Global Development with a Placement Year (Hons) University of East Anglia

Overview

On this  Global Development with a Placement Year (Hons)  course at the University of East Anglia  you’ll work alongside research-active lecturers to explore the lasting impacts of colonial and imperial legacies. You’ll uncover why partnerships between the Global South and Global North are essential for fair and just development and learn how to challenge power structures that drive inequality on local, national, and global scales.  

You’ll explore how cross-cultural dialogues, resistance, mobilisation, and social action can achieve greater social and environmental justice and how people in different parts of the world shape development. You'll be encouraged to expand your understanding of diverse perspectives on development and experiment with action-driven research methods. 

Employability

• You’ll graduate with knowledge and skills valued by a wide range of organisations related to global development and beyond. These include government agencies, the United Nations, private sector companies, consultancy firms, and the many hundreds of large and small non-government organisations that focus on development and humanitarian work.

• Alternatively, you could use the academic and transferable skills gained from our degrees for careers in business, the voluntary and public sector, education, and academia.

Careers

Examples of career destinations include: 

• Local, national and international non-governmental organisations: working for development charities and humanitarian emergency relief organisations that support communities affected by conflict and disasters, such as the Red Cross 

• Private sector companies: innovative enterprises which play a major role in global development in areas like infrastructure, healthcare, ethical investment, and energy transitions 
• Bilateral and multi-lateral agencies: working in organisations like the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), WHO (World Health Organisation), WFP (World Food Programme) or the World Bank 
• Government or public sector: working in local national government agencies including the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) or civil service fast-stream positions addressing global development 
• Think-tanks or research institutes: working on policy analysis, data-driven research, and advocacy, these varied roles often focus on particular areas such as gender, conflict, social justice and climate change