This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics and BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in International Social and Public Policy and Economics and BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course is available with permission to General Course students.
Courses in Social Policy will follow the Teaching Model which has been adopted by the Department of Social Policy during the period of the pandemic. This is outlined HERE:??https://www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy/Current-Students/teaching-in-the-department-of-social-policy This course will be taught through a combination of either a recorded lecture plus a follow-up Q and A session or a ?live? on-line lecture; and classes/seminars of 1-1.5 hours (with size and length of classes/seminars depending on social distancing requirements).Further information will be provided by the Course Convenor in the first lecture of the course.
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the MT and 1 essay in the LT. One essay following a class task or presentation. This is compulsory. One essay and two essay plans using the same format as the summative assessment. This is encouraged, but optional.
There is no course textbook. A list of selected texts and readings will be included in the reading lists for each week. Yaya S, Yeboah H, Charles CH, et al (2020), Ethnic and racial disparities in COVID-19-related deaths: counting the trees, hiding the forest, BMJ Global Health; 5:e002913 Wouters O, Shadlen K, Salcher-Konrad, M et al (2021), Challenges in ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines: production, affordability, allocation, and deployment, The Lancet, Volume 397, Issue 10278, Pages 1023-1034 World Health Organization (2017) Tracking universal health coverage: 2017 Global Monitoring Report Val?ry Ridde, Ludovic Queuille & Marame Ndour (2014) Nine misconceptions about free healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa, Development Studies Research, 1:1, 54-63
Online assessment (100%) in the ST. Students will be asked to write three essays from a selection of questions addressing a range of topics covered in the course. This will be a take-home, open-book, online assessment.