Queen's University Belfast

Neurodevelopmental Disabilities

Queen's University BelfastBelfast, United Kingdom

Course overview

This Postgraduate Certificate provides a comprehensive and progressive understanding of supporting people with neurodevelopmental disabilities across a range of services including education, youth justice, police and criminal justice, health and social care. This Postgraduate Certificate is ideally suited to those who wish to develop their confidence and competence, advance their professional expertise and influence service improvement. These Postgraduate Certificate programmes are designed for registered professionals working within multiagency and multidisciplinary collaboration across education, youth justice, police and criminal justice, health and social care to develop and deliver supportive and effective environments for people with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Key highlights

  • Covers supporting people with neurodevelopmental disabilities across multiple services
  • Spans education, youth justice, policing, criminal justice, health and social care
  • Designed for registered professionals in multiagency, multidisciplinary settings
  • Develops skills to influence and lead service improvement
  • Focuses on creating supportive, effective environments for service users

Scholarships

  • County Antrim Grand Jury Bursary

    Approximately £1500 depending on funding available.

  • Early Confirmation Award

    Funding Amount - £1500

    Up to £1,500
  • International Postgraduate Taught Scholarship

    Year one award of between £2000 and £5000.

    Up to £2,000
  • International Undergraduate Scholarships

    This award is £3500 (fee rate 1) for first year of study; £4000 (fee rate 2) for first year of study.

  • INTO Progressors Scholarship

    £1500 reduction in tuition fees for first year of study.

    Up to £1,500
  • LLB Senior Status International Scholarship

    Scholarships Value - £4000

    Up to £4,000
  • Queen's Loyalty Scholarship

    20% reduction on first year gross tuition fees.

    Up to 20% of fees
  • Queen’s Family Scholarship

    20% reduction on first year gross tuition fees.

    Up to 20% of fees
  • Royal Academy of Engineering: Engineering Leaders Scholarship Programme

    Funding Amount: £5000 - £10,000

    Up to £5,000
  • The Burdett Trust MSc Nursing Scholarships

    For Home Students: Tuition fees £7,665 Stipend £10,250. For International Students: Tuition fees £24,295 Stipend £17,000

  • Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship - Postgraduate Taught

    Value: 50% of tuition fees paid for up to a maximum of two years.

    Up to 50% of fees
  • Vice Chancellor’s International Attainment Scholarship - Undergraduate

    50% reduction on full tuition fees paid for all years of a programme, up to a maximum of four years (including advanced entry into Year 2 or Year 3).

    Up to 50% of fees

Careers this course leads to

  • Learning Disability Nurse
  • Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)
  • Social Worker
  • Youth Justice Officer
  • Clinical Nurse Specialist in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
  • Occupational Therapist

Admission

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