Birkbeck College - MSc Voluntary and Community Sector Studies

  • Name: MSc Voluntary and Community Sector Studies
  • Institution: Faculty of Lifelong Learning, Birkbeck College, University of London
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  • Description: This programme, starting offers a high-quality, postgraduate-level qualification relevant to existing professionals in the voluntary and community sector, and to recent social science undergraduates who intend to make a career in this field, including in public/third sector partnership contexts. Students can study part-time or full-time. The programme focuses on key debates around the changing roles and contexts of third sector organisations, adopting a critical and interdisciplinary approach. It considers recent theory and developments, aiming to extend conceptual knowledge, understanding and critical reflection of changes in the context of current social policy concerns and organisational practices. It provides opportunities for students to develop innovative models in research and project-based assignments relevant to individual interests, the sector and the field of study. Together with core modules, students may also choose from a range of options, for example in voluntary and community studies, youth, policy, governance, citizenship, ethnicity, gender or management studies.
  • Leader: Dr Linda Milbourne
  • Contact e-mail: community@ fll.bbk.ac.uk
  • Contact telephone: 020 7631 6604
  • Web address: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/pg/communitystudies/TMSVOCMS.html
  • Details provided by: Dr Linda Milbourne
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