Copy of Final LLM International Human Rights Law PDD 2021/2

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1		ACADEMIC SUPPORT OFFICE
2		Programme Approval Process
3		Revised January 2021
4		Note: sections of this form that are greyed out become visible when the relevant options are selected. Form should be retained as a Google Sheet to retain functionality in document.
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6		Stage 4: Academic Approval Form (Academic Support Office)
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8		Information about the Programme
9		Programme Title
10		LLM International Human Rights Law and Practice
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12		Award type			Masters				What level is this qualification?		7
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14		Length of programme			1 year full-time 2 years part-time				Start date for programme		Sep	2021
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16		Mode of study (Full / Part Time)			Full and part-time
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18		Term dates							Please specify each term start and term end date for the academic year in which the programme will start:
19		Will the programme use standard University term dates? For York Online programmes, will standard dates for such programmes be used?					Yes
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22		[For Undergraduate and Integrated Masters Programmes Only] Are you offering any variations of this programme, such as additional years abroad or industry?
23		Please tick the boxes below if you are offering 'year in industry' and 'year abroad' options. It is University policy that all programmes should have an additional Placement Year and Year in Enterprise, and as such these are pre-selected. Both of these are managed by Careers. If you are applying for an exemption not to offer these programmes, please explain why.
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25		Year abroad				Will the year abroad programme be available directly via UCAS; for students to transfer in having entered the main programme; or both?
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27		Year in industry				Will the year in industry programme be available directly via UCAS; for students to transfer in having entered the main programme; or both?
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30		Year in enterprise			Please explain why not:
31		Placement year			Please explain why not:
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33		All Programmes:
34		Awarding institution			University of York				Teaching institution		University of York
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36		Lead department			Law				Other contributing departments	CAHR Politics SPSW CWS
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38		Board of Studies for the programme			Law
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40		Language of study and assessment
41		Language(s) of study			English				Language(s) of assessment		English
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43		Mode of delivery Is this a campus-based or online programme?
44		Campus-based
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46		Partner organisations If there are any partner organisations involved in the delivery of the programme, please outline the nature of their involvement: You may wish to refer to the Policy on Collaborative Provision - https://www.york.ac.uk/staff/teaching/quality-assurance/collaboration/
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49		Reference points Please state relevant reference points consulted in the design of this programme (for example, relevant documentation setting out PSRB requirements; the University's Frameworks for Programme Design (UG or PGT); QAA Subject Benchmark Statements; QAA Qualifications and Credit Frameworks).
50		Taught Postgraduate Modular Scheme: Framework for Programme Design.
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52		Credit Transfer and Recognition of Prior Learning Will this programme involve any exemptions from the University Policy and Procedures on Credit Transfer and the Recognition of Prior Learning? If so, please specify and give a rationale:
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55		Exceptions to Regulations Please detail any exceptions to University Award Regulations and Frameworks that need to be approved (or are already approved) for this programme. This should include any that have been approved for related programmes and should be extended to this programme.
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58		Internal Transfers: Please use the boxes below to specify if transfers into / out of the programme from / to other programmes within the University are possible by indicating yes or no and listing any restrictions. These boxes can also be used to highlight any common transfer routes which it would be useful for students to know.
59		Transfers in:							Transfers out:
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62		Interim and Exit Awards
63		[For Undergraduate and Integrated Masters Programmes Only] Interim Awards (UG):
64		Interim awards available on undergraduate programmes (subject to programme regulations) will normally be: Certificate of Higher Education (Level 4/Certificate), Diploma of Higher Education (Level 5/Intermediate), Ordinary Degree and in the case of Integrated Masters the Bachelors with honours. Please specify any proposed exceptions to this norm:
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68		Exit Awards: Please give the details of any exit awards (for PGT programmes, this will normally be at least a Postgraduate Certificate programme (60 taught credits) and may also be (depending on programme structure) a Postgraduate Diploma programme (120 taught credits)).
69		It is University Policy that all PGT Programmes should have a corresponding Postgraduate Certificate exit award, based on 60 taught credits of the programme. Please specify the title, whether the PG. Cert. is to be made available as an entry route as well as an exit award; the learning outcomes associated with the PG. Cert; and any restrictions on the combination of 60 taught credits that can be used to make up the PG. Cert. Note that it is possible to have 2 separate PG Certificate awards for different combinations - if so, please provide the relevant information twice.
