and further developed their understanding of the theory and practice of integration.

One year full-time or five semesters part-time.

Duration

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in any subject.

One year part-time. Teaching is concentrated on Fridays and/or Saturdays, depending on the modules.

Start dates

Entry requirements Applicants should normally possess a degree from a recognised university or an equivalent, and minimum certificate or diploma in counselling (those with a degree in counselling will not need a certificate or diploma). Those without formal qualifications who possess substantial experience in counselling and can demonstrate ability to take academic and practical study may be considered.

All applicants are required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an interview.

September and February.

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Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology*

In addition to providing teaching on the major approaches to clinical psychology theory and practice, this course examines the assumptions that inform scientific activity; the problems in applying philosophies and methods from the natural sciences to human behaviour; and the relationship between the philosophy of science and research activity.

The Doctorate also encourages the formulation of psychological problems within their social context.

* DBS check required – see p31

Course content Key issues are addressed in modules including: • Clinical Skills

This course seeks to produce professional practitioners who can utilise and integrate a range of mainstream psychological theories, scientific research and clinical enquiry into counselling psychology theory, practice and research. It will equip you with the core knowledge and skills to practise as a safe and effective professional counselling psychologist.

The course uses models of therapy that centre on the client’s experience and meaning as the focus of therapeutic work. You will engage in experiential and small-group work during your training.

• History and Epistemology of Clinical Psychology

Course content

• Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation

The Doctorate comprises the following core modules:

• Personal and Professional Skills Development • Psychological Presentations in Adults • Psychological Presentations in Children and Families • Psychological Presentations in Older Adults • Psychosis and Severe/Enduring Presentations • Research Skills • Working with People Who Have Learning Disabilities • Working in Health and Social Care Settings • Leadership, Management and Clinical Direction Career opportunities This Doctorate will enable you to work as a qualified clinical psychologist in National Health Service (NHS) clinical psychology services or other settings. You could also progress to senior management positions, or take up specialist positions, for example in trauma or homelessness projects.

Duration Three years full-time.

Entry requirements 2.1 honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society as forming the Graduate Basis for Chartership with the Society. You must have relevant work experience and be acceptable to the NHS as a clinical psychologist in an employed capacity.

• Advanced Clinical Skills • Advanced Research Methods • Clinical and Research Skills • Integrating Theory, Research and Practice • Professional and Theoretical Practice Models • Professional, Clinical and Ethical Issues • Psychological Knowledge as Applied to Counselling Psychology • Research Methods and Enquiry • Theoretical Models.

Career opportunities The majority of our graduates enter careers as chartered counselling psychologists within the National Health Service. Others have chosen to work in specialist agencies or within research.

Duration Three years full-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.1 honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society as conferring the Graduate Basis for Chartership. You will have some previous experience working with adults in one-to-one settings.

Start date September.

Start date September.

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Professional Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology*

MPhil/PhD by research Our MPhil and PhD degrees allow you to draw on the research expertise of our academic staff, at least two of whom will serve as your supervisory team. As well as enabling you to challenge established ideas and concepts, these courses allow you to develop your personal and professional skills. You will have access to a wide range of learning and study skills support through your academic School and also through our Graduate School, which offers specialist support, advice and guidance, including tuition in researcher skills development. The Graduate School also offers advice on potential sources of funding.

* DBS check required – see p31 This Doctorate is the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)-recognised qualification to practise as an educational psychologist in England. It prepares you to become a committed and creative educational psychologist, applying psychology to make a positive difference for children. The Doctorate benefits from UEL’s excellent links with local services and other areas of applied psychology within UEL. It emphasises each student’s unique characteristics and experience, and your personal and professional development.

All UK applications for entry onto this course must be made via the National College for Teaching and Leadership’s online application system.UEL has ten funded places through the Government. Visit www.education.gov.uk/ schools/ep-application for details.

Course content These courses comprise supervised research that leads to a thesis alone or a thesis and some other form of examinable outcome. You will receive formal and informal support to develop your research proposal and practical research skills.

Course content

Career opportunities

Stage (Year) 1: you are based mainly at UEL with around 80 placement days. Stage 2: you are employed or have a bursary as a trainee educational psychologist in a service or other setting for 60% of the time, with the remaining time spent at UEL and completing your research.

Our postgraduate research graduates go on to a wide range of careers, including academic and research roles in the public and private sectors.

Duration

Career opportunities This course enables you to work as a qualified educational psychologist in educational psychology services or other settings. You can also progress to senior positions in local authorities, children’s trusts and relevant clinical settings.

Professional qualifications At the end of the course successful graduates can apply for recognition as a practitioner educational psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Duration Three years full-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.1 honours psychology degree (or equivalent) recognised by the BPS as conferring the Graduate Basis for Chartership; at least two years’ relevant experience of working with children within educational, childcare or community settings.

Normally 18 months full-time or two years parttime for an MPhil (maximum three years full-time/ four years part-time). Normally three years fulltime/four years part-time for a PhD (maximum four years full-time/five years part-time).

