PgC Disaster, Crisis and Humanitarian Response: Practice Development

Program Overview

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This programme is ideal for practitioners working within a disaster, crisis and humanitarian field within military, ambulance service trusts, fire and rescue and NGO’s.

Develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours to deliver interventions or lead in disaster, humanitarian and crisis settings. Broaden and deepen your perception of your role in such circumstances, including your management and resilience principles, shaping your ability to contribute more effectively to doctrine and policy developments that will ultimately improve yours and your team’s practise. By critically evaluating the evidence, your own personal experience and that of others, you will be able to apply credible, timely solutions to compound problems in response to natural or man-made incidents wherever they occur.

Why Choose University of Cumbria

Unique range of modules.

Taught by experienced practitioners and academics, who have extensive experience of working in the NHS and a range of other occupations;

Close support and guidance throughout your studies from a personal tutor;

Tutors carry out national and international research, are members of national advisory bodies and publish papers in their areas of expertise - which will enhance your learning;

Interactive online classrooms give you the opportunity to debate and discuss real life scenarios and experiences with fellow students, so you'll never feel like you're studying in isolation;

We’ve extensive experience as CPD distance learning providers and have a well-established online study skills package for you to use;

Bring your previous university credit with you – whether from us or another institution. We have generous allowances for the accreditation of prior learning (APL);

Add a specific title to your degree to reflect the subject area you’ve focussed on (student defined pathway)

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Course Details

Program Outline

Course outline

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Course summary

Focussed on the pathway specialism, the PgCert Disaster, Crisis and Humanitarian Response enables you to negotiate a short (60 credit) programme of study which provides a coherent progression route, recognising and valuing prior experience and learning.

The programme aims to:

provide a stimulating and challenging academic and scholarly environment for learners who wish to advance their academic and professional development beyond undergraduate level.

enable students to develop a mastery of complex and specialised knowledge and a critical awareness of issues at the forefront of their field of practice.

develop systematic skills of objective analysis and evaluation of evidence and develop confidence in appraising and implementing evidence to practice within their sphere of influence

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Modules

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Programme Specification

Programme specification (PDF)

For a detailed summary of all course content, please read our programme specification for this course.

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Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods

Full details are available in the

programme specification

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Timetables

The teaching timetable should be available from the end of August. Access to the timetable is through the Student Hub – you will be able to access the Student Hub after you have completed online registration. The teaching day is 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday; please keep your other commitments open until confirmation of your teaching timetable, and bear in mind that many courses will offer placements or fieldwork which sometimes extends into the evenings and weekends.