Inside Social Development Practice MSc
The Social Development Practice MSc provides theoretical foundations and practical skills to address social development in the Global South - contexts often marked by inequality and social diversity
Social Development Practice MSc
The Social Development Practice MSc explores processes of social change, mobilisation and development that can generate greater equity and wellbeing for people in developing contexts. It explores different approaches through which diverse and marginalised groups gain access to rights, resources and recognition.
The two main objects of the course are:
- To give students a solid grounding in social analysis skills and perspectives, rooted in social theory around identity, inequality and social change processes
- To provide an understanding of the role of the social development practitioner, and of how development interventions can best support the citizenship claims of people in the Global South.
We consolidate our students' learning by engaging them in practice within contexts reflective of real-life practice, characterised by diversity, inequality and conditions of uncertainty.
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