Entry requirements The minimum entry requirement for registration for an MPhil is a second-class honours degree, or above, from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the Research Degrees Sub-committee (RDS) as equivalent to such (eg a verifiable international qualification). The normal entry requirement for a PhD via MPhil registration is a first- or upper-second-class honours degree from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the RDS as equivalent.

A 1,000–1,500-word research proposal, academic references and copies of relevant transcripts and certificates will also be required.

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Royal Docks Business School “ I wanted to study a Master’s degree that would give me the practical skills necessary to work in the finance industry, and my course certainly provides that.

“The course is varied and challenging, so I’ll be well prepared for my future career.”

Peter Hardcastle MSc Risk Management

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Business and Management

The Royal Docks Business School exists to serve students, businesses and the community. This embraces not only multinationals such as those at nearby Canary Wharf, but also start-up companies in east London and public-sector and voluntary organisations, which draw on business skills and knowledge to succeed in their objectives. Around us in east London is a vibrant multicultural and entrepreneurial community with which we have extensive links. Our partners and advisors include members of this community as well as senior executives of international businesses.

Professional accreditation Our courses are accredited by professional bodies including the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Certified Practising Accountants Australia (CPA Australia), the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The School is a member of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), as well as the Association of Business Schools (ABS). Our aim is to move towards external accreditation for all our courses, thus giving students additional advantages in the job market. We place great emphasis on employability and offer many opportunities for students to develop skills and work experience outside the formal classroom environment. All our courses provide frequent opportunities for students to meet and work with people from the business community and local and national government.

International links We have strong international links, hosting visiting students and academics from many countries.

We offer our students opportunities to study abroad with a range of global partner institutions. Our MBA course offers a Washington semester, incorporating an internship in the USA. We also offer opportunities for students to undertake our courses at partner institutions abroad, or by distance learning. Our new Islamic Banking and Finance Centre will place UEL at the heart of one of the fastest-growing financial sectors in the marketplace. London has become the largest international centre for Islamic finance outside the Muslim world, largely as a result of the City’s role as a centre for Middle Eastern and Asian banking. This is a field in which the Royal Docks Business School excels, with current research-active staff and delivery of customised professional courses. The Centre will also offer postgraduate degrees in Islamic banking and finance and become a vital hub for international scholars who are looking to conduct research in this field.

Research and entrepreneurship We have a strong teaching staff of around 70 highly qualified and experienced lecturers who are dedicated to teaching and supporting the student experience. They are also typically committed to high-quality research work that underpins our teaching, with groups focusing on entrepreneurship (the Centre for Innovation Management and Enterprise), the management of human resources, marketing, finance, economics and banking. Our new Noon Centre for Equality and Diversity in Business, supported by the Noon Foundation, is a transformational space for engaging and supporting students into industry networks, career development, self-employment as well as researching the interdisciplinary theme of workplace diversity. We are also actively engaged in consultancy and knowledge-exchange projects with business, increasingly focusing on the regeneration of the Thames Gateway area.

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MBA – Format: Full-time If you are a graduate with three or more years of managerial, entrepreneurial or professional experience, searching for the next destination in your career, then our MBA will help take you there. Whether you are looking to move up in your existing industry or branch out into a new one, you will benefit from a thorough grounding in management fundamentals, exposure to cutting-edge research and best practice, and honing of your teamworking, leadership and consulting skills. You will study at a business school with twenty years’ experience in the MBA field, brand-new facilities and innovative teaching methods. You will experience diversity at first hand; our MBA classes are typically composed of students of more than fifteen different nationalities, and are located in one of the world’s most diverse cities.

Course content The full-time MBA is a dynamic course designed to provide you with a global view of business.

In today’s fast-changing environment, the Royal Docks Business School seeks to equip you with the edge in the business world, through a course that promotes strong business foundations as well as creativity and entrepreneurship.

Modules are delivered at University Square Stratford, a purpose-built centre comprising an MBA suite and teaching facilities, and offering easy travel connections to the centre of London and Canary Wharf.

A major characteristic of the course is iPad-based teaching and learning, and full-time students receive a free iPad, preloaded with learning materials.

Global Campus You can, through our Global Campus scheme, combine studies in London – one of the world’s most vibrant and connected financial centres – with semesters abroad, including the USA, Germany and Malaysia (note: immigration regulations may limit choices for some students and additional fees could apply).

Career opportunities Graduates typically take up positions in multinationals or aspiring multinationals, or in family firms. A considerable number also go on to start their own businesses. Students take advantage of dedicated MBA careers services that help them prepare and look for career opportunities. Additional opportunities come via the MBA Alumni Network, composed of 4,000 members worldwide.

Duration 12 months full-time.

Entry requirements

The MBA consists of six 30-credit modules – five core modules, and one option. Core modules include:

Applications will be considered from graduates with a GCSE Maths grade C (or equivalent) and a 2.2 honours degree or its equivalent from any discipline. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK higher education postgraduate courses.

• Consultancy and Entrepreneurship • Global Business Analysis • Global Management of People and Projects • Managing Marketing and Operations

Applicants must have a minimum of three years’ (preferably five) managerial, professional or entrepreneurial work experience. That experience must have been acquired after their first degree.

