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Programme Specification

Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if he/she passes the programme. More detailed information on the learning outcomes, content and teaching, learning and assessment methods of each module can be found in the programme handbook. The accuracy of the information contained in this specification is reviewed by the University and may be checked by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

BA (Hons.) Law and English Literature

1. Awarding Institution/Body University of Kent

2. Teaching Institution University of Kent

3. School responsible for management of the programme

Kent Law School

4. Teaching Site Canterbury Campus

5. Mode of Delivery Full-time

6. Programme accredited by Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board

7. Final Award BA (Hons)

Fallback awards:Certificate / Diploma / BA (Non-Honours)

8. Programme Law and English Literature

9. UCAS Code (or other code) MQ13

10. Credits/ECTS Value 480 Credits (240 ECTS)

11. Study Level Undergraduate

12. Relevant QAA subject benchmarking group(s)

Law; English; – see QAA benchmarking statements at http://www.qaa.ac.uk/AssuringStandardsAndQuality/subject-guidance/Pages/Subject-benchmark-statements.aspx.

13. Date of creation/revision Mar 2004 (revised January 2015/July 2015)

14. Intended Start Date of Delivery of this Programme

from September 2015

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15. Educational Aims of the ProgrammeThe programme aims to:

develop an understanding of the nature and origins of literature in the context of social science and those of law in the context of the humanities

develop an awareness of the assumptions about narrative, identity and semantics that underpin both legal and literary texts

provide an ability to analyse the problems posed for legal and critical judgement when their assumptions are queried or subverted

introduce students to a range of different theoretical approaches to the study of law and literature attract and meet the needs of both those contemplating a career in the legal professions and

those motivated primarily by an intellectual interest in law and legal issues provide students with knowledge, understanding and skills of a wide range of literatures,

particularly British and American, from Chaucer to the present day, and encourage them to identify and develop their own interests and expertise in fields of literary study

contribute to widening participation in higher education by offering a wide variety of entry routes provide a sound knowledge and systematic understanding of the principal institutions and

procedures of the English legal system provide a sound grounding in the major concepts and principles of English law, the law of the

European Union, and the European Convention on Human Rights develop a critical awareness of law and literature in its historical, socio-economic, and political

contexts, and to introduce students to a range of different theoretical approaches to the study of law and literature

offer a range of modules covering the foundations of legal knowledge, as defined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board, which will enable students who successfully complete them, to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD)

provide teaching which is informed by current research and scholarship and which requires students to engage with aspects of work at the frontiers of knowledge

offer the opportunity to acquire direct experience of legal practice and to critically reflect on it through participation in the University Law Clinic

enable students to manage their own learning and to carry out independent research, including research into areas of law and literature they have not previously studied

develop general critical, analytical and problem-solving skills which can be applied in a wide range of different legal and literary settings

provide opportunities for the development of personal, communication, research and other key skills appropriate for graduate employment both in the legal and literary professions and other fields

develop an understanding and critical appreciation of the expressive resources of language develop the students’ ability to assimilate and organise a mass of diverse information offer students the experience of a variety of teaching styles and approaches to the study of law

and literature provide a basis for the further study of English and American Literature and/or Law at a

postgraduate level

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16 Programme OutcomesThe programme provides opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in the following areas.The programme outcomes have references to the QAA subject benchmarking statements for Law and English and are indicated by LB and SB respectively.

A. Knowledge and Understanding of:

1. The principal features of the English legal system, including its institutions, procedures and sources of law. LB4.4

2. The concepts, principles and rules of a substantial range of English legal subjects, including an in depth knowledge of some areas of law, and, depending on options, an in depth knowledge of the law of the European Union, the ECHR, International law and Comparative law. LB4.5

3. The relationship between the law and the historical, socio-economic, political and financial contexts in which it operates. LB4.6

4. A range of theoretical and critical perspectives which can be applied to the study of law.5. A wide range of authors and texts from different periods of literary history, from 1350 to the

present day, in both British and American literature. SB3.1(i)6. The principal literary genres, fiction, poetry drama and of other kinds of writing and

communication. SB3.1(ii)7. Literatures in English from countries outside Britain and America. SB3.1(iii)8. Traditions in literary criticism. SB3.1(vi)9. The challenges of creative writing.

