The Drum Beat 140 - Universities and Links for Communication and Development

Please note: Many of these programmes have changed since the time we published this issue of The Drum Beat. You can find updated information about post-graduate C4D courses HERE.

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UNIVERSITY COURSES

1. Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences - Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with the Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Offers a Masters Programme in Public Health.

2. University of Birmingham - International Development Department, School of Public Policy - Birmingham, UK
Offers MBA/DPM Public Service (International Stream), MSc/Diploma Public Economic Management and Finance, MSc/Diploma Poverty Reduction and Development Management, MSc/Diploma Governance and Development Management, MSc/Diploma International Health Management, MSc/Diploma Rural Development, and MSc/Diploma Urban Governance for Development.

3. Malmö University - The School of Arts & Communication - Distance-learning
Offers courses in Communication for Development.

4. University of Central Lancashire - Lancashire Business School - Preston, UK
Offers a Master's Programme in Strategic Communication.

5. National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa - Department of Communication - Johannesburg, South Africa
Offers a Professional Diploma in Creative Multimedia and in Television Production: Youth & Technology.

6. University of London - Institute of Education - London, UK
Offers Masters Programmes in Education & International Development; Education & International Development: Health Promotion; and Education, Gender & International Development.

7. University of Tucumán - Department of Philosophy & Language - Tucumán, Argentina
Offers a Masters in Communication for Development.

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8. University of Mauritius - Department of Social Studies & Humanities - Réduit, Mauritius
Offers a Diploma / B.Sc. (Honours) in Communication Studies.

9. Huron University USA - London, UK
Offers a Masters in International Relations.

10. Universidad Nur - Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Offers a Masters in Public Health and a Masters in Sustainable Development.

11. George Washington University - School of Public Health and Health Services - Department of International Public Health - Washington, DC, USA
Offers a Masters in Public Health with specialisations in Health Promotion and Policy.

12. Karolinska Institutet - Department of Public Health Sciences - Distance learning programme
Offers Distance-learning Masters Degrees in Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) - the integration of best available findings from research with clinical expertise and patient values; and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) - the integration of EBM with the social, ethical and economic implications of the diffusion and use of health interventions/technology.

13. University of Manchester - Institute for Development Policy & Management (IDPM) - Manchester, UK
Offers Masters of Science in Economics and Management of Rural Development, Environment and Development, Management and Implementation of Development Projects, Management and Information Systems, Organisational Change and Development and Masters of Arts in Poverty, Conflict and Reconstruction, and Social Policy and Social Development.

LINKS

Media

14. OneWorld Learning Channel - a portal promoting quality education for all - includes news, opinions and analysis on education as a global issue and explores how education is linked with issues such as poverty, debt, gender, the environment, AIDS and health.

15. Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) - independent educational charity. They produce weekly on-line reports and news analyses by local and international reporters from Central Asia, Afghanistan, the Balkans, and the Caucasus, and distribute news bulletins in five languages internationally.

16. Afghan Media Development - maintained by IWPR, this site serves as a clearing house for all information on media in Afghanistan and media development issues in that country.

17. Africa Pulse - a news and information portal for the civil society sector in the Southern African Development Community. Relies on a 'bottom-up' publishing structure, which means that organisations publish directly to the site.

18. Jerusalem Media and Communication Centre(JMCC) - established in 1988 by a group of Palestinian journalists and researchers to provide information on events in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. JMCC's Jerusalem and Gaza offices provide a wide range of services to journalists, researchers, international agencies, individuals and organisations interested in obtaining reliable information on the Palestinian territory.

19. Media House Productions - Arabic videos on development issues.

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PULSE...taking the pulse of international economic and social development...

"The people most directly affected by a development issue have the best ideas, analysis and opinions about how to address that issue."

Do you Agree? Disagree? Are you Unsure? Please comment.

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Coalitions

20. White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood - a group of organisations and individuals that have combined forces to raise international awareness about the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women and infants.

21. Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) - an international network of professionals committed to sustainable development. Its aim is to create and sustain a global network of emerging and working leaders ready and willing to address environment and development challenges in different countries. 

NGOs

22. Linking Agricultural Research and Rural Radio - How can rural radio help to construct better relationships between technical science and humanity?

23. Directory of Development Organizations 2002 - lists 25,000 contacts of organisations that offer "(non-) financial support, market access, information and advice to the enterprise and poverty-reducing sectors in low-income countries." The Directory can be viewed in English, Spanish, or French.

New Technologies

24. Democracies Online - promoting online civic participation and democracy efforts around the world through information exchange, experience sharing, outreach, and education.

25. Digital Opportunity Channel - will focus on the use of ICTs for global sustainable development, with a special emphasis on developing countries. The site will be launched publicly the week of 17 May 2002 to coincide with UN World Telecommunications Day.

26. TakingITGlobal ICT Network - a network and site to enable young people from around the world to share their experiences with information and communications technologies (ICTs). Features news, people, events, organisations, and online discussions about closing the digital divide.

Foundations

27. Venture Intelligence Africa - working to encourage the use of ICTs in non-western countries.

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