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3 Hour LIVE Online Workshop

Support for Spiritual Crisis

Learn Evidence-based Methods to Assist Those Disoriented or Distressed by Spiritual Experiences in Their Awakening

Improve your abilities to recognize spiritual crisis and help an individual to: (1) manage the unusual experiences; and (2) come to peace with an understanding of the journey and how to manage it.

A 3-Hour LIVE Online Course with Emma Bragdon, PhD, Founder and Executive Director of Integrative Mental Health University and a pioneer in the treatment of Spiritual Emergency.

Length of course: 3 hours. Tuition: £80 (reusable in full for the 7-week certificate course).

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April 7th, 2026, 6pm-9pm (UK time)
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Imagine what your life would be like if you were flourishing. Imagine you have the confidence to manage the ups and downs of awakening (aka spiritual emergence). This course will help you develop that confidence.

Join us to cultivate more skills and gain confidence in helping others who are in distress as a result of meditation practices, psychedelic or plant medicine use, or experiences with altered states of consciousness.

Take some time to reflect: What has your process of awakening involved? Have you had a spiritual crisis? Do you know the steps to support yourself or someone else who is in spiritual crisis?

Participate in the learning community we create and develop more knowledge of the path of awakening, and where it can lead.

You will gain perspective on where conventional healthcare providers are still missing the boat—most not yet understanding how to recognize or appropriately support awakening.

We are the ones to step up, gain knowledge and skills, and support each other in awakening. Peers can be immensely helpful; you don’t need a PhD or MD or RN to be effective. You do need to be aware of your own experiences, your limitations, your gifts…and cultivate community resources.

Healthcare providers will gain practical skills they can use immediately in their work.

We can support the evolution of human beings by supporting individuals who are awakening.

This Course gives you simple to learn strategies to identify spiritual crisis in yourself or others…and be an effective source of support for an awakening that does not have to become a crisis.

The concepts and strategies we share come from research with a strong evidence-base. Still, we are sharing cutting-edge knowledge and skills.

In this 3-hour series, you’ll learn 4 keys to greater understanding of awakening and how to be of support to others. 

Key #1: Learn to identify the signs: who is awakening? 

Key #2: Improve your capacity to manage your own awakening, 

Key #3: Discern what makes signs of spiritual crisis different from symptoms of mental illness,

Key#4: Get skills to support someone you care for who is troubled by experiences connected to awakening. 

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Due to the experiential and participatory nature of this 3-hour online workshop, it will not be recorded. Active participation from attendees is a key part of the session, and to ensure a confidential space, we kindly ask that only those who can attend live register for this event.

Please note that in contrast, all webinars within the 6-week certificate course on spiritual awakening and spiritual crisis will be recorded. These recordings are shared exclusively with participants, who commit to a confidentiality agreement at the start of the course.

Course Leader 

Emma Bragdon, PhD

Emma is the Founder and Executive Director of Integrative Mental Health University, IMHU.org. IMHU’s mission is to bring spirituality into the powerful role it deserves in healthcare alongside body, mind and community.

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Workshop Outline

Accordion Content

Reflect on how you have experienced spiritual emergence and spiritual crisis (emergency) in your personal life.  Learn to use a simple screening to assist others to discern the experiences they have had in their own lives and what support they needed.  Have the opportunity to reflect on this subject in a confidential, safe environment with those engaged with the topic.

We discuss what it feels like to be in a Spiritual Crisis.  There may be both disorientation from spiritual experiences identified in hour #1 as well as psychological upset from past trauma.  We will review what works (evidence-based research), and how you can be of support to others in the process.

We’ll dip into the current conventional understanding of spiritual crisis and understand how it has been side-lined in the “developed” countries. We will identify the societies that have appreciated spiritual crisis and channelled its positive potential.  We will share a practical chart that can be used in a clinical setting or at home, explaining in easy terms how to approach discernment of spiritual crisis… and when to call on added support services.

Join me and people from all across the world to experience how you can increase your own understanding and skills in negotiating the highs and lows of awakening.