10. Terminology used in literary criticism. SB3.1(ix)11. The cultural and historical contexts in which literature is written, transmitted and read.

SB3.1(vii)12. Critical theory and its applications, understood within its historical contexts.13. Literary criticism as a practice subject to considerable variation of approach.

Students undertaking the ‘QLD Route’ (as described below) will also have knowledge and understanding of:

14. The principal features of the law of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). LB4.4

Teaching/learning and assessment methods and strategies used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated

Teaching/learningThe principal methods are:

Lectures, both traditional and interactive (Socratic); legal problem classes; tutor-led seminars; directed reading; independent research for course assessments; feedback on course

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assessments, computer-based learning (such as computer-assisted learning packages and web-based materials); study guides; computer workshops; role playing exercises; debates; individual and group project work.

These are further supported by:In relation to A1, court observation and practical group legal exercises. In relation to A4 and A5 films and visiting speakers.

Assessment

Written examinations (open and closed book); coursework (including essays, legal problems, class tests, reports and computational questions, and computer-based assignments) and, where permitted, optional dissertations.

Skills and Other AttributesB. Intellectual Skills:On successful completion of the programme, students should be able to:

1. Effectively apply knowledge to analyse complex issues.2. Recognise and rank items and issues in terms of their relevance and importance. LB4.113. Collect and synthesise information from a variety of sources. LB4.94. Critically evaluate arguments and evidence. SB3.3(xii)5. Formulate and sustain a complex argument, supporting it with appropriate evidence. SB3.3(i)6. Recognise potential alternative solutions to particular problems and make a reasoned choice

between them. LB4.107. Independently acquire knowledge and understanding in both legal and literary areas not

previously studied. LB4.138. Demonstrate an independence of mind and an ability to challenge critically received

understandings and conclusions. SB3.3(vii)9. Reflect constructively on their own learning processes. LB4.15

10. Demonstrate the ability to make discriminations and selections of relevant information from a wide source and large body of knowledge. SB3.3(xiii)

11. Demonstrate the ability to organise and present research findings. SB3.3(xiii)

Teaching/learning and assessment methods and strategies used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated

Teaching/learningThese skills are developed primarily through preparation for and participation in seminars and problem classes (through discussion and argument), delivery of class presentations, in the preparation and writing of course assessments including, where chosen, dissertations, computer workshops, role playing exercises, debates, and individual and group projects.

Optional participation in the moot programme, the work of the Law Clinic and the work of Critical Legal and other student legal groups provide further opportunities to enhance these skills.

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AssessmentWritten examinations and course assessments, assessed class presentations, reports and computational questions, computer-based assignments and, where permitted, dissertations and moot performances.

C. Subject-specific Skills:On successful completion of the programme students should be able to

Application and problem solving.

1. Recognise the legal issues arising in a complex factual situation. LB4.82. Identify and apply the case and statute law relevant to it. LB14.73. Provide an informed and reasoned opinion on the possible legal actions arising from it, and

their likelihood of success. LB14.124. Demonstrate enhanced skills in the close critical analysis of literary texts. SB3.2(i)5. Show an informed and critical understanding of the variety of critical and theoretical

approaches to the study of literature.6. Demonstrate the ability to articulate knowledge and understanding of texts, concepts and

theories relating to English studies. SB3.2(ii)7. Recognise sensitivity to generic conventions in the study of literature. SB3.2(iii)8. Demonstrate well-developed language use and awareness, including a grasp of standard

critical terminology. SB3.2(vi)9. Articulate responsiveness to literary language.

10. Demonstrate appropriate scholarly practice in the presentation of formal written work, in particular in bibliographic and annotational practices. SB3.2(vii)

11. Show an understanding of how cultural norms, assumptions and practices influence questions of judgement. SB3.2(ix)

12. Demonstrate appreciation of the value of collaborative intellectual work in developing critical judgement.

Sources, research and evaluation.