Applications will be considered, on a case-by-case basis, from people with seven years of experience as senior managers or as principals in their own businesses. Such applications may be considered from people who do not have a first degree, or who have acquired one after many years of work experience.

• Sustainable Strategic Management.

Five options are available for the last 30 credits.

They include: • Changes in the Business Context (for generic MBA) • Finance • Healthcare Organisations • International Business

Start dates

• Leadership

September and February.

• Management Report: Work-based Learning.

Non-credit activities enrich the learning experience.

Examples include field trips, guest speakers, internships and social projects.

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MBA – Format: Executive Online

choices for some students, and additional fees could apply).

The executive online MBA is designed for experienced graduates and professionals looking to add new perspectives to their management knowledge. The format means you can earn an MBA without putting your career on hold. In fact, this flexible course, of variable length from 12 to 24 months, offers part face-to-face, part online, interactive learning. Face-to-face periods are based in London with a study abroad option also available. Blended learning enables you to follow the course regardless of your geographic location, travel schedules and work commitments.

Career opportunities Graduates typically take up positions in multinationals or aspiring multinationals, or in family firms. A considerable number also go on to start their own businesses.

Students take advantage of dedicated MBA careers services that help them prepare and look for career opportunities. Additional opportunities come via the MBA Alumni Network, composed of 4,000 members worldwide.

Duration

Course content

From a minimum of 12 months to a maximum of 24 months.

The MBA consists of six 30-credit modules – five core modules, and one option. Core modules include:

Entry requirements

• Consultancy and Entrepreneurship

Applications will be considered from graduates with a GCSE Maths grade C (or equivalent) and a 2.2 honours degree or its equivalent from any discipline. International qualifications will be checked for appropriate matriculation to UK higher education postgraduate courses.

• Global Business Analysis • Global Management of People and Projects • Managing Marketing and Operations • Sustainable Strategic Management.

Applicants must have a minimum of three years’ (preferably five) managerial, professional or entrepreneurial work experience. That experience must have been acquired after their first degree.

Applications will be considered, on a case-bycase basis, from people with seven years of experience as senior managers or as principals in their own businesses. Such applications may be considered from people who do not have a first degree, or who have acquired one after many years of work experience.

Five options are available for the last 30 credits.

They include: • Changes in the Business Context (for generic MBA) • Finance • Health Care Organisations • International Business • Leadership • Management Report: Work-based Learning.

Applicants who apply to enter stages of the course may be admitted through normal Accreditation of Experiential Learning (AEL) or Accreditation of Certificated Learning (ACL) processes, or through an approved articulation agreement. Therefore such applicants must be able to demonstrate and provide evidence that they have the required learning outcomes as listed in the modules for which they are seeking exemption. In the great majority of cases, however, students will be expected to take and pass every module in the MBA.

Non-credit activities enrich the learning experience.

Examples include field trips, guest speakers, internships and social projects.

Modules are delivered at University Square Stratford, a purpose-built, state-of-the-art MBA centre comprising an MBA suite and teaching facilities, and offering easy travel connections to the centre of London and Canary Wharf.

A major characteristic of the course is iPad-based teaching and learning, and full-time students receive a free iPad, preloaded with learning materials.

Start dates

Global Campus

September and February.

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MSc Finance and Risk

MSc Financial Management

The course has been designed for those who want to pursue professional qualifications such as the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) or the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). It aims to provide you with a theoretical foundation in finance and risk and to significantly enhance your analytical ability in financial and statistical techniques. The course also seeks to foster an understanding of how governments and organisations address risks in the finance industry and to develop your knowledge of financial risk management and how this affects the behaviour of firms.

This course provides an in-depth understanding of the field of finance, and how to critically evaluate concept and theoretic models in financial investments. You will learn how to develop theoretical arguments to analyse problems and how to interpret financial data.

The key objective of the course is to develop knowledgeable, technically competent graduates who are able to critically engage both with core concepts and a diverse set of ideas. This is reflected in modules that address these challenges in various aspects of finance.

Course content

Course content The MSc comprises three core modules, a further option module and a dissertation.

The core modules are:

The MSc comprises three core modules, one option module and a dissertation.

The core modules are: • International Finance and Security Analysis

• Financial Risk Management

• Portfolio Theory and Investment Management

• International Finance and Security Analysis

• The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance.

• Portfolio Theory and Investment Management.

Option modules are:

The option module is chosen from:

• Applied Quantitative Finance

• Applied Quantitative Finance

• Financial Derivatives

• Financial Derivatives

• Islamic Banking and Financial Regulation.

• Islamic Banking and Financial Regulation.

Career opportunities

Career opportunities You will be well prepared for professional roles in finance and risk, whether in a public- or privatesector environment. Option modules present the possibility of further specialisation.

This well-established qualification will give you a competitive advantage in launching or developing a career in financial management in a wide range of sectors and organisations, both nationally and internationally.

Duration

Duration

September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in finance, economics or in the applied mathematical sciences with some economics courses.

