This programme provides academic training for prospective and practising diplomats, civil servants, and staff of NGOs or academics. You will benefit from practitioners who contribute valuable insight into current challenges and processes, as you combine the theory and practice of contemporary diplomacy. Over the course of the programme you will develop transferable skills, including research, policy making, and interpersonal skills and will complete a specialist research dissertation in consultation with an expert supervisor. On completion of this course you will acquire a solid grounding to enter a career within diplomacy, the civil service, an NGO or further academia.