Module LAW2095 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2095: Equality and Diversity
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
1. Immediate module aim
This module aims to help develop your understanding of the legal principles involved in contemporary equality and diversity issues. It aims to provide you with not only the knowledge and skill to identify the manifestations of inequality in society but also the ability to engage with the issues and to identify solutions to tackle such inequality from an evidence-based research-inspired perspective (research-inspired learning).
2. Long-term module aim
Ultimately, as you learn deeply on this module, your understanding can widen your perspective in such a way that it enables you to contribute positively to the debate on and implementation of equal opportunity; this way, you are empowered to use evidence based research and policy into practice (potentially enhancing your employability).
3. Equality Duty
The equality duty was created under the Equality Act 2010 and requires organisations, including universities, to consider how they could positively contribute to the advancement of equality and good relations. It requires equality considerations to be reflected in the delivery of services, and for these issues to be kept under review.
Thus, this module could prepare you for the existing equality duty when you enter employment following graduation.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Demonstrate awareness of some legal origins, manifestations and solutions to inequality and equal opportunity 2. Identify, explain and evaluate some key issues of inequality and apply relevant legal rules and theories |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of equality and diversity principles and their limits 4. Apply knowledge to a problem and suggest a solution supported by relevant arguments derived from Law |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. Research and synthesize potentially conflicting arguments from within the Law and consider alternative ways of solving complex and authentic equality problems 6. Select, integrate and present coherently and reflectively, in writing, relevant concepts and arguments. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
Definitions of Equality and Diversity in the Law:
- Formal equality,
- Substantive equality,
- Transformative equality,
- Violations of equality - such as direct and indirect discrimination on the protected grounds
Potential advancement of equality and diversity.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 44 | Preparation for seminars (pre-and post-reading) |
| Guided Independent Study | 84 | Assessment reading/research and essay preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
