MA Youth Work Leadership and Practice
Postgraduate Certificate / Master's Degree
The total service fee for this program:
€ 499
Pre payment for this program:
€ 99
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ABOUT
Introduction:
If you have a degree, and ideally experience of working with young people, then this is the course for you. You may want to become a (JNC) Professionally Recognised Youth Worker or gain a Masters level postgraduate qualification, or both! This course will provide you with an opportunity to both study and work in Children and Young People Services across differing settings and contexts giving you the freedom to guide your career the way you want to.
This course is approved and endorsed by the National Youth Agency.
What you’ll study
There are two routes within the Masters degree:
Work-Based Practice (non-endorsed pathway)
This pathway will enable the critical reflection of practice incorporating the related module themes. It will enable you to apply sociological thinking to real world issues and problems in relation to the practice context.
Students who successfully complete 180 Credits on this pathway will graduate with the MA Leadership and Practice with Young People.
Supervised Practice (JNC-endorsed pathway)
Your practice will be observed and assessed against the Youth Work National Occupational Standards or ‘NOS’ (2019) and will require a minimum of 400hrs professional practice placement. On completion of the endorsed route, you will be eligible to apply for Youth Work roles nationally with JNC professionally qualified status.
Students who successfully complete 180 Credits on this pathway will graduate with the MA Youth Work Leadership and Practice (JNC).
What you’ll study
Drawing on the research traditions of Youth, this course has wide application within the field of social/informal education, education, sociology, criminology, politics and psychology.
You will be joining a course that explores the most significant social, cultural and economic changes that affect the lives of young people today, and engages with contemporary debates that explain and theorise young people’s lives.
Key themes include the notion of ‘self and identity’ within ‘communities of practice’; historical and emergent ‘critical issues’ within contemporary society; required ‘work-based learning’ concepts underpinned by pedagogy; and the ever-changing pedagogy and practice understanding of ‘leadership and management’ within contemporary society.
Careers and employability
Enhancing employability prospects are a key factor of this course.
This course equips students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to become effective practitioners and leaders within the youth work field and associated sectors that work with young people. An MA is a recommended qualification for workers who want to hold more senior positions.
This course is approved and endorsed by the National Youth Agency and mapped to the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work (2019). Successful achievement of the Supervised Practice (JNC-endorsed pathway) confers professionally qualified status for Youth Workers in England.
Graduates will have acquired transferable skills for employment, which are highly valued by employers in a range of occupational sectors. Examples of these include:
- Leadership and teamwork skills;
- Problem solving skills, adaptability and creativity;
- Analytical reasoning and critical thinking;
- Relationship building and effective communication skills.
Graduates may go on to lead projects and work with young people in a variety of roles, where they could offer generic or specialised support (e.g. knife crime, unemployment, health and wellbeing). In addition to Youth Services, organisations which may employ graduates from this course include Education providers; Charities; These could be local, national or international organisations.
Entry requirements
Applying with prior qualifications
An undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK undergraduate honours degree (normally a 2.2 or above)
Applying with non-standard entry qualifications/experience
Applicants without such qualifications will be considered on an individual basis but will be required to demonstrate how their experiences and knowledge would enable them to study this course at Masters level in their Personal Statement.
As with all vocational courses related to working with children and young people, all students are required to provide full details of any previous criminal convictions on admission and confirm the nature of these upon course commencement. Students are required to disclose any subsequent criminal convictions while on the course; failure to provide full disclosure of previous or new convictions can lead to termination of a student’s studies. Students eligible for the work-based learning observation may be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure. If this highlights a potential risk to a child this could lead to termination being considered.
Fees and funding
| Study route | International / EU students |
|---|---|
| Full-time | £15,850 |
| Part-time | £7,925 (for Year One*) |
Fees are for 2022 entry.
* Please note that if you are considering a part-time route that runs over more than one year, the tuition fee stated is for Year One of study. The course fee for Year Two is subject to annual review.
Tuition fees are payable for each year that you are at the University. The level of tuition fees for the second and subsequent years of your postgraduate course may increase in line with inflation and as specified by the UK government.
If you choose to study the two-year route of an eligible course, which incorporates a work placement, the fee for Year Two will be £1,385.
If you’re starting a postgraduate course in January 2023 you’ll pay the 2022 fee.
Late Applications
If you missed the UCAS January deadline, it’s not too late to apply to join us in September 2022.
Applying to university after the January deadline isn’t anything to worry about – we accept applications for most of our undergraduate courses until Thursday 30 June 2022.
If you apply after Thursday 30 June 2022, your application will automatically be entered into Clearing. Clearing opens on Tuesday 5 July 2022, but we recommend submitting your application as soon as possible.
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accommodation
The new international applicants who want to study at the Nottingham Trent University in the UK can use the NTU accommodation options (residence halls, studio flats, postgraduate mature student flats, summer accommodation, homestay accommodation, and so on) or use the help of the university to find private accommodation (they must pay extra for the utilities, fixtures, fittings, security, and council tax) in the UK according to their budgets and situations, however, we recommend you to choose shared rooms in the university to feel more at home which will help you make new friends and do not get homesick, also it will help you with the expenses.
After Graduation
The students can use the financial support of the university and pay for their living or study expenses in the UK, however, if the students want to work while studying at Nottingham Trent University and gain more financial support, skills, and field experience in real situations, they can use the help of the university to find proper and related part-time jobs in this country with CV writing and interview techniques that they teach all the students, on the other hand, the students can use the JobShop or the Unitemps to find different kinds of part-time jobs at the NTU (ambassador, teacher assistant, and so on) or the local job market.