Outline in a Nutshell:

Hour 1:

  • Confidential Survey: Have You Had a Spiritual Crisis?
  • Learn How to Use the Survey with Others
  • Group Discussion

Hour 2:

  • What a Spiritual Crisis Feels Like
  • Evidence-Basis for What Works to Support Others
  • Resources to Call On

Hour 3:

  • How Society Currently Perceives and Treats Spiritual Crisis
  • The Cultures that Model Excellent Care
  • A Chart to Help with Discerning Spiritual Crisis vs Pathology


In addition to this half-day workshop, the Alef Trust offers a 7-week certificate course on how to effectively support people in spiritual awakening and spiritual crisis. If you register for this half-day workshop you will be able to reuse in full its fee for the 7-week certificate course. This way, the half-day workshop serves as a sample experience of what you will get if you decide to register for the 7-week certificate course.

Emma Bragdon, PhD, (Transpersonal Psychology) is the Founder and Executive Director of Integrative Mental Health University, IMHU.org.  IMHU’s mission is to bring spirituality into the powerful role it deserves in healthcare alongside body, mind and community.  Emma is the author of seven books, numerous chapters and journal articles, and co-producer of two documentary films illustrating the connection between spirituality and health.  She is highly respected as a pioneer in the definition and care of spiritual crises.  She is also one of the few English-speaking people who has studied, written and taught about and created documentary films about Spiritist therapies used in Brazil to provide both physical healing as well as support for spiritual growth.  In her role as primary teacher in training Spiritual Emergence Coaches® at IMHU, she has certified 110 coaches from 17 countries.  She also teaches courses introducing themes pertaining to spiritual awakening and the skills needed by support people. In her private practice Emma specializes in working with people who are reaching out to overcome their distress caused by spiritually-transformative experiences.

Student stories

This course was incredibly helpful and insightful on how to support individuals undergoing a spiritual emergence / emergency process. I work as a psychotherapist trained in Transpersonal / Integral counseling and this course expanded upon my previous learnings, as well as provided a helpful framework for offering effective support. I also really appreciate the community element for continued growth and connection.

Rachel Davis, Licensed Mental Health Counselor

I appreciated the innovative and well-organized content, discussions, and Q&A opportunities. The thought-provoking course deepened my understanding of what constitutes a spiritual emergency and practical ways to support individuals experiencing it. The handouts and PowerPoint presentation were helpful resources for further reference. Thank you for this opportunity and your courage in championing this critical topic.

Erika Caspersen, Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Coach

Whether, or not, participants had experienced spiritual emegency or an awakening themselves, this was an expertly organised and delivered course which was both challenging and thought provoking.

Chris Wood, Hypnotherapist/Counsellor

I thoroughly enjoyed this very nuanced, insightful and illuminating course with IMHU and Alef Trust. The content felt bolstered by decades of experience, research and integration. It was fascinating, thought-provoking, and affirming of my own lived experience, helping me integrate certain events with deeper understanding.

Dana Toerien, Integral Coach

I am seeing an increasing number of people seeking support for spiritual emergence (SE) or spiritual emergency (SEY) and who feel misunderstood and alienated by others, including their healthcare providers. The SE and SEY training was extremely helpful [in meeting their needs. As a result] clients often make large therapeutic strides in alleviating psychological and emotional distress.

Lorna Busch, PhD, Licensed Psychologist

The course with Emma was excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed it and appreciated her depth of her knowledge, expertise, experience and the breadth of material offered. … It feels so important to train more of us to bring this alternative to view and take the shame and stigma away from what can be a profoundly positive life-changing process.

Nicky Daly, Psychodynamic Therapist/Transpersonal Coach

Took the course as part of my own journey to integrate and comprehend my own SE and SEY. Has helped bring me home to a place a deeper peace and given me the cognitive framework/vocabulary I did not have before.

Anna Marie Deem, Person with lived-experience

The transpersonal orientation of the Alef Trust is an excellent container for the breadth and depth of Emma Bragdon’s commitment to spiritual transformation in our world so worthy of rescue.

Sandy Silva, Transpersonal Coach

This course is loaded with useful information. It has been life changing for me.

Linda Sherer, Licensed Social Worker

It was very informative and addressed the emotional component needed to heal. This is lost in conventional psychiatric care, it is so needed.

Carol Maute, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

I really enjoyed this course and was excited to see that so many health professionals could benefit by it. Our mental health is sorely lacking in knowledge on spiritual crisis and this course can fill in some of those gaps.

Tammy Harkies, Caretaker

Thrilled for this exposure to such a comprehensive and well-organized course on all things spiritual emergency. I highly recommend.

