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LAW-20070 - Module Specification
School of Law
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 26 April 2024

LAW-20070 - Key Concepts in Employment Law
Coordinator: Catherine Edwards Tel: +44 1782 7 34175
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733218

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None.

Barred Combinations

None.

Description for 2024/25


Aims
To provide an overview of the law, introducing the key statutes and concepts that apply to contracts of employment.
To explain and appraise developments in the law by reference to political and economic considerations.
To develop an awareness of the interplay between common law, statute and policy in (and the impact of EU law on) employment law.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/law-20070/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

communicate an overview of key concepts relating to the rights and duties of employers, employees and trades unions: 2
review domestic employment law in the wider context of EU work policies: 1
analyse the law and policy surrounding contractual employment relationships: 2
provide illustrations of legislators' attempts to express social policy through statute: 1

Study hours

Lectures - 11 x 2 hour lectures (including revision session)
Seminars - 6 x 1 hours
Seminar preparation 40 hours
Essay - 40 hours
Research Poster - 20 hours
Private study - 22 hours
Total = 150

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Presentation weighted 40%
Poster Presentation
Students will develop a research poster from a defined list of options. They will be assessed on the level of research and analysis in the poster. Poster is one page, maximum A2 size, with six references.

2: Essay weighted 60%
Essay with a word limit of 2,000 words (excluding footnotes)
A 2000 word max. essay analysing a problem scenario.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 26 April 2024