Applicants must have demonstrable analytical skills, including calculus and matrix algebra, probability and statistics, and preferably also econometrics.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent) in finance or a related subject, or a Pre-Master’s Certificate in Business.

Start dates September and February.

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MA Human Resource Management (HRM)

MSc International Accounting and Finance

This MA meets the advanced educational and competency development needs of HR practitioners and graduates seeking to enhance their HR careers. Reflecting the new professional standards identified in the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) HR Profession Map, this MA enables you to:

This is a specialist course that aims to develop a thorough understanding of both the theoretical and practical aspects of international accounting and finance.

The course will contribute to building the knowledge and skills required to deal with complex situations and the pressures usually faced in dynamic markets. As the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are being increasingly adopted, studying international accounting is becoming more attractive and relevant for those willing to pursue a career in this domain.

• gain the qualification component for CIPD chartered membership • focus on the development of HR practitioner skills and behaviours through skills workshops • develop an evidence-based management and leadership approach to work issues

Course content

• share and develop skills with experienced HR professionals and management specialists.

The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation.

Course content

The core modules are:

The MA comprises four core modules and a dissertation module. The core modules are:

• Financial Analysis and Corporate Finance

• Employment Law and Relations

• Issues in International Accounting

• HRM and Leadership in Context

• Research Methods and Econometrics.

• Organisational Development and Research

Career opportunities

• Resourcing, Managing and Developing Talent.

We expect that this qualification will gain national and international recognition and become an established passport either to starting a career in financial management or to promotion opportunities for someone already working in that area. Typical career paths from this course include financial analyst and financial manager.

Professional qualifications The MA is fully accredited by the CIPD and you will achieve Associate CIPD membership on successful completion of the course. With appropriate HR experience, the MA can also lead to CIPD chartered membership.

Career opportunities The MA equips you with people-management skills that can be applied within the workforce to help drive organisational improvements and manage organisational change.

Duration September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

Entry requirements

• International Finance and Security Analysis

Duration September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent) in finance or a related subject, or a related professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, CIMA, etc).

Start dates September and February.

Minimum 2.2 honours degree (or equivalent, such as a Certified Payroll Professional qualification).

You will also need two years’ relevant managerial or HR work experience.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc International Business Management

MA International Human Resource Management

This is an intensive one-year course that provides the theoretical and conceptual grounding to prepare you for business management at an international level. The course also looks at how to collect, analyse and synthesise qualitative and quantitative information from a range of business areas, and gain an understanding of the elements that drive international business – from markets and customers to the management and development of employees.

The modules are:

This MA enables you to develop knowledge and skills to enhance your professional expertise and become an effective contributor within the HR function of an international or multinational organisation. This course will also interest practising managers wishing to enhance their understanding of the international human side of enterprise.

Throughout the MA you will develop practical and transferable skills for operating in a multinational, multicultural environment.

The MA provides a set of theoretical and practical foundations for the management of international employees and critical international events, such as organisational internationalisation, and mergers and acquisitions.

• International Business Analysis and Research

Course content

• International Business Strategy

The MA comprises four core modules and a dissertation.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation/business simulation.

• International Marketing and Operations Management

The modules are:

• Managing in International Organisations.

• International Business Strategy

Career opportunities This degree will equip you for a variety of management roles in national and international businesses. The course will be valuable both to people looking to launch a career in international business and those already working in such an environment and who are looking to develop their career with a relevant qualification.

Professional qualifications The course offers accreditation by the Chartered Management Institute, leading to associate membership.

Duration

• International Human Resource Management • Managing and Researching in an International Context • Managing People and Transformation.

Career opportunities You will be equipped to develop your career in human resources management in internationally operating organisations. In some cases, the MA might serve to help you (and your employing organisation) develop the specialist competences needed to promote organisational progression, such as a move to international operations.

Duration

September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent) in any subject.

Start dates September and February.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent) in a related subject. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed on their professional and academic experience. Relevant work experience and/or managing will also be sought.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc International Marketing Management

MSc Islamic Banking and Finance

This MSc offers a contemporary analysis of international marketing theory and practice.

The modules emphasise research and analysis so that, together with theory, you will learn to identify and exploit potential global opportunities.

Participants’ businesses and cultural backgrounds are truly international, and collective goals are shared through teamwork. An emphasis on research followed by formal presentation enables you to gain experience, expertise, persuasiveness and confidence in professionally conveying your ideas in an international forum.

This course provides a unique perspective on banking and finance, combining conventional and Islamic views, enabling you to compare, contrast and learn the best of both. You will gain a strong foundation in the principles and practices of Islamic banking and finance, as well as new skills and analytical tools to give a sound basis for financial decision-making.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation. The modules are: • Buyer Behaviour and International Marketing Research • Critical Perspectives in Contemporary Marketing • Integrated Marketing Communications and Digital Media

Course content The MSc comprises three core modules, an option module and a dissertation.

The core modules are: • Islamic Banking and Financial Regulation • Issues in Islamic Banking and Finance • Research Methods and Econometrics.

The option module is chosen from: • Applied Quantitative Finance

• International Marketing Strategy.

