MA International Labour and Trade Union Studies

Admission requirements

Students will normally be graduates with an honours degree, or equivalent qualifications in a relevant area of study.

Instead of a degree, you may be admitted if:

  • You have relevant paid or unpaid experience including training/education courses, in organisations such as trade unions, community, voluntary or political groups.
  • You have knowledge and academic skills commensurate with degree level work.
  • You can show evidence of capacity for post-graduate study through providing a portfolio of recent written work; for example reports, policy papers, funding applications, essays, etc.
  • You complete an academic case study analysis exercise and background reading set by the MA to the equivalent standard of a first degree
  • You have qualifications in the relevant area of study and have completed the equivalent of year 1 elsewhere, you may apply for entry to Part 2 of the MA programme.