Food and Development

Food is a cross-cutting development issue that concerns hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, environment sustainability, power politics, social justice and cultural identity. it is about the global and the local, and the hard trade-offs that the globalisation era has brought about. this ma draws on wide-ranging expertise of faculty at both ids and school of global studies at sussex (where you’ll be based). you’ll gain an advanced understanding of the complex relationship between food and development. we build your analytical and practical skills, improving your ability to engage critically with issues such as: food and nutrition security sustainable food systems value chains and corporate power agri-food technology and its contestations.

ELP programs are offered by universities or pathway institutions to assist students in achieving the language proficiency required for academic studies. You can get admitted to your course with a lower language requirement if you do an ELP program.

Throughout the course we focus on developing both your academic and practical skills – including analytical, writing and presentation skills. you’ll also gain a thorough understanding of social science research methods and gain independent research skills. we expect our graduates to become specialists and advisers in food and development issues worldwide, working for: governments international development agencies civil-society organisations social movements engaged with food-related themes.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Sussex has partnerships with the following companies: