Program Overview

Emergency Preparedness and Management PGCert

Course Overview

This course is designed for individuals involved in emergency response, focusing on developing skills in emergency planning, incident management, and the creation and delivery of training and exercises.

What You'll Study

Further develop your skills and knowledge in assessing and managing dynamic risks, situational awareness, and the role of human factors, incident leadership, evaluative approaches to planning, governance, and public policy, interoperability, public response to emergencies, early recovery considerations.

Modules

• Risk, Incidents, and Leadership – 15 credits
  • Gain an in-depth understanding of a range of risk interpretations and explore non-technical skills, minimisation techniques, and leadership models that can be applied during incidents and crises.
• Emergency Planning and Preparedness – 15 credits
  • The aim of this module is to provide you with a critical understanding of the concepts, issues, processes, and structures relevant to the development of effective strategies for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies and disasters.
• Integrated Emergency Management: Policy and Issues – 15 credits
  • This module aims to equip you with the skills needed to analyse issues arising from the undertaking of activities to fulfil duties and responsibilities in relation to emergency management.
• Training and Exercise Design and Delivery – 15 credits
  • Explore how to plan, design, and manage exercises and exercise programmes for disaster, crisis, and emergency management.

How You'll Learn

Our modules are designed to provide both the depth and rigour required for development, reflection, and networking in this sector.

• Seminars and discussion
• Practical sessions and workshops
• Simulation exercises
• Study visits

Entry Requirements

• UK: An undergraduate degree 2:2 or above (or international equivalent), or relevant work experience and/or a relevant professional development qualification.
• International: An undergraduate degree 2:2 or above (or international equivalent), or relevant work experience and/or a relevant professional development qualification.
• English language requirements: IELTS: 6.5 overall with no component lower than 5.5.

Fees and Funding

• UK: £3,733
• International: £6,200
• For advice and guidance on tuition fees and student loans, visit our Postgraduate Finance page.

Facilities

• Our Simulation Centre allows you to experience a range of emergency scenarios.
• The library is usually open 24/7, in term-time.
• The Hub is the centre of student life on campus.

Careers and Opportunities

The course aims to support the development of your skills in problem-solving, teamwork, and leadership, project management, and communication. We strive to produce graduates who can make difficult decisions whilst being culturally sensitive, ethical, and compassionate.

• Successful graduates could work in a range of organisations with crowded places duties, including venue and stadia management, the uniformed services, private security management, and the live events, transport, and retail sectors.
• Opportunities exist globally within:
  • Emergency services and civil contingencies
  • Health service and epidemiology
  • The military
  • Utility and critical national infrastructure organisations
  • High-risk industries – manufacturing, automotive, nuclear, oil, and gas, and aviation
  • Environmental incident response
  • Risk and crisis consultancies
  • Humanitarian agencies and NGOs
  • Security and events industries.