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Advanced Child Protection Studies MSc/PGDip/PGCert (distance learning)
Course options
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Qualification
MSc - Master of Science
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Location
Edgbaston Campus
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP
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Duration
18 months
Course summary
This masters programme in Advanced Child Protection Studies is designed to develop students’ specialist knowledge within the field of child protection and safeguarding. It will interest those who are currently employed, involved, or interested in the field, whether in a leadership, practice, or support role. It is taught by experienced practitioners and experts in the field and provides students with the opportunity to focus on specific areas of interest. There are four 30-credit modules over two years (two each year) and a dissertation in year three to achieve the MSc. This child protection masters course is an online and distance learning programme, which combines innovative learning and teaching techniques with interaction with the tutor and fellow students. Students are provided with the same level of teaching as received by those on campus with the additional benefit of having the flexibility to study anywhere at any time. No specialist knowledge in technology is required, students just need to have access to the internet and know how to use it. Learning activities are structured to provide simplicity and students are supported throughout the programme. This programme aims to equip students with advanced knowledge that will enable them to work effectively in the field of child protection, whether this is in the area of practice, management, research, or service development. The programme aims to facilitate the development of higher-level critical analysis skills, and to develop students’ capacity for knowledge-informed practice and more original thinking in relation to the complex issues that arise in the contested field of child protection. The programme emphasises the relevance of systems thinking and emotional processes, and includes attention to international perspectives and extra-familial as well as intra-familial child protection issues. Additionally, the programme gives the opportunity to look at some of the critical debates in this area of work (for example, the tensions between medical and social models of child protection, the relationship between non-consensual adoption and child protection, and family preservation orientations in the context of child protection). Students will also achieve PgCert and PgDip in this course.
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University information
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University League Table
13th
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Campus address
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, England
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Subject ranking
10th out of 81 3
4th out of 83 1
17th out of 102 4
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Entry standards
/ Max 201147 74%15th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10082 82%23rd
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 54.22 84%17th
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Entry standards
/ Max 177140 81%12th
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/ Max 10090 90%17th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 54.18 84%19th
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/ Max 212139 70%26th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10072 72%12th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.99 80%57th
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