Digital Policy

GradDip Digital Policy



Graduate Taught (level 9 nfq, credits 60)

Graduate Diploma Digital Policy will be hybrid learning of online & face-to-face - from September 2022/23

With support from Microsoft Ireland, UCD’s School of Information and Communication studies has estabished the Microsoft-UCD Digital Policy Programme with the goal of building digital policy training and capability in Ireland and Europe.



The innovative programme mixes the abstract and the applied with core modules from the School of Information and Communication Studies. This programme introduces students to basic concepts and issues in digital policy, giving a historical and critical understanding of how to theorise digital objects and environments by learning to situate them in perspectives such as platform capitalism, governance, data infrastructures and information analytics.



The Grad Dip in Digital Policy is designed to prepare graduates for careers in evaluating, implementing, and studying core topical, theoretical, and methodological issues that arise in digital policy today. The course will take a multi-disciplionary approach to investigating the institutional and public policy dimensions of the prevalence of digital technology, as well as the underlying social conditions (economic, political, and cultural) and public/private sector contexts that give rise to such technologies and their governance.



Who should apply?

Full Time option suitable for:



Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes

International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No



Part Time option suitable for:



Domestic(EEA) applicants: Yes

International (Non EEA) applicants currently residing outside of the EEA Region. No



We welcome applicants:



Who present with a primary (bachelor's) degree in any subject with an overall score of 2.1 or higher - or have equivalent professional qualifications;



Who present names and contact details of two referees who can assess their intellectual ability, maturity and motivation;



Whose first language is not English but demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 7 (no band less than 6.5 in each element), or equivalent; and



Who apply up to September of the year of entry. Please note owever that offers are made to suitably qualified candidates on a first-come-first-served basis and so early application is recommended. Entry to the programmes is very competitive and the number of places is limited.

Autumn



Data & Society IS40840

Digital Policy IS40910

Research Theory and Practice IS41250

Spring



Digital Policy II IS40960

Media Law & Policy IS41190

Platform Governance IS41210

A primary degree NFQ Level 8 with at least upper second class honours (2.1) or international equivalent in any discipline is required.



Applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate English language proficiency of IELTS 7.0 (no band less than 6.5 in each element) or equivalent

How to apply?

The following entry routes are available:



Graduate Diploma Digital Policy FT (W507)

Duration 1 Years

Attend Full Time

Deadline Rolling*



Graduate Diploma Digital Policy PT (W508)

Duration 2 Years

Attend Part Time

Deadline Rolling*



* Courses will remain open until such time as all places have been filled, therefore early application is advised

1 Year Full Time

2 Years Part Time

NEXT INTAKE: 2024/2025 September.