School of Social, Historical and Political Studies

PG Cert Emergency Management & Resilience

PG Cert Part-time 1 year

Taught over one year by subject specialists involved in local, regional and national research, this course provides fundamental knowledge for Emergency Management in practice.

Taught over one year by subject specialists involved in local, regional and national research, this course provides fundamental knowledge for Emergency Management in practice.

Award
PG Cert
Start date(s)
9 October 2023
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Course specifications
Course length
Part-time (1 year)
Campus location
University Telford Campus
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Why choose this course?

Taught over one year by subject specialists involved in local, regional and national research, this course provides fundamental knowledge for Emergency Management in practice. Ideal for those already working in this area, you will develop your knowledge with broad, flexible exploration of the principles, practice and underpinning policies fuelling your work, examining international incidents, policy and research to retain relevant lessons for focused UK multi-agency studies. You will examine emergency and disaster scenarios, relevant models and theories applied to them and the monitoring necessary following their outbreak, with the careful consideration of environmental and societal stability, communities, economics and individuals required of ethical practitioners. All the while, your transferrable skills in communication, leadership, critical thinking and management will be trained, preparing you for continuing and new careers which your qualification will enable progress through.

What's unique about this course?

  • Ideal for those already working in this area, you will develop your knowledge with broad, flexible exploration of the principles, practice and underpinning policies fuelling your work.
  • You will examine emergency and disaster scenarios, relevant models and theories applied to them and the monitoring necessary following their outbreak, with the careful consideration of environmental and societal stability, communities, economics and individuals required of ethical practitioners.

 

What happens on the course?

This course is delivered by the Emergency Management & Resilience Centre at the University of Wolverhampton and further information about all our courses including attendance patterns and other information can be found at www.wlv.ac.uk/emrc.

Course Modules

Additional Information

Everything you need to know about this course!

Location Mode Fee Year
Home Part-time £2665 per year 2022-23
Home Part-time £2798 per year 2023-24
Home Part-time £2798 per year 2023-24
Home Part-time £2938 per year 2024-25

These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation.

Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:

You can get 20% discount on a taught postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate on-site programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards.

There is no time limit on how long ago you completed your degree as long as this is your first Masters level qualification.

The discount applies to the first year of enrolment only. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to any further tuition discount or bursary. For full terms and conditions click here.


Self-funded:

If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April. More information can be found by clicking here.


Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.


Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.


Charitable Funding:

You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts; please see the following websites Association of Charitable Foundations, Directory of Social Change or Family Action. Most charities and trust funds offer limited bursaries targeted to specific groups of students so you will need to research whether any of them are relevant to your situation.

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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Email

enquiries@wlv.ac.uk

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