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 Academic Year: |
2014/5 |
| Owning Department/School: |
Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits: |
12 |
| Level: |
Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment Summary: |
CW 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
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| Description: |
Aims: To allow study fellows the opportunity to develop a more in depth analysis of a key policy issue, under the supervision of a departmental expert from an international, comparative or national perspective. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students will have identified and examined in considerable depth a specialist public policy issue (related to research conducted in the department and associated research institutes and centres) from an international, comparative or national perspective. They should have a deeper, more coherent, and more analytical of the selected topic. Skills: Comprehensive and scholarly written communication (e.g. essays) (Taught/Facilitated) Ability to select, analyse and present numerical data (T/F/Assessed) Ability to select, summarise and synthesis written information from multiple sources (T/F/A) Ability to develop rigorous arguments through precise use of concepts and models (T/F/A) Ability to synthesise multidisciplinary perspectives on the same problem (T/F/A) Ability to formulate a research question, then develop and present an original & coherent answer (T/F/A) Ability to produce work to agreed specifications and deadlines (T/F/A) Ability to work independently, without close supervision of guidance (T/F/A). Content: This unit is available under Pathway A: Public policy, social welfare and the economy, in Semester 2. It allows students to research a public policy area related to the research expertise available in our Department and associated research institutes and centres. There will be no formal teaching but students will have to: a) attend at least 3 (three) x 2-hour 'Round Table' events where guest speakers - academics and policy practitioners - will discuss key public policy topics from a national/ regional/ international perspective. b) attend at least 5 formal tutorials with their project supervisors during the semester. * Indicative list of topics covered: Poverty, Work & Social Justice, Governance, Public Management, Global Political Economy and the changing role of the state, Migration, Pensions and Social Security,Family, Childhood & Youth, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Wellbeing * Indicative list of area foci: UK, United States, China, European Union, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Middle East, Latin America, South East Asia, Africa. |
| Programme availability: |
SP50253 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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