Global Development in Practice: Designing an Intervention
Use development management tools and frameworks to plan, implement and evaluate development interventions in practice.
- Duration12 weeks
- Cost$999
Build practical skills for managing development interventions
Development is a complex process, and managing development intervention requires a combination of purposeful design and the confidence to adapt flexibly to changing circumstances.
On this microcredential, you’ll build the skills to effectively manage the development intervention process on the ground.
Using real-life case studies, you’ll engage with development tools, frameworks and methodologies that can be used for planning, implementing and evaluating development interventions.
As well as practical development strategies, you’ll explore the associated theoretical issues and debates.
This microcredential meets the standards set by the Common Microcredential Framework.
What skills will you learn?
- People management
- Data management
- Project planning
- Planning development
- Logistics
- Business communications
- Project management
- Data analytics
What you will achieve
By the end of the microcredential, you’ll be able to...
- Apply tools, methods and frameworks for investigation and analysis aimed at informing development policy and practice
- Construct and communicate arguments using clear conceptual frameworks, integrating quantitative and qualitative evidence
- Use sound methodological principles and practices to investigate a development management problem
- Critically analyse the contexts, processes and outcomes of development interventions, and the relationships by means of which interventions are undertaken
- Gather and make effective use of data of various sorts, from diverse sources, and from different media
Are you eligible for this microcredential?
To study for this postgraduate microcredential, you must hold a bachelors degree or an equivalent level qualification.
It is also recommended that you have experience of working in the global development industry.
All teaching is in English, and your proficiency in the language needs to be adequate for postgraduate study. If English is not your first language we recommend you can achieve an IELTS score of at least seven.
Is this microcredential right for you?
This microcredential is designed for practitioners working in the global development industry. This could include those working for non-governmental organisations, the public sector, governmental bodies, or for volunteers working in community action projects.
Professionals who’d benefit from the microcredential could be working as development managers, field workers, planning managers, project managers, project officers, country managers, or regional managers.
Syllabus
What happens before, during, and after your microcredential
Before learning
You’ll have access to our online welcome area where you’ll be able to start conversations with your fellow learners and read any announcements or information relating to your microcredential.
Course
From 15 Mar 2021
Global Development in Practice: Designing an Intervention
This course will provide you with the skills, tools and methodologies to plan a development intervention.
12 weeks
13 hours per week
After learning
Once you’ve successfully completed the microcredential, you’ll receive your academic credits from The Open University. You’ll have ongoing, unlimited access to the course materials.
What you will receive
15 UK credits at Postgraduate level from The Open University
Credits are awarded on passing the final assessment. The assessment focuses on the project cycle as the dominant mode of ‘doing development’, linked to a case study, and subjected to a critique. You will develop your own case study and provide a critique of the project cycle process.
Find out how credits work and where you can use them in our FAQs.
What is a microcredential?
Microcredentials are designed to upskill you for work in rapidly-growing industries, without the time and cost commitment of a full degree. Your microcredential can stand alone as an independent credential, and some also offer academic credit to use towards a degree.
Complete online courses led by experts over 12-16 weeks with a dedicated group of professionals.
Test your understanding with online tutor-marked assessments and exercises.
Finish your learning and pass your assessments to gain an accredited credential.
Use your microcredential as evidence of your specialised skills and progress further in your industry.
Career-focused learning by The Open University
The Open University (OU) is the largest academic institution in the UK and a world leader in flexible distance learning, with a mission to be open to people, places, methods and ideas.
- Established1969
- LocationMilton Keynes, UK
- World rankingTop 510Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020
Delivered by experts
Giles Mohan is a Professor of International Development at The Open University and has developed many courses aimed at professionals working in international development and humanitarianism.
Learning on FutureLearn
Your learning, your rules
- Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps, but you can complete them as quickly or slowly as you like
- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
Want to know more about learning on FutureLearn? Using FutureLearn
What are our learners saying?
Add a new skill or forge a new path
"I recommend Futurelearn to anyone looking to learn and upskill...If you are in the job market, you might want to add a new skill or forge a new path."
They bring the classroom right to you
"FutureLearn courses are always interesting and informative. They bring the classroom right to you and send you on a journey to explore new ideas and offer interesting topics."
When would you like to start?
Enrolment for this microcredential is closed. We aim to run our microcredentials every few months. Speak to an enrolment advisor to find out more about this microcredential and future start dates.
Speak to an advisor
Register to learn more about this microcredential and be the first to hear of future start dates. Fill in your details below and one of our enrolment advisors will be in contact with you.
FAQ
We can accept payments made by card (Visa, Mastercard and American Express) or PayPal via our online system.
You will have 14 days from the day the course starts to apply for a refund. You can find more information in our cancellation and refund policy.
Microcredentials are designed to fit around your life and timezone.
There may be live events as part of your studies, but these will be recorded and can be watched afterwards if you aren’t online for the live broadcast.
No, microcredentials are designed to be taken anywhere in the world. You won’t need the right to study in the country where the university offering the microcredential is based.
Microcredentials are stand-alone products, designed to meet specific learner and employer needs and offer a credential in their own right. Those awarded by The Open University have a credit value at either undergraduate or postgraduate level, and this may in the future be used towards qualifications (for example, a Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma of Higher Education or Postgraduate Certificate) at The Open University, or potentially at another university (subject to the agreement of the receiving institution).
Want to know more? Read the microcredential FAQs, or contact us.