Policy & Practice of Humanitarianism and Development (Mental Wealth)

Summary of module for applicants:

The module aims to offer you a combination of theoretical and practice-based knowledge and experiences from the fields of humanitarianism, development and international politics, with an interdisciplinary and participatory approach.  The module provides an in-depth analysis of the politics of policy and practice of development and humanitarianism. The module will also offer practical applied skills in analysing case studies and policy-making related to international development, humanitarianism, displacement, gender-based violence, and human trafficking.

Main topics of study:

• The Politics of Humanitarianism
• Shifts in development debates & approaches to humanitarianism  
• Governance of humanitarianism
• The politics of policy-making
• Gendering policy-making and practices
• Human Rights and legal systems  
• Management of aid  
• Programming and coordination
• Risks and ethical issues
• Analysing multiple layers of vulnerability

Learning Outcomes for the module

• Digital Proficiency - Code = (DP)
• Industry Connections - Code = (IC)
• Emotional Intelligence Development - Code = (EID)
• Social Intelligence Development - Code = (SID)
• Physical Intelligence Development - Code = (PID)
• Cultural Intelligence Development - Code = (CID)
• Community Connections - Code = (CC)
• UEL Give-Back - Code = (UGB)
• Cognitive Intelligence – Code = (COI)

At the end of this module, students will be able to:

Knowledge

• Understand the political and historical development of international response to forced migration (COI, CID, SID, EID)
• Understand different approaches and frameworks of development, protection, aid, and humanitarianism (COI, SID, EID, CID)
• Understand the rapidly changing field of development, protection and human rights organisations (COI, CID, SID, EID)
• Understand situations using complexity and systems theories (IC, CC, COI)

Thinking skills

• Analyse key institutional responses, differential roles of actors in your professional domain (COI, CID, SID, EID, PID, IC)
• Identify the potential and challenging aspects of policies and practices related to development approaches in relation to refugees and forced migrants (COI, CID, SID, EID)
• Analyse how decisions are made in the humanitarian and emergency settings (COI, CID, SID, EID)

Subject-based practical skills

• Evaluate responses, programmes and actions related to development and humanitarianism practices COI, CID, SID, EID)
• Critically analyse key principles (legal, political and ethical) related to development and humanitarianism COI, CID, SID, EID)
• Evaluate the effectiveness of different actors in your professional domain and the problems and opportunities created by interaction and cooperation between such actors (CC, SID, CID, COI)

Skills for life and work (general skills)

• Enhance key personal and professional skills such as team-working, working under pressure, evaluation, management of time, and workloads and data (PID, EID, SID, EID)
• Develop self-awareness, mindfulness, regulation and Emotional and Physical resilience (PID, EID)
• Evaluate various strategies of practice and how they interface with problems in practice (COI)