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LAW-40074 - Module Specification
School of Law
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

LAW-40074 - International Refugee Protection
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Level: Level 7
Credits: 30
Study Hours: 300
School Office: 01782 733218

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

The 15 credit International Refugee Law: LAW-40058

Description for 2023/24


Aims
The module aims to enhance the students¿ evidence-based knowledge and analytical skills in identifying and evaluating the international refugee protection regime, taking into consideration the causes and consequences of refugee flow in addition to the legal challenges faced by refugees and asylum seekers whilst forming a critical judgment on the law, policy and practice in this area.

Intended Learning Outcomes

1- Critically examine and interpret the 1951 Refugee Convention and the background to and the development of International Refugee Protection Regimes: 1
2- Assess the current EU Asylum Policy and evaluate the reform of the Common European Asylum System: 1
3- Analyse and critically evaluate the UK law, policy and UKVI asylum instructions: 1
4- Demonstrate critical awareness of the role of nationalism, the global politics and political economy of migration on refugees and asylum seekers: 1
5- Demonstrate systematic knowledge of the historical links between Empire and migration: 1
6- Display comprehensive understanding of the roles of language and testimony of asylum seekers: 1
7- Develop knowledge of sociological theories as relevant and applicable to the socio-legal study of asylum: 1
8- Demonstrate creative engagement with several qualitative methodologies especially the psycho-social analysis of asylum seekers and law: 1

Study hours

24 hours of seminar contact (teaching delivery, collective discussion and one individual short presentation (10 minutes) based on an article or a case law, rotationally presented by the students in every seminar). Including 2 hours of staff-student essay consultation (minimum of 20 minutes of one to one appointment)
+
66 hours of preparation for each of the 11 seminars in the module
+
210 hours of research/writing = a Total of 300 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024