Start Date between Sept 23 - July 24

The big ideas of the disabled people’s movement have transformed lives and have set the intellectual culture of disability studies. In this module we will explore a critical history of these big ideas demonstrating how these have led to practical solutions to many of the injustices experienced by disabled people and making visible the horizon of the inclusive society. Students will become more confident in deploying complex ideas in their practice as this module is the theoretical foundation of the programme.

This module introduces students to the nature and lived experience of exclusion and principles and practices of inclusion in contemporary global contexts. Taking as its starting point the concepts of belonging, community, equality and inequality, and justice it considers the differing ways exclusion impacts different population cohorts with a particular focus on disability. This module provides a foundational knowledge for identifying, resisting, and challenging barriers for disabled people and for building theories and practices of inclusion.

This module introduces students to the nature and lived experience of exclusion and principles and practices of inclusion in contemporary global contexts. Taking as its starting point the concepts of belonging, community, equality and inequality, and justice it considers the differing ways exclusion impacts different population cohorts with a particular focus on disability. This module provides a foundational knowledge for identifying, resisting, and challenging barriers for disabled people and for building theories and practices of inclusion.

This module asks what are the key global challenges in the 21st Century? It considers how disability intersects with these challenges and the implications for disabled people globally. It provides students with knowledge and skills to critically engage with debates about why certain issues as cast as global challenges and others are not, to assess the specific experiences of disabled people in relation to these challenges and to question what disability inclusion and justice mean in the context of these challenges and the developing responses to them. Students consider the factors that shape opportunities for realising disability inclusion and justice in relation to global challenges, the role of different actors and mechanisms for enacting change. Case studies will include climate change and environmental justice, conflict, disaster planning and response, migration and the ageing population (amongst others) in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other priorities identified by disabled people’s organisations.

This module asks what are the key global challenges in the 21st Century? It considers how disability intersects with these challenges and the implications for disabled people globally. It provides students with knowledge and skills to critically engage with debates about why certain issues as cast as global challenges and others are not, to assess the specific experiences of disabled people in relation to these challenges and to question what disability inclusion and justice mean in the context of these challenges and the developing responses to them. Students consider the factors that shape opportunities for realising disability inclusion and justice in relation to global challenges, the role of different actors and mechanisms for enacting change. Case studies will include climate change and environmental justice, conflict, disaster planning and response, migration and the ageing population (amongst others) in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other priorities identified by disabled people’s organisations.

This module outlines a rights-based approach to disability research and introduces students to key approaches and debates in the field. This includes an engagement with key ethical debates, sampling and a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods. The module will introduce strategies and provide the opportunity to develop or enhance skills in the scoping, design and critical appraisal of research.

This module outlines a rights-based approach to disability research and introduces students to key approaches and debates in the field. This includes an engagement with key ethical debates, sampling and a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods. The module will introduce strategies and provide the opportunity to develop or enhance skills in the scoping, design and critical appraisal of research.

The module is designed to be relevant to those who are or strive to be activists, advocates, or allies (be that family-, professional- or academic-allies). What does it mean to be an effective human-rights defender or disability-inclusion change-maker? What are the objectives of these defenders and change-makers? What strategies (tactics and practices) have been used, successfully, to bring about positive change in the lives of disabled people? When it comes to social innovation and social transformation in relation to disability, human rights and inclusion - what works, for whom, in which contexts and why? This module will allow you to explore these questions and find answers. Learning from real-world case-studies and from international change-makers (disability activists, legal advocates, radical practitioners and academic-activists) you will grapple with the challenges involved in, and opportunities available to effect positive change.

The module is designed to be relevant to those who are or strive to be activists, advocates, or allies (be that family-, professional- or academic-allies). What does it mean to be an effective human-rights defender or disability-inclusion change-maker? What are the objectives of these defenders and change-makers? What strategies (tactics and practices) have been used, successfully, to bring about positive change in the lives of disabled people? When it comes to social innovation and social transformation in relation to disability, human rights and inclusion - what works, for whom, in which contexts and why? This module will allow you to explore these questions and find answers. Learning from real-world case-studies and from international change-makers (disability activists, legal advocates, radical practitioners and academic-activists) you will grapple with the challenges involved in, and opportunities available to effect positive change.