13. Identify the legal and literary issues which require to be researched. LB4.814. Effectively locate and use primary and secondary legal, literary and other relevant sources.

LB14.715. Conduct independent legal research using a range of resources, both paper and electronic.

LB4.1416. Critically evaluate an area of law both doctrinally and in terms of its socio-economic, financial

and other consequences.

Teaching/learning and assessment methods and strategies used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated

Application and problem solving.

Teaching/learning

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Problem solving skills in law are primarily developed through preparation for, and participation in, legal problem-based seminars, larger problem/case classes, workshops, case study assignments and optional participation in the moot programme and in the work of the Law Clinic.

Lectures given by a stimulating diversity of teachers. Seminars with group/individual presentations by students; office-hours for discussion of essays, etc. Lectures and seminars develop efficiency in absorbing and ordering information; seminars provide experience of structured group work, show how to develop critical debate, and enhance individual skills in oral presentation.

AssessmentLegal problem questions in written examinations and course assessments including class tests, reports and computational questions, computer-based assignments and, where permitted, assessed mooting performance.

In addition coursework essays; seminar performance (contribution to debate, presentations); extended and standard 3-hr exams and; long essays. The variety of assessment methods is designed to give opportunities to demonstrate learning outcomes in a variety of forms, allowing for different individual work rhythms and encouraging skills in focusing and exploring problems in literary criticism.

Essays and feedback from teachers promote the capacity to synthesise information, select and focus on relevant material, problematise literary issues, communicate clearly, structure an argument, write with cogency, and develop appropriate scholarly practices in research and the formal written presentation of work.

Sources, research and evaluation.

Teaching/learning.Subject specific research classes and exercises including year 1 induction. Preparation and feedback on course assessments and, where undertaken, dissertations and work in the Law Clinic.

Assessment.All by written examinations and course assessments including class tests, reports and computational questions, computer-based assignments and, where undertaken, dissertations.

D. Transferable Skills:On completion of the programme, students should be able to:

Communication and Literacy.

1. Use the English Language, both orally and in writing in relation to general, legal and literary matters with care, accuracy and effectiveness. LB4.16

2. Engage constructively and effectively in arguments and discussions of complex matters. LB4.16

3. Give a clear and coherent presentation on a topic using appropriate supporting materials.

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SB3.3(i)4. Read complex legal and literary materials and summarise them accurately. LB4.165. Locate, extract and analyse data from multiple sources.6. Employ correct legal terminology and correct methods of citation and referencing for legal

and other academic materials.7. Produce work in appropriate formats.8. Show that they have developed powers of communication and the capacity to argue a point

of view, orally and in written form, with clarity, organisation and cogency. LB3.3(i)9. Demonstrate enhanced confidence in the efficient presentation of ideas designed to stimulate

critical debate.

Teamwork, Numeracy and IT

10. Work collaboratively in groups to achieve defined tasks, to respond to different points of view and to negotiate outcomes. LB4.20

11. Word-process their work and use a range of electronic databases and other information sources. LB4.19 / SB3.3(xiv)

12. Use communications and IT in acquiring, analysing and communicating information.13. Work in groups and apply other inter-personal skills. SB3.3(x)

Teaching/learning and assessment methods and strategies used to enable outcomes to be achieved and demonstrated

Communication and Literacy.

Teaching /learningSeminar contributions, class presentations, debates, role playing exercises, individual and group project work, computer workshops and, where undertaken, mooting together with feedback on them; the preparation, writing and feedback on written course assessments including, where undertaken, dissertations.

AssessmentWritten examinations and course assessments, assessed class presentations, reports and computational questions, computer-based assignments, debates, role playing exercises, and, where undertaken, assessed moot work.

Teamwork, Numeracy and IT

Teaching/learningD10 through moot and clinic work, where permitted.D11 through legal research classes and exercises, UELT support and the preparation and feedback on written course work.D12 through computer workshops and computer-based assignments.D13 through individual and group project work.

