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Information Rights Law and Practice (in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice) LLM


Image: Information Rights Law and Practice (in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice) COURSE INFORMATION (2010 ENTRY)

PG Certificate 1 year, PG Diploma 2 years, LLM 2.5 to 3 years

School of Law
Law and NBS Building, City Campus East

The Information Rights programme was developed by Northumbria University in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice. It commences in February of each year and is the first postgraduate qualification designed to unravel the complexities of information rights. The programme recognises the increasing importance of effective records management and information handling. It aims to respond to the specific needs of information rights practitioners, providing a structured framework within which they can acquire and update knowledge whilst gaining a qualification that recognises their specialist expertise. This programme will therefore be attractive both to practitioners specifically charged with processing information and to other professionals working in environments where information is held, including central and local government, health, education and commerce.

Realistic practical scenarios will be used throughout the programme. As well as the core elements of the programme, a wide range of specialist options is available. All of the optional modules have been developed in consultation with professionals, including records management specialists from the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences, to meet the specific needs of practitioners.

There are five modules which are compulsory for LLM and Diploma students. Students taking the Certificate study three modules.

Students on the LLM and Diploma take one optional module. A range of options are offered to enable students to adapt the course to best suit their working needs and career paths.

N.B. This information applies to 2010 entry - if you are interested in 2011 entry, please contact us

COURSEWORK AND ASSESSMENT

Students wishing to gain the LLM must complete a research project of 15,000–17,000 words on a related area of law. Completion of the project enables students to explore a particular topic, of their own choosing, to a much greater degree.

OTHER INFO

The Law School is aware of a number of colleges in the UK (mainly in London) offering support programmes for students studying for our LLM Distance Learning degrees. These programmes of study have been designed as distance learning programmes with no attendance requirements therefore allowing students the opportunity to study for these awards from anywhere in the world. Increasingly, we are receiving enquiries in relation to “links” with these Colleges. The Law School does not operate any form of accreditation or validation scheme and has no collaboration, franchising, affiliation or similar type of agreement with any of these Colleges. Northumbria University is not the awarding body for any of these Colleges. If you require any clarification about this please email la.marketingenquiries@northumbria.ac.uk .

Attendance
Optional Saturday study days are available which allow participants to deepen their understanding of the critical issues in each module and to share their own experiences with each other.  The study days comprise of lectures, seminars and workshops, allowing for plenty of interaction with module tutors.

COURSE MODULES


Year 1

Year 2


 

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