On completion of this module students should be able to:
• Demonstrate introductory knowledge and understanding of the global context of refugee displacement and international protection and of key policy developments and debates historically and today.
• Demonstrate an introductory knowledge of the circumstances in which people become in need of international protection.
• Demonstrate an introductory knowledge of the issues and challenges faced by refugees/ those in need of international protection including the effects on physical and mental health and taking account diversity of experience and positionality
• Demonstrate an introductory knowledge of the rights of persons with refugee status
• Demonstrate an introductory knowledge of the strengths and limitations of current policy and practice responses to international protection needs
• Demonstrate an understanding of the - diverse - perspectives of persons of refugee background

The module will draw on different disciplinary perspectives including social justice, social policy and social work perspectives, historical perspectives, legal perspectives and health sciences perspectives, with a strong emphasis throughout the module on integrating the perspectives of people of refugee background.

Contributions from:
Karen Smith (Social Justice)
Muireann Ní Raghallaigh (Social Work)
Liam Thornton (Law)
Cathryn Costello (Law)
Bryan Fanning (Social Policy)
Irial Glynn (History)
John Gilmore (Nursing)
Guest lectures from scholars of refugee background (TBC)

Not applicable to this module.

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

Not yet recorded.