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Short Courses

The Department of Applied Social Sciences (DASS) at London Met offers a wide-ranging programme of short courses to meet the needs of professionals who need training in particular fields, as well as individuals who simply want to learn more about topics in the social sciences.

For a list of our 2009/2010 short course dates, please click here Timetable 2009 20101.pdf . 

For further information on our Post-Graduate programmes, please click here. For information on short courses in primary health and social care please go to our Centre for Primary Health and Social Care

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Short Courses by subject area

Alphabetical list of short courses

Health and Social Care Brief interventions in Mental Health Leadership and Management Managing Self & Others HSP002N Supporting People into Employment/IPS HSP046N Information and Knowledge Management Library Skills Regeneration, Housing and Planning Housing Law, Introduction Master classes in providing affordable housing and developing mixed communities through the planning process Planning and Housing in London: evening short course Urban Patterns & Spatial Analysis       Social Research Evaluation: Principles & Practice Researching Communities Urban Patterns & Spatial Analysis Women and Child Abuse Children and Changing Families Sexual exploitation of children & young people HSP035N Sexual Violence HSP037N Violence against women: issues, research and policy HSP036N

Brief interventions in Mental Health HSP044N Children and Changing Families Evaluation: Principles & Practice SSP051C Leadership and Management Management of Minor Conditions Managing Self & Others HSP002N Master classes in providing affordable housing and developing mixed communities through the planning process Planning and Housing in London: evening short course Researching Communities Sexual exploitation of children & young people HSP035N Sexual Violence HSP037N Supporting People into Employment/IPS HSP046N Urban Patterns & Spatial Analysis - SSP047N Violence against women: issues, research and policy HSP036N

Brief interventions in Mental Health HSP044N

This short course will introduce students to a range of therapeutic and communication-style based interventions and the different theoretical models underpinning these approaches to mental health problems.  The theoretical aspects of the programme will provide a framework that enables students to reflect critically on their current clinical and social work practice increasing their awareness of the factors that influence and shape their approach to clinical work with service users.  The course will enable students to build upon and develop their interpersonal and therapeutic intervention skills through theoretical lectures and skills based video workshops. The emphasis is on time limited approaches in therapy and the impact of strengths based models in communicating with those experiencing inter and intra personal difficulties.  Who is it for? The course is ideal for primary care mental health workers but is also suitable for students without professional status. Course dates:  Thursday mornings from Feb 2010 OR Five day block course 2010 14, 15 & 23 June and 1 & 2 July 2010 Attendance: The course is offered either as a 5 one-day block or part time (half day per week). Course Fee: 2009/10 fee £500 Lecturers: This course is taught by Simon Brewer, Jill Mytton and Dorothy Rowe, internationally renowed author on depression and other issues. Venue: Ladbroke House, Highbury Grove, London N5 2AD See Map at: Streetmap Qualification:  Upon successful completion of the assessment, 20 academic credits at Level M will be awarded. Further Learning: Upon successful completion of the assessment, the module can be taken towards the MA in Mental Health and Wellbeing or see the module guide HSP044N. Flyer: Please click here Brief interventions in mental health.pdf Mental Health and Wellbeing PG Certificate see flyer Vocational Rehab Mental Health and Wellbeing 0910 Further information: Contact Simon Brewer, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health on Tel: 020 7133 5170 or email s.brewer@londonmet.ac.uk Links: Dorothy Rowe

Children and Changing Families

This unique course critically examines social policy in relation to children and changing families.  It has a basis in children's rights as well as inter-professional working to protect children from harm and promote their best interests.  The protection and prevention debate is also explored. Who is it for? Professionals in children's services and those working at a policy level within social care particularly with children and families. Course dates: 10th and 11th June 2010; 23rd, 24th & 25th June 2010 Attendance: Five whole days Course Fee: 2009/10 fee £500 Lecturers: This course is taught by Liz Davies and Nora Duckett Venue: Ladbroke House, Highbury Grove, London N5 2AD See Map at: Streetmap Qualification:  Upon successful completion of the assessment, 15 academic credits at Level M will be awarded. Flyer: Please click here Children and changing families.pdf Further information/to apply: Contact Liz Davies on 020 7133 5110 or email e.davies@londonmet.ac.uk

