Kent Law School has partnered with FutureLearn to launch an exciting new online opportunity for graduates, international students and professionals with an interest in migration laws: a microcredential in Critical International Migration Law.
FutureLearn’s microcredentials are created and accredited by universities as professional credentials designed to build career skills and allow for a deeper understanding of a subject, with the opportunity to earn academic credit.
The Law School’s first microcredential has been designed by Senior Lecturer Sian Lewis-Anthony, a specialist in human rights law who also delivers the course.
It’s ideal for anyone with an interest in the ‘who, what, and why?’ of international migration laws and the role of both international and domestic law in shaping the terrain. You’ll gain an insight into the role of states in exercising their sovereign right to control their borders, and the impact their policies and laws have in closing off legal routes to migration for those desperate to flee to safety.
As well as being aimed at aspiring lawyers, this course is also likely to appeal to anyone working for NGOs and human rights organisations, as well as international students unable to attend law school within the UK.
The first opportunity to begin studying the course is on Monday 5 April with further start dates planned later in the year.
During the comprehensive 12-week programme you’ll undertake:
- a critical examination of law and its framing of the migrant experience
- the nature of international migration law
- discourses on migration and migrants
- the right of states to protect their borders
- the ways this has been interpreted by states and consequences for migrants fleeing human rights abuses
- the characterisation of migration movements as crises
- trafficking and smuggling
- internal displacement
- immigration detention
- and the human rights of migrants.
You’ll also be asked to complete a 5,000 word assessment. After successfully completing the course (worth 15 UK Credits/7.5 ECTS at postgraduate level), you can opt to progress to the Law School’s LLM in International Law.
Watch an introduction to the course with Kent’s Dean for Internationalisation Anthony Manning talking to Sian and Mark Wallace, from FutureLearn:
For more details, and to sign up, visit FutureLearn’s website
Kent Law School is one of the UK’s leading law schools, offering a distinctive critical approach to their syllabuses, ultimately placing law within the wider context of society.
With a recognised excellence in teaching, world-class research, and an award-winning law clinic, they offer an intellectually stimulating environment in which to study law, including human rights law and international migration law.
Throughout the duration of this microcredential, you’ll look beneath the surface of the law and study its complexity and contradictions. This enhances what is already a fascinating subject – international migration law, and means you’ll graduate with a highly regarded qualification and a wealth of new skills.