Summative assessment – Portfolio totalling 3500 words counting for 100% assessment.
• 500 word abstract
• 1500 academic poster
• 1500 reflection on research journey and skill development
(learning outcomes 1 to 4)

Students are required to show an informed, and at the same time critical understanding, of aspects of the English law relating to the issues around Child Protection and Health Care including:

• Application of the welfare principle;
• Parental responsibility;
• Disputes about a child’s upbringing;
• Child abuse;
• Contraception.

1. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge at the forefront of the public law of Child Protection, including related legislative provisions and connected socio-legal debates relevant to the health care setting.
Knowledge

2. Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding and critical evaluation of methodologies and techniques, including Information Literacy, applicable to the subject area.
Enquiry

3. Communicate research conclusions clearly to specialist and audience in a variety of formats.
Communication

4. Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility, self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional or equivalent level.
Reflection

The module uses a blended learning approach to delivery and independent study. Content will be delivered using a combination of concentrated face-to-face sessions combined with technology enhanced learning which will involve the use of the Blackboard virtual learning environment (VLE). There will be a selection of learning activities which may include use of: online materials and guided reading, podcasts, use of video and recording clips, online discussion boards, blogs and wikis. Students will also have the opportunity to interact using social media.
The early stage of the module will use a range of activities to ensure that students understand the technology used and will also facilitate online socialisation through appropriate guidance and induction exercises. The module will split the content into appropriate subject learning units and a range of content will be organised in the VLE using a common structure of content folders. Students will engage with the content asynchronously at a time and place which suits their learning and external commitments. Students will be supported with clear guidance as to how to use the material and its relevance to the intensive face-to-face sessions.

There will also be the opportunity for students to consult with tutors on a face to face basis, via email, via telephone or through other electronic means such as online discussion, blog comments or other social media.

Where appropriate assessment will take place via submission to the VLE.

Library
Access to appropriate texts and material via module Blackboard site

• Andrew Bainham, Stephen Gilmore Children The Modern Law (4th Edn, Jordan 2013)
• A Diduck, F Kaganas, Family Law Gender And The State (Hart Publishing 2012)
• Jonathan Herring, Medical Law and Ethics (5th Edn, OUP 2014)