Daniel Schwartz, Peer Specialist

Highly recommend! This course opened my eyes so much and I see it helping me both personally and professionally. I feel as though anyone could benefit from the information. I’ve found myself becoming more grounded and aware of others’ situations both at work and in my daily life.

Natasha Forrester, Airline stewardess

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Curriculum: year One

20 credits each
Approaches to Consciousness

Offers you a broad introduction to consciousness studies, cognitive neuroscience of consciousness, consciousness and spiritual traditions.

Find our more: Approaches to consciousness

Learning Through Integrative Practice

An 8-month experiential immersion in a personal programme of integrative practice, with the aim to foster whole-person development.

Individual needs and aspirations are considered in the development of the practice plan, and critical engagement with the practices is encouraged through regular webinars and reflective sessions.

Find out more: Learning Through Integrative Practice

Spiritual Psychology

Module leader: Dr. Ellis Linders

This module explores the changing meaning of spirituality in contemporary secular culture. Moreover, it identifies and examines the relationship between psychology and spirituality as a change in psycho-spiritual paradigm. The module is titled ‘spiritual psychology’ to reflect this relationship. Although there are many correspondences, spiritual psychology differs from transpersonal psychology in that it specifically draws on spiritual traditions and new or ‘neo’ spiritual expressions. 

As a student, you will choose two specialist options (see SPECIALIST OPTIONS tab for all courses) to explore which each reflect an expression of contemporary spiritual engagement. They also exemplify approaches in which spiritual traditions and their practices are viewed through the lens of contemporary psychology. The psychological lens allows issues of definition, measurement, and frameworks concerning spiritual experience to be critically evaluated according to scientific principles.

Specialist options for the Spiritual Psychology module - Select two
Embodied Presence

Tutor: Dr. Tamara Russell

This module option provides an exploration of embodied presence and what it means to live our human experience in a body. In an increasingly disconnected and disembodied world, true embodied presence is becoming a scarcity. Even in the transpersonal world, a fixation with “up and out” (out of body, psychedelics and a move away from the material) means that the wisdom and grounding of the body is easily lost, and the possibility of spiritual bypass is very real. In most spiritual traditions, a deep connection with, and examination of, the body (in stillness and movement) is fundamental to the spiritual path.

Find out more: Embodied Presence

Entheogens and Psychedelics

Tutor: Pascal Michael, PhD

Taking a cross-disciplinary and multi-cultural approach, this module option explores transpersonal and transformative qualities of the psychedelic experience, illuminating its meanings and implications for individuals and communities.

Find out more: Entheogens and Psychedelics

Feminine Spiritualities

Tutor: Dr. Kendra Ford

Feminine Spiritualities refers to a spectrum of perspectives, practices, histories, and cultures that balance on the fine edges of feminism, contemporary spirituality, psychological theory, and mystical traditions. This option is an embodied and critical exploration of the feminine principle within psychological, religious and spiritual contexts.

Find out more: Feminine Spiritualities

Shamanistic Psychology

Tutor: Dr. Steven Schmitz

Shamanism is the oldest spiritual tradition known to humankind and continues to be relevant in our contemporary world. For tens of thousands of years shamans have developed and used their technologies (knowledge, tools, skills) for shifting consciousness and for accessing the spirit realms for guidance, healing, and transformation.

Find out more: Shamanistic Psychology

Spirituality and the Imaginal

Tutor: Dr. Lila Moore

This module option explores the imaginal as an evolving phenomenon that has shaped the human spiritual experience: from Paleolithic cave art, altered states, and mythic rituals to the intersection of modern esoteric and spiritual movements, the creative arts and healing arts.

Find out more: Spirituality and the Imaginal

Transpersonal Dreaming

Tutor Dr. Tadas Stumbrys

In this module option, we study transpersonal dimensions of dreaming, drawing on scientific research and historical/spiritual traditions. We will explore the world of lucid dreaming and its potentials for growth and transformation.

Find out more: Transpersonal Dreaming

Curriculum: year two

20 credits each
Transpersonal Psychology

Transpersonal psychology (TP) studies phenomena beyond the ego and their transformative and healing potential. Adopting the perspective that the human being is intimately interconnected to the cosmos in many ways, TP acknowledges the relevance and value of spiritual, mystical, and other exceptional human experiences.

