MA Learning in Communities
Do you want to work alongside young people and adults in communities? Do you have a desire to help communities reach their full potential and promote social justice?
This new program offers an excellent route into the empowering profession of Community Learning and Development (CLD).
Approved by the CLD Standards Council in Scotland, our degree produces practitioners who are:
- professionally competent
- ethically informed
- critical and reflective
Intakes
- Jan
- Sep
Application Processing Time in Days: 30
Minimum English Language Requirements
English Level Description | IELTS (1.0 -9.0) | TOEFL IBT (0-120) | TOEFL CBT (0-300) | PTE (10-90) | |
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Expert | 9 | 120 | 297-300 | 86-90 | |
Very Good | 8.5 | 115-119 | 280-293 | 83-86 | |
Very Good | 8 | 110-114 | 270-280 | 79-83 | |
Good | 7.5 | 102-109 | 253-267 | 73-79 | |
Good | 7 | 94-101 | 240-253 | 65-73 | |
Competent | 6.5 | 79-93 | 213-233 | 58-65 | |
Competent | 6 | 60-78 | 170-210 | 50-58 | |
Modest | 5.5 | 46-59 | 133-210 | 43-50 | |
Modest | 5 | 35-45 | 107-133 | 36-43 | |
Limited | 4 | 32-34 | 97-103 | 30-36 | |
Extremely Limited | < 4 | < 31 | < 93 | < 30 |
Job Opportunity Potential
Our graduates can work in a wide range of settings in the UK and beyond.
Local authorities across the UK recruit CLD graduates for various roles in their community learning services, youth services and related departments.
Local, national and international voluntary sector organizations also employ CLD practitioners in a range of roles.
Typically, our graduates will go on to work with young people, adults, and communities in settings such as:
- youth work in communities, schools or criminal justice
- community development
- community capacity building
- community engagement and inclusion
- community health and housing
- adult literacy and lifelong learning
- citizenship and democracy
Wherever they work, our graduates bring a clear professional identity and a practice grounded in the theory and practice of community-based informal education.
PSW Opportunity
- 2 years
Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
CBSE All India Senior School Certificate Examination (SSC), CISCE Indian School Certificate (ISC) Standard XII: overall 80% with three subjects at 75%.
College of Science and Engineering
Higher Secondary School Certificate (All India SSC, HSSC, SSSC, ISC) where awarded by CBSE, CISCE or West Bengal State Board
Award of Certificate with five subjects at Class XII, with an overall average of 80% or above and minimum 80% in all required subjects (or 85% where we require a grade A at SQA Higher). 75% at Grade XII English.
Higher Secondary School Certificate (All India SSC, HSSC, SSSC, ISC) where awarded by other state boards
Award of Certificate with five subjects at Class XII, with an overall average of 80% or above and minimum 80% in all required subjects (or 85% where we require a grade A at SQA Higher). 75% at Grade XII English.
Advanced entry into Year 2 (Science & Engineering)
Advanced entry direct into Year 2 of many of our Science and Engineering degree programmes is possible for applicants who demonstrate exceptional academic achievement in the Higher Secondary School Certificate, but only where awarded by CBSE, CISCE or West Bengal State Board. Advanced entry is offered into Year 2 to students from India with the relevant Indian boards. For advanced entry applicants must achieve the award of Certificate with minimum of five subjects at Class XII, with an overall average of 85% or above and minimum 85% in all required subjects as stated in our prospectus.
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Higher Secondary School Certificate (All India SSC, HSSC, SSSC, ISC) where awarded by CBSE, CISCE; West Bengal State Board or other state boards:
Biomedical Sciences & Medical Sciences
For Biomedical Sciences & Medical Sciences, award of Certificate with five subjects at Class XII with an overall average of 80% or above and minimum 85% in Biology & Chemistry. 75% at Grade XII English.
Medicine
For Medicine, CBSE All India Senior School Certificate Examination (SSC) or CISCE Indian School Certificate (ISC) Standard XII with five subjects at Class XII, with an overall average of 85% and grades of 85% or higher in English, Chemistry plus two from Biology, Mathematics or Physics.
We do not require students to take an English language test in IELTS/TOEFL/Pearson etc, if they achieve the minimum 85% from their Standard XII examinations.
Applicants offering GCE A levels or the International Baccalaureate will be considered and must meet the minimum entry requirements for these qualifications.
Applicants must also take the UCAT.
- Course Code: X321
- Course Type: Full Time
- Course Level: Bachelors/UG Degree
- Duration: 04 Year
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Total Tuition Fee:
N/A
Annual Cost of Living: 9207 GBP
Application Fee: N/A
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