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€8,200.00total
1230 PointsDuration
1 Year, 6 Months
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English
Program Description
The Master in Dispute Resolution (MA) focuses on a wide range of non-adversarial dispute resolution processes, including arbitration, mediation, restorative practice, conflict and negotiation across commercial and workplace sectors. The curriculum is interdisciplinary, combining concepts from law, business management, international relations, policy studies, sociology, psychology and organisational development.
The mixture of experience-based learning through role plays and formal lectures gives students a hands-on understanding of this important, fast-growing sector. Our teaching team consists of mediators, lawyers, authors and arbitrators.
This Master in Dispute Resolution (MA) is suitable for graduates of law, business or related disciplines or those who have relevant work experience and who wish to develop their knowledge of this increasingly important field. It is designed for individuals who wish to enhance current capabilities and skills in Management, HR, Negotiation skills and Public Affairs.
The program has been accredited since February 2024 by the Irish Professional Mediators’ Organisation (IPMO). Graduates of the program are eligible to apply to the IPMO for membership as newly qualified mediators.
Accredited by: QQI
The mixture of experience-based learning through role plays and formal lectures gives students a hands-on understanding of this important, fast-growing sector. Our teaching team consists of mediators, lawyers, authors and arbitrators.
This Master in Dispute Resolution (MA) is suitable for graduates of law, business or related disciplines or those who have relevant work experience and who wish to develop their knowledge of this increasingly important field. It is designed for individuals who wish to enhance current capabilities and skills in Management, HR, Negotiation skills and Public Affairs.
The program has been accredited since February 2024 by the Irish Professional Mediators’ Organisation (IPMO). Graduates of the program are eligible to apply to the IPMO for membership as newly qualified mediators.
Accredited by: QQI
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Aims of the Program
- To provide learners with knowledge and understanding of the fundamental theories, concepts and methodologies of dispute analysis.
- To provide and develop a professional competency in the techniques necessary to define and assess disputes.
- To provide and develop the skills necessary to employ a methodical and critical approach to challenges in the management and resolution of disputes.
- To equip learners with the ability to communicate strategies and solutions in conflict contexts.
- To provide learners with the knowledge and foundation to pursue further post graduate study.
- To facilitate the development by the learner of applied skills that are directly complementary and relevant to the workplace.
- To enable the learner to identify, develop, and apply analytical creative problem solving and research skills.
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Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of the program, learners should be able to:
- Assess the societal, psychological, theoretical and legal principles that underpin the different forms of dispute resolution.
- Evaluate how different forms of dispute resolution operate.
- Manage different dispute resolution processes to effectively bring conflict situations to a conclusion in a consensual manner.
- Synthesise a range of conceptual approaches to dispute resolution theory and practice.
- Integrate a range of perspectives on current concerns and issues in the field of dispute resolution.
- Design and present solutions to inter-personal conflict situations.
- Compile research to an advanced level through a range of research projects and a major dissertation with ethical considerations.
- Demonstrate key communication and active listening skills and become critically self-aware.
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Why choose this program?
- Interdisciplinary, interactive approach to alternative dispute resolution techniques (Law / Business Studies / Psychology / Sociology / International Relations / Restorative Justice)
- Accredited by the Irish Professional Mediators' Organisation (IPMO), to which graduates are eligible to apply for membership
- Shortlisted for 2025 Education Awards: Best Masters Programme – Creative, Social & Professional Studies
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- Private sector Management, HR, Change Management, Workplace Dispute Resolution
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