• Economics of Money, Banking and Finance

Career opportunities Many graduates have received significant promotions on returning to their employers, gaining a range of management and senior positions across a variety of sectors and businesses.

• Financial Risk Management.

Professional qualifications This MSc is accredited with a Dual Award from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), the highest accreditation that the CIM currently offers academic institutions in the UK. It means students who successfully complete all modules will be able to undertake two additional CIM practice modules (Marketing and Project Management) to receive a CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing.

This superb added value greatly enhances your employability in the job marketplace.

Duration September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

Career opportunities The MSc is a recognised qualification demonstrating managerial competence at a strategic level. It also opens the way for continuing personal and professional development.

Duration September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 UK honours degree (or equivalent) in finance, economics or in a related course with some economics courses.

Start dates September and February.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 degree (or equivalent) in a related subject. Applicants without this qualification will be assessed in the light of their professional and academic experience.

Start dates September and February.

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MSc Luxury Brand Management

MSc Sport Management This MSc is aimed at those with a background in business or management studies wishing to follow a career in sports management. It is also for those who have an academic background in sport and who wish to understand sports business and management. Those already employed in the sector but who wish to advance their career through part-time study are also welcome. The MSc has a strong theoretical base in business and management studies, combined with practical applications to the needs of sports organisations. The course makes full use of London’s status as the host of the 2012 Olympic Games, and will use UEL’s SportsDock facility that was used

by Team USA as their training base during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This specialist MSc offers a contemporary theoretical perspective blending socio-cultural and managerial understandings of brands with a strong emphasis on the practical application of theory. It offers you the opportunity to: engage critically with innovative modules; acquire vital independent skills in research, writing, communication and professional presentation; analyse real-world branding case studies and histories; and achieve a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) qualification.

Course content The MSc comprises four core modules and a dissertation. The modules are: • Brand Consumer Research

Course content

• Brand Management and Integrated Marketing Communications

The MSc comprises five core modules:

• Brand Valuation and Financial Reporting

• Sport Economics and Finance

• Strategic Global Marketing.

• Sport Management Consultancy Project

Career opportunities

• Sport Marketing and Sponsorship

This MSc provides you with the practical skills required for a brand management role. Other potential employment opportunities include marketing management, advertising account planning, public relations, business consultancy, market research, product management or any business role involving marketing communications.

• Sport Venue and Event Management • The Sports Sector: Strategy and Policy.

Career opportunities

Professional qualifications This MSc is accredited with a Multi-Award Pathway from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). This is the highest accreditation level the CIM currently offers academic institutions in the UK. It means students who successfully complete all modules will be able to undertake two additional CIM practice modules (Marketing and Project Management) to receive a CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing.

Duration September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

Entry requirements A minimum 2.2 UK honours degree in business or a related discipline (or equivalent); plus a GCSE (or equivalent) in maths, plus relevant work experience.

Business management is increasingly important in the sports sector, and a wide range of career opportunities exist, including management posts within clubs, organisations, governmental organisations and other bodies. This MSc is ideal preparation, whether you are working in this sector and wish to develop professionally, or are looking to move your career into this field.

Duration September start: 12 months full-time; February start: 16 months, or two years part-time.

Entry requirements Minimum 2.2 first degree (or equivalent) in a business- or sport-related discipline. Applicants from other disciplines will be considered individually, as will those with relevant work experience. We will also accept a pass in a recognised Pre-Master’s course.

Start dates September and February.

Start dates September and February.

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MPhil/PhD by research Our MPhil and PhD degrees allow you to draw on the research expertise of our academic staff, at least two of whom will serve as your supervisory team. As well as enabling you to challenge established ideas and concepts, these courses allow you to develop your personal and professional skills. You will have access to a wide range of learning and study skills support through your academic School and also through our Graduate School, which offers specialist support, advice and guidance, including tuition in researcher skills development. The Graduate School also offers advice on potential sources of funding.

Course content These courses comprise supervised research that leads to a thesis alone or a thesis and some other form of examinable outcome. You will receive formal and informal support to develop your research proposal and practical research skills.

Career opportunities Our postgraduate research graduates go on to a wide range of careers, including academic and research roles in the public and private sectors.

Duration Normally 18 months full-time or two years parttime for an MPhil (maximum three years full-time/ four years part-time). Normally three years fulltime/four years part-time for a PhD (maximum four years full-time/five years part-time).

Entry requirements The minimum entry requirement for registration for an MPhil is a second-class honours degree, or above, from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the Research Degrees Sub-committee (RDS) as equivalent to such (eg a verifiable international qualification). The normal entry requirement for a PhD via MPhil registration is a first- or upper-second-class honours degree from a UK higher education institution, or a qualification regarded by the RDS as equivalent.

A 1,000–1,500-word research proposal, academic references and copies of relevant transcripts and certificates will also be required.

Start dates September and February.

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Additional courses In addition to the School-based courses in this prospectus, we are offering two modules that have been devised to upgrade research skills, both of students undertaking or interested in undertaking a research degree and also those interested in conducting research as part of their professional role.

