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Employment Law and PracticeLLM (distance learning)Course overviewThis is a career-enhancing coursethat equips graduates to enterlegal and other work that involvesemployment issuesSpecifically designed forprofessionals from a widevariety of backgrounds andorganisations, particularly suitablefor lawyers, hr professionals,company secretaries, ownermanagers and those withHR responsibilitiesTaught by Leicester De MontfortLaw School staff, offeringextensive expertise in manyspecialist legal fieldsCourse modulesThe course offers modules inEmployment Law in context in theUK and eu (the core module) EqualOpportunities in the Workplace,Individual Employment Law, PeopleManagement within Organisations,Health and Safety Law, AlternativeDispute Resolution, Civil Liberties inthe Workplace and CollectiveLabour Law.You must select the core module andat least one 30-credit module fromthe list above for this pathway,but may choose your remainingoptions from the full range ofmodules available across all our llmdegrees. Please visit informadl.comfor further details.The llm is studied by distancelearning (normally taking two and aquarter years in total to complete)although an accelerated route (15months) is available. The distancelearning mode involves optionalattendance at Leicester De MontfortLaw School, for a maximum of nineSaturday study days.The course is structured in a waythat allows you to exit it at one ofseveral points, if desired, each with apostgraduate award.Teaching and AssessmentThe llm is studied by distancelearning and is fully assessed bycoursework and a dissertation.ExpertiseOur £35 million Hugh Aston Buildingoffers state-of-the-art teaching andcomputer lab facilities.Informa Professional Academyworks in partnership with leadingacademic bodies to assist in theprovision of highly specialised andbespoke professional postgraduatedistance learning courses. A strongpartnership with Leicester DeMontfort Law School has developedover a period of more than 19 yearsand together we offer and deliverhigh-calibre and well respectedllm courses.Graduate CareersThis course equips you to enterlegal and other work relating toemployment issues.Similar CoursesBusiness Law llm(distance learning)International Business Law llm(distance learning)This llm gives the studentnot only an in-depth studyof Employment Law but alsocritical aspects of humanresource management.This means that theHR professional gainscomprehensive knowledgeof the law which influencesHR policies and practiceswithin a business.Whilst the lawyer gains agreater understanding of thebackground in which certaindecisions may be madeand allows a more holisticapproach to be takenProfessor Debbie LocktonProfessor of employment law,Department of LawKey InformationDuration:Two and a quarter years bydistance learningLocation:Distance learningStart date:September 2013Entry requirements:You should have a goodHonours degree, or overseasequivalent, or an appropriateprofessional qualification. Somebackground knowledge of lawis useful, but a degree in lawis not essentialEnglish language requirements:ielts 6.5 including 5.5in each component or equivalentTUITION fees:Please visit dmu.ac.uk/pgfeesfor informationHow to aPply:For an application pack, pleasecontact Informa Distance Learning,professional partners in marketingand administration of distancelearning llm coursesContact details:Informa Distance LearningT: +44 (0)207 017 5906E: dmu@informa.comW: informadl.comSuitaBLe for applicants from:EUWorldbusiness and lawPlease note: Course modules are correct at the time of going to print and are subject to review so may vary.147