The MSc in Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Needs programme aims to provide you with the knowledge, skills, training and education to work in caring for children and young people with complex health needs in a hospital and community setting. This interdisciplinary MSc is part of a suite of specialist programmes in childhood studies developed in conjunction with the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work.

In practice, there is a common tension between those developing and interpreting planning policy on the one hand, and the designers of cities on the other. This programme brings these groups together to engage in project-based learning. You will develop planning research, urban analysis and design skills before deciding whether to complete an urban design thesis or dissertation. Both of these options can be completed as work-based studies with opportunities for summer placements.

An intensive one year Master’s course with accreditation from the British Psychological Society, enabling you to pursue a career in this area even if your background is in another discipline. This conversion course will appeal to you if you do not already have a psychology degree.

MSc in Youth Justice Designed for those who want to advance their understanding of youth issues, youth offending, and social and criminal justice responses to young people, this program focuses on developing critical analytical skills and enhancing the ability to assess policy and practice against international standards and benchmarks.

MSc in Ecological Management and Conservation Biology We’re in the middle of a biodiversity crisis; the sixth mass extinction event on Earth driven by man. Wildlife populations have declined by 68% since 1970 while climate breakdown is pushing the Earth beyond safe ecological limits. There is unprecedented pressure on the environment from overexploitation, habitat degradation and destruction, climate change, invasive species, pollution and emerging diseases. However, you can be part of global and local solutions.

The world’s online security depends on you. Step up to the plate with this fascinating Master’s course, taught by experts at one of the world’s leading cyber security hubs. This innovative programme is at the forefront of technical advances in cutting-edge cyber security topics such as cryptography, computer forensics, malware, networking, software development, as well as investigating the increasingly important legal and ethical issues in cyber security. This is an applied course, that mixes theoretical skills with practical work in the lab to give you hands-on experience.

Completion of this one-year conversion Master, following your undergraduate qualification, will allow you to become an accredited planner. Planning is a fascinating subject to study at university. It is about changing the places within which we live. How we can transform and improve our cities, towns, villages, neighborhoods, and communities. So, it affects our everyday lives and is an extremely exciting discipline to study at university.

Completion of this one-year conversion Master, following your undergraduate qualification, will allow you to become an accredited planner. Planning is a fascinating subject to study at university. It is about changing the places within which we live. How we can transform and improve our cities, towns, villages, neighborhoods, and communities.

Acquire the skills, knowledge, and hands-on experience for a career as a Pharmaceutical Analyst in Industry or Academia. You are probably a recent physical or life sciences graduate – chemistry, pharmacy, and biology. But you could equally be in work and want to develop your professional skills. If you are, we offer this course part-time as well, one day per week.

MSc in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages The MSc in TESOL and Applied Linguistics is a professionally oriented higher degree for those who intend to pursue a career in language teaching (i.e., novice as well as practicing teachers) or careers in other professional areas related to language advocacy, policy, or research. The program provides students with the opportunity to develop deeper, contextualized understandings of the flexible and dynamic ways that language is learned, taught, and used in education, media, workplaces,

The MSc in International Public Policy at Queen’s offers a high-quality program of academic and personal professional development, providing students with the tools to understand and influence the contemporary policy problems faced by governments globally. Students undertaking the MSc program will engage with a wide variety of theories, ideas, and sources in the study of public policy both domestically and internationally and will be introduced to a variety of research methods.

Leadership in schools is associated with fostering an environment where students can achieve their full potential and where educational staff are supported, motivated and can professionally develop. Effective school leaders are often described as having the capacity to transform and motivate others, they have vision, experience and expertise. This course takes the view, however, that effective schools have leaders that can be found all-across a school and not necessarily confined only to those in senior positions.

Designed to provide up-to-date content and experience of both Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) topics, this course incorporates theoretical materials and extensive hands-on exercises covering aspects such as acquisition, manipulation, analysis and interpretation of various forms of geospatial data.

With 25 years experience of teaching GIS and nearly 20 years via online distance learning, we have a long and successful track record in GIS education. This course teaches the concepts behind GIS and provides in-depth practice using both commercial and open-source software. You can study either full-time or part-time and can aim for a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or Masters degree.

Environmental Management techniques are integral to conservation, agriculture, forestry, industry and countryside planning. This online programme is designed both for new graduates who lack professional experience in environmental management and, for professionals in the environment sector who wish to develop their careers, updating their knowledge and skills. It aims to satisfy an industrial and public sector demand for environmental scientists.