LA 309: LAW OF LABOUR RELATIONS: LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the module the
student should be able to:
Knowledge:
Have acquired a detailed knowledge and
understanding of the statutory (both UK
and EU) and common law framework for
the regulation of collective and individual
employment relations including:
- contractual status of collective
agreements
- common law and statutory regulation
relating to industrial conflict
- freedom of association
- support for collective bargaining
- formation, operation, variation and
termination of contracts of
employment
- common law, statutory and equitable
remedies for breach of contract and
tortious liability
- framework of statutory employment
protection
How will the learning and teaching
methods enable students to achieve
this learning outcome?
Which assessment method will
measure the achievement of this
learning outcome?
Through lectures, seminars, direct
reading and IT access, using cases,
statutes legal and non-legal primary and
secondary sources
Assessments and a 3-hour unseen
examination
Feedback on 2 assessment essays
Appreciate both the role that contract
doctrine plays in the regulation of
employment relations, and the
distinctiveness of the contract of
employment
Lectures, seminars and directed private
study
Identify the contexts within which the
law operates
Lectures, seminars and directed private
study
Contextual Skills:
Understand the dynamics of the
relationship between the law and
political, industrial relations and
economic influences; appreciate the
different approaches to social policy and
employment regulation within the EU
Application:
Apply with independent thought, subject
knowledge to unfamiliar legal and
industrial relations contexts
Reflect upon their own mode of
application
Analysis:
Analyse both technical legal problems
and role of law in regulation of
employment and resolution of industrial
relations problems by means of (a)
independent judgement and (b)
synthesis of other approaches derived
from relevant literature
Autonomy and Research:
Demonstrate an ability to work
independently, to undertake original
research and to organise time to identify
information sources and handle them
with confidence
Communication:
Convey the results of their directed
reading, research and analysis clearly,
accurately and succinctly both orally and
in writing.
Demonstrate ability to use oral
communication as a mode of discussion
and argument
Through lectures, seminars and directed
private study
Assessments and a 3-hour unseen
examination
Use of problem exercises and impromptu
questions in seminars; problem-devising
exercise in student-led seminars; use of
role-play exercise; feedback on
problems/answers devised by students
Specific questions on 3-hour unseen
examination paper
By use of pedagogical techniques (in
lectures) and facilitating process of
analysis in seminars by means of minidiscussion groups and plenary sessions
Assessments and essay questions in 3hour unseen examination
Pervasively and specifically in the four
student-led seminars, in a role play
exercise and in the students’ work on
assessments
Two assessed essays
By fostering an open and discursive
seminar culture complemented, where
appropriate, by more focused work in
small groups within the seminar. By
written output of student-led seminars
and feedback thereon. By feedback on
essays
Oral skills are not formally assessed.
Otherwise communication skills are
assessed by the two assessments and a
3-hour unseen examination
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LA 309: LAW OF LABOUR RELATIONS: LEARNING OUTCOMES (contd)
By the end of the module the
student should be able to:
Knowledge:
Have acquired a detailed knowledge and
understanding of a statutory (both UK
and EU) and common law framework for
the regulation of collection and individual
employment relations including:
- contractual status of collective
agreements
- common law and statutory regulation
relating to industrial conflict
- freedom of association
- support for collective bargaining
- formation, operation, variation and
termination of contracts of
employment
- common law, statutory and equitable
remedies for breach of contract and
tortious liability
- framework of statutory employment
protection
How will the learning and teaching
methods enable students to achieve
this learning outcome?
Which assessment method will
measure the achievement of this
learning outcome?
Through lectures, seminars, direct
reading and IT access, using cases,
statutes legal and non-legal primary and
secondary sources
Assessments and a 3-hour unseen
examination
Feedback on 2 assessment essays
Appreciate both the role that contract
doctrine plays in the regulation of
employment relations, and the
distinctiveness of the contract of
employment
Lectures, seminars and directed private
study
Identify the contexts within which the
law operates
Lectures, seminars and directed private
study
Contextual Skills:
Understand the dynamics of the
relationship between the law and
political, industrial relations and
economic influences; appreciate the
different approaches to social policy and
employment regulation within the EU
Application:
Apply with independent thought, subject
knowledge to unfamiliar legal and
industrial relations contexts
Reflect upon their own mode of
application
Analysis:
Analyse both technical legal problems
and role of law in regulation of
employment and resolution of industrial
relations problems by means of(a)
independent judgement and (b)
synthesis of other approaches derived
from relevant literature
Autonomy and Research:
Demonstrate an ability to work
independently, to undertake original
research and to organise time to identify
information sources and handle them
with confidence
Communication:
Convey the results of their directed
reading, research and analysis clearly,
accurately and succinctly both orally and
in writing.
Demonstrate ability to use oral
communication as a mode of discussion
and argument
Through lectures, seminars and directed
private study
Assessments and a 3-hour unseen
examination
Use of problem exercises and impromptu
questions in seminars; problem-devising
exercise in student-led seminars; use of
role-play exercise; feedback on
problems/answers devised by students
Specific questions on 3-hour unseen
examination paper
By use of pedagogical techniques (in
lectures) and facilitating process of
analysis in seminars by means of minidiscussion groups and plenary sessions
Assessments and essay questions in 3hour unseen examination
Pervasively and specifically in the four
student-led seminars, in a role play
exercise and in the students’ work on
assessments
Two assessed essays
By fostering an open and discursive
seminar culture complemented, where
appropriate, by more focused work in
small groups within the seminar. By
written output of student-led seminars
and feedback thereon. By feedback on
essays
Oral skills are not formally assessed.
Otherwise communication skills are
assessed by the two assessments and a
3-hour unseen examination
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LA 309: LAW OF LABOUR RELATIONS: LEARNING OUTCOMES (contd)
By the end of the module the
student should be able to:
Other Skills/Group Work:
Work collaboratively, allocate
responsibility within a group and
complete a defined task within a
specified time-frame
IT: to present a word-processed essay
or comparable work completed to an
appropriate standard; use the internet
and electronic databases to access
information
How will the learning and teaching
methods enable students to achieve
this learning outcome?
Which assessment method will
measure the achievement of this
learning outcome?
Use of student-led seminars
Collective short answers/papers to
student-led seminar tasks (no degree
credit)
Referring students to relevant web sites;
encouraging students to see the use of
IT as an essential research tool both for
seminars and assessed work
Not directly assessed, although one
aspect of the criteria for grading
assessment is ‘evidence of independent
research’
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