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71		Title: Please give the title of the award. Use separate rows for each exit award:		Entry Award? Please indicate if the exit award should also be made available as an entry point (ie. will be a programme on which a student can apply to and register as being well as an exit award), or should be an exit award only (i.e. only available to students exiting the programme early):				Outcomes: Please provide a brief statement detailing what the student will be able to do on exit from the programme with this award (i.e. the extent of the achievement of the Programme Learning Outcomes) - use this for titles which are only exit awards and not entry points.		Modules: Please specify the module diet that the student will need to complete to obtain this exit award (this could be, for example, any 60 credits; any 120 credits; specific combinations of modules)
72		PG Diploma in International Human Rights Law & Practice		Exit award only				See above response. PGDip students will have completed all of the foregoing modules and, as a result, will have a deeper achievent of the PLOs in question. As a result of completing the taught module portion of the programme, they will have some understanding of all PLOs. However, they will not have the deeper achievement of the PLOs of a degree student.		120 credits of non-dissertation modules offered on the LLM International Human Rights Law and Practice.
73		PG Certificate in International Human Rights Law & Practice		Exit award only				Students who complete a PGCert will have taken and passed some of the taught module components of the programme. Students will have completed at least three of the following: (i) Applying International Human Rights Law, (ii) The Practice of Fieldwork, (iii) Human Rights Placement, (iv) an optional module, and/or (v) both Legal Systems: Sources and Operation and Research Skills for Dissertation Writing. The programme and its PLOs are not structured so that PGCert (or PGDip) students have not achieved certain PLOs (eg. there is no PLO mapped exclusively to a dissertation / ISM module). However, it is expected that the depth of learning in relation to each PLO will deepen as a student progresses past the waypoints for PGCert, PGDip and degree. In successfully completing three of the foregoing modules students will have demonstrated some achievements in relation to the relevant PLOs (which vary, depending on the completed modules). However, they will not have the deeper achievement of the PLOs of a PGDip or degree student.		60 credits of non-dissertation modules offered on the LLM International Human Rights Law and Practice.
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79		Statement of Purpose Please briefly outline the overall aims of the programme. This should clarify to a prospective student why they should choose this programme, what it will provide to them and what benefits they will gain from completing it.
80		Human rights practice has changed in recent years. Activists and scholars are focusing today on human rights standard setting and implementation, international treaties and domestic law, states and non-state actors. Human rights defenders (HRDs) – those who promote and protect civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights – are central to this shift in practice. At the same time, HRDs themselves face many challenges and are in need of protection in today’s shrinking civil society space and the growing global struggle between oppression and self-determination. The LLM in International Human Rights Law and Practice trains you to use the law more effectively to promote human rights and to protect HRDs. It engages you in a critical, nuanced and interdisciplinary examination of the various human rights legal frameworks, while providing you with the socio-legal skills necessary to apply norms at local, national, regional and global levels. You will learn to analyse the political and legal context in which human rights issues exist, examine the complexity of policy making processes, and apply these to a variety of real life situations inside and outside the classroom. The LLM is outward-looking and practice-oriented. It maintains strong links with human rights defenders based at the Centre for Applied Human Rights, UN mechanisms, and NGOs both locally and overseas, as well as York Human Rights City. The compulsory work placement with a partner organisation in Malaysia, United Kingdom (often York) or elsewhere is a key component of the LLM which will give you direct experience of fieldwork.
81	SP	If there are additional awards associated with the programme upon which students can register, please specify the Statement of Purpose for that programme. This will be most relevant for PGT programmes with exit awards that are also available as entry points. Use additional rows to include more than one additonal award. Do not include years in industry / abroad (for which there are separate boxes).
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87		Programme Learning Outcomes What are the programme learning outcomes (PLOs) for the programme? (Normally a minimum of 6, maximum of 8). Taken together, these outcomes should capture the distinctive features of the programme and represent the outcomes that students progressively develop in the programme and achieve at graduation. PLOs should be worded to follow the stem 'Graduates will be able to...'
88		1	Apply a comprehensive understanding of the diverse ways in which social, political, economic and institutional interests shape human rights problems and responses, through the critical evaluation of human rights law;
89		2	Retrieve and critically assess legal instruments, texts and socio-legal data using appropriate research methods and analytical techniques to investigate complex contemporary human rights issues;
90		3	Design specialised legal advocacy to enhance the implementation of human rights by applying an advanced knowledge of UN, regional and domestic law and policy-making processes;
91		4	Engage with debates at global, regional, national, and local levels, communicating ideas effectively and in different formats to peers, policy actors, scholars, lawyers and human rights defenders across a range of professional settings;
92		5	Apply collaborative, participatory and culturally sensitive approaches to problem-solving in complex and unpredictable circumstances and to the shaping of human rights interventions;
93		6	Critically reflect on theoretical approaches to complex challenges in diverse contexts, evaluating their value and effectiveness for human rights promotion and protection.
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97		Additional Award Programme Learning Outcomes
98	PL	If there are additional programme titles associated with the programme upon which students can register (i.e. are available as entry routes), please specify the Programme Learning Outcomes associated with that award. This will be most relevant for PGT programmes with exit awards (e.g. PG Diplomas) that are also available as entry points - PG. Diplomas and Certificates will normally have 4-6 PLOs. Do not include years in industry / abroad (for which there are separate boxes below).
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