Graduate Certificate Domestic and Gender-based Violence Research and Practice
Domestic and gender-based violence is a serious and pervasive public health and human rights issue. There is an urgent need to ensure that anyone whose work is touched by domestic and gender-based violence is adequately trained to respond to and to help prevent current and future violence. This is reflected in the introduction to mandatory minimum qualifications for specialist family violence practitioners in Victoria from July 2021. The University of Melbourne’s Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Gender-based Violence Research and Practice offers a pathway to a fulfilling career in the sector. Read More
This course is offered between the Department of Social Work and School of Population and Global Health and has been designed for social workers, community service workers and health professionals at various stages of their careers, including recent graduates, established practitioners and those seeking to advance their career or move into a new field of professional practice. This course is also relevant to professionals working in research, policy or government roles wishing to extend their domestic and gender-based violence research and prevention.
The Graduate Certificate is comprised of 4 core subjects:
For more information and to apply for this course, please find out more here.
kNOwVAWdata course: applied learning to measure violence against women
The University of Melbourne in partnership with UNFPA, ANROWS and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is pleased to offer the kNOwVAWdata training program; a course specifically tailored toward Violence Against Women (VAW) prevalence data, data literacy, measurement and analysis.
Globally, VAW is an urgent public health issue – however the technical capacity to collect this kind of data safely and accurately is limited.
Who should attend? You will find this program valuable if you are a representative from a national statistics office, government agency, women’s or gender machinery, or if you are a practitioner, researcher or consultant addressing violence against women.
Find out more about bridging this skills gap and ultimately optimize response efforts.
Duration: 4 weeks face to face
Fees: Course fees: $4,200 + travel costs (Click here for details)
Domestic and Family Violence (online
course)
The domestic and family violence reform agenda has recognised that up skilling the workforce is a central aspect of preventing current and future violence. This subject provides foundational knowledge in addressing domestic and family violence, and the content is informed by cultural, structural, relational and individual understandings of domestic and family violence.
This online subject focuses on gendered patterns of domestic and family violence, the impact on children living with violence and abuse, and issues of diversity.
This subject can be completed as a
single subject for professional development over 8 weeks or as part of a
specialist certificate, graduate certificate or master’s qualification.
Who should attend? This online subject is aimed at a board range of professionals
whose job involves responding to the impact of domestic and family violence.
Duration: Term 2 (April) or Term 4
(October)
Fees: Dependent on your course and enrolment (Click here for details)
Graduate coursework Points: 12.5 On Campus (Parkville)
*Please note this course has been offered online due to COVID-19 restrictions.*
This week long, face to face intensive subject draws on international best practice guidelines for measuring violence against women and based on the kNOwVAWdata professional course.
Using applied research techniques this subject will equip participants with practical skills to collect data or conduct research and evaluation with women who have experienced violence. Specific topics that will be covered include: ethical and safe research with victim survivors, the different ways that data is collected to measure women’s experience of violence including prevalence, reported incidents of violence, and qualitative reports of the nature, severity and impact of the abuse; understanding the important standard co-variables to obtain a more complete picture of the women’s circumstances; and the strength of triangulating research to gain multiple perspectives.
Format: one week intensive, face to face, elective subject fully accredited at the University of Melbourne (Please note, pending COVID-19 restrictions this course may be delivered on-line during 2020).
Available across the university as an elective (EFTSL 0.125)
