This specialist master’s course aims to support the development of the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to deliver more effective responses to realised risks and threats based on evolving best practice. It will provide a chance to develop an understanding of the underlying issues and problems faced by emergency planning and management practitioners and the duties required of organisations within UK civil contingencies legislation. This programme is designed to enable you to develop the necessary knowledge and practical skills needed to identify, critically analyse, assess and successfully manage a growing range of emergencies, operating confidently in policy development, strategy implementation and response management. Assessment for all modules is by 100% coursework. As well as satisfying the required standards for an academic research project, the 15,000-word dissertation provides an opportunity to focus your learning on your own professional development needs. On successful completion, you should be able to: critically assess and deal with complex issues by applying principles of assessment, critical evaluation, and problem solving; critically develop and apply professional judgements about trends in risk, policy and emergency planning and management; apply original analysis with appropriate comparative techniques to interpret key aspects of national, European Union and international emergency planning and management policy and practice; and critically assess current UK and international management and operational techniques and processes.