Your Community experience could support a Short Course in Community Development APEL (Funded places available)

Working with disadvantaged and/or marginalised communities? Funded places still available for University Short Course Fully funded places available for accredited short course in Community Development Starting June 2015 

Fully funded places still available for accredited short course in Community Development

Community Development Short Course - Funding available to cover fees

Community Development
Do you have experience in working with disadvantaged and/or marginalised communities?
Would you like to complete a part-time professionally endorsed degree in Community Development?
Your Community experience could lead to a University of Ulster Degree.

Short Course: Community Development APEL
Venue: Ulster University, Jordanstown
Dates: 8th to 12th June 10-4pm
Cost: £177*     Funding available

Funding via " The Flexible Education Pathways Award" will provide fee waivers of up to £500 for one academic year for undergraduate CPPD module/s.

Criteria

To be eligible to apply, students must meet at least one of the following criteria:             

• be unemployed or in receipt of state income support*

• have a gross salary income of less than £19,200*

• be 16 to 24 year old and not in education, employment or training (NEET)*

• be in receipt of disability living allowance/personal independence payments.*

*The successful applicant will be asked to provide evidence of eligibility.

This short course provides an opportunity for people in the community/voluntary or statutory sector to convert learning from experience into university credits with the prospect of entry into the second year of the part-time community development degree programme in September 2015.

The short course aims to give participants the necessary skills and understanding to put together a portfolio, for consideration for accreditation of their prior learning in community development practice.  

This programme will start you on a journey towards gaining the necessary entry requirements to gain entry to Year 2 of the BSc Hons Community Development in Sept 2015.

Content:

- This course will enable you to:

- Identify areas of learning, which you have gained, through other study, work or life experience.

- Map your learning against Year 1 of the BSc Hons Community Development

- Gain an understanding of accreditation of prior learning and portfolio-building

- Relate practical and/or work-based learning to theories and models

- Engage in self-reflection

 

For registration, email Lorraine Lavery-Bowen
[email protected]
Telephone 02890366695