Child Care Law and Practice

Overview

 Interdisciplinary in nature, and predominately taught by staff from within the Law School, the programme draws upon expertise from colleagues within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, in addition to featuring several guest lecturers.

The MA in Child Care Law and Practice from Keele University offers you the opportunity to delve into the complexities of law and social policy regarding children, predominately focusing upon the legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom. However, you will also gain insights into both international and regional law and the legal and policy frameworks adopted to address children, the role of families, their rights and the global challenges connected thereto.

More specifically, the programme aims to:

• Develop a practical and theoretical understanding of childcare law, policy and practice.
• Encourage interdisciplinarity through the student experience – utilising the expertise of staff to provide a critical and collegiate learning and teaching environment.
• Develop a critical perspective in the assessment and evaluation of research, law scholarship, policy, and practice in childcare law.
• Develop the ability of our students to work independently in a coherent, efficient, and focused manner.
• Provide an opportunity for practitioners to further develop and critically reflect upon their skills as applied to a variety of areas and settings in work with children.