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AssessmentWritten course assessments, including assessed class presentations, reports and computational questions, computer-based assignments, debates, and role-playing exercises, and where permitted, assessed moot work, also written examinations.

For more information on the skills developed by individual modules and on the specific learning outcomes associated with any fall-back awards relating to this programme of study, see the module mapping.

17 Programme Structures and Requirements, Levels, Modules, Credits and Awards

This programme is studied over four years full-time. The programme is divided into four stages with each stage comprising modules to a total of 120 credits. Students must successfully complete each module in order to be awarded the specified number of credits for that module. One credit corresponds to approximately ten hours of 'learning time' (including all classes and all private study and research). Thus obtaining 120 credits in an academic year requires 1,200 hours of overall learning time. For further information on modules and credits refer to the Credit Framework at http://www.kent.ac.uk/teaching/qa/credit-framework/creditinfo.html

Each module and programme is designed to be at a specific level. For the descriptors of each of these levels, refer to Annex 2 of the Credit Framework at http://www.kent.ac.uk/teaching/qa/credit-framework/creditinfoannex2.html. To be eligible for the award of an honours degree students must obtain 480 credits, at least 210 of which must be at Level 5 or above, including at least 90 credits at level 6 or above at Stage 3.

Important information regarding optional modules

() Where the programme permits students to choose modules from those offered by Kent Law School, students should refer to the School’s Stage 2 and 3 Handbook.

Students should take particular note that not all optional modules may be running in any given year, students should refer to the module catalogue for the latest information, this can be found at: (http://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/modulecatalogue/modules)

Students successfully completing Stage 1 of the programme and meeting credit framework requirements who do not successfully complete Stage 2 will be eligible for the award of the Certificate in Law and English Literature. Students successfully completing Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the programme and meeting Credit Framework requirements who do not successfully complete Stage 3 will be eligible for the award of the Diploma in Law and English Literature. Students successfully completing Stage 2 of the programme and achieving 300 credits overall including at least 60 credits at level 6 or above in Stage 3 and meeting Credit Framework requirements will be eligible for the award of a non-honours BA in Law and English Literature.

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For further information refer to the Credit Framework at https://www.kent.ac.uk/teaching/qa/credit-framework/creditinfo.html#fallbackawards.

Stage 1

Code Title Level Credits Term(s)

(i) Students take all of the following modules:

LW313 A Critical Introduction to Law 4 30 1 and 2

LW315 Introduction to Obligations 4 15 1

LW316 Foundations of Property 4 15 2

LW327 English Legal System and Skills 4 4 (non-contributory) 1

(ii) Literature Modules - students must choose two of the following modules:

EN302 Early Drama 4 30 1 and 2

EN331 Reading in the 20th Century 4 30 1 and 2

EN332 Writing America 4 30 1 and 2

EN333 Romanticism 4 30 1 and 2

Please note; students wishing to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD) will require a pass in LW327, which may be retaken subject to the credit framework and rules governing QLD’s.

It should also be noted that LW315 and LW316 cannot be trailed and that, EN302, EN331, EN332 and EN333 cannot be compensated, condoned or trailed.

In stages 2, 3 and 4, the programme divides into two routes: the ‘QLD Route’ leading to a Qualifying Law Degree and the ‘non-QLD Route’ leading to a non-Qualifying Law Degree. It is automatically assumed that students will be following the QLD Route.

QLD route - Stage 2

Code Title Level Credits Term(s)

(i) Students must take all of the following law modules:

LW597 The Law of Obligations 5 30 1 and 2

LW598 Equity and Trusts 6 15 2

LW599 Land Law 5 15 1

(ii) Pre-1800 Modules – Students must choose at least one of the following:

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EN681Novelty, Enlightenment and Emancipation: 18th Century Literature

5 30 1

EN692 Early Modern Literature 5 30 2

EN694 Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama 5 30 1 or 2

EN697Chaucer and Late Medieval English Literature

5 30 1

(iii) Period Modules – Students must choose one of the following 30-credit ‘period modules’ (if only one pre-1800 module has been chosen):

EN672 Reading Victorian Literature 5 30 2

EN675Declaring Independence: 19th Century US Literature

5 30 1

EN677 The Contemporary 5 30 2

EN689 Modernism 5 30 1

EN695 Empire, New Nations and Migration 5 30 2

(iv) Overall, students must ensure that they undertake one English (‘EN’) module in each term.

