This programme is aimed at educators, directors, devisers, animators, playwrights, performers, dancers, choreographers and technical and production arts practitioners with a firm commitment to socially engaged practice and who wish to enhance their professional development; the programme incorporates a student's ongoing professional work and is structured around intensive periods of study comprising block weeks, evening and weekend sessions, the aim of the programme is to develop advanced systematic understandings of the field of study coupled with practical skills in research.