Dr Pamela Vallely,
Tel: +44 (0)161 276 276 8848,
Fax: +44 (0)161 276 8840
E-mail: Pamela.J.Vallely@man.ac.uk<
Internet: http://www.microbiology.org.uk/course.html

Tel: +44 (0 161 276 8828
Email: Mat.Upton@manchester.ac.uk
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Clinical biochemistry applies basic biochemistry and analytical chemistry to medical diagnosis, treatment and management. It provides a sound, objective basis on which to gauge the extent of a clinical disorder, the biochemical consequences of a particular disease process, and the response to therapy. This programme is designed to provide students with the basic skills needed for a career in clinical biochemistry within the health service.

Programme structure
The programme consists of six compulsory course units. Each course unit is worth 15 credits and involves 30 hours of contact time. A further 90 credits is gained by the satisfactory completion of a supervised research project culminating in the submission of a dissertation or report. Each unit has approximately 24 hours of formal lectures, with 6 hours of additional time spent in a combination of seminars, tutorials, essays or oral presentations by students.

* Analytical Methods I and II
* Homeostasis and Nutrition
* Endocrinology
* Biochemistry of Major Organ Disorders
* Biochemical Screening in Health and Disease

Students are also encouraged to attend course units in Statistics and Research Skills. Diploma students conduct a limited research project and submit a report, and MSc students undertake a comprehensive research project culminating in the submission of a dissertation.

Mrs P R Essex
Postgraduate Support
Division of Medicine and Neurosciences - Hope
Room D205, 1st Floor
Clinical Sciences Building
Hope Hospital, Eccles Old Road,
Manchester M6 8HD, UK
Tel: +44 (0)161 206 5578
Fax: +44 (0)161 206 5722
Email: penelope.essex@manchester.ac.uk
Internet: http://www.medicine.manchester.ac.uk/graduate/clinbiochemistry/

Tel: +44 (0)161 275 5032
Email: pgtaught.lifesciences@manchester.ac.uk
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The objectives are that, by the end of the programme, participants will have:

• knowledge and understanding of the linkage between international development and HRD practices and policies;
• knowledge of the cross-cultural factors affecting the application of HRD theories and methods in developing, transitional and newly industrialised countries;
• insight into the relevance of learning theories to the types of strategy and methodology adopted for the development of people in the workplace;
• knowledge of how new approaches to human resource development affect the context for competence and performance enhancement in organisations;
• an understanding of how to analyse and design appropriate human resource development strategies, particularly ones that enhance work processes in the interest of clients;
• a focus on their own learning and management skills and how they may be improved.

£5,900 for UK/EU students and £ 11,950 for international students. For general fee information, please visit: Postgraduate Fee

Bursarys and Scholarships awarded by the School are usually advertised from January with a closing date of June. Awards for 2010 entry have not yet been set. Further information will be added as it comes available. Follow this link for more information on funding opportunities for studies at IDPM .
The School of Environment & Development Alumni Bursary Scheme offers a £500 reduction in fees to University of Manchester alumni - contact us for further information on this scheme and other scholarships available.

Mrs Christina Gee MSc HRD Programme Administrator Institute for Development Policy and Management University of Manchester Crawford House, Precinct Centre Oxford Road Manchester M13 9GH United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 0969
Fax: +44 (0)161 273 8829
E-mail: sed.admissions@manchester.ac.uk
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Bursarys and Scholarships awarded by the School are usually advertised from January with a closing date of June. Awards for 2009 entry have not yet been set. Further information will be added as it comes available. Follow this link for more information on funding opportunities for studies at IDPM .
The School of Environment & Development Alumni Bursary Scheme offers a £500 reduction in fees to University of Manchester alumni - contact us for further information on this scheme and other scholarships available.

E-mail: sed.admissions@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 0969
Fax: +44 (0)161 275 7878
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This programme focuses on the analysis of management, planning and policy-making issues in rural development. It integrates the study of economics with that of organisational and institutional aspects of effective management, and addresses key policy issues in rural development. The programme is intended for social science graduates or for those involved in policy-making, planning or managing activities in rural areas of less developed countries - including government officials, employees of parastatal organisations, the staff of bilateral and multilateral development agencies and those working for non-governmental organisations.

Special features: An integral feature of this programme is overseas field study which in previous years has included a visit to Barbados, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cuba, Ghana, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. The cost of the visit is included in the programme fee. In addition, participants may undertake research visits to government and non-government agencies as well as other universities within the UK.

Core course units typically include:
* Perspectives on Development
* Development Research
* Economics for Rural Development,
* Agriculture in Economic Development
* Cost-Benefit Analysis and Project Appraisal or Planning and Managing Development

Bursarys and Scholarships awarded by the School are usually advertised from January with a closing date of June. Awards for 2009 entry have not yet been set. Further information will be added as it comes available. Follow this link for more information on funding opportunities for studies at IDPM .
The School of Environment & Development Alumni Bursary Scheme offers a £500 reduction in fees to University of Manchester alumni - contact us for further information on this scheme and other scholarships available.

This programme makes available core elements of IDPM's existing Master's programmes in Human Resource Management and Human Resource Development , enabling participants to obtain a Master's degree by distance learning without leaving home or interrupting their careers.
Students follow a guided programme of eight course units and a dissertation. All students undertake the core module in teaching period one. After that, students are free to study flexibly, subject to the modules available at any time. However, students who follow the `normal study' route take three modules in the first year and the remaining four modules in the second year. A dissertation is undertaken in the first half of the third year. Since many students will not have access to an academic library, students receive very detailed study packs for each module, sufficient to allow them to meet the requirements of module assessment. Students join an Internet tutorial group for each module, using email to discuss course unit topics with a tutor and fellow students.

The following modules are taken:

• Core issues in Human Resource Management (15 Credits)
• Human Resource Development (15 Credits)
• Human Resource Practice (15 Credits)
• International Management (15 Credits)
• Organisational Behaviour (15 Credits)
• Organisation Development (15 Credits)
• Training and Development (15 Credits)
• Research Methods (15 Credits)

Tel: +44(0)161 275 0962
Email: isobel.singleton@manchester.ac.uk
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The current impoverishment of more than 1.4 billion people presents the world with its single greatest moral challenge. Although progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals has been impressive in some parts of the world, they are unlikely to be met by 2015 across large swathes of sub-Saharan Africa - and even if they were, large numbers of people would remain trapped in chronic poverty, not least by the unequal sets of power relations that operate from local to global levels. The recent global financial crisis is likely to make things harder, leading rich countries to slash their aid budgets, reducing levels of foreign investment in poor countries and creating new forms of poverty in the global North and South. The challenge of understanding and tackling the problem of poverty is therefore an urgent one.

The new, multidisciplinary MSc in Poverty and Development at IDPM is designed to help participants engage with this challenge in a critical and constructive way, by offering high-level academic training in a vibrant and stimulating environment. The Institute for Development Policy and Management and the University of Manchester are committed to becoming world leaders in poverty research and poverty studies. We currently host three international research institutes and centres which produce cutting-edge insights into poverty and strategies for its eradication.
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