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Youth employment programmes fail in the six months after training: no placement, no tools, a stipend that was the real product. This MSc starts with that failure. You will design a tracer, cost an apprenticeship incentive a firm will actually take, and write a bilingual note a labour office can act on—without claiming teacher licensure or an ILO contract. African Future University centres African labour markets: informal apprenticeships, public works as political economy, and digital job boards that exclude people without data bundles. AfCFTA appears as skills recognition and mobility paperwork, not as a secretariat secondment. The award is academic. It is not QTS, not a job guarantee, and not UN employment. It is for managers who must keep a skills programme honest when the workshop’s electricity is a rumour. You will compare a public-works stipend scheme with a firm apprenticeship that actually keeps tools on site. Identity-checked exams test tracers that report non-placement. This university does not guarantee jobs and does not award QTS. Study is tuition-free online aside from the examination fee, with informal apprenticeship cases required throughout. MSc Youth Employment and Skills Systems is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Informal Apprenticeships as the Real System through Informal Apprenticeships as the Real System; Public Works as Political Economy; Gender, Disability, and Rural Exclusion; Incentives Firms Will Actually Take; Stipends, Tools, and Capture Risks; Private-Sector Interfaces without Theatre, and finish on Writing for Labour Offices and Partners. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Design a tracer that reports failure as well as placement Structure an apprenticeship incentive a firm can honour Write bilingual labour-office and partner notes Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: labour-market systems, programme design, tracing and integrity, and a capstone on a live (anonymised) scheme. Identity-checked exams. No employment is guaranteed.
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Tuition is free. Examinations are free. There is no exam fee. Study from anywhere in the world.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU781 | Informal Apprenticeships as the Real System Students name the methods used in this subject and apply one of them to a short case. The module is Informal Apprenticeships as the Real System.
| 3 |
| AFU782 | Public Works as Political Economy Students compare two cases and explain why the outcomes differed. The module is Public Works as Political Economy.
| 3 |
| AFU783 | Gender, Disability, and Rural Exclusion Students produce a professional artefact, with sources and a review of its weaknesses. The module is Gender, Disability, and Rural Exclusion.
| 3 |
| AFU784 | Migration and Skills Recognition Paperwork Students complete a supervised project and defend the method and the result. The module is Migration and Skills Recognition Paperwork.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFU785 | Incentives Firms Will Actually Take Students name the methods used in this subject and apply one of them to a short case. The module is Incentives Firms Will Actually Take.
| 3 |
| AFU786 | Stipends, Tools, and Capture Risks Students compare two cases and explain why the outcomes differed. The module is Stipends, Tools, and Capture Risks.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
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| AFU789 | Tracers that Report Failure Students name the methods used in this subject and apply one of them to a short case. The module is Tracers that Report Failure.
| 3 |
| AFU790 | EN/FR Labour Administration Documents Students compare two cases and explain why the outcomes differed. The module is EN/FR Labour Administration Documents.
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| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFU793 | Skills-Systems Research Methods Students name the methods used in this subject and apply one of them to a short case. The module is Skills-Systems Research Methods.
| 3 |
| AFU794 | Programme File Diagnosis Students compare two cases and explain why the outcomes differed. The module is Programme File Diagnosis.
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Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English + French assessment options. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
This is a fully online award. You study from your country. No student visa and no campus relocation are required.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. African Future University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@afutureuni.com.
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| AFU787 | Private-Sector Interfaces without Theatre Students produce a professional artefact, with sources and a review of its weaknesses. The module is Private-Sector Interfaces without Theatre.
| 3 |
| AFU788 | Digital Job Boards and Data-Bundle Exclusion Students complete a supervised project and defend the method and the result. The module is Digital Job Boards and Data-Bundle Exclusion.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU791 | AfCFTA Mobility Paperwork for Practitioners Students produce a professional artefact, with sources and a review of its weaknesses. The module is AfCFTA Mobility Paperwork for Practitioners.
| 3 |
| AFU792 | Ethics of Targeting Youth Students complete a supervised project and defend the method and the result. The module is Ethics of Targeting Youth.
| 3 |
| 3 |
| AFU795 | Writing for Labour Offices and Partners Students produce a professional artefact, with sources and a review of its weaknesses. The module is Writing for Labour Offices and Partners.
| 3 |
| AFU796 | Capstone: Youth Employment Operations File Students complete a supervised project and defend the method and the result. The module is Capstone: Youth Employment Operations File.
| 3 |