Overview
How can we help other people before and or during disasters? How we can improve water and sanitary facilities in refugee camps? How can drones and virtual reality technologies help with emergency response exercises? Get answers to these questions and more with this course that explains the vital research processes necessary for responses to emergencies and disasters.
Key facts:
You will have the opportunity to learn how to design, prepare and carry out research into these and other areas. You will examine the approaches to summarising and writing up your research.
Researching Risk, Disasters and Emergencies is offered at Coventry University by FutureLearn.
Programme Structure
Topics:
The wider research process
How to identify a meaningful title
Writing an effective literature review
Choosing the best data collection methods
Research ethics issues
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 14 days
- 3 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
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Disciplines
Risk Management Emergency & Disaster Management View 7 other Short Courses in Emergency & Disaster Management in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- This course is for anyone interested in carrying out research into risk, emergency, crisis, disaster and resilience disciplines.
Tuition Fee
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.