The course covers the major theoretical orientations within TP, and the models they propose to understand these experiences and situate them in the larger context of human transformation and spiritual development.

The course also covers other complementary topics which reflect the growing edges of TP as a vibrant and multifaceted field.

Find out more: Transpersonal Psychology

Research Design

Our Research Design module provides a grounding in qualitative research methods.

Students venture into transpersonal approaches to research, offering you an introduction to methods which embrace embodied, intuitive and creative ways of expanding the human knowledge base.

Research Design allows students to work with these methods in a research project, tackling the philosophical and ethical issues surrounding transpersonal psychology methods.

Such as:

  • The centrality of transformation for both researcher and participants
  • Issues that arise when participants’ most meaningful experiences may be scrutinised
  • Issues where practices may be evaluated for efficacy, and ideas concerning changing paradigms in psychological science

Find out more: Research Design

Applied Transformative Psychology

Module leader: Dr. Jessica Bockler

Applied transformative psychology focuses on the ways in which transpersonal, integrative, and spiritual perspectives can be applied in practice, considering personal and professional pathways and ethics of transformation. The concept of inner development is examined in the context of evolving ideas and theories exploring personal and systemic/collective change; and questions of ethical engagement in contemporary contexts are considered in the light of the evolving meta-crises of our times. 

Students are encouraged to explore their own professional practice in relation to two of the specialist options (see SPECIALIST OPTIONS tab for all courses).

Specialist options for the Applied transformative psychology module — Select two
Creativity and Transformation

Tutor: Dr. Jessica Bockler

In this option we explore the nature of creativity and its relationship to human development and growth, as well as its relevance for social change. The evolving crises of our time call for inner and outer changes in our ways of being and doing. In Together, we consider how we can draw on our creativity to enable and support generative change processes in ourselves and in those we work with.

Find out more: Creativity and Transformation

Integrative Medicine

Tutor: Dr. Hennie Geldenhuys

This option explores the mind-body-spirit paradigm and its implications for an integrative and holistic approach to wellness and healthcare. Health, disease, healing and the psychosomatic are viewed through a transpersonal but pragmatic lens.

Find out more: Integrative Medicine

Multidimensional Trauma & Transformation

Tutor: Dr. Regina U. Hess

We will explore multidimensional applications for the transformation of individual, transgenerational, and ecological trauma drawing on clinical, transpersonal, indigenous, and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy approaches and research. The goal is to support the person’s innate capacity to restore the mind-body-spirit-balance and eventually wholeness, including such dimensions as interpersonal relationships and relationships with nature, the cosmos, culture, and the community.

Find out more: Multidimensional Trauma & Transformation

Transpersonal Coaching Psychology

Tutor: Jevon Dängeli

Transpersonal Coaching Psychology (TCP) can be described as the theory and practice of coaching that takes a holistic and integrative approach to support client growth and transformation. In this option we explore the basis and value of a transpersonal approach to coaching.

Find out more: Transpersonal Coaching Psychology

Transpersonal Ecopsychology

Tutor: Paul Maiteny

We are living in extremely destabilised times. We humans are undermining life-support ecosystems essential to life itself, ecological, social and personal. It is a tragic irony that we have been doing so with the aim of making our lives better. We have now reached the threshold point where the destructive results of our priorities and action is confronting us full-on. Yet, we are continuing to seek technological ‘solutions and fixes’ using the same motivations and types of thinking as have caused the devastation in the first place. 

Transpersonal Ecopsychology provides a new way of thinking about and understanding human meaning and purpose as embedded participants in the ecosystem, rather than in the binary way of thinking of ourselves as ‘other’ to ‘nature’ and ‘the environment’. 

Find our more: Transpersonal Ecopsychology: Knowing your role in a conscious Earth

Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy

Tutor: Dr. Gabriel Fernandez Borsot

Transpersonal approaches to psychotherapy situate the process of psychological healing and maturation in the wider context of spiritual development. This option explores the main features of these approaches, and their associated techniques and models.

Find out more: Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy

Curriculum: year THREE

60 credits

The curriculum in the first two years of study provides students with the necessary skills to conduct a research project in their third year of study. Under the supervision of a faculty member, students choose an area of interest to explore in depth through an original study.

