This module will teach students how to work in a range of educational settings including primary schools, secondary schools and colleges with respect to the mental health needs of pupils and their families. The students will be taught about the roles and responsibilities of different education staff, relevant legislation for pupils with additional needs, the functioning of pastoral care systems in education and the common challenges for such support services in such settings. Contents include: Introduction to the education system; Outcomes in education: learning, exams, achievements; The PHSE curriculum and school behaviour approaches; Special educational needs: The SEND framework; Common mental health problems in schools; Safeguarding and information sharing in schools; Working across agencies: referrals and CAMHS; Working with diversity in schools; School exclusion: what's it like for parents and children; How are problems (behaviour, learning and wellbeing) in pupils identified in practice in schools.

Comparative Politics|International Relations and Politics|Political Theory|Politics|Security

This is an undergraduate level course introducing students to critical and postcolonial approaches to International Relations (IR). While the main trends in...

Postcolonial and Critical Approaches to World Politics (POLS0088)

This is an undergraduate level course introducing students to critical and postcolonial approaches to International Relations (IR). While the main trends in the field - like Realism, Constructivism and Liberalism - are examined, it is these critical perspectives that are the main focus.
Broadly speaking, students will examine how we come to form opinions about the world, cases of conflict, diplomacy, and the role of non-state actors and major global institutions in creating/sustaining the world around us today. In particular, students will assess the different assumptions within particular approaches to IR, their methods and understanding of who and what matters in global politics; how approaches conceptualises international institutions, and the relationship between agency and international structure. As we progress, we will investigate issues such as whether there is equal sovereignty in the world today, what do we mean by 'North-South relations' and the links between theory and practise. Key concepts introduced to students in the module include 'anarchy', 'sovereignty', 'power', 'hegemony and empire', the state and the international system.

 