Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law

Module title	Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law
Module code	LAW3156
Academic year	2019/0
Credits	30
Module staff	no title Helena Wray (Lecturer)

Duration: Term	1	2	3
Duration: Weeks	12	11

Number students taking module (anticipated)	30

Module description

Immigration is one of the most important yet deeply contested of contemporary questions. Control over the entry and stay of non-nationals is considered to be a defining characteristic of modern states, yet people have always moved across national borders and continue to do so in ever greater numbers. This module will introduce you to the legal structure of British immigration control, placing the law in its historical, political and social context, and explaining the impact of European and international law. In so doing, the course will give you insight into one of the most poorly understood yet critical factors shaping modern British society.

You will be asked to submit two essays for this module, one as a formative assessment and a second as your summative assessment. The highest mark received from these two essays will count towards 25% of your module grade.

Module aims - intentions of the module

This module aims to provide you with an understanding of the legal structures and the regulation of immigration control, nationality law and asylum in the UK. The module will place legal controls in their historical, social, and political context. It, will require you to demonstrate in-depth understanding of key legal principles and enable you to analyse them within an inter-relating multi-level structure of governance and to consider how these principle reflect the inter-relationship of law and social and political pressures

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILO: Module-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

1. demonstrate detailed knowledge of the main sources, history and current framework of immigration, nationality and asylum law in the UK and of a substantial range of major concepts, values and principles relevant to its application;
2. demonstrate critical awareness of a wide range of social and contextual implications of the area of immigration, nationality and asylum law;
3. identify, explain and critically evaluate key issues in immigration, nationality and asylum law and to apply relevant rules and theories.

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

4. demonstrate detailed knowledge of legal concepts and their contextual/social/political implications

ILO: Personal and key skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

5. plan and undertake tasks, individually and with others, with minimum guidance, to reflect critically on the learning process and make use of feedback
6. manage time independently and efficiently in preparing for learning activities, to be proactive in developing own learning, and to work independently within a limited time frame to complete a specified task

Syllabus plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Immigration as a political, social and regulatory issue
Historical perspectives on UK immigration and nationality law
The legal structure of control
UK nationality law
Entering and living in the UK
European law 1: The European Convention on Human Rights, the Human Rights Act 1998 and immigration control
Temporary migration for visits, work or study
Family migration
Criminality, deportation and detention
Immigration law and vulnerability
European law 2: EU immigration policy, asylum law and free movement law
The Refugee Convention and other forms of protection

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
55	245	0

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities	46	23 X 2 hour lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity	9	6 x 1.5 hour workshops student-led individual and group work, with guidance and intervention from a tutor
Guided independent study	145	Lecture and workshop preparation, to include advance reading and preparation of questions and activities
Guided independent study	100	Revision and assessment preparation

Formative assessment

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	2000 words	1-6	Written

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
25	75	0

Details of summative assessment

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Essay	25	2000 words	1-6	written feedback
Examination	75	3 hours	1-6	written feedback

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Essay	Essay	1-6	August/September reassessment period
Exam	Exam	1-6	August/September reassessment period

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

Gina Clayton ‘Textbook on Immigration Asylum Law’ OUP 7^th edition 2016

A range of further indicative reading will be set, such as:

Ann Dummett, and Andrew Nichol Subjects, Citizens, Aliens and Others: Nationality and Immigration Law (Butterworth’s 1990)

Helena Wray Regulating Marriage Migration into the UK: A Stranger in the Home (Ashgate 2011)

Articles from journals, for example:

Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law

European Journal of Migration and Law.

Reference works:

Ian Macdonald and Ronan Toal Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice (9th Ed, Butterworths, 2015)

Laurie Fransmann Fransmann’s British Nationality Law (Bloomsbury 3^rd edition 2011)

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Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Law

Credit value	30
Module ECTS	15
Module pre-requisites	None
Module co-requisites	None
NQF level (module)	6
Available as distance learning?	No
Origin date	15/03/2016
Last revision date	13/07/2016