PC with access to the internet
Access to Blackboard

Cottrell, S. (2008) The Study Skills Handbook 3rd Edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Haynes, R.& Reason, J. (2008) Voluntary but not Amateur 8th Edition. London: Directory of Social Change
Thompson, N. (2012) Anti-Discriminatory Practice 5th Edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

This is a distance learning award and the Blackboard VLE will provide a structured framework for the delivery of this module.

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (8 hours)
6 hours Lectures, asynchronous online seminars and interactive tasks
2 hours Virtual tutorials via email and telephone contact with the tutor

Guided Independent Study: (142 hours)
100 hours Preparation for tasks and online discussions, and wider reading including researching web based resources
42 hours Assessment preparation

This module includes an introduction to study and research skills. It seeks to provide students with

- an understanding of study skills and the required academic conventions; and
- the ability to locate and utilise information from academic sources in relation to social welfare advice practice.

This module will explore the relationship between personal values and the wider political, ideological and social value bases of contemporary Britain which form the context of advice work and advice services. It will focus on the social context of advice agencies, and consider how they carry out their functions. Particular themes to be explored will include:

- The underlying aims and principles of advice work (equality of opportunity, anti-oppressive, anti-discriminatory and emancipatory practice, partnership, empowerment, confidentiality, self-determination)
- The value base of advice work
- Issues of social exclusion including race, sex, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, faith class

A written essay which will address all the LO's