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Your Postgraduate Youth Course

Studying Youth at NTU will open up a wide range of opportunities in professionally qualifying youth work, education, social and health services, youth justice, and many other areas of support work. Whether your interest is in education; youth support work; youth crime or working with families we'll prepare you to enter a role which will positively impact and affect the lives of young people. Now you've got an offer from us, discover the top reasons to choose NTU.

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Drawing on the research traditions of Youth, this course has wide application within the field of social/informal education,  education, sociology, criminology, politics and psychology.

You will be joining a course that explores the most significant social, cultural and economic changes that affect the lives of young people today, and engages with contemporary debates that explain and theorise young people’s lives.

This course is approved and endorsed by the National Youth Agency.

You may want to become a (JNC) Professionally Recognised Youth Worker or gain a Masters level postgraduate qualification, or both! This course will provide you with an opportunity to both study and work in Children and Young People Services across differing settings and contexts giving you the freedom to guide your career the way you want to.

Top reasons to choose NTU

1) Gain a nationally recognised qualification

This course is approved and endorsed by the National Youth Agency, and is mapped against the National Occupational Standards for Youth Work (2019)

2) Choose your preferred pathway

You have the option of choosing a work-based or supervised practice pathway, which you can choose depending on your career plans.

3) Open doors to your future career

In addition to working in youth services, graduates may also consider careers in education, charities, and other local, national, and international organisations.

 

Lejla Musanovic (MA Youth Work Leadership and Practice) tells us her top five reasons to study at NTU.

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