Power, Participation and Social Change MA 12 months Postgraduate Programme By University of Sussex |TopUniversities
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# 1QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

22,575 GBPTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

01 Aug, 2025Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Development Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Achieving social justice in our rapidly changing and increasingly unequal world is a major challenge. On this MA, you'll tackle this challenge so you can contribute to positive change.


With our support, you'll learn to articulate your understanding of power and participation. You'll have the opportunity to connect what you learn to what interests you most in the social change arena.


This MA is for you if you’re an aspiring or experienced development practitioner, social activist or professional with some background in social change action through work volunteering or activism.


During your studies, you'll gain skills, develop ideas and learn methods that help you to:


  • critically reflect on your own experience, work, and practice
  • learn about different conceptual and methodological approaches to power participation and social change
  • develop your analysis and facilitation skills to support and interpret participatory research and deliberation processes in a range of settings.

This course is taught at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).

Programme overview

Main Subject

Development Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Achieving social justice in our rapidly changing and increasingly unequal world is a major challenge. On this MA, you'll tackle this challenge so you can contribute to positive change.


With our support, you'll learn to articulate your understanding of power and participation. You'll have the opportunity to connect what you learn to what interests you most in the social change arena.


This MA is for you if you’re an aspiring or experienced development practitioner, social activist or professional with some background in social change action through work volunteering or activism.


During your studies, you'll gain skills, develop ideas and learn methods that help you to:


  • critically reflect on your own experience, work, and practice
  • learn about different conceptual and methodological approaches to power participation and social change
  • develop your analysis and facilitation skills to support and interpret participatory research and deliberation processes in a range of settings.

This course is taught at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).

Admission Requirements

95+
185+
67+
3.3+
7+

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

01 Aug 2025
1 Year
Sep

Domestic
11,025 GBP
International
22,575 GBP

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