QLD route - Stage 3

Code Title Level Credits Term(s)

(i) Students must take the following law module:

LW588 Public Law 1 5 30 1 and 2

Students must choose a further 30 credits of modules from those offered by Kent Law School ()

(iii) ‘Special’ English Modules

Two of the following ‘special’ 30-credit modules must be chosen (one for each term):

EN580Charles Dickens and Victorian England

6 30 1

EN586Language and Place in Colonial and Postcolonial Poetry

6 30 1

EN588Innovation and Experiment in New York, 1945-1995

6 30 2

EN604 The Unknown: Reading and Writing 6 30 1

EN623 Native American Literature 6 30 1

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EN633Bodies of Evidence: Reading The Body In Eighteenth Century Literature

6 30 1

EN637Unruly Women & Other Insubordinates: The Dramatic Repertoire of the Queen Anna's Men

6 30 2

EN646Image, Vision and Dream: Medieval Texts and Visual Culture

6 30 2

EN655 Places and Journeys 6 30 1

EN656Heroes and Exiles: An Introduction to Old English Poetry

6 30 1

EN657 The Brontes in Context 6 30 2

EN658 American Crime Fiction 6 30 1

EN659 Contemporary Irish Writing 6 30 1

EN660Writing Lives in Early Modern England: Diaries, Letters and Secret Selves

6 30 1

EN661 The Stranger 6 30 2

EN666From Book to Blog: Geoffrey Chaucer and his Afterlives

6 30 1

EN667Harlem to Hogan's Alley: Black Writing in North America

6 30 2

EN668Discovery Space: New Theatres in Early Modern England

6 30 1

EN669Marriage, Desire and Divorce in Early Modern Literature

6 30 1

EN670 Lyric, Ballad and Popular Song 6 30 2

EN676Cross-Cultural Coming-of-Age Narratives

6 30 1

EN684Clouds, Waves & Crows: Writing the Natural, 1800 to the Present

6 30 1

EN687Poetry and Crisis, from the First World War to Occupy

6 30 2

EN700 Metropolis 6 30 2

EN701 The Global Eighteenth Century 6 30 1

EN702 Thomas Hardy 6 30 2

EN703The 'Real' America: Class and Culture in the American Gilded Age

6 30 1

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EN704Discord and Devotion: Society & Spirituality in Middle English Literature

6 30 2

EN705 The Contemporary Memoir 6 30 2

EN706 The Love Poem: Wyatt to Nick Cave 6 30 1

EN709 Animals, Humans, Writing 6 30 2

EN710 Victorian Aestheticism and Decadence 6 30 2

EN712 Contemporary British and Irish Poetry 6 30 2

EN714 Utopia: Philosophy and Literature 6 30 2

EN715 Performing Vice c.1350-1550 6 30 2

EN716 Marxism, Literature and Culture 6 30 2

EN717 The Graphic Novel 6 30 1

QLD route - Stage 4

Code Title Level Credits Term(s)

(i) Students must take all of the following law modules:

LW592 Public Law 2 6 15 2

LW593 European Union Law 6 15 1

LW601 Advanced Level Criminal Law 6 30 1 and 2

(ii) Long Essay Modules – students must choose one of the following:

EN593 English Long Essay (Autumn) 6 30 1

EN594 English Long Essay (Spring) 6 30 2

(iii) The remaining 30 credits of modules may be chosen from those offered by Kent Law School () or, from the list of ‘special’ modules offered by the School of English (see the list above).

No level ‘C’ modules are permitted in Stage 4.