Evaluation: Principles & Practice SSP051C

Looking at any area of life and we ask about the value and worth of something, e.g. a project, a programme or a new initiative. In almost any sphere, thought is given to cost effectiveness, efficiency and how we know what works, when, where as well as how. This course is intended for managers; programme and project managers, directors, development workers and those who commission services. This course covers programme, policy and institutional evaluation and a wide range of policy contexts, professions and agencies.   Who is the course for? Research/development managers working in national and international voluntary and public sector agencies with interest in communities, projects and programmes and their evaluation Course dates: Thursday 8th, Friday 9th, Saturday 10th, Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th  July 2010 Course Fee: £500 Course lecturer: Georgie Parry-Crooke Venue: London Metropolitan University Graduate Centre in Islington . Qualification: Upon successful completion of an optional assessment, 20 academic credits at M level will be awarded. Further Learning: Upon successful completion of assessment, the module can be taken towards the MSc Social Research and Evaluation Further information: Contact Georgie Parry-Crooke Tel 020 7133 5092 email g.parry-crooke@londonmet.ac.uk

Introduction to Housing Law

This course is an an excellent and comprehensive introduction to the main elements of housing law using many examples and practical case studies.  It will examine the main sources of housing law and the way it is administered, the main elements of housing law including, occupier's status and tenants rights, security of tenure, homelessness, protection from eviction and disrepair will be discussed and illustrated.  The tutors are highly experienced solicitors  specialising in housing law. Who is it for? Of particular interest to employees of housing associations or local authority housing departments.  Also of interest to those working in advocacy or advice roles, solictors and para-legals wishing to learn more about housing law or those working directly with the homeless and those in temporary accommodation Course dates: November/Dec 2010.  Consists of five 2-hour sessions Course Fee: TBC.  Fee 2009 £200 Course lecturer: Deirdre Forster and Timothy Powell both highly experienced solicitors specialising in housing law. Venue: London Metropolitan University north campus in Islington. Qualification: This module is accredited at half a module M level as part of the Housing Law Finance and Management module of the MA in Housing and Inclusion. Further information Further learning: PG Certificate, PG Diploma and a full MA in Housing and Inclusion are offered on a full or part time basis. Further information: Contact Christopher Mackay at c.mackay@londonmet.ac.uk

Leadership and Management

A flexible and innnotive short course equiping participants with key skills to develop their management practice.  Ideal for a students who wish to develop their management careers and fulful their leadership potential.  Learning outcomes include: Communication and presentation skills Time management Managing groups and teams Decision making and delegation Improving staff motivation and performance Who is it for? The course is suitable for individuals with some management responsibilities to wish to develop their management skills and practice. Course dates: To go onto our mailing list for information on the 2009/10 programme, please email Friday Adejo at: f.adejo@londonmet.ac.uk Attendance: 3 full days Cost: £500 Qualification/Assessment: The completed Action Learning Protfolio may be used with additional assessment to gain academic credits towards a postgraduate award. Furtther information: Contact Friday Adejo Tel: 020 7133 5012 email: f.adejo@londonmet.ac.uk

Management of Minor Conditions HSP026N

This innovative course supports students students in developing competencies to manage minor conditions with specific sessions on common problems.  IT also looks at history taking and consultation skills and the principles around managing minor conditions, giving students a comprehensive understanding of this subject. The course was developed by LondonMet in partnership with local professional development nurses and GPs.  The courses includes: Principles of managing minor conditions History taking and consultation skills; Clinical sessions on eye and skin conditions, ENT and chest examination, genito-urinary conditions, soft tissue injury and principles of pharmacology; Developing competencies. Professional accountability and evidence-based practice; Compulsory practice component. Who is it for? Relevant to practice nurses, nurse practitioners and other community nurses who are already managing minor illness, or nurses involved in Triage, the out-of-hours services or NHS walk in clinics or prison nurses. Dates: 2010 dates TBC Attendance: The course runs over 14 weeks, every Thursday from 10am to 1pm plus inducation session Course fee: 2009/10 fee £600 Qualification: Upon successful completion of the assessment, 15 academic credits at Advanced level will be awarded. The course involves both academic and practice based assessments leading to 15 credits at Advanced level. You must have an appropriate mentor for the practice component. Flyer: Please click here Entry requirement: Students should have experience of working in primary care settings and studying at Level 3  Further information: Contact Julie Bromilow, Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Tel: 020 7133 5108 email j.bromilow@londonmet.ac.uk

