Program Overview

Safety and Security for Humanitarian, Disaster Response and Development Workers Level 7

Course Overview

This module will develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours preparing you to assess, plan, implement and evaluate safety programmes that will mitigate risks that your teams may face either in domestic settings or overseas. It will broaden and deepen your perception of your own role either as a planner or leader and it will help you to build resilience into your systems.

Course Details

• Location: Online
• Duration: Part-time, 12 weeks, Part-time, Single Module
• Start date: April

Entry Requirements

• The standard entry requirement for level 7 study is prior successful study at level 6 or level 7.
• This module is aimed at individuals who will be expected to operate in austere and/or hostile environments whilst engaged in humanitarian action.

Selection Criteria

• The Safety and Security module is offered as a 20 credit module.
• Learning is centred around studying real events and relating activity to your own profession.
• You may study the module as standalone or as part of a Post-Graduate Certificate in Disaster Crisis and Humanitarian Response.

Assessment, Feedback, and Teaching and Learning methods

• Full details are available in the programme specification.

Timetables

• The teaching timetable should be available from the end of August.
• Access to the timetable is through the Student Hub – you will be able to access the Student Hub after you have completed online registration.

Student Finance

• We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries, grants and funds available to support you throughout your studies with us.
• This includes the Cumbria Bursary - a non-repayable bursary designed to support first year students with a household income of less than £25,000.

Fees

• The tuition fees for CPD and short courses vary based on the intensity and length of the course.

Resources and Facilities

• We are amongst the UK's leading health and science faculties and are proud of the high level of support we are able to offer to our students.
• We provide a wide range of high-quality courses supported by expert academic and clinical practice staff.

Meet the Staff

• Our academic staff are passionate about their field and have a wealth of real-world experience to back up their knowledge.