Non-QLD route - Stage 2

(i) Students must choose 60 credits of modules from those offered by Kent Law School (). The following are recommended (but not compulsory):

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Code Title Level Credits Term(s)

LW598 Equity and Trusts 6 15 2

LW599 Land Law 5 15 1

LW601 Advanced Level Criminal Law 6 30 1 and 2

(ii) ‘Pre-1800’ and ‘Period’ Modules

As with the QLD route, for the remaining 60 credits of Stage 2, students on the non-QLD route are required to undertake at least one ‘pre 1800’ module and (if necessary) one ‘period’ module.

Students should refer to the requirements of the QLD route - Stage 2, points (ii), (iii) and (iv) (above).

Non-QLD route – Stage 3

(i) Students must choose 60 credits of modules from those offered by Kent Law School (). The following module is recommended (but not compulsory):

Code Title Level Credits Term(s)

LW588 Public Law 1 (recommended) 5 30 1 and 2

(ii) ‘Special’ English Modules

As with the QLD route, for the remaining 60 credits of Stage 3, students on the non-QLD route are required to undertake two of the ‘special’ English modules listed above (one in each term).

Students should refer to the requirements of the “QLD route - Stage 3” – point (iii) (above).

Non-QLD route – Stage 4

Code Title Level Credits Term(s)

(i) Students must choose 60 credits of modules from those offered by Kent Law School ()Level C modules are not permitted in Stage 4.

(ii) Long Essay Modules – students must choose one of the following:

EN593 English Long Essay (Autumn) 6 30 1

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EN594 English Long Essay (Spring) 6 30 2

For the remaining 30 credits of Stage 4, students must choose one of the ‘special’ English modules listed above.

Students should refer to the requirements of the QLD Route - Stage 3, point (iii) (above).

Where a student fails a module(s) due to illness or other mitigating circumstances, such failure may be condoned, subject to the requirements of the Credit Framework and provided that the student has achieved the programme learning outcomes. For further information refer to the Credit Framework at http://www.kent.ac.uk/teaching/qa/credit-framework/creditinfo.html.

Where a student fails a module(s), but has marks for such modules within 10 percentage points of the pass mark, the Board of Examiners may nevertheless award the credits for the module(s), subject to the requirements of the Credit Framework and provided that the student has achieved the programme learning outcomes. For further information refer to the Credit Framework.

18 Work-Based LearningDisability Statement: Where disabled students are due to undertake a work placement as part of this programme of study, a representative of the University will meet with the work placement provider in advance to ensure the provision of anticipatory and reasonable adjustments in line with legal requirements.

Where relevant to the programme of study, provide details of any work-based learning element, inclusive of employer details, delivery, assessment and support for students:

Not applicable

19 Support for Students and their Learning

School and University induction programme. There is an extensive programme of orientation activities during Welcome Week. This

introduces students to all aspects of legal study at Kent, including getting started on KLS IT and introducing them to the Unit for Enhancement of Learning and Teaching.

The law student guide contains a great deal of practical advice and information. Induction week is devoted to introducing students to the basic sources of Law and how to

access and use them in both paper and electronic form. The programme includes library visits and provides the foundation on which legal research skills are developed in the common platform modules and beyond. English provides students with a one-day induction in relation to literary sources.

Law Advisers in the Student Advice Office provide confidential pastoral advice and support.

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The School Senior Tutor has overall responsibility for monitoring and seeking to ensure individual student progress.

Directors of Studies (in Law and English) are available to provide advice and guidance on all academic matters, including the choice of modules, programme structure and obtaining qualifications for, and entry into, the legal professions in England and elsewhere.

The Law School has an Employability Officer and the Careers Advisory Service has an information officer and advisor dedicated to law and legal careers.

IT-supported teaching. The modules are supported by Moodle pages with all the module materials, discussion boards, relevant links, and, in the case of the larger modules, audio versions of the lectures. These pages and a wide range of databases can be accessed both on and off campus for the duration of the module. Computer-assisted programmes are available for the core law modules and self-assessment tests for a number of modules.

Programme and module handbooks Library services, see http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/ KLS Skills Hub, which has been introduced to help students with various aspects of academic

study including, advice on reading, coping in general with study, understanding, approaching assessments and acting on feedback, see http://www.kent.ac.uk/library/subjects/lawlinks/skills-hub/index.html

In addition to participating centrally in Induction week, the Law Librarian offers a number of classes on IT research skills throughout the year and is available to give advice and assistance to students using both library and IT sources. There is an English Librarian who will be able to offer similar assistance.

