This course aims to provide you with the necessary skills and knowledge to shape, manage and interpret heritage sites and objects, and become an effective, critical and creative heritage professional. We support you to develop your own areas of specialism within this area, through written work and discussion, and welcome students from a wide range of backgrounds.

A Master of Science (MSc) can be awarded in preference to a Master of Arts (MA) where the dissertation concerns science heritage, or where the nature of the investigation can be termed ‘scientific’.

Entry Requirements

Normally at least a good second-class honours degree or its equivalent, or a minimum of five years’ relevant work experience. In addition, some applicants may have some experience, often in a voluntary capacity, of working in museums, galleries, heritage sites or the media and related interpretive areas

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This course aims to equip you with historical, current and emerging theories, concepts, issues, techniques and practice in education and visitor studies in museums and cognate fields. The programme provides training both for professionals involved in museum education, learning and visitor studies and for those who wish to undertake further research in the field.

A Master of Science (MSc) can be awarded in preference to a Master of Arts (MA) where the dissertation concerns a science collection or museum, or where the nature of the investigation can be termed ‘scientific’.

Entry Requirements

Normally at least a good second class honours degree or equivalent, or a minimum of five years’ relevant work experience. In addition, many applicants will have some experience, often in a voluntary capacity, of working in museums, galleries, or related organisations.

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Diplomatic studies has long been an important element in teaching and research in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Leicester. Diplomatic studies is concerned principally with the modes of diplomacy (for example, the resident ambassador and summitry) and its function (for example, negotiation and information gathering). The subject deals not only with the contemporary period but also with the origins of diplomatic institutions and the development of diplomatic law.

This course aims to promote an understanding of the distinctiveness of diplomacy as a political activity of central importance to the peaceful, stable and productive conduct of relations between states; to impart knowledge and stimulate debate concerning the key modes and functions of diplomacy, in both contemporary and historical contexts; to consider international institutions and areas of the world with which professional diplomats might reasonably be expected to be familiar, for example, the European Union.

Entry Requirements

Either a first or a good second class honours degree from a British university or its equivalent, in Politics, History, International Relations or other related subjects. We also welcome applicants with relevant professional experience.

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Recent protests and social movements have advanced a range of political claims to human rights. The global economic crisis is one part of the growing range of ethical, social and political issues that cannot be resolved by states acting alone. Human rights and global ethics are therefore increasingly vital areas of study.

Over recent years the idea of human rights has become a central issue in international politics, much of which can no longer be fully understood without an understanding of the politics of human rights. The MA addresses these concerns from the perspective of their global political context.

This course provides a thorough grounding in the political and international theory of human rights and global ethics. On this course, you will be exposed to different theoretical and political perspectives on human rights. You will have the chance to study in depth the global political context of pressing ethical issues. The course combines study of the main theories and concepts related to human rights and global ethics with detailed empirical analysis of issues such as intelligence, slavery, citizenship, refugees, animal rights, security and war.

The course is designed to equip graduates with knowledge and skills relevant to employment and career development in government, media, business, NGOs and any professional context in which cross-cultural sensitivity and ethical awareness is a requirement.

Entry Requirements

Either a first- or a good second-class honours degree from a British university or its equivalent, in Politics, History, International Relations or other related subjects. For the distance learning course in particular, we also welcome applicants with relevant professional experience.

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The course will examine the nature and dynamics of international relations in the contemporary global system, focusing on differing concepts of order in the post-Cold War world. It aims to make you think critically about the nature of international relations and about the extent to which western interests, institutions and culture dominate the world system.

The course addresses such questions as: is the contemporary international system ‘unipolar’ or ‘multipolar’?; what role does the USA play in international affairs?; what are the prospects for international peace and cooperation in the twenty-first century and is there a ‘clash of civilisations’?

Entry Requirements

Either a first- or a good second-class honours degree from a British university or its equivalent, in Politics, History, International Relations or other related subjects. For the distance learning course in particular, we also welcome applicants with relevant professional experience.

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