Community Development University of Glasgow

This work-based degree programme is for people with substantial, current practice working in the community in either a paid or unpaid capacity. It leads to the Professional Qualification endorsed by the Standards Council for CLD in Scotland.

What will I study?

Formal teaching takes place a day and a half per week between October and May in the first two years and a day a week between October and May in the third year. In the third year you will also be expected to undertake a work placement out with your normal workplace.

In the first year you will study:

• Transformational practice


• Community development and social action


• Local and global contexts


• Social theories I


• Practice methodologies.

In the second year you will study:

• Lifelong learning and social change


• Empowerment strategies and practice models


• Popular education practice


• Organisation, planning and evaluation


• Social theories II


• Critical practice.

In the third year you will study:

• Social theories III


• Research methods


• Research project


• Practice placement. This final placement may be an opportunity to experience work overseas or within a different environment.

How will I learn?

Teaching is delivered through a combination of lectures, work in groups and popular education methods. As this is a work-based learning programme, in addition to formal learning you will draw from your own practice in the community.

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Entry requirements for this course

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