Managing Self & Others HSP002N

This course focuses upon managing yourself and others within a changing policy context. It will develop your knowledge, understanding and key skills, which are necessary for successful management practice.  Workshops include skills based sessions (including being filmed at University studios) and many past students have used the programme to progress their management careers.   Who is it for? This course is ideal for public sector, health and social care managers and senior practitioners who want to develop their management practice. Course dates: 2nd, 9th, 10th, 17th and 18th June 2010.  Attendance: 6 full days Lecturer: Jo Skinner Venue: Ladbroke House, Highbury Grove, London N5 2AD See Map at: Streetmap Qualification: This course can be taken as an accredited module. See HSP002N Professional Accreditation: PQ credits at Higher Specialist level for social work managers. Further Learning:  Upon successful completion of the assessment, the module may be taken towards the MA in Health and Social Services Management Contact: For more information contact Jo Skinner at j.skinner@londonmet.ac.u Tel: 020 7133 5016

Master classes in providing affordable housing and developing mixed communities through the planning process

All local authorities, urban and rural, face mounting pressure to deliver more housing, increase the proportion of affordable housing and negotiate ever more complex deals with developers in order to meet modern infrastructure requirements. And all this at a time of great uncertainty in the housing market when it can be difficult to tell whether house prices are rising or falling and even more difficult to guess the impact on development and on meeting housing trajectories. This series of six full day Masterclasses draws on the expertise of speakers who have many years of experience in negotiation between local authorities and developers and who also have a good understanding of the pressures facing local authorities today. The 2009/10 Masterclasses will take place in the Autumn.  Please download the provisional programme Masterclass in affordable housing 200910 pdf.pdf   and contact Rosie Mgbeojikwe tel: 020 7133 5174 or email  r.mgbeojikwe@londonmet.ac.uk to go on our mailing list to receive further information when the programme is confirmed.

Planning and Housing in London: Evening Short Course

This course is being run as an induction course for planners who have recently rejoined or rejoined planning practice in London. This will include planners who have qualified or worked mainly outside the UK, qualified planners who are returning to the profession after a career break or any planner who want to know more about how planning works in practice in London. The course will focus on planning for housing. Click to find out more: Evening Short Course on Planning and Housing in London Click for booking form: Evening Short Course on Planning and Housing in London / Booking form

Researching Communities

Within communities and environments where 'user involvement' and public participation in a range of social and political processes have received increased attention in recent years, so too has the need for effective participation in social research activities.  Moving beyond ideas of people only as research participants, this course examines ways of involving different communities, the reasons for using participatory methods, its contexts and how these approaches increase understanding of people's lived experiences. Course content: This course covers: knowledge and information: how to get it, use it and reflect on it; Community profiling, mapping and needs assessment; the 'science' of participatory methods and research in communities; Action Research and Collaborative Enquiry; Empowerment/emancipatory research and democracy; and Participatory appraisal and development. Whis is it for? Those working in the voluntary or public sector with an interest in communities and research including research and development managers, project managers and researchers.  Course dates: Friday 19th and Saturday 20th March; Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd April; Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th May 2010 Course Attendance: 6 full days including one Saturday Course fee: £500 Assessment: upon successful completion of the assessment, 20 credits will be awarded Lecturers: Georgie Parry Crooke, John Eversley and Alice Bigelow Further details: Georgie Parry Crooke email g.parry-crooke@londonmet.ac.uk tel 020 7133 5092 How to apply: Contact Admissions at admissions@londonmet.ac.uk tel: 020 7133 4200

Sexual exploitation of children & people HSP035N

A course that is designed to extend your knowledge base on sexual exploitation of children and young people. Students will examine examples of good practice in working with children and young people. Course content will concentrate on trafficking, prostitution and pornography and will cover: • Definitions and prevalence • Historical continuities • Policy and legislation • Intervention and protection • Impacts on the child/young person • Managing perpetrators Course dates: 6th, 7th, 20th & 21st May; 17th & 18th June 2010 Attendance: Six days, in three two-day blocks 9.30-5.30 Course Fee: 2009/10 fee £500 Venue: Ladbroke House, Highbury Grove, London N5 2AD See Map at: Streetmap Qualification: This course is accredited at M Level as part of the Women and Child Abuse MA. See HSP035N Flyer: Please click here  short course flyer SECYP 0910.pdf Further information:  For more information on course content please contact the Child and Women Abuse Studies Unit: 0207 133 5014 To apply: To request further details and an application form, please contact Rosie Mgbeojikwe email  r.mgbeojikwe@londonmet.ac.uk tel: 020 7133 5174 or you can download the application form here:  Associate Student SC form 0910.pdf .  Please return it with a passport sized photograph.

