Licentiate in Safeguarding
The Licentiate in Safeguarding is a multidisciplinary, two-year program. It is one of the few holistic programs on a second-cycle degree level in its field and aims to prepare scholars for the culturally-tailored adaptation of safeguarding measures in their native countries or countries of employment. Its goal is to train experts for the practical application of the comprehensive theoretical understanding of safeguarding.
All graduates are equipped to confront complex safeguarding situations with strategic approaches, drawing on theoretical and practical competencies to create, carry out, and evaluate safeguarding measures. They are capable of guiding and managing safeguarding teams.
Admission Requirements
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at least a bachelor’s degree (1st cycle university degree) with a final grade average of at least Cum Laude in subject areas relevant to the subjects taught;
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sufficient knowledge of the language of instruction;
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personal motivation and the prospect of long-term work in the field.
The Licentiate in Safeguarding is a four-semester program with the following structure:
- Multidisciplinary foundation with regard to all major aspects of safeguarding related to Types of abuse, Victims/Survivors, and Perpetrators.
- Elements geared towards personal development and human formation.
- Multidisciplinary foundation with regard to all major aspects of safeguarding related to Institution, Intervention, and Prevention.
- Elements geared towards personal development and human formation.
- 450 hours of supervised internship in a field of safeguarding related to the student’s specialization (in any country in whose language the student is proficient)
- 200 hours of literature study, reflection on experiences, written internship reports, online contact with IADC supervisors.
- Multidisciplinary foundation with regard to all major aspects of safeguarding related to the ability to create Guidelines, Policies, and Codes of Conduct.
- Elements geared towards personal development and human formation.
- Workshops on Communication: "Abuse cases and communication" and "Meet the Media"
- Work on the final thesis
The licentiate ends with final exams (written and oral) and the presentation and defense of a thesis: 14 ECTS for licentiate thesis and its presentation, 10 ECTS for the final exams.
Students may only take part in the final examinations if they pass the examinations of each individual course, the practical training, and the thesis.
Licentiate students must prepare a thesis under the supervision of a professor approved by the dean. The licentiate thesis consists of an original text of about 50 pages (about 100,000 characters), excluding the bibliography. Students will defend the thesis before the final oral examination.