Student Support and Wellbeing, see www.kent.ac.uk/studentsupport/ Centre for English and World Languages, see http://www.kent.ac.uk/cewl/index.html Student Learning Advisory Service, see http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/about/slas.html PASS system, see https://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/quality/code2001/annexg.html Academic Adviser system Kent Union, see www.kentunion.co.uk/ Careers and Employability Services, see www.kent.ac.uk/ces/ Counselling Service, see www.kent.ac.uk/counselling/ Information Services (computing and library services), see www.kent.ac.uk/is/ Undergraduate student representation at School, Faculty and Institutional levels International Development Office, see www.kent.ac.uk/international/ Medical Centre, see www.kent.ac.uk/counselling/menu/Medical-Centre.html Small group teaching. Emphasis is put on this at all stages, but most especially in the common

platform modules.

20 Entry ProfileThe minimum age to study a degree programme at the university is normally at least 17 years old by 20 September in the year the programme begins. There is no upper age limit.

20.1 Entry Route

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For fuller information, please refer to the University prospectus

A and AS Levels: Grades of AAB in three full A levels (one of which must be either English Literature or English Language and Literature at Grade B);

International Baccalaureate: 34 points overall and 17 points at Higher Level (to include):

- Higher Level English (A1/A2/B) at 5, 5 and 6 points respectively or;- English Literature A or English Language and Literature A (including of another country) (5

points at Higher Level, 6 at Standard).

The Law School welcomes and accepts a range of domestic and international qualifications for entry (including but not limited to BTEC qualifications and Access to Higher Education programmes). We welcome enquires about the required level in individual qualifications.

All applicants are also expected to meet the University’s general entry requirements: www.kent.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/apply/entry.html

20.2 What does this programme have to offer?

An excellent grounding in English law and the English legal system and in English and American Literature

For those who undertake the QLD route of this programme, it offers exemption from the first stage of qualifications for entry into the legal professions.

Teaching in highly research informed and critically aware Schools. The opportunity to participate in a highly successful Law Clinic. The opportunity to participate in a range of extracurricular law modules. A balance of academic and vocational skills.

20.3 Personal Profile

A critical and enquiring mind with the desire to ‘look behind’ the law and understand and question its wider, social, political, economic and international implications.

An interest in current affairs and in legal issues in particular. An interest in English and American Literature and the interconnection between literary and legal

texts and critical perspectives thereon. A willingness to work hard, in mastering complex legal concepts and ideas, and to achieve

personal potential to the greatest possible extent. An ability to handle large quantities of detailed information. A desire to see law used and developed to realise individual and social justice. Good oral and written communication skills

21 Methods for Evaluating and Enhancing the Quality and Standards of Teaching and Learning

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21.1 Mechanisms for review and evaluation of teaching, learning, assessment, the curriculum and outcome standards

Student module evaluations Annual programme and module monitoring reports, see

http://www.kent.ac.uk/teaching/qa/codes/taught/annexe.html External Examiners system, see http://www.kent.ac.uk/teaching/qa/codes/taught/annexk.html Periodic programme review, http://www.kent.ac.uk/teaching/qa/codes/taught/annexf.html Annual staff appraisal Quality Assurance Framework, http://www.kent.ac.uk/teaching/qa/codes/index.html QAA Institutional Review, see

http://www.qaa.ac.uk/InstitutionReports/types-of-review/IRENI/Pages/default.aspx KLS and English Learning and Teaching Committees. In addition to considering the output of the

above reporting system this responds to student feedback (see below). Solicitors Regulation Authority and Bar Standards Board. The programme is accredited by these

bodies for professional exemption purposes on the basis that it continues to meet certain standards.

Peer review. This includes both teaching observation and the evaluation of the overall learning and teaching provision by individual teachers. In the School of English, the process is integrated with staff appraisal.