International Pre-Master’s course This three-month, one-semester course will provide you with the skills you need to progress to a Master’s degree at UEL or a wide range of British universities.

Entry requirements You will need an overall IELTS score of 5.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking (or recognised equivalent).

Start dates

Course content

Starting in May and September each year, the Pre-Master’s Diploma lasts for one semester of approximately three months. You will be expected to spend about 16 hours a week attending lessons on campus, in addition to your own independent study. If you need to take the pre-sessional course to improve your language skills, you will start your studies a month earlier.

The course content includes:

How to apply

• Reading in the Disciplines

Applications for this course must be made directly to UEL. For information visit uel.ac.uk/ipm

Successful completion of the course can lead to automatic entry to a number of Master’s courses at UEL.

• Critical Writing • Advanced Lectures, Seminars and Presentations • Introduction to Writing Research.

This course will: • develop your study, critical thinking and analytical skills • introduce you to the in-depth academic study required to undertake a Master’s degree • familiarise you with what it is like to study at a British university, which may be very different to study in your home country • improve your level of English if you need to.

Duration The Pre-Master’s can be tailored to your individual needs. A one-month pre-sessional English course is available for students who need to improve their language skills before starting the Pre-Master’s.

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Postgraduate Associate Certificate in Research Planning and Preparation by distance learning It is expected that most participants will undertake these modules as core research skills training for UEL research degrees.

Therefore the majority of participants will either continue with their MPhil or PhD (by distance learning or on-campus), or will continue to register for a UEL MPhil or PhD. You also have the option of undertaking the modules for professional development, to gain a Postgraduate Associate Certificate award. Please note that the second module, Understanding Research Processes and Contexts, can only be taken after the successful completion of the first module, Research Preparation and Planning.

Additional courses Course content There are two core modules: • Research Preparation and Planning This module offers a practical insight into how to successfully plan and manage the development of your research project. You will gain experience using project management tools and techniques and applying these to your research project.

• Understanding Research Processes and Contexts This module will help you learn how to evaluate the context of your research and approach your research project in a creative way. By broadening your understanding of research you will be able to expand your conception of knowledge, how knowledge is created, and, therefore, how research is carried out.

Career opportunities If you are registered as an MPhil or PhD student with UEL, this course will provide you with the required research training. The course will also provide you with relevant training if you wish to undertake research as part of your professional development.

Duration Six months to three years part-time.

Entry requirements Applicants should normally have a first degree.

However, we also consider applications from people with equivalent relevant practical or professional experience (an interview and references may be required). You will also require a PC or Mac with up to 15 hours’ unrestricted access per week, internet connection and access to a printer.

Start dates Check via distance.learning@uel.ac.uk or call +44 (0)20 8223 2564.

How to apply Visit uel.ac.uk/distancelearning T: +44 (0)20 8223 2564 or E: distancelearning@uel.ac.uk

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Courses offered at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust The School of Law and Social Sciences and the Cass School of Education and Communities offer a number of courses in partnership with the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. The courses are delivered at the world-renowned Tavistock Clinic in London. The Trust is the UK’s leading provider of multidisciplinary postgraduate training in mental health and is a major provider of clinical services.

The Trust has a national and international reputation as a centre of excellence in the therapeutic treatment of complex and serious mental health disorders, clinical training, consultancy, research and scholarship.

uel.ac.uk/tavi Courses include: • Professional Doctorate in Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy • Professional Doctorate in Consultation and the Organisation • Professional Doctorate in Social Care and Emotional Wellbeing • Professional Doctorate in Social Work and Emotional Wellbeing • Professional Doctorate in Systemic Psychotherapy • MA Applied Systemic Theory • MA Child and Adolescent Primary Mental Health Care Work • MA Child Protection and Complex Child Care • MA Consultation and the Organisation: Psychoanalytic Approaches • MA Emotional Factors in Learning and Teaching: Counselling Aspects in Education • MA Infant Mental Health • MA Psychoanalytic Observational Studies • MA Psychoanalytic Studies* • MA Psychodynamic Approaches to Working with Adolescents • MA Psychological Therapies with Children, Young People and Families • MA Social Care and Emotional Wellbeing • MA Social Work and Emotional Wellbeing • MA Strategic Leadership and Management • MA Systemic Psychotherapy • MA Working with Groups • PG Certificate in Child, Adolescent and Family Wellbeing: Multidisciplinary Practice • PG Certificate Therapeutic Communication with Children.

All courses are offered via part-time study. * Full-time and part-time study options are available for this course.

