Community Based Research - Getting Started, Certificate | Part time online | FutureLearn | United Kingdom
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Learn the skills you need to carry out research in your own community using the 'citizen science' approach of UCL's RELIEF Centre with Community Based Research - Getting Started at UCL by FutureLearn.

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Overview

Community based research means involving a community in all stages of a research process - this kind of research can give people the power to transform their lives.

Key facts:

On Community Based Research - Getting Started at UCL by FutureLearn  you will learn the basics of community based research by examining the citizen science methodology used by the RELIEF Centre in Lebanon.

You will learn to construct your own research questions to find out community needs and how to meet them. You will develop research skills to carry out local research projects sensitively and ethically, using examples from Lebanon to support you as an aspiring researcher.

Programme Structure

Topics:

  • Insight into the what, why, and how of community based research
  • Identification of the skills needed to plan an effective research project, spanning research questions, qualitative and quantitative data collection, interview skills, and observation skills
  • Planning of community based research projects, including development of a research proposal, submission for peer review, data analysis approaches, and networking and public engagement.

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 21 days
    • 3 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Academic 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 community members who want to find new solutions for community problems. 

  • It’s also suitable for community researchers recruited by NGOs, teachers who want to investigate relationships between school and the community, academic researchers in Lebanon and elsewhere, students wanting to carry out community research, leaders of community research, trainers of researchers in NGOs or on academic projects, and even entrepreneurs who wish to investigate the community demand for their products or find out what the community needs.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    109 USD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 109 USD for the full programme during 21 days.
  • National

    109 USD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 109 USD for the full programme during 21 days.

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