Research projects often adopt experiential and introspective approaches as well as traditional scientific approaches while exploring topics that emphasise the interrelationships between the somatic, psychological, social and spiritual levels of explanation.

Goods and Services Tax (GST)

We at Alef Trust believe that education is a fundamental human right, which should accordingly not be subject to taxation. Moreover, education is key to building communities, societies, and cultures, which we also believe places it in a category for which taxation is counterproductive. Unfortunately, the legislative powers in many countries do not agree with our perspective.

Recent changes in rules governing taxation, especially in the EU, have meant that students on our online programmes resident in some countries will have to pay GST on top of the programme fee. The UK, which is the jurisdiction in which Alef Trust is located, does not impose GST (known as VAT in the UK) on educational fees. However, legislative changes mean that the determining factor for GST is no longer the country in which education is delivered but the country in which the “consumer”—in our case, the student studying on an Alef Trust programme—resides. Consequently, students who are resident in countries which impose GST on educational fees will be charged the GST by Alef Trust since Alef Trust is responsible for paying the tax in their country of residence.

The treatment of GST on distance learning is an evolving situation in many countries, if tax is deemed to be chargeable part way through your course this could be added to your future course fees. We will not apply GST to invoices that have previously been issued. Alef Trust will not levy any charge on top of the tax liability; any administrative cost will be covered by Alef Trust

At the time of writing, the table below indicates some of the countries charging GST on educational fees and the tax rate. The situation remains fluid and there may be changes to this table in the future. We will update the information as soon as we are able to determine the current situation. You are strongly advised to check the current situation in your country. Some countries allow exemptions for certain kinds of online educational programmes. Our MSc and PhD programmes, for example, may be exempt for GST purposes in your country. You must check—a local tax office should be able to advise you. Alef Trust will not levy any charge on top of the tax liability; any administrative cost will be covered by Alef Trust.

WEBINAR SCHEDULE

A main feature of our online teaching environment is that required webinars are taught live and also recorded, which allows for synchronous involvement in content and lively discussions during the question-and-answer portions of webinars for those in attendance.

Webinars are generally scheduled well in advance, and are held on a varied schedule between 9:00-21:00 UK time.

Although we cannot commit to accommodate all time zones for all webinars, we hope for students in our global community to have the opportunity for synchronous participation throughout the programme. When live attendance is not possible, recordings of webinars are available almost immediately and can be viewed at a convenient time, making the programme accessible regardless of location in the world. 

One-to-one and group meetings with personal tutors are scheduled at mutually convenient times.

Please note that whilst we do our utmost to give you advance notice, some flexibility in accommodating schedule changes and additional dates may be needed as and when they become available. This programme weaves a complex tapestry of asynchronous and live events befitting Master’s level study with a wide range of teachers. We therefore advise you that some flexibility will be needed on your part to join this programme and make the most of what it has to offer.

LEARNING APPROACHES

Our students enjoy a rich and interactive learning experience. Transformative learning methods are utilised in all our modules, which support a deep level of self-inquiry while fostering connection with experiential learning of programme content, research skills, and academic, professional and personal growth. 

INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES

 

  • Live teaching webinars
  • Live sessions involving experiential practices
  • Student presentations

A SHARED LEARNING JOURNEY 

 

  • Reflective group meetings
  • Peer group work
  • Individual and group supervision

STUDY AT YOUR OWN PACE

 

  • Written discussion forums
  • Study of course materials
  • Personal practice and projects

WHOLE-PERSON SUPPORT

 

  • Personal tutor support
  • Academic skills support
  • Wellbeing support

CONTENT DELIVERY
The programme is 100% online and presented via synchronous and asynchronous webinars where students engage with faculty and each other. All coursework is taught on our learning management system, Canvas.

ONBOARDING
To support students in gaining foundational skills for MSc study, the Alef trust offers an introductory online course in APA referencing and academic writing skills, which incoming students are invited to take prior to the start of term. This enables those who are unfamiliar with APA formatting, as well as those who have been out of education for some time, to feel more prepared for embarking on their MSc.

ASSESSMENT

Course assessments are mainly in the form of written essays and reports. Several assignments encourage use of creative media to express the learning journeys, and students can choose to do this in ways that meet their creative skills and interests. Examples include visual art, music, creative writing, and videos. A number of modules include asynchronous forum participation. Some modules also include group project assessments which involve live presentations and attendance at presentations by peers.

