Postgraduate courses

last updated 31/01/04

Postgraduate taught courses on evaluation in the UK

London Metropolitan University
MA/PGDip in Evaluation and Social Research/Certificate in Evaluation
Full- and part-time postgraduate courses available. Short courses starting from 8 September 2003. Open Days:Wednesday 3 September - Wednesday 1 October, 5-8pm, 166-220 Holloway Rd, London N7 and 100 Minories, Tower Hill, London EC3
see: www.londonmet.ac.uk/courses/short-courses/professional.cfm
Call: 0800 032 44 41
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

Evaluation Strategies. Short course.
Starts 14 June 2003. Deadline 24 June 2003. Contexts of, and theories, principles and methods of evaluation. 5 days. £285.
For further information visit the website www.unl.ac.uk or tel +44 20 7133 4202 or email Georgie Parry-Crooke

University of Glamorgan
MSc/Postgraduate Diploma in Policy Evaluation
Enrolment for 2003/04 in February
For information see http://www.glam.ac.uk/courses/
Contact: Sarah Batterbury

University of East Anglia, Overseas Development Group
Short Courses 2004
Monitoring and Evaluating for Development Activities (19 July- 13 Aug 2004).
Management Information Systems for Monitoring and Evaluating (5-16 July 2004)
The 4 week course is designed for people with a practical, professional interest in building information systems for more effective learning and decision-making. The 10 day course has been designed to provide M&E specialists with the opportunity to develop a computerised M&E Management Information System (MIS) in two weeks. Participants will take home a workable system, which can be field tested with live data. Deadline for applications: 24 Mar 2004.
Email: odg.gw@uea.ac.uk
Tel: +44 1603 592340 - Fax: +44 1603 591170
http://www.odg.uea.ac.uk/pages/training.html

University of Luton
Master's degree in Research and Evaluation (Health and Social Care)
Course starting February 2003
For further information visit website www.luton.ac.uk or tel 0800 389 6633 or email enquiries@luton.ac.uk

Liverpool John Moores University, Institute of Health
Msc in Health Evaluation
Full-time 12months/Part-time 24-36 months
For further information visit our website
Contact: Route Programme Leader - Rose Sands Tel: 0151 231 4466

Liverpool John Moores University in collaboration with Kristianstad University, Sweden
Certificate in evaluation - continuing professional development
The module is part of the above MSc in Health Evaluation and offers an introduction to evaluation at masters level. It will be particular interest for those who are or intend to be involved in the evaluation of health related and social interventions.
The course will run from 29 Sept 2003 to 16 Jan 2004.

City University London, Dept of Economics, School of Social Sciences
MSc in Economic Evaluation in Healthcare
Closing date for applications: 7 April 2003
Designed for graduates and healthcare professionals, this course covers the economics of healthcare, economic evaluation in healthcare, welfare economics, epidemiology and statistics, clinical trials and survival analysis, health needs and quality of life assessment. For more information and application form, email socscipg@city.ac.uk or write to: Postgraduate Enquiry Officer, School of Social Sciences, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB. Tel 020 7040 8512/ Fax 020 7040 8580. Please quote Reference: SS/GU/03 when making enquiries.www.city.ac.uk/social/

University of Bristol, School for Policy Studies
New MSc in Public Policy - Understanding Public Policy in an Interconnected World
Closing date for applications: 26 May 2003
Students study for one year full-time or two years part-time. Core themes: Globalisation and public policy - Multi-level governance - Power and the policy process - The economics of public policy - Evaluating policy outcomes and understanding policy research. Students choose from key policy areas: Health and health care in a global context - Gender, development and public policy - Contemporary penal policy - Poverty and social exclusion - Human settlements and public policy - 'Culture', citizenship and public policy. For further information and an application form, please contact: Reception School for Policy Studies University of Bristol 8 Priory Road, Bristol BS8 1TZ T: +44 (0) 117 954 6755 Email: sps-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk

Other evaluation training courses

Charities Evaluation Service is an independent UK charity with expertise in monitoring, evaluation and quality systems in the voluntary sector. CES offers open training run from their offices in London, in-house training delivered venues provided by their clients and they facilitate workshops. CES provide core courses on the nuts and bolts of monotoring and evaluation and linking evaluation into project planning. They also provide further courses aimed to complement and develop learning from the core courses. Both core and complementary courses use a participatory approach and provide opportunities for participants to learn interactively.

