Ethnicity, Migration, Policy

MSc Ethnicity, Migration, Policy

Introduction

The programmes further explore contemporary debates on ‘racial science', the ‘war on terror', nationalism, citizenship, human rights, refugees and asylum-seekers, racial violence and ‘race' and the criminal justice system. Both programmes are flexibly designed to enable students to pursue their own particular research and professional interests.

This course is convened by academic staff in the Faculty for Social Science, History and Philosophy from both the Department of Psychosocial Studies and the Department of Social Policy and Education who have specialist interests in this area.The core course team consists of Dr. Yasmeen Narayan, Tarek Qureshi and Dr. Iliana Ortega-Alcazar. Students also have the opportunity to choose from a range of optional modules from other departments convened by other academic staff. There are three research institutes which focus on relevant subject areas namely the Birkbeck Institute of Social Research, the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities and the Birkbeck Institute for Gender and Sexuality which host related talks and conferences.

Professional Development

Our alumni include barristers and solicitors who specialise in criminal, employment and immigration law, lecturers and social researchers in the areas of Sociology, Cultural Studies and Social Policy, teachers, film makers, novelists and journalists and those who work for charities and organisations, including directors and managers, whose political concerns range from ‘race relations' and policing, domestic violence, refugees and asylum, human rights, imprisonment and rehabilitation. Our students come from diverse social and professional backgrounds.

Teaching

A range of participatory teaching and learning methods such as lectures, student-led teaching seminars, one-to-one tutorials and supervisions.

Study Resources

Birkbeck students have access to both Birkbeck and Senate House libraries. Students will join a flourishing and diverse postgraduate student community and a growing research culture.