| Unit name | Children and Social Harm |
|---|---|
| Unit code | SPOL30079 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Staples |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School for Policy Studies |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit considers the concept of social harm as it affects children and young people globally. The unit seeks to understand how social relations, policies and practices, discourses, actions and inactions can result in social harm caused to children and young people, either directly or indirectly. The unit uses a range of examples to identify the extent to which children may experience economic/financial, physical, sexual, psychological, environmental and cultural safety harms, and the impact of these harms on their wellbeing.
These examples may be situated within the family (such as the impact of parental imprisonment, parental neglect and abuse, including child deaths, or homelessness on children’s well-being) or within statutory institutions (such as formal political, penal, justice, educational and/or child welfare systems) or in society more broadly (in relation to climate change/pollution, safety in the community, child and family poverty and housing). Relevant policy interventions will be analysed to understand how we can develop a safer society that reduces the harms experienced by children and young people and debates about the way different types of harms caused by adults to children are conceptualised and responded to.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
This unit will draw on a blended learning approach. Students will engage with asynchronous taught content (including, for example, narrated slides and other teaching and research materials) and will be tasked to complete reading and/or activities in preparation for synchronous lectures and seminars to present and discuss ideas and clarify learning.
Part 1: Case Study (1000 words, 40%)
This assessment covers ILOs 1, 2 and 3
Part 2: Essay (2000 words, 60%)
This assessment covers ILOs 1, 2 and 4
Final year students are not usually given the opportunity to retake assessments, if they do need to submit in a reassessment period due to ECs, the reassessment would be the same as the original assessment.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. SPOL30079).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
