Pan Africa Christian University
Post Graduate Certificate in Mediation Studies

Nairobi, Kenya

DEGREE TYPE

Postgraduate Certificate

DURATION

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

Jan 2025

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: The Post Graduate Certificate in Mediation Studies trains professionals to gain practical skills for out of court settlements. It responds to Kenya's Judiciary roll out of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) under Article 159. PAC University is chartered by the Commission for University Education in Kenya and is cosmopolitan. The programme builds skills in conflict analysis, ADR methods and family mediation. Entry requires a first degree in a relevant profession.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as mediators, family mediators, ADR practitioners, conciliators and dispute resolution consultants, or as court annexed mediators, restorative justice facilitators, corporate HR mediators and community peacebuilders.

Post Graduate Certificate in Mediation Studies

This program was established in order to help professionals in the areas that involve disputes and conflicts resolutions gain deeper, practical skills to better engage those seeking out-of-court-settlements. The program is further inspired by Kenya's Judiciary which started the process of rolling out the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program as enshrined in the constitution (Article 159). The ADR program implies that a lot of cases will be referred for mediation. PAC University has proved its capacity to train effective professionals in areas of human intervention. Therefore, the Mediation training will build on that experience.

Goal of the Program

The goal of the program is to develop and enhance competencies in:

a) Understanding conflicts and conflict management

b) Applying alternative dispute resolutions as a means of peacefully resolving disputes.

c) Evaluating disputes and disputants to select the most appropriate method of resolving family disputes.

d) Exploring various skills and techniques in Family Mediation

Entry Requirements

Applicants will be required to have a first degree in a professional area that positions them to support persons in conflict. Some of the professionals include lawyers, professional psychologists, social workers, peace mediators, among others.