Apologies for cross-posting - Teaching opportunity at Kingston University on 'special study' module, 'Youth Justice'
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Dear Colleagues
We currently have a teaching opportunity in the Department of Criminology and Sociology at Kingston University which may be of interest to you. It would particularly suit an early career academic or PhD student towards the end of their doctoral work. Details are given below. Expressions of interest with CV should reach me by 9pm on the 5th September, 2014, by email ([log in to unmask]).
Dr Sylvie Collins-Mayo
Associate Professor
Head of Department
Dept of Criminology & Sociology
020 8417 7339
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DETAILS OF TEACHING OPPORTUNITY:
Special Study: Youth Justice
Academic Year 2014/15
The undergraduate programme at Kingston University is based on a modular scheme. Students at Levels 4, 5 and 6 take four modules per year. Each module is taught over a 24 week period, which includes two ‘enrichment activity/reading weeks’ and each module is worth 30 credits.
Special Study: Youth Justice a third year (Level 6) optional undergraduate module which explores contemporary youth experiences and ‘problem youth’. The module unites the critical and cultural criminology of youth with key debates in mainstream youth studies to explore how lived experience is shaped by the contexts, structures, processes and cultures of young people's lives in a late modern context. It examines how young people are constructed and understood in policy and political discourses and managed as 'offenders' and 'victims' of crime. It provides a range of perspectives on youth justice and asks students to consider how the criminal justice system can provide justice for young people. It is taught via a series of 22 weekly 1 hour classes which provides a flexible format for lectures, seminar discussions and in-class group exercises. The classes are scheduled to take place 3pm on Thursdays. There are currently 35 students registered on the module.
The module is assessed through a 5000 word extended case study supported by formative work during the module. The indicative curriculum is as follows; there is some scope for modifying the topics to reflect the lecturer’s specialisms and interests, provided the module’s learning outcomes are met: 'Problem youth' - a historical analysis; Critical criminology of youth; Contemporary youth justice policies and practices in an international context; The 'lived experience' of excluded young people; Social class, culture and deprivation; Critical analysis of justice; Young people in the criminal justice system; Youth people as victims of crime.
Teaching is due to begin on Thursday, 2nd October, 2014, and run weekly up to and including Thursday 19th March, 2015. The final assessment is submitted at the end of module. In-course formative work and end of course summative work has to be marked within three weeks of the submission date.
Duties of teaching cover include: (a) The preparation and delivery of teaching materials for each of the classes, (b) maintenance of a StudySpace* presence for the module, (c) marking of course work, (d) supervision of students taking the module – one office hour should be made available during each teaching week for this purpose, (e) preparation of retake materials if required, (f) writing an end of module evaluation report.
Payment is made on an hourly rate for class contact time, office hour and summative marking depending on the appointed lecturer’s qualification.
Unfortunately we are unable to pay travel or accommodation costs incurred in the course of completing the normal duties of teaching cover described above.
Dr Sylvie Collins-Mayo, School of Social Science, Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1 2EE ([log in to unmask]).
* StudySpace (previously known as Blackboard) is the University’s on-line teaching resource. It is very easy to use and is a repository for electronically produced teaching materials (handsouts, etc) and notices. Training will be given on appointment.
Dr Rachael Dobson
Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology
Kingston University
University of Sydney Visiting Scholar
Editorial collective member for Critical Social Policy (http://csp.sagepub.com/), a highly ranked, peer reviewed journal that provides an international forum for advocacy, analysis and debate on social policy issues from feminist, anti-racist and radical perspectives.
Contact details:
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T. 02084172338
Ext. 62338
Room 3023
School of Psychology, Criminology and Sociology,
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
Kingston University,
Penrhyn Road campus,
Kingston upon Thames,
Surrey,
KT1 2EE
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