Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 28
LAW
Child Care Law
and Practice
Overview
Childcare Law and Practice
is a popular and successful
course which reflects current
developments and debates.
It is an interdisciplinary
programme taught jointly by
members of the School of Law
and the School of Social Science
and Public Policy. It attracts
students from a wide variety of
professional backgrounds and is
specially designed so that it may
be taken by those who are in
full-time employment.
Keele Law School is
internationally recognised
for teaching and research.
The school is an excellent
intellectual environment for
postgraduate students and
includes access to research
training, communal areas for
postgraduate students and
computing equipment.
Prospective applicants are
very welcome to contact the
Course Director, Alison Brammer,
to discuss the course.
Additional information
The central aims of the
programme are to update
and enhance your knowledge
of relevant law and research
literature and to provide an
opportunity for you to further
develop and critically reflect
upon your skills as applied to
a variety of areas and settings
in your work with children.
The course also aims to promote
anti-discriminatory practice,
interagency understanding
and interdisciplinary working.
As module teaching takes place
over an intensive three day
period, the programme appeals
to the conventional postgraduate
student and to those already
engaged professionally in
social work, health and the
legal profession.
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Applications are welcomed
from appropriately qualified
and experienced childcare
professionals from areas
including, but not limited to,
social welfare, law, criminal
justice and healthcare.
Applicants should normally
have a degree with first or
second-class honours or
equivalent and/or relevant
professional qualifications.
Candidates who do not
meet the standard criteria
will be considered.
Module titles
The taught master’s programme
requires satisfactory completion
of at least 180 credits, made up
of four taught modules each of
30 credits (120 credits) plus a
dissertation of 15,000 to 20,000
words (60 credits). Alternatively,
you may finish your studies
after obtaining the 120
taught credits and obtain
a postgraduate diploma.
Key Information
Course type
MA, postgraduate
diploma
Mode of study
Full-time or part-time
Entry
requirements
Applicants should hold
a degree with first or
second-class honours
(2.2 or above) or an
overseas equivalent,
and/or relevant
professional qualifications .
Applications are
welcomed from
appropriately qualified
and experienced childcare
professionals from areas
including, but not limited
to, social welfare,
law, criminal justice
and healthcare.
Contact email
[email protected]
Core modules:
• Foundations and Principles
of Childcare Law and Practice
• Contemporary Issues in
Childcare Law and Practice
The following is a list of indicative
elective modules:
• Children Looked After
• Youth Justice
• Education Law
• Children and Medicine
Good to know
In 2015 the course
celebrates its
25th anniversary.
External examiner:
“The programme
is one that Keele
University should
be hugely proud of.
It remains a national
leader in the field.”