How to apply Contact enquiries, applications and admissions T: +44 (0)20 8938 2641/2213 E: training@tavi-port.ac.uk

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Index A Accommodation 9 Accounting and Finance, International, MSc 117 Accreditation, professional 5 Acting, MA 56 Advanced Practice for Health Professionals, MSc 81 Advisor network 25 Anthropology, MSc 93 Anthropology, Human Rights and Justice, MSc 93 Applied Positive Psychology, MSc 102 Applying to UEL 28 Architecture, Computing and Engineering, School of 32 Architecture degrees – Architectural Design, Diploma 38 – Computing and Design, MSc 34 – Design, MA 35 – Enterprise Architecture, MSc 43 – Interpretation and Theories, MA 35 – Landscape Architecture, MA 37 – Master of Architecture, MArch 34 – Professional Landscape Architecture, MA 37 – Sustainability and Design, MA 36 – Urban Design, MA 36 Arts and Digital Industries, School of 48

B Banking and Finance, Islamic, MSc Bioinformatics, MSc Biomedical Immunology, MSc Biomedical Science, MSc Biomedical Science, Professional Doctorate Bioscience, MRes Bioscience, MSc Bioscience, School of Health, Sport and

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Biotechnology, MSc 76 Biotechnology and Management, MSc 76 Brand Management, Luxury, MSc 120 Bursaries 27 Business Information Systems, MSc 40 Business Information Technology, MSc 39 Business Law, International, LLM 89 Business Management, International, MSc 118 Business Psychology, MSc 103 Business School, Royal Docks 112

C Campuses 8 Career change 5 Career Coaching, MSc 103 Careers, MA 104 Cass School of Education and Communities 60 Chaplaincy 20 Civil Engineering, MSc 38 Clinical and Community Psychology, MSc 104 Clinical Psychology, Professional Doctorate 109 Coaching, Integrative Counselling and, Postgraduate Certificate 108 Coaching Psychology, MSc 105 Communications, Mobile, MSc 46 Communities, Cass School of Education and 60 Computer Forensics, Information Security and, MSc 43 Computer Networks, MSc 40 Computer Systems Engineering, MSc 41 Conflict, Displacement and Human Security, MA 94 Counselling and Psychotherapy, MA 106 Counselling Psychology, Professional Doctorate 109 Counselling services 20, 25 CRB checks 28 Creative Leadership in Education, MA 62 Criminal and Investigative Psychology, MSc 106 Criminal Justice, International Law and, LLM 89 Criminal Records Bureau checks 28 Cultural Studies, MA 53 Cyber Crime, MSc 41

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D Data Science, MSc 42 Data Science, Professional Doctorate 45 Development, ICTs and, MSc 94 Digital Industries, School of Arts and 48 Disability and Dyslexia Unit 20 Disabled Student Allowance 20 Distance learning 4 Docklands Campus 8 Doctorates 16 Dyslexia Unit 20

E Early Childhood Studies, MA Early years centre Education, Doctor of Education, MA Education, Creative Leadership in, MA Educational and Child Psychology, Professional Doctorate Education and Communities, Cass School of e-Health, MSc Electrical and Electronic Engineering, MSc Employability and Enterprise Team Employer-sponsored study Engineering – Civil Engineering, MSc – Computer Systems Engineering, MSc – Electrical and Electronic, MSc – Radio Frequency and Microwave Engineering, MSc – Software Engineering, MSc – Structural Engineering, MSc English language entry requirements English language support English Language Teaching, MA Enterprise Architecture, MSc Enterprise Team, Employability and Entry requirements

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F Fashion, MA 52 Fees 26 Film Making, MA 55 Finance, International Accounting and, MSc 117 Finance, Islamic Banking and, MBA 119 Finance and Risk, MSc 116 Financial Management, MSc 116 Financial Markets, International Law and, LLM 90 Fine Art, MA 50 Fine Art, Professional Doctorate 51 Funding 27

G Graduate School Graphic Design, MA

19 50

H Health – Health Professionals, Advanced Practice for, MSc – Health Science, MRes – Health, Sport and Bioscience, School of – International Development and, MSc – Public Health, MSc Health checks Health service Heritage Studies, MA Human Resource Management, MA Human Resource Management, International, MA Human Rights, LLM Humanitarian Psychosocial Consultation, International, MSc

81 83 72 95 82 28 20 54 117 118 88 107

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I ICTs and Development, MSc Information Security, Professional Doctorate Information Security and Computer Forensics, MSc Information Technology, MSc Integrative Counselling and Coaching, Postgraduate Certificate International Accounting and Finance, MSc International Business Law, LLM International Business Management, MSc International Development and Health, MSc International Fashion Management, MA International Human Resource Management, MA International Humanitarian Psychosocial Consultation, MSc International Law, LLM International Law and Criminal Justice, LLM International Law and Financial Markets, LLM International Law and International Relations, LLM International Law and the World Economy, LLM International Marketing Management, MSc International partnerships International Pre-Master’s course International Relations, MSc International Relations, International Law and, LLM International students Islamic and Middle East Studies, LLM Islamic Banking and Finance, MSc IT facilities

94 45 43 44 108 117 89 118 95 53 118 107 88 89 90 91 90 119 25 122 95 91 24, 26, 28 91 119 15

J Journalism and Society, MA

54

L Landscape Architecture, MA Law and Social Sciences, School of Law degrees Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, MA Learning difficulties support Learning resources Libraries LLM General London Luxury Brand Management, MSc 130

37 86 88–92 64 20 14 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 92 6 120

