MA Migration and Intercultural Studies

Title:

Language and Migration

Code:

LSMLMGR

Convenor:

DR Tony Capstick

Summary:

In this module students will explore the role of language in migration by focusing on the multiple and complex ways that migration has been sustained and constrained through language use for centuries.

Students will be introduced to a range of theories from sociolinguistics, sociology and education studies and learn to apply these theories to different contexts of migration across the world.

Among the topics covered in the module are multilingualism and mobility, globalisation and language policy etc.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Introduction to Migration Studies

Code:

MLMIMS

Convenor:

MR Federico Faloppa

Summary:

Students will be introduced to Migration Studies from an interdisciplinary perspective and through a wide range of topics such as historical, cultural and political contexts of countries of origins and destinations, post-colonial studies, migration trajectories to Europe, internal migrations in Europe, push and pull factors to human mobility, migration policies and human rights, social change and globalisation, climate change and mobility, representation of migrants in the news, etc. They will also be introduced to key migration related concepts, key-terms and key-literature, and to quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches to migration and human mobility. 

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Oral 10%, Portfolio 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Dissertation

Code:

MLMDIS

Convenor:

MR Federico Faloppa

Summary:

The aim of the Dissertation is to allow students to engage in an original research on an appropriate, clearly delimited topic of their own choosing from an area of their MA programme, and to present their material in a convincing and persuasive manner. The Dissertation also allows students to collect, analyse and discuss original data from their fieldwork or placement (if any), and to write a solid piece of work which may introduce them to scholarly networks in the UK and abroad.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Work Placement or Extended Project

Code:

MLMWPP

Convenor:

MR Federico Faloppa

Summary:

This optional module aims to provide an opportunity for career development through reflective learning. Students will either a) self-organise a placement (240 hours) to undertake in an NGO or organisation of their choice or b) undertake a detailed examination of an NGO, or organisation, or role of their choice. Students will then construct a written assessment which provides the opportunity for critical reflection on their placement or an extended project. 

Early in the year, a session will provide dynamic advice on how to secure a placement, and a list of partners organisations to contact for finding a placement. Students will work collectively to self-organise a series of relevant speakers from NGOs, national and international organisations, and will conduct research on the language-related aspects that most interests them (for instance, language policy in international NGOs, language and healthcare, language teaching through NGOs in refugee and migrant settings, etc.). Students will develop their approach to the written assessment supported by workshop discussion, and tutor and peer feedback, and in doing so will also develop their pitching and presentation skills.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 65%, Report 35%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Global Environmental Change, Justice and Development

Code:

IDM099

Convenor:

DR Andrew Ainslie

Summary:

It’s an ever more interconnected world out there with complex, interacting drivers of change. You’ll learn about the trade-offs in environmental change and social justice that are now central to the development–environment nexus at all levels, from local to global. By exploring a range of conceptual framings of this complexity and then applying this learning to a number of exciting case-studies, you will develop the expertise to understand - and the confidence to tackle - socio-environmental challenges. And you will learn this all through reading, interactive small-group learning, film clips, seminars, study visits, and case-studies introduced and led by regional specialists.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 40%, Oral 10%, Class test 50%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

Human Rights Law, Policy, and Practice

Code:

LWMHRL

Convenor:

DR Steve Samuel

Summary:

This module introduces students to foundational human rights concepts, principles, institutions, challenges, as well as developments. Specifically, it considers the existence and nature of different types of human rights (civil, political, economic, social, and cultural), as well as different categories of rights (absolute, limited, and qualified). These are illustrated through the examination of different ‘hard’ law human rights instruments, particularly the International Civil and Political Rights 1966, and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 as well as diverse ‘soft’ law and policy instruments (eg the UN Declaration of Human  Rights 1948, the treaty bodies, and independent experts). The module examines examples of different types of rights, particularly those that are most commonly violated in such contexts as responding to security threats or emergency situations (eg the right to life, prohibition against torture, denial of liberty). Similarly, it considers significant challenges associated with the realisation of other human rights, notably resource challenges for poorer states seeking the ‘progressive realisation’ of rights such as food, water, shelter, and adequate healthcare. It examines too a number of currently topical and emerging issues, for example in relation to third generation rights, global capitalism, and disasters.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.

Title:

International Refugee Law

Code:

LWMIRL

Convenor:

DR Ruvi Ziegler

Summary:

This module explores a major area of public international law that regulates a (limited) exception to the principles of state sovereignty and migration control. The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees concerns the protection of persons who have crossed an international border and are outside their state of origin owing to a well-founded fear of persecution in that state for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion. Global debates continue regarding the nature of the protection that refugees should be granted, the role of the international community, and the obligations of states of asylum. The module will provide students with a critical understanding of the international regime of refugee protection by highlighting its virtues and shortcomings. The first session will explore the history, structure, and aims of the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Subsequently, the module considers criteria for the attainment (‘inclusion’), exclusion from, and cessation of refugee status; the non-refoulement principle; complementary and subsidiary protection regimes; challenges arising in the context of displacement from conflict; and a case-study of the treatment of African asylum-seekers in Israel. The module concludes by appraising the limits of the international refugee protection.

Assessment Method:

Assignment 100%

Disclaimer:

The modules described on this page are what we currently offer. Modules may change for your year of study as we regularly review our offerings to ensure they’re informed by the latest research and teaching methods.