TWO Written Assessments each worth 50% (1 in each Teaching Block)
- 2x 3,500 word assignments each worth 50%, assessing Learning Outcomes 1-4
OR One Written Assessment (7,000 words) worth 100% assessing Learning Outcomes 1-4

Students are required to critically analyse the implications of anti-doping system in sport, and identify what difficulties exist in implementing it in practice. As part of the course, students will analyse the different substances and methods prohibited in sport and how they are used in a sporting or therapeutic context. It is also expected that students will show an informed and critical understanding of the fundamental legal principles in applying these regulations to athletes, event organisers and governing bodies, including consideration of:

- Managing the logistics of doping control data through the Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS).
- The practical testing regime (both in-competition and out-of-competition).
- The protocols involved in proving that an athlete is guilty of an offence, receives an appropriate punishment and this punishment is enforced.

Students will also be required to show an informed and at the same time critical understanding of the current regulation of doping within sport and the rationale as to why such an approach is necessary.

Students will explore the history of doping in sport and the main scandals associated with this area. Without this ability to view doping in a contextual setting, it becomes very difficult to evaluate whether the rules and rationale for its regulation are appropriate. Indeed, the regulation of performance enhancing methods and substances is fraught with difficulties, particularly since many of these substances are not illegal per se in the wider society. This module will therefore explore the fine balancing act between preventing unfair advantage, infringing on individual liberties and personal privacy and what difficulties exist in implementing such regulation in practice.

In doing so, students will be expected to critically analyse the role of national and global sports institutions (the Olympic Movement, IOC, WADA, CAS, International Sports Federations and National Governing Bodies) in tackling doping within sport. Where appropriate, comparisons will also need to be drawn between chemical doping and the regulation of technology in sports.

1. RECOGNISE, EVALUATE AND SYNTHESISE ARGUMENTS CONCEPTS AND DATA FOR AND AGAINST THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REGULATORY PRINCIPLES FOR INTERNATIONAL DOPING CONTROL IN SPORT. Knowledge & Understanding
Enquiry
Analysis
Reflection

3. GENERATE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE COMPLEX PROBLEMS THAT EXIST IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANTI-DOPING PROVISIONS IN SPORT. THESE SOLUTIONS WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS ATHLETES, GOVERNING BODIES AND EVENT ORGANISERS
Communication
Problem-Solving

4 DEMONSTRATE INITIATIVE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IN IDENTIFYING AND INTEGRATING RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE TO ENHANCE YOUR CHOICE OF REGULATORY STRATEGY AND INTERPRETATION OF THE ANTI-DOPING PROVISIONS
Application
Learning

This module will be delivered through a series of 10 x 1-2 hour seminars supported by your research and personal study. Formative assessment on the online discussion forum will be used to encourage research on the subject area.

SCHEDULED LEARNING & TEACHING ACTIVITIES

20 hours of online seminars. You will be expected to post answers onto the discussion forum in advance of the seminar to enable wider discussion of the topic. A live 'Webinar' will be held during each seminar session (10 x 1-2 hours synchronous contact) based on the posted answers in order to give you generic and personal feedback and to facilitate further discussion on the topic.

GUIDED & INDEPENDENT STUDY
Principally this will consist of study to consolidate and develop an understanding of material presented in whole group and online sessions, preparation for work to be undertaken prior to the webinars, and research and preparation relating to the coursework assignment. Guided study will involve the utilisation of information technology (specifically the module blackboard pages and use of relevant legal electronic databases such as Westlaw, Lexis, LawTel etc) which enables interaction with relevant material, at a pace and time convenient to the user. You will be provided with general guidance in the module study guide and receive specific guidance and training where needed.
(280 hours)

Access to appropriate texts and material via module Blackboard site

S Gardiner and others, SPORTS LAW (Cavendish, London 4th edn: 2012)
A Lewis & J Taylor (eds), SPORT LAW & PRACTICE (Butterworths, Nexis, 3rd edn: 2014)
J Anderson, MODERN SPORTS LAW (Hart Publishing: London 2013)