Learning to make a better world
Welcome to the website of the Bulmer Foundation’s Masters in Sustainable Development Advocacy, validated by the University of Worcester. This is a Masters programme with a difference - a postgraduate degree that will help you learn how to build a more sustainable future, as well as explore ideas of what that future might look like.
So what is sustainable development? Well, there isn’t one answer to that question, but broadly speaking, it’s development that means we can live well and healthily without damaging the chance for our children and grandchildren to live well and healthily too.
So, it’s about energy, financial systems, food production and business, but also about justice, equity and our relationship with each other and with nature.
And what about advocacy? This Masters has been designed to give you the tools, skills and knowledge to apply the thinking and principles around sustainable development to actions in your work and personal life. All sectors of the community need to make changes together if we are going to move to a more sustainable society, so you are going to need the knowledge, communication and persuasive skills to help make that happen.
This is no ordinary Masters. The programme is uniquely experiential in approach, which means you’ll be learning by doing, rather than sitting in a classroom. With four month-long placements in different kinds of organisations, a self-directed dissertation project, and a team task, you’ll be working on real-life issues in real-world settings, whilst making contacts and building networks. So at the end of the intensive ten-month programme, you will be ready and well placed to begin working at the cutting edge of the debate.
To find out more about the programme, browse through the site using the navigation on the left. Detailed information about the course is in ‘The programme’ section. In The Hub you’ll find some of our students’ papers, as well as regional events and activities, and you can contribute your ideas here too. If you’re a business or organisation interested in our work, or interested in offering a placement, you can find out more on the ‘Partners’ page. Our Blog will keep you up to date with all our news, and you can find out more about what our graduates are up to by clicking on the ‘Alumni’ page
For more information, please get in touch; you can find our contact details at the bottom of each page.
'The placement component and its assignments showcase exemplary practice. No other course in the UK provides such a comprehensive approach to the development of professional learning outcomes'
Daniella Tilbury, Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Gloucestershire, External Examiner to the MA SDA
About the Bulmer Foundation
The Bulmer Foundation is a charity founded by H P Bulmer plc and the Bulmer family in 2001. We work primarily within Herefordshire to catalyse ideas and actions that will help shift the county onto a more sustainable footing. As well as running this Masters programme, we run projects into a number of areas such as sustainable land use, food production, and health. You can find out more about the Foundation by visiting the website.