LEARNING OUTCOMES
(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 individual employment
relations including:
- contractual status of collective agreements
- formation, operation, variation and termination of contracts of employment
- common law, statutory and equitable remedies for breach of contract
- framework of statutory employment protection
Which teaching and learning methods enable Which summative assessment method(s) will
students to achieve this learning outcome?
measure the achievement of this learning
(reference activities in section 15)
outcome?
(reference activities in section 16)
Through lectures, seminars, direct reading and IT access, using cases,
statutes, legal and non-legal primary and secondary sources
Assessment and essay questions in 2-hour unseen examination
Feedback on assessment essay
Appreciate both the role that contract doctrine plays in the regulation of
employment relations, and the distinctiveness of the contract of employment
Identify the contexts within which the law operates
Contextual Skills:
Understand the dynamics of the relationship between the law and political,
industrial relations and economic influences
Lectures, seminars and directed private study
Application:
Apply with independent thought, subject knowledge to unfamiliar legal and
industrial relations contexts
Lectures, seminars and directed private study
One assessed essay
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.
Through lectures, seminars and directed private study
Use of problem exercises and impromptu questions in seminars; use
of role-play exercise; feedback on problems/answers devised by
students
Pervasively and specifically in a role play exercise and in the
students’ work on assessments
Oral skills are not formally assessed.
Otherwise communication skills are
assessed by the assessment and a
2-hour unseen examination
LEARNING OUTCOMES
(By the end of the module the student should be able
to....)
Which teaching and learning methods enable Which summative assessment method(s) will
students to achieve this learning outcome?
measure the achievement of this learning
(reference activities in section 15)
outcome?
(reference activities in section 16)
Demonstrate ability to use oral communication as a mode of discussion and
argument
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
By fostering an open and discursive seminar culture complemented,
where appropriate, by more focused work in small groups within the
seminar. By feedback on essays
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’