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LLM or MSc GLOBAL CRISIS, CONFLICT, AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT

  • Year of entry
    2021
  • Course duration
     12 months
  • Year of entry
    2021
  • Course duration
     12 months
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Find out about how we'll be delivering our courses in 2020.

Start date: September 2021

Our LLM or MSc Global Crisis, Conflict and Disaster Management is a globally unique programme, which is accessible to law and non-law graduates, including professionals engaged in humanitarian aid and disaster prevention and management.

This innovative multidisciplinary programme examines the role of global law, policy, and practice relating to conflicts and peacetime disasters (such as earthquakes, wild fires, and pandemics). It further considers significant crises not escalating to the scale of conflict or disaster, as well as complex emergencies.

You will be taught in an engaging and interactive manner by world leading academics, and you will also benefit from embedded mentoring and employability training.

There is flexibility for you to transfer between degree entry points (e.g. LLM, PGDip, PGCert), and to take individual modules with certificates of credit which are transferable to the degree programme.

Course characteristics: 

  • Globally unique programme which examines law, policy and practice, with multidisciplinary perspectives
  • Taught by world leading academics
  • Available to law and non-law graduates
  • Develops key professional and personal skills, with embedded employability and practical training delivered by practitioners.

For more information, please visit the School of Law's website.

Overview

Our LLM or MSc Global Crisis, Conflict and Disaster Management is a globally unique programme, which is accessible to law and non-law graduates, including professionals engaged in humanitarian aid and disaster prevention and management.

This innovative multidisciplinary programme examines the role of global law, policy, and practice relating to conflicts and peacetime disasters (such as earthquakes, wild fires, and pandemics). It further considers significant crises not escalating to the scale of conflict or disaster, as well as complex emergencies.

You will be taught in an engaging and interactive manner by world leading academics, and you will also benefit from embedded mentoring and employability training.

There is flexibility for you to transfer between degree entry points (e.g. LLM, PGDip, PGCert), and to take individual modules with certificates of credit which are transferable to the degree programme.

Course characteristics: 

  • Globally unique programme which examines law, policy and practice, with multidisciplinary perspectives
  • Taught by world leading academics
  • Available to law and non-law graduates
  • Develops key professional and personal skills, with embedded employability and practical training delivered by practitioners.

For more information, please visit the School of Law's website.

Entry requirements

IELTS: 6.5 overall with no element less than 5.5 (or equivalent). 

Entry requirements: Normally a good undergraduate honours degree (2.1 or above), or equivalent from a university outside the UK. Our students come with a variety of relevant legal and non-legal experience and all applicants are considered on individual merit.

Structure

Sample modules:

  • Global Architecture of Crisis, Conflict and Disaster Management
  • Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice
  • Disaster Risk Management
  • Hazard, Risk, Vulnerability and Resilience
  • Research Project or Professional Placement
  • Law of Armed Conflict

Please note that all modules are subject to change. Please see our modules disclaimer for more information.

Fees

New UK/Republic of Ireland students: £8,100 per year

New international students: £17,100 per year

Tuition fee information

Part-time

New UK/Republic of Ireland students: £4,050 year one

New international students: £8,550 year one

The fees listed are for full-time study, unless otherwise stated, and relate to courses starting in September 2021. Fee information will be confirmed in offer letters sent out to successful applicants. You can find further information, including information for part-time study, through our dedicated fees and funding page.

EU student fees

With effect from 1 August 2021, new EU students will pay international tuition fees. For exceptions, please read the UK government’s guidance for EU students.

Additional costs

Some courses will require additional payments for field trips and extra resources. You will also need to budget for your accommodation and living costs. See our information on living costs for more details.

Financial support for your studies

You may be eligible for a scholarship or bursary to help pay for your study. Students from the UK may also be eligible for a student loan to help cover these costs. See our fees and funding information for more information on what's available.

Fee notes:

*10% fees discount for qualifying NGOs. Fees include £400 extra costs for practical training. An additional fee of approximately £1,600 is payable for optional external fragile/hostile environment training. Contact the School of Law for further details.

 

Careers

The programme will appeal to early and mid-career law and non-law professionals as well as recent graduates and career changers. In addition to developing core knowledge of foundational principles of International Law, this unique programme facilitates a multidisciplinary awareness – which is increasingly essential for working in the sectors of crisis, conflict and disaster management.

The skills gained by undertaking a postgraduate Law degree are in great demand from both legal and non-legal employers. As with any postgraduate taught Law programme, completion of the various entry points will be an asset for students seeking employment in international courts and tribunals, United Nations agencies, legal practice and advocacy in the international law field, international NGOs, the public service (in the areas of foreign relations, international development, etc), law reform agencies, the media (journalism and broadcasting) and academia (with further postgraduate study).

In addition, graduates are expected to be distinguishable in employability terms from the graduates of other Public International Law programmes due to this programme’s unique features, notably an increased multidisciplinary awareness which will better facilitate inter-disciplinary collaborations in the work place and which will be important for future roles both in the field as well as in management. Furthermore, there is the opportunity to become specialists in Disaster Law, an area of Law of growing national and international importance and for which there is likely to be increasing demand for specialists in the field.

 

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  • Wildlife Conservation
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  • Agriculture
  • Ancient History
  • Animal Sciences
  • Archaeology
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  • Biomedical Sciences
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  • Chemistry
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  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Creative Enterprise

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  • Economics
  • Education
  • Energy and Environmental Engineering
  • Engineering
  • English Language and Applied Linguistics
  • English Literature
  • Environmental Science
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  • Finance
  • Food and Nutritional Sciences
  • Geography and Environmental Science
  • Graphic Design

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  • Healthcare
  • History
  • Information Management and Digital Business
  • Information Technology
  • International Development and Applied Economics
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  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Pharmacy
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  • Psychology
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