Learning
Learning is a life-long process, and John has made a committment to continuing formal learning as well as to less formal learning. While it's a poor day that you don't learn something (especially in evaluation or training), only the more formal sort of learning leaves an audit trail.
The following lists the education and training undergone by John Cosgrave. The duration of full time courses is given in weeks, months, or years. The duration of distance learning courses is given in the rated hours. However, John often reads widely around topics to situate them better. The Continuing Education Units (CEU) or European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits applicable to the distance learning courses is also given.
In addition to the training below John Cosgrave spends at least another 400 hours a year on other continuing professional development including reading journals, peer reviews, pro-bono research, reading relevant texts, and developing specific skills.
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Start |
Duration |
Course/Award/Institution |
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2009-2010 |
240 hours |
Advanced experimental design and analysis (ongoing). 15 ECTS. Course focuses largely on advanced analysis of experimental designs and research data using using a range of specialist statistical software. Open University (Distance learning). |
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2005-2009 |
1,440 hrs |
MA in Social Sciences. My third Master's Degree. Five modules totalling 90 ECTS detailed below: The challenge of the social sciences; Introduction to research- basic skills and survey methods; Ethnography; War, intervention and development; Development- context and practice. Open University (Distance learning). |
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2008-2009 |
480 hours |
Introduction to research: basic skills and survey methods. 30 ECTS. Course focuses largely on Quantiative Survey methods and the use of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software. Open University (Distance learning). |
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2009 |
480 hours |
Post Graduate Certificate in Social Sciences [PGCert (Soc Sci) (Open)]. (Details of the two constituent modules below). Open University (Distance learning). |
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2008-2009 |
240 hours |
The challenge of the social sciences (Pass). 15 ECTS. Main focus on this course is on Epistemology in the Social Sciences. Open University (Distance learning). |
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2008 |
240 hours |
Ethnography (Pass). 15 ECTS. Open University (Distance learning). |
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2008 |
480 hours |
Post Graduate Certificate in Conflict and Development [PG Cert Conf Dev (Open)]. (Details of the two constituent modules below). Open University (Distance learning). |
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2007-2008 |
240 hours |
Development: Context and Practice. (with merit). 15 ECTS. Open University (distance learning). |
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2005-2006 |
240 hours |
War, intervention and development (with merit). 15 ECTS. Open University (distance learning). |
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1996 |
48 hours |
Communicable Disease Control. 4.8 CEU. CDC, Atlanta (distance learning). |
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1995-2005 |
2,000 hours |
Master of Business Administration (with distinction). Durham University (distance learning). (Course was interrupted when I became a consultant after completing Stage 2 in 1997). |
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1995 |
56 hours |
Vector-Borne Disease Control. 5.6 CEU. CDC, Atlanta, (distance learning). |
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1994 |
3 weeks |
Kiswahili language course. Arusha. |
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1994 |
42 hours |
Practical Epidemiology. 4.2 CEU. CDC, Atlanta, (distance learning). The manual for the course can be found here. |
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1993 |
100 Hrs |
French Language Course. Alliance Française, Windhoek. |
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1991 |
2 wks |
Oxfam Management Training course in Oxford. |
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1990 |
3 wks |
UNHCR Emergency Management Course at the University of Wisconsin Disaster Management Centre. Logistics presentation. Invited to lecture on later courses. |
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1989-1990 |
1 year |
Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering (Soil and Water Option). Silsoe campus of the Cranfield Institute of Technology (now Cranfied University). Irrigation, drainage, tillage, soil erosion, water supply and crop production. Project on appraisal criteria for Community Water Projects. First in Class. |
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1984 |
7 weeks |
Portuguese language course. CIDAC, Lisbon. |
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1983-1984 |
1 year |
Postgraduate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. University College Cork (UCC). Mechanical engineering and industrial management. First in Class. Project on energy conservation identified savings of 25% for one large campus building. |
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1979-1982 |
6 mths |
Various Military Engineering Courses with the Irish Army's Corps of Engineers, covering logistics, roads, emergency water and sanitation, management and planning. |
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1977 |
2 weeks |
Hausa language course |
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1973-1977 |
4 years |
Degree Course in Civil Engineering. University College Cork. A broad course with a strong emphasis on design. Final year project on Vehicle Operating Cost estimation. |
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Courses of one week or less |
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1977-1991 |
1 week or less |
Warehousing and Transport in Disasters, Emergency Water Supply, Municipal Water Supply, Sanitation in developing countries, Fire Prevention, and Energy Management. |