Undergraduate Course: Employment law (LAWS08120)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The role of employment law, identification of the contract of employment, formation and content of the contract of employment, common law termination, key statutory rights such as unfair dismissal. |
| Course description |
The aims of this course are:
¿ to learn the basic legal issues that make up employment law in Scotland and the UK;
¿ to develop the skills to read, analyse, research and interpret the materials in the field of employment law;
¿ to develop oral and written skills in legal analysis and debate on relevant issues;
¿ to develop the skills necessary to apply the knowledge gained to a range of legal questions and scenarios.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Students must also have taken Contract and Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS08127) or equivalent |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
167 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will be assessed through an unseen two-hour in-person summative written examination in late April or May, which counts for 100% of the final mark. In this two-hour examination three questions must be answered from a choice of six questions. |
| Feedback |
The course includes the opportunity for students to participate in a formative feedback exercise or event. The formative feedback events for this course will be one piece of written work. The Course Organiser or Tutors will mark and return the exercise with feedback, but no model answer will be issued.
Feedback for coursework will be released via LEARN once all work has been marked.
We recommend that you consult the general feedback provided on assessed work initially, as this will provide useful information about performance in assessment overall.
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| On completion of this course, students should: ¿ understand the historical development of employment law in Scotland and the UK and its impact on the legislative practices that currently apply; ¿ understand the importance of the application of employment law to the working population; ¿ use their knowledge to comment critically on employment law in Scotland and the UK; ¿ apply their knowledge to resolve legal issues that arise in employment law.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- recognise, analyse and rank arguments and evidence in terms of relevance and importance by:
- managing volume of legal sources and select key material to construct written or oral answers to a problem.
- identifying the legal problem from information provided.
- addressing problems by reference to relevant material.
- bringing together and integrating information and materials from a variety of different sources.
- acknowledging ranking of sources and relative impact in context.
- application of the law and problem-solving in a legal context.
- presenting arguments for and against propositions.
- be aware that arguments require to be supported by evidence, in order to meet legal requirements of proof by showing awareness of the need for evidence to support arguments
Apply knowledge and analysis
- in a legal context
- creatively to complex situations in order to provide arguable solutions to concrete problems by presenting a range of viable options from a set of facts and law.
Think critically and make critical judgments on the relative and absolute merits of particular arguments and solutions.
Act independently in planning and undertaking tasks in areas of law which he or she has already studied.
Reflect on his or her own learning, and to seek and make use of feedback.
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
tutorial attendance is required |
| Keywords | Employment Law Ord |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jonny Hardman
Tel: (0131 6)50 2374
Email: Jonathan.Hardman@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Robyn Blyth
Tel: (01316) 514550
Email: rblyth@ed.ac.uk |
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