Global Development Challenges (AF002)
Global Development Challenges and Innovation
Module AF002
Module details for 2024/25.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 4
Module Outline
Through a mix of interactive lectures and workshops, this module will introduce students to two related areas of development: global challenges, and innovative responses to these challenges. Similar to Issues, what are now called global challenges will be presented through lectures by experts in the field. Students will explore how problems are defined, measured and recorded, and they will look at international development processes (SDGs and MDGs) to understand how corresponding actions are determined across scale, from the global to the local level.
The workshops following each lecture will introduce students to a range of innovative responses to the development challenge discussed in the corresponding lecture; further, students will work in groups to develop an in-depth understanding of a specific country’s response to the development challenge outlined in the previous week’s lecture. In these groups, students will draw on multi-media resources and their own creativity to explore: how responses are developed and by whom; how they are financed and communicated; how support is mobilised; and, different ways to measure their success or failure.
Module learning outcomes
1. Develop a critical understanding of key development challenges.
2. Demonstrate a capacity to critically reflect on the politics and processes that underpin responses to development challenges
3. Engage effectively and creatively in collaborative activities with others to achieve common goals that reflect the potential needs of future employers
4. Demonstrate good writing skills that showcase the student’s ability to be reflexive and to engage with academic and policy literature.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (2000 words) | Semester 2 Assessment Week 2 Tue 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Lecture | 2 hours | 11111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
Dr Ushehwedu Kufakurinani
Assess convenor, Convenor
/profiles/622459
Prof Anne-Meike Fechter
Assess convenor
/profiles/158737
Mr Simon Overton
Assess convenor
/profiles/634530
Dr Anna Laing
Assess convenor
/profiles/397849
Prof Grace Carswell
Assess convenor
/profiles/34117
Please note that the University will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver courses and modules in accordance with the descriptions set out here. However, the University keeps its courses and modules under review with the aim of enhancing quality. Some changes may therefore be made to the form or content of courses or modules shown as part of the normal process of curriculum management.
The University reserves the right to make changes to the contents or methods of delivery of, or to discontinue, merge or combine modules, if such action is reasonably considered necessary by the University. If there are not sufficient student numbers to make a module viable, the University reserves the right to cancel such a module. If the University withdraws or discontinues a module, it will use its reasonable endeavours to provide a suitable alternative module.