Children, Youth and International Development MA at Brunel University of London

Working with and for young people in the Global South offers an exciting career full of challenges and rewards. Our Children, Youth and International Development MA is a varied course with a global perspective which will help equip you for roles in international development organisations, government ministries and global agencies. You will acquire a breadth of knowledge that will enable you to critically evaluate research, policy and practice in the area of children, youth and development.

Faculty: College of Arts, Law and Social Sciences  |  Department: Department of Social Sciences, Media and Communications  |  Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time; 2.5 years part-time; 3 years full-time with placement  |  Study mode: full-time; part-time; placement year option  |  Intake: September  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will study three core modules relating to children, youth and international development, including how to conduct research with children and youth. Compulsory modules include Ethnographic Dissertation, Ethnographic Research, Global Development: Critical Perspectives, Understanding Childhood and Youth.

Career pathways

Students from the programme have progressed to a variety of careers in different types of organisations, primarily in international development NGOs such as AbleChildAfrica, ADRA, Anti-Slavery International, Save the Children and in UNICEF, and in government ministries and agencies like the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Child Development, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as the British Council and the Commonwealth.

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