Sexual Violence HSP037N

The course will focus on forms of sexual violence in child and adulthood, including sexual abuse in childhood, rape and sexual assault of adults, sexual exploitation including pornography, prostitution, trafficking and other aspects of the sex industry and sexual harassment. Course content will cover: • Definitions and prevalence • Impacts and meanings • Legislative frameworks and the • Criminal justice response • Sexual cultures • Perpetrators • Approaches to prevention Course Dates: 11th, 12th, 25th & 26th February; 25th and 26th March 2010 Attendance: Six full days, in three two-day blocks More info: This course is accredited at M Level as part of the Women and Child Abuse MA. See: HSP037N.Flyer: Please click here short course flyer SV 0910.pdf Further information:  For more information on course content please contact the Child and Women Abuse Studies Unit: 0207 133 5014 To apply: To request further details and an application form, please contact Rosie Mgbeojikwe email  r.mgbeojikwe@londonmet.ac.uk tel: 020 7133 5174 or you can download the application form here:  Associate Student SC form 0910.pdf . Please return it with a passport sized photograph.

Supporting People into Employment/ IPS HSP046N

The 5 day course is focussed on the knowledge and skills needed by workers whose role is linked to the aim of increasing participation in paid employment of mental health service users, and to some extent, other disadvantaged groups. The course will lead to a robust understanding of evidenced based practice and the IPS method. It runs twice yearly and is taught by Miles Rinaldi, a highly experienced vocational services manager. This course can be taken as a stand alone professional development programme, without completing the assessments,(as an ‘Associate Student’) or attendees can take the assessments or attendees can and add 2 other modules toward a PG Cert Mental Health Practice or as part of the MA Mental Health and Wellbeing. Course dates: Course 1 (started): Days 4 & 5: 11 and 12 February 2010 Course 2: 7,8,16,24 and 25 June 2010 All days run from 10am to 4pm Course Fee: 2009/10 fee £500 More info: Please click here Vocational Rehab Mental Health and Wellbeing 0910 Module Guide at HSP046NHow to Apply: For the single module short course, please complete the application form here Associate Student SC form 0910.pdf  Return (with passport sized photo) to: Jenny Newton Director of Post-Graduate Programmes Department of Applied Social Sciences London Metropolitan University Ladbroke House 62-66 Highbury Grove London N5 2AD Tel 020 7133 5106 email: j.newton@londonmet.ac.uk

Urban Patterns & Spatial Analysis SSP047N

This course introduces the student to the fields of social enquiry where mapping can provide relevant answers to the key questions. Introduces and evaluates the primary data sources available for this. Introduces and explains the principles of computer mapping, GIS software and social data that can be spatially represented. The module teaches students to conduct their own GIS based study in this field and undertake critical review of GIS generated work. The course covers: -Introduction to the social geography of cities, looking particularly at Greater London - Introduction to main sources of social data and their management for use in GIS applications -Designing research for GIS: modelling and other appropriate analytical techniques -Introduction to mapping software and its related issues -Critical analysis of GIS projects. Course dates: 27th May, 3rd, 4th, 10th annd 11th June Course fee: 2009/10 £500 Contact: To register or to request further details and an application form, please contact Rosie Mgbeojikwe on r.mgbeojikwe@londonmet.ac.uk Tel: 020 7133 5174 For further information on the course content or programme, or to find out more about our short courses in regeneration, please contact either Jane Lewis at j.lewis@londonmet.ac.uk or Alice Bigelow at a.bigelow@londonmet.ac.uk. Both are Principal Lecturers in Regeneration.

Violence against women: issues, research and policy HSP036N

This is an introductory course that will introduce students to research on the prevalence, contexts and consequences of a range of forms of violence. By the end of this course students will be able to critically assess explanatory frameworks and contemporary policy. During the first three days of the course students will focus on critical analysis of theories, definitions and research methods, including a historical overview. More detailed attention will then be paid to: • Intimate partner violence • Rape and sexual assault • Harmful traditional practices e.g. female genital mutilation, honour crimes • Sexual exploitation including the sex industry, prostitution and trafficking Course dates: November/December 2010 Attendance: 6 full days 9.30 - 5.30 Course Fee: 2009/10 £500 Venue: Ladbroke House, Highbury Grove, London N5 2AD See Map at: Streetmap Qualification:  This course is accredited at M Level as part of the Women and Child Abuse MA. Module Guide at HSP036N Flyer:  Please clickhere short course flyer VAW 0910.pdf Further information:  For more information on course content please contact the Child and Women Abuse Studies Unit: 0207 133 5014 To apply: To request further details and an application form, please contact Rosie Mgbeojikwe email  r.mgbeojikwe@londonmet.ac.uk tel: 020 7133 5174 or you can download the application form here:  Associate Student SC form 0910.pdf .  Please return it with a passport sized photograph.