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What do the teaching blocks (TB) mean?
| Unit name | Unit code | Credit points | Level of study | Open unit status | Teaching Block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Practice in Communication and Direct Work with Children | SPOLM0026 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Advanced Practice with Looked After Children: Adoption, Fostering and Kinship Care | SPOLM0023 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Advanced Quantitative Research project | SPOLM0038 | 40 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| An International Analysis of Crime, Harm and Justice | SPOLM1065 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Applied Social Science and Law | SPOLM0034 | 40 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Assessment, Learning and Intervention | ACHSD0002 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Assessment, Risk and Decision-making | SPOLM0024 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Assessment, Risk and Decision-making | SPOL30024 | 20 | Honours/6 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Changing Families and the State | SPOL31008 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-1 |
| Changing Families and the State | SPOL21008 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-1 |
| Child Development, Health and Wellbeing | SPOLM0025 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Child Development, Health and Wellbeing | SPOL30022 | 20 | Honours/6 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Child Nutrition, Activity and Health | SPOL30034 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-1 |
| Child and Adolescent Psychology | SPOL20032 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-1 |
| Children and Social Harm | SPOL30060 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-1 |
| Children and Young People in the Law A | SPOL30057 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-1 |
| Children in Families and Communities | ACHSD0004 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Children in a Global Context | SPOL32008 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-2 |
| Cities and communities in the urban age | SPOL30062 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-2 |
| Cities and communities in the urban age | SPOL20038 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-2 |
| Cities, Housing and Public Policy | SPOLM1072 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Comparative Social Policy in a Globalizing World | SPOL20048 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-2 |
| Comparative Social Policy in a Globalizing World | SPOL30048 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-2 |
| Comparative and International Social Policy | SPOL10014 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-2 |
| Constructing Childhoods | SPOL10023 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-1 |
| Contemporary Debates in Global Childhood | SPOL10024 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-2 |
| Contemporary Debates in Lifestyle Behaviours and Public Health | SPOLM0018 | 15 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Contemporary Law and Policy for Child Welfare Services | SPOLM0020 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Contemporary Law and Policy for Child Welfare Services | SPOL30025 | 20 | Honours/6 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Controlling Crime and Social Harm | SPOL10021 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-2 |
| Criminology: an introduction | SPOL10019 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-2 |
| Critical Policy Studies and the Internationalisation of Public Policy | SPOLM0031 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Critical Skills for Social Scientists: Childhood Studies | SPOL10025 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Critical Skills for Social Scientists: Criminology | SPOL10028 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Critical Skills for Social Scientists: Social Policy | SPOL10026 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Not open | TB-1 |
| D.Soc.Sci. Dissertation | SPOLD1006 | 300 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Determinants of Physical Activity and Eating Behaviour | PHEDM4014 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Dimensions of Social and Emotional Development | ACHSD0012 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Disability - global dimensions | SPOL30042 | 10 | Honours/6 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Disabled Childhoods | SPOLM0050 | 20 | Masters/7 | Open | TB-2 |
| Dissertation | PHEDM1002 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Dissertation (Childhood Studies) | SPOL30033 | 40 | Honours/6 | Not open | TB-4 |
| Dissertation (Inclusive Theory and Practice) | ACHSM0004 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Dissertation (MSc in Public Policy) | SPOLM1010 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Dissertation (SWDTC) | SPOLM0053 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Dissertation (Social Policy) | SPOL30017 | 40 | Honours/6 | Not open | TB-4 |
| Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Childhood Studies) | SPOL30031 | 40 | Honours/6 | Not open | TB-4 |
| Dissertation (with Quantitative Research Methods) (Social Policy) | SPOL30032 | 40 | Honours/6 | Not open | TB-4 |
| Dissertation / Work-Based Project | SPOLM0027 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Domestic Violence: Research, Policy and Activism | SPOLD2029 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Open | TB-2 |
| Domestic Violence: Research, Policy and Activism | SPOLM5010 | 20 | Masters/7 | Open | TB-2 |
| Drugs and Society | SPOL21011 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-2 |
| Drugs and Society | SPOL30011 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-2 |
| Education, Schooling and Diversity | SPOL10015 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-2 |
| Environmental policy and social justice | SPOLM0041 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Evidence-Based Practice | SPOLM5106 | 40 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Family Support | SOWK20002 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-2 |
| Foundations of Social Work: The Professional Role | SPOLM0032 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Further Qualitative Methods | SPOLM0017 | 20 | Masters/7 | Open | TB-2 |
| Further Quantitative Methods | SPOLD0001 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Further Quantitative Methods | SPOLM0016 | 20 | Masters/7 | Open | TB-2 |
| Gender and Violence: International and Global Perspectives | SPOLM1067 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Gender, Conflict, Migration and Human Rights | SPOL30043 | 10 | Honours/6 | Not open | TB-2C |