Core courses

  • First steps to monitoring and evaluation (basic one day foundation course)
  • Foundation course in monitoring and evaluation (intensive two day course)
  • First steps to measuring outcomes (one day)
  • Measuring and understanding outcomes (two days)

Complementary courses

  • Collecting quantitative and qualitative data (one day)
  • Analysing data (one day)
  • Presenting evaluation findings effectively (two days)
  • Monitoring and evaluation for funders (one day)
  • Involving service users in evaluation (one day)
  • Managing organisational change (one day)
  • Evaluating diversity (one day)

To find out more, telephone 020 7713 5722 or email training@ces-vol.org.uk

The Evaluators' Institute in the US offers short-term professional development courses for practicing evaluators.
Seventeen courses for practicing evaluators (or those who want to learn how to be) are offered the week of January 12-17, 2004, in San Francisco, California, USA. Topics covered by the 17 courses are:

  • Outcome and impact assessment, and cost-benefit analysis (2 courses)
  • Implementation integrity and performance measurement (3 courses, including a new one that looks at how implementation analysis can strengthen the use of performance measurement systems)
  • Analysis and interpretation of data (2 courses--one on qualitative data and one linking evaluation questions and statistical techniques)
  • Using technology in evaluation (2 courses—a new one that looks at how evaluation is being transformed by technology and presents new models and tools to effectively use the new technologies; plus one on the design and administration of internet and mail surveys)
  • Qualitative methods (4 courses—a new one on strategies for using qualitative methods to establish causal linkages between programs and effects when quantitative or experimental approaches seem unfeasible; plus basic methods, participatory/collaborative and other qualitative approaches, and analysis of qualitative data)
  • Basic foundations of evaluation (2 courses, including the basics course that reviews all the major approaches to evaluation and the questions best answered by each; plus a new class on use of evaluation models and theories for guiding decisions about when, where, and why to use certain methods)
  • Needs assessment
  • Program theory
  • Community-Based Evaluation principles and methods.

These courses are provided by The Evaluators' Institute and are endorsed by The American Evaluation Association. Teachers are leaders, known nationally and internationally, and have first-hand knowledge of that which they teach: they implement evaluations and further the field with research. Scholarship support is available for eligible applicants (provided by the National Science Foundation). In addition, discounts are available for past participants, institutions that send multiple employees, and for a limited number of full-time graduate students. Certificates of attendance are provided and Continuing Education Units are available. See www.EvaluatorsInstitute.com for complete details and a registration form or send an e-mail to Registrar@EvaluatorsInstitute.com.

Eureval-C3e training

Evaluating Socio-economic Programmes (Seminars are held in Paris and Brussels)

  • Designing and steering an evaluation project - for newcomers in evaluation activities.
  • Selecting appropriate evaluation methods and tools - for evaluation managers having to draft terms of reference and to access the quality of reports.
  • Developing impact indicators and analysis pragmatically - for evaluation practitioners having to carry out an in-depth impact analysis.

E-learning on Evaluation Management

E-learners attend an initial start-up seminar in Brussels and then cover eight modules over a four-month period (1 module every 2 weeks). You have to allocate four work hours at least per module. Each module is based on a real life case study provided by Eureval through its e-learning website. At the end of the module, your short note is quality assessed by Eureval and you receive formal feedback from your trainer. Successfully acquired skills allow access to the next module. At the end of the e-learning cycle your evaluation management capacity is validated by Eureval.

For further information or to register, contact Eureval-C3E, 13 bis, Place Jules Ferry -F- 69006 Lyon. Tel 00 33 4 72 83 78 80 / fax: 00 33 4 72 83 78 81 or e-mail: lyon@eureval-c3e.fr

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