Overview

Both programmes are designed:

• to provide a broad knowledge and understanding of the intellectual and practical challenges of using partnership as a strategy
• to provide specialist knowledge on the areas of partnership & governance, public policy, social exclusion and the economics of organisations and government
• to develop and enhance the academic, personal and interpersonal skills required to operate effective partnerships
• to equip participants to undertake focused research and apply such research in a partnership context. Additionally, the MA in Partnership Studies will
• facilitate students to study with renowned experts as well as peer groups from other European universities by to participating in an International Summer
• school for mid-career Masters' students.
• enable participants to link academic theory with practical reality by engaging in self-selected focused research on an issue or problem relating to their partnership activity, linking it to appropriate theory/concepts and designing a model or identifying a solution which will define the way forward.

Contact Details
Dr. Bríd Quinn
Department of Politics & Public Administration
University of Limerick
Tel. 061-202633(Departmental Secretary)
061-213514 (direct)
e-mail: Brid.Quinn@ul.ie

 

Graduate Profile

These programmes are aimed at practitioners currently working in partnership-type settings.

Programme Content

Having completed the Postgraduate Diploma programme, MA students will go on to participate in the International Summer School and engage in the in-depth partnership study. This will be structured as follows

Summer & Autumn semester
International Summer School
Research Report I

Spring semester
Research Report II

Entry Requirements

All applicants must have a minimum of three years' experience of working in a partnership context

Graduate Diploma in Partnership Studies
Applicants for the Graduate Diploma should normally be holders of a primary degree or an approved equivalent qualification. Applicants without the above but who have substantial and relevant professional experience may also be considered for admission on accordance with University regulations.

M.A. in Partnership Studies
Applicants for admission to the Masters' programme should be the holders of a primary degree with first or second class honours or an approved equivalent qualification (Primary Degree: Level 8 NQAI).

Students, registered for the Graduate Diploma in Partnership Studies who attain the second class honours, grade one standard, may on the submission of an appropriate research proposal, be permitted to transfer to the MA register, at the discretion of the Course Board and with the approval of the Assistant Dean Research.

English Language Requirements
Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful completion of a degree qualification taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than  two years prior to application):
Acceptable English Language qualifications include the following:
Matriculation examinations from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved

• Irish Leaving Certificate English –Ordinary Level Grade D or above
• TOEFL – 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based)
• IELTS – Minimum score of 6.5* for Business, Arts, Humanities or Education programmes. Minimum score of 6.0* for Science, Engineering, Informatics or Electronics programmes *with no less than 6 in any one component.
• English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) – Grade C1
• GCE ‘O’ level English Language/GCSE English Language – Grade C or above
• University of Cambridge ESOL –Certificate of Proficiency in English - Grade C / Certificate in Advanced English Grade A
• GCE Examination Boards – Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations – Grade C / Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate – School Certificate Pass 1-6 / University of London Entrance and School Examinations Council – School Certificate Pass 1-6

Results in examinations other than those listed above may also be accepted as meeting our English language requirements. Contact the International Education Division for advice.