Monitoring of part-time/sessional teachers. (Including Graduate Teaching Assistants). Under the KLS Code of practice both the teaching performance and the assessment of written work must be regularly monitored by the module convenor. Similar provisions are in place in the School of English.

Personal Academic Support System. The Senior Tutors at KLS and the School of English are responsible for monitoring student progress.

21.2 Committees with responsibility for monitoring and evaluating quality and standards

KLS and English Staff-Student Liaison Committee

KLS and English School Learning and Teaching Committee

Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee

Faculty Board

Learning and Teaching Board

KLS and English Boards of Examiners

21.3 Mechanisms for gaining student feedback on the quality of teaching and their learning experience

Module soundings - conducted for 30 credit modules at the end of the Term 1 by student representatives in the absence of teaching staff. These lead to written reports which go to the module convenor and departmental Director of Learning and Teaching.

Module evaluations – In both English and Law, students are asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire on all aspects of learning and teaching provision at the end of each module. The results are available to the teachers involved, the relevant module convenors, the School Director of Learning and Teaching and the Head of School. Module convenors are asked to respond,

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either orally or in writing, to student concerns and issues raised by these questionnaires. National Student Survey - students leaving the University are encouraged to provide feedback

via the NSS, results are considered by the School Learning and Teaching Committee and the Law Board.

Exit questionnaires – In both English and Law, students who have completed a programme are invited to complete an anonymous exit questionnaire. This includes questions relating to curriculum content and organisation, teaching, learning and assessment, student support and guidance, learning resources and quality management and enhancement.

Focus groups – In Law, annual student focus groups are held with student representatives. These seek in an open ended way to identify student concerns and explore possibilities for enhancement.

Staff/Student Liaison Committee – In both English and Law these seek to ensure that there is a regular opportunity for consideration of matters which are of concern to students; that these are effectively communicated to staff and to ensure that suggestions from staff or from students for the enhancement of modules, programmes and student support are properly considered.

Student representation - students from each stage of the programme are represented at meetings of KLS and the School of English and all the relevant sub-committees including the Learning and Teaching Committee, Library Committee and Computing Committee.

KLS and English Directors of Learning and Teaching are available to receive student concerns and complaints.

21.4 Staff Development priorities include:

PGCHE requirements HEA (associate) fellowship membership Annual appraisals Institutional Level Staff Development Programme School Level Staff Development Programme Academic Practice Provision (PGCHE, ATAP and other development opportunities) Professional body membership and requirements Programme team meetings Research seminars Conferences Study leave. Involvement of key members of staff with the work of the UK Centre for Legal Education. Development of the staff appraisal scheme in conjunction with peer review to improve mentoring

and support, particularly for new members of staff. Dissemination of good practice on new learning and teaching methods.

22 Indicators of Quality and Standards

Annual programme and module monitoring reports Accreditation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board

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Kent Law School is the 8th ranked UK law school for Research Intensity in the Research Excellence Framework (2014), the School of English is ranked 10th out 89 English departments.

Kent Law School is the 10th ranked UK law school in The Times Good University Guide 2014 and 2015.

The School of English is ranked 13th in the Guardian University Guide 2015; Kent Law School is ranked 14th.

Teaching Quality Assessment. Successful Periodic Reviews The Quality Assurance Agency Higher Education Review 2015 Kent Law Clinic, Winner of a Queen's Anniversary Prize in 2008. All of Kent Law School’s Qualifying Law Degrees were revalidated by the Joint Academic Stage

Board in 2009. Best Contribution by a Law School, Attorney General’s prize 2011 (and runner-up in the same

category in 2014). ‘Lawlinks’ website. Nationally prestigious site administered by the Law Librarian. External Examiners’ reports - indicate consistently high standards of KLS and English graduates.

22.1 The following reference points were used in creating these specifications:

QAA UK Quality Code for Higher Education QAA Benchmarking statements for Law Requirements of Joint Statement of the Law Society and the General Council of the Bar, 2001-

as amended. School and Faculty plan University Plan/Learning and Teaching Strategy Staff research activities

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