Graduate Certificate in Domestic & Gender-Based Violence Research and Practice (GC-DGBVRP) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate a specialised theoretical understanding and applied knowledge of the current research, debates, policies and practices informing national and global responses to domestic and gender-based violence.
• Critically review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise the evidence base related to domestic and gender-based violence prevention and intervention;
• Evaluate the social, cultural, political and historical contexts informing national and global policies and practices related to domestic and gender-based violence prevention, intervention, research and evaluation;
• Communicate theoretical concepts and research findings to the wider community, including other professionals working within the domestic and gender-based violence space;
• Demonstrate specialised practice skills related to risk assessment, perpetrator intervention and working with victim/survivors (including children and young people).
• Demonstrate specialised ethical research skills in designing and conducting research and evaluation with women who have experienced violence, including measuring the prevalence, nature and extent of women's experiences of violence.
• Apply the principles of domestic and gender-based violence research for program evaluation purposes.

Generic skills