The University of Edinburgh has launched a new online distance learning course in community engagement. Running from March to May 2017, the course seeks to:
- Understand what is meant by community engagement
- Uncover what lies behind this policy trend
- Reveal the importance of engaging communities on their terms
- Consider ways of researching the priorities of communities
- Explore the importance of open forms of communication
- Examine ways of offering expertise in non-authoritarian terms
- Help students, practitioners and their organisations develop strategies and policies for community engagement
The course fee is £700.