Your schedule will require some flexibility to accommodate these in all three years of the programme.

In the final year, you conduct your own research project under supervision. Assessment of this final-year module involves a research dissertation, online presentation, and a blog-style post.

Depending on the nature and weighting of the assignment, these are either 2,000, 3,000 or 4,500 words in required length, and the final dissertation is 10,000-12,000 words, depending on the methodology used.

LIBRARY ACCESS

As a student enrolled on a collaborative programme with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) you have access to a range of LJMU’s electronic library resources.

This includes an extensive selection of relevant books and journals, as well as academic learning resources oriented towards the ongoing development of skills such as scholarly writing.

Visual Map of the MSc PROGRAMME

Year 1
Orientation
7503ALEFTP Learning Through Integrative Practice (20 Credits)
7501ALEFTP Approaches to Consciousness (20 Credits)
7502ALEFTP Spiritual Psychology (20 Credits)
Year 2
7504ALEFTP Transpersonal psychology (20 Credits)
7506ALEFTP Research Design (20 Credits)
7505ALEFTP Applied Transformative Psychology (20 Credits)
Year 3
7503ALEFTP Learning Through Integrative Practice (20 Credits)
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Visual Map of the MSc PROGRAMME

Year One
Orientation
7503ALEFTP Learning Through Integrative Practice (20 Credits)
7501ALEFTP Approaches to Consciousness (20 Credits)
7502ALEFTP Spiritual Psychology (20 Credits)
+ Two Specialist Options
Year Two
7504ALEFTP Transpersonal psychology (20 Credits)
7506ALEFTP Research Design (20 Credits)
7505ALEFTP Applied Transformative Psychology (20 Credits) + Two Specialist Options
Year Three
7500ALEFTP Research Dissertation (60 Credits)

Alternative track: 1-year Postgraduate Certificate

Students wishing to gain a Postgraduate Certificate can enrol on the MSc route and complete their studies after gaining 60 credits in year 1.

Alternative track: 2-year Postgraduate Diploma

Students wishing to gain a Postgraduate Diploma can enrol on the MSc route and complete their studies after gaining 120 credits by the end of year 2.

Alternative track: 2-year MSc

The Alef Trust MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology is validated by Liverpool John Moores University in two programme formats. Students normally take the three-year part-time programme, although a two-year part-time programme is also available. Obviously, the primary difference between these programmes concerns the duration of study. However, there are additional considerations that applicants must take into account when deciding on their preferred programme of study:

Your qualifications: In order to be considered for the two-year programme, you must have a degree in psychology or a cognate science discipline, with a minimum grade of 2:1 (UK university system) or equivalent (non-UK universities).

Time availability: In order to be considered for the two-year programme, you must clearly demonstrate that you are able to commit to studying for approximately 25-35 hours per week.

Maturity: Our MSc is not simply an exercise in academic learning. The ethos underpinning the programme – confirmed by reflections from graduates – is one of students embarking on a developmental journey that entails deep maturation of their aspirations, relationships, and inner quests. In the experience of both staff and graduates this journey is most effective when taken over three years. In evaluating applications for the two-year programme, the admissions team will explore with the applicant their readiness to achieve the programme goals in only two years.

Shared experience: The journey is one in which forming bonds with those in your cohort can be highly beneficial. A student on the two-year pathway will straddle two cohorts, which may make this aspect of the experience more difficult. Again, the applicant’s resilience in this regard will be considered by the admissions team. Structurally, the arrangement of modules is broadly similar across the two pathways in years 1 and 2. The critical difference for those on the two-year pathway is that the Research Design module comes in year 1, and the Research Dissertation in Year 2.

Readiness to undertake research: The deeply reflective experiential, whole-person, learning which is at the core of this programme takes time to gestate during the first two years for most students, and culminates with the research dissertation in the third year. Applicants for the two-year programme will be expected to demonstrate to the admissions team that they have a preliminary plan about their potential research. If you wish to be considered for the two-year pathway, please indicate this in the application form. Our admissions team will contact you to arrange an interview to discuss whether this could be a suitable option for you.

If you wish to be considered for the two-year pathway, please indicate this in the application form. Our admissions team will contact you to arrange an interview to discuss whether this could be an appropriate option for you.

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