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My SO is divorced with 2 kids and he is an amazing father!  His ex has moved on too and lives w her SO. My SO told me that if they (his ex wife and her new SO) ever had kids together that he would fight to get visitation of that kid. I laughed, honestly thinking he was joking. But he explained it as “that child would be my kid’s brother/sister. How can I pick up 2 children and leave their brother/sister behind?  It’s creating an instant disconnect in their sibling bond. So my kids go away for vacation, come home to talk about it, and little billy is constantly feeling left out?”  

Of course his ex would NEVER allow this, but it’s a moot point as they’re not having any kids anyway. But it’s nice to realize that he’s the type of guy that would essentially partially raise a child that wasn’t his own just so that his kids and this kid would have a proper bond and that this kid wouldn’t feel differnt/left out.The MA in Safeguarding and Security has been designed to meet the development needs of graduates and professionals who wish to further their knowledge of contemporary safeguarding policy and practice. The course aims to enable students to explore multiple aspects of safeguarding legislation, policy reform and practice in relation to both adult and child safeguarding by drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives. The course adopts a multidisciplinary approach in its range of module options allowing students to familiarize themselves with specific discipline/career understandings of the needs and practice of safeguarding through the development of a critical awareness of social and political contexts.
This course is distinctive in its promoting of the need to identify, discuss, and evaluate contested views surrounding the conceptualisation of, and responses to, categories of vulnerability. Understanding the need to take contested views into consideration as part of an ongoing learning process enables students to recognise the basis of effective and reflexive safeguarding practice: this is the central ethos revisited across the course content. Consequently, pedagogical emphasis falls on developing critical explorations of the politicisation of vulnerability as underpinning contemporary safeguarding policies and practice. Students are therefore encouraged to recognise the multiple perspectives that inform legislation and protection assessments and to negotiate the potential polarisations embedded in safeguarding rhetoric and actual practice; contested ideas of moral orders; state power and individual rights; and diverse or conflicting cultural values. Core substantive modules tackle these issues directly whilst core methodological modules equip students with the tools to research violence and criminality, and to understand the complexity of ethical issues and appropriate sensitivity when researching victimisation. A range of optional modules allow students to selectively develop this critical capacity at both theoretical and practical levels by focusing on the psychological dynamics of vulnerability, approaches to gender-based violence and emerging personal security risks in the online world. Students wishing to tailor their studies towards safeguarding against political radicalisation and other forms of political violence will be offered the opportunity to choose a module from the University’s companion course, Radicalisation and Political Violence MSc.
The Safeguarding and Security MA progressively introduces students to the study of vulnerability and the safeguarding of children and adults across the range of core and optional modules. The concept of vulnerability has become formalised in contemporary human rights discourses giving rise to increased institutional and legislative recognition of the diverse categories and experience of vulnerable populations. The course will offer students opportunities to establish a firm basis for developing research agendas (potentially, but not limited to, PhD study) and future career paths. The course answers the University’s Portfolio Strategy towards career trajectories in the Public, Social Care and Third Sector Professionals strand as well as the realignment of Sociology towards a stronger Applied Social Policy approach. This is complementary to other courses and developments in the subject area and across the School of Social Sciences. The course addresses the principles of the portfolio strategy by providing access to newly emerging graduate professions and areas of practice, meeting the needs of employers and enabling students to integrate studying with work and life commitments.
This course addresses gaps in career paths for a number of our UG Sociology and other courses by creating an opportunity to progress into graduate jobs. Therefore the course is also distinctive as it provides students with the intellectual and practical tools to enter an ever-widening field of safeguarding practices and policy implementation across the public and private sectors amid the broadening institutional recognition and categorisation of vulnerable groups. The course is complementary to other courses and developments in the subject area and across the School, e.g. sociology, criminology, politics and psychology.
3/ theoretical interpretation of data into original pieces of work.
The learning and teaching strategy is underpinned by current research, as reflected in the learning outcomes of the programme. The learning and teaching strategy is tested by successful completion of assessment requirements.
6/ development of a research proposal culminating in the completion of a dissertation.
All appropriate theories will be introduced through tutor input as well as through reading and active application of course material in teaching sessions. Core modules will incorporate guest speakers to facilitate critical reflection on diverse intellectual and professional perspectives relating to safeguarding policies and practice.
Emphasis is placed on individual responsibility for learning. Participation and interaction is encouraged to pursue original, creative and reflective thought in class and in assignments. We will also explore the possibilities of hosting an annual academic conference to expose students further to the variations of academic and public discourse and to present their own ideas as a means of formative assessment.
Modules are studied through a mixture of methods as specified in the module specifications. Teaching will primarily be in lecture style with emphasis on case study analysis, student-led seminars; workshops; in-class and on-line exercises; and guest lecturers. These are supported by our e-learning web facility Weblearn where Powerpoint presentations, additional reading materials and online tutorials can be provided. All students also are offered personal one to one tutorials to plan work or receive feedback.
The students will be assessed through coursework and a dissertation between 12,000 and 15,000 words. It is hoped that some students will progress to doctoral studies after successful completion of the MA.
The aims of the MA in Safeguarding and Security are to introduce students to the key principles of the safeguarding of children and adults through exploration of key social, cultural and political contexts. The latter underline and facilitate the development of an advanced level of critical awareness and contribute to the development of original thinking, reflexive awareness and practical skills applicable to the complex landscapes of vulnerability, risk and security in contemporary society.
The course will familiarise students with contemporary safeguarding debates and policy initiatives related to the identification and protection of vulnerable populations and individuals. The course will move students through the factors that lead to societies constructing and recognising categories of vulnerability to eventual legislative responses and practical protections. Course modules will allow students to critically reflect on the identification of those persons and populations most at risk and to understand the relevance and practicality of resilience strategies. The interdisciplinary nature of the course enables students to view vulnerability and safeguarding interventions thorough a wide lens – from the perspective of cultural and political violence to the criminalisation of the vulnerable, and to the effective meeting of needs in terms of overcoming social inequalities and addressing healthcare concerns. The course will also guide student through the emergence, implementation and outcomes of recent safeguarding legislation and policies in both the public and private sector.
1. An overview of the various demonstrations of safeguarding and security, the connections between them and debates with respect to their definition/s.
2. A critical understanding of the theoretical, methodological and ethical considerations when researching the social, cultural and political contexts in which vulnerability emerges and policy and practice is located.
3. The methodological and analytical skills within the fields of sociology, criminology and psychology that are required to conduct research on safeguarding and security.
4. An advanced understanding of specific academic fields that form part of, or are allied to safeguarding legislation and practice and contemporary sociological issues and /or related specialisms.
5. A strong grasp of the current knowledge base with respect to incidence, prevalence, perspectives of victims, perpetrators and responders.
6. An awareness of the historical and political shifts in perspectives, policies and practices with respect to safeguarding and security.
7. Experience applying course content to their specific working context.
LO9. Learn independently for the purposes of continuing professional development.
Skills and learning outcomes are assessed through essays, presentations and a dissertation (12,000 and 15,000 words).
Assessment methods and requirements take into account, and test, knowledge, evaluation and application of knowledge to the materials included in the module content and the learning outcomes. The student develops knowledge and understanding of conceptual theories, synthesis and application of knowledge on issues in the field of enquiry, together with their academic related skills.
The course is assessed through a variety of formative and summative assessments including essays, examinations, practical research methodology assignments, dissertation, and various presentations to class peers.
Students will gain experience of safeguarding practice via organised workshops with visiting practitioners/ guest lecturers.
Personal professional development and reflective practice activities are embedded throughout the programme. The programme has been designed with a