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Students who envisage to work for social service organisations in the private and voluntary sector will gain an in-depth understanding of the non-profit sector in Ireland and OECD and acquire key skills to manage NGOs, NPOs, CSOs, charities and other voluntary organisations.
- Analysing politics and policies shaping the sector
- Understanding, designing and changing regulations
- Presentation skills: summarising key findings
- Analysing individual providers in case studies
- Writing for academic, professional and lay audiences
WEEK Topic and Reading
1 Intro
2 The Voluntary Sector
3 Pressures of Marketisation
4 Politics and Institutions
5 Business Interest
6 Unions
7 Social Services and Accountability
8 Health
9 Childcare / Project presentations
10 Welfare Users and Choice
11 National welfare or global business?
12 Review
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Small Group | 40 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 24 |
Project Supervision | 40 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 130 |
Total | 234 |
No prior learning required
Learning Recommendations:Recommended prior learning would be reading the introcuction of
Pieper, J. (2018) New Private Sector Providers in the Welfare State. Cham: Springer. (ordered as ebook for library). This will give a flavour of the content and ideas discussed in class.
This module also complements LAW40760 NGO Law by Prof Oonagh Breen.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Essay: 4-5,000 word essay | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 80 |
Presentation: For one session the student is the expert of the core reading and will presenting the key points in the class room discussion. Pass Only | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | No | 0 |
Presentation: oral presentation of essay plan | Week 8 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
The group/individual project will be presented to class and peers/lecturer will provide immediate feedback in the discussion. The lecturer will comment in more depth within a week after the presentation to guide the final essay.