Academic leadership:
The Centre for Development, Environment and Policy (SOAS)
The Centre for
Development, Environment and Policy (CeDEP) is a
newly created centre within the Department of Financial and
Management Studies at the School of Oriental and African
Studies (SOAS). CeDEP aims to increase professional
understanding of development, the environment, and related
subjects by advanced research and by high quality
postgraduate degree programmes.
A merging of the former
Imperial College Distance Learning Programme at Wye with
Public Policy and Management at CeFiMS (SOAS), CeDEP is now
one of the largest international postgraduate distance
learning programmes in the field. It currently has close to
1,000 students working in a range of government, business
and other organisations spread over more than 100 countries.
Most of these students are professionals already working in
their field of study, seeking to deepen and broaden their
understanding and skills to open up new opportunities and
make them more effective in their careers.
The diversity within the
student community and the networking facilitated by the
programme provides a wonderful opportunity to learn from and
share experiences with peers in many different countries.
Academic staff
The academic directors each
have individual research interests and collaborations and
manage the courses. They are responsible for the academic
quality of the course materials as well as being involved in
course development, teaching and examining.
With extensive
international experience in research and postgraduate
education, academic directors are supported by subject
specialist tutors in offering seven degree pathways created
from over 40 course modules.
