POSTGRADUATE PROSPECTUS

challenges in this field; and to develop students’research experience and ethical understanding inpromoting sustainable development.PGDIP AGRIBUSINESS FORDEVELOPMENTThis postgraduate diploma provides a Universityof London qualification and skills in conceptualand analytical skills in business management andmarketing for the agrifood industry.PGDIP AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSThis postgraduate diploma offers a relevantUniversity of London qualification and skillsin economic analysis in the renewable naturalresources sector, with a variety of modules ondevelopment, production, marketing, policyand economic transition.PGDIP APPLIED ENVIRONMENTALECONOMICSThis is a University of London postgraduatediploma which examines both theoretical andpractical aspects of the complex interaction ofnatural and economic processes. It is designedfor students with a primary interest in issuesand policies concerning the rural environment.PGDIP BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATIONAND MANAGEMENTThis postgraduate diploma promotes broadunderstanding of biological diversity at differentlevels; skills in formulating managementand conservation policies and projects; basicunderstanding of genetic resource utilisation,and awareness of ethical and moral issues inbiological resource conservation and utilisation.PGDIP ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTThis University of London postgraduate diplomatakes a multidisciplinary approach to currentglobal environmental concerns. It is relevant tothose who are concerned with the managementof resources and the making and implementationof policies that have an environmental impact atlocal, national and international levels.PGDIP MANAGING RURALDEVELOPMENTThis Postgraduate Diploma addresses the diverseissues involved in rural change. It promotescritical awareness of a range of issues underlyingsocioeconomic change, and analytical andoperational skills relevant to work in the public,private or NGO domains.PGDIP POLICY STUDIESThis postgraduate diploma provides an overviewof the variety of approaches to public policy andmanagement, from a historical and comparativeperspective. The courses move through techniquesand implementation to discussion of particularpolicy issues.PGDIP PUBLIC FINANCIALMANAGEMENTThis postgraduate diploma is a University ofLondon diploma offering a qualification forprofessionals who advise on and make policydecisions on the financing and managementof public infrastructure and services.PGDIP PUBLIC MANAGEMENTThis postgraduate diploma is a University ofLondon diploma offering a qualification forprofessionals who work in or with public sectororganisations. It focuses on managing people,managing change and designing and usinginformation systems.PGDIP SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTThis postgraduate diploma offers skills and arelevant University of London qualificationfor professionals who advise on and makepolicy decisions on sustainable development,with alternative specialisms in a range ofenvironmental and development fields.INDIVIDUAL PROFESSIONALCOURSES (IPC)These courses offer professional training either bydistance learning or as workshop based executivecourses. Distance learning IPCs are academicforms of study that require intellectual abilityand discipline to complete. Successful completionleads to a University of London Certificate.167DISTANCE LEARNING DEGREES