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M Magazines, MA 55 Management – Biotechnology and Management, MSc 76 – Human Resource Management, MA 117 – International Business Management, MSc 118 – International Fashion Management, MA 53 – International Human Resource Management, MA 118 – International Marketing Management, MSc 119 – Luxury Brand Management, MSc 120 – MBA 114–15 – NGO and Development Management, MSc 96 – Sport Management, MSc 120 Marketing Management, International, MSc 119 MBA 114–15 Media degrees – Film Making, MA 55 – Journalism and Society, MA 54 – Magazines, MA 55 – Media Studies, MA 56 Medical Microbiology, Molecular, MSc 77 Medical Physiology, MSc 77 Medicine, Podiatric, MSc 81 Microbiology, Molecular Medical, MSc 77 Microwave Engineering, Radio Frequency and, MSc 47 Middle East Studies, Islamic and, LLM 91 Mobile Communications, MSc 46 Molecular Medical Microbiology, MSc 77 Money advice 20, 26, 27 MPhil degrees 16 – see also individual School sections MRes degrees 16 – see also individual School sections Multimedia production centre 8

N Narrative Research, MA NGO and Development Management, MSc Nursery provision

96 96 20

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O Occupational and Organisational Psychology, MSc Overseas students

107 24, 26, 28

P Part-time study 4, 26, 27 PGCE (Primary) 67 PGCE (Secondary) 68 Pharmaceutical Science, MSc 78 Pharmacology, MSc 78 PhDs 16 – see also individual School sections Photography, MA 51 Physiology, Medical, MSc 77 Physiotherapy, MSc 82 Phytopharmaceutical Science, MSc 79 Podiatric Medicine, MSc 81 Positive Psychology, Applied, MSc 102 Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Primary) 67 Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Secondary) 68 Post-Qualifying Professional Practice, MA 69 Pre-Master’s course, International 122 Print Design, MA 52 Professional accreditation 5 Professional Doctorates 16 – Biomedical Science 80 – Clinical Psychology 109 – Counselling Psychology 109 – Data Science 45 – Educational and Child Psychology 110 – Fine Art 51 – Information Security 45 Professional Landscape Architecture, MA 37

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Psychology – Applied Positive Psychology, MSc – Business Psychology, MSc – Clinical and Community Psychology, MSc – Clinical Psychology, Professional Doctorate – Coaching Psychology, MSc – Counselling Psychology, Professional Doctorate – Criminal and Investigative Psychology, MSc – Educational and Child Psychology, Professional Doctorate – International Humanitarian Psychosocial Consultation, MSc – Occupational and Organisational Psychology, MSc – Psychology, MSc – School of – Sport Psychology, MSc Psychosocial Studies, MA Psychotherapy, Counselling and, MA Public Health, MSc

102 103 104 109 105 109 106 110 107 107 108 100 83 97 106 82

R Radio Frequency and Microwave Engineering, MSc Refugee Studies, MA Refugee Studies and Community Development, MA Research Councils Research degrees – see also individual School sections Research Planning and Preparation, Associate Certificate Research resources Researcher Development Programme Residential Services Risk, Finance and, MSc Royal Docks Business School

47 97 98 27 16, 28 123 15 19 9 116 112

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S Scholarships 27 Schools – Architecture, Computing and Engineering 32 – Arts and Digital Industries 48 – Business School, Royal Docks 112 – Education and Communities, Cass School of 60 – Graduate 19 – Health, Sport and Bioscience 72 – Law and Social Sciences 86 – Psychology 100 Social Sciences, School of Law and 86 Social Work, MA 69 Sociology, MA 98 Software Engineering, MSc 44 Special Educational Needs, MA 65 Sport – Health, Sport and Bioscience, School of 72 – Sport Management, MSc 120 – Sport Psychology, MSc 83 – SportsDock 22 – Sports Science, MRes 84 – UELSports 22 Stratford Campus 10 Strength and Conditioning, MSc 84 Structural Engineering, MSc 39 Student Services 20 Student Village 9

T Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust Teacher training students Teaching – English Language Teaching, MA – Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, MA – Postgraduate Certificate in Education – Primary, PGCE – Postgraduate Certificate in Education – Secondary, PGCE Terrorism Studies, MSc Theatre Directing, MA Toxicology, MSc Tuition fees

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124 26, 27, 28 63, 64 64 67 68 92 57 79 26

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U UEL International University Square Stratford (campus)

25 12

V Visa advice

25

W Welcome Programme 25 Wellbeing 20 Writing: Imaginative Practice, MA 57

Y Youth and Community Work, MA

65

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Contacts Docklands Campus University Way London E16 2RD

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International Office T: +44 (0)20 8223 2805 E: international@uel.ac.uk

Telephone (switchboard for all campuses) T: +44 (0)20 8223 3000

Pre-entry Advice and Guidance T: +44 (0)20 8223 4354 E: advisors@uel.ac.uk

Website

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Students’ Union T: +44 (0)20 8223 7025 UEL Regional Offices We have advisers across the world.

For information and contact details, please see uel.ac.uk/international

For comments and queries regarding this prospectus, please contact study@uel.ac.uk

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Throughout this publication you will find degrees marked subject to validation. While expected to be running in 2014/15, these programmes were still in the approval stage at the time of publication.

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