International Social Work & Community Development (with Foundation Year), BA (Hons)

In your Foundation Year, you'll build confidence and learn essential academic and digital skills needed for your degree.

You'll explore Asset-Based Community Development, focusing on the strengths within communities to drive positive change. You'll learn how to support individuals, families, and communities through practical experience, working with residents and professionals on community projects and volunteer placements.

The full course addresses contemporary global issues, such as:

• Community development and practice
• Human trafficking and transnational crime
• Global migration and refugees
• Sustainable development
• Human rights and social change
• Community resilience
• Global pandemics
• Climate change

You'll take part in voluntary placements and projects linked to your studies, making a real impact locally, in policy, public services, or international development.

This course is based at our Burnley Campus, where small class sizes foster a supportive, close-knit learning community.

While this degree does not qualify you for social worker registration, it provides valuable skills and knowledge for diverse career paths in community development and international work.

For those seeking social work registration, consider our BA (Hons) Social Work, accredited by Social Work England.

Diploma from a technical / vocational or health college / institute with a GPA of 2.0/5 or 60-64%

Successful completion of on year of appropriate study at a recognised KSA university with a GPA 2.5/5 (65-69%)

Diploma from a technical / vocational or health college / institute with a GPA of 2.5/5 (65-69%)