| Global Contexts of Rights and Disability | SPOLM0049 | 20 | Masters/7 | Open | TB-2 |
| Governance and the Changing Institutional Framework | SPOLD2027 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Governance, Institutions and the Global Political Economy | SPOLM1073 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Guided Independent Study | SPOL30041 | 20 | Honours/6 | Not open | TB-4 |
| Health Policy in a Global Context | SPOL20055 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-1 |
| Health Policy in a Global Context | SPOL30055 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-1 |
| Health Policy in an International Context | SPOL31020 | 20 | Honours/6 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Health and Health Care in a Global Context | SPOLM1066 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Housing, Economy and Society | SPOL22020 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-1 |
| Housing, Economy and Society | SPOL30020 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-1 |
| Ideologies and Concepts of Welfare in the Contemporary World | SPOL10027 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Inclusive Research with Disabled People | ACHSM0001 | 20 | Masters/7 | Open | TB-2 |
| Independent Study | SPOLM0012 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Inequalities in Health, Poverty and Development | SPOL31021 | 20 | Honours/6 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Informing and Evaluating Policy - Research Methods and Analysis | SPOLM1061 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Interprofessional Working in Children's Services | SPOL30037 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-2 |
| Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS) | SPOLM0014 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences (SPS) | SPOLM0015 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Introduction to psychology for Childhood Studies | SPOL10016 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Introduction to the Social Sciences | SPOL00001 | 40 | QCA level 3 | Not open | TB-4 |
| Language and Literacy in Young Children | SPOL30036 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-1 |
| Leadership and Management in Social Work | SPOLM0029 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Local Authority and School Systems | ACHSD0008 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Migration, asylum and human rights: EU and global policy perspectives. | SPOLM0042 | 20 | Masters/7 | Open | TB-2 |
| Multi-Agency Working | ACHSD0009 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Nutrition, Disease and Public Health | PHEDM4012 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Philosophy and Research Design in the Social Sciences (SPS) | SPOLM0013 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Physical Activity , Disease and Public Health | PHEDM4013 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions: Conceptualisation and Design | PHEDM4015 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Play and Creativity | SPOL22021 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-2 |
| Policy Research Dissertation | SPOLM5100 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Poverty, Inequality and Social Inclusion Research | SPOLD2024 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Open | TB-2 |
| Power, Politics and the Policy Process | SPOLM1060 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Practical Research Methods | PHEDM0003 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Practice Learning 1 | SPOLM5103 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Practice Learning 2 | SPOLM5107 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Professional Practice | ACHSD0011 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Promoting Inclusion | ACHSD0001 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Psychological Dimensions of Interpersonal Communication | ACHSD0010 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Public Management and Organisations | SPOLM1074 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Public policy for a complex and uncertain world | SPOLM0043 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Punishment in Society | SPOL30052 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-1 |
| Punishment in Society | SPOL20052 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-1 |
| Research Methods | PHEDM4011 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Research Methods 1 | ACHSD0005 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Research Methods 2 | ACHSD0006 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Research Methods 3 | ACHSD0007 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Research Methods in Social Work | SPOLM0033 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Research in Social Work | SPOLM5105 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Researching Child and Family Welfare | SPOLM0011 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Researching Poverty, Inequality and Social Exclusion | SPOLM5011 | 20 | Masters/7 | Open | TB-2 |
| Segregation and inequality in the UK (measurement and debate) | SPOL10017 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-2 |
| Social Policy and Development | SPOL20050 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-1 |
| Social Policy and Development | SPOL30050 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-1 |
| Social Policy and Social Change in East Asia | SPOLM4005 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Social Policy and the Welfare State: Historical Perspectives | SPOL10011 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-2 |
| Social Policy and the Welfare State: Key Concepts and Contemporary Issues | SPOL10018 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-1 |
| Social Policy and the Welfare State: Theoretical Perspectives | SPOL10012 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-2 |
| Social Policy in East Asia | SPOL20049 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-2 |
| Social Policy in East Asia | SPOL30049 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-2 |
| Social Research Methods | SOAD20004 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-2 |
| Social Work Dissertation | SPOLM0036 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Social Work Research Dissertation | SPOLM0039 | 60 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Social Work Studies | SPOLM5102 | 40 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Social Work Studies 2 | SPOLM0035 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Social Work with Children and Families with Complex Needs | SPOLM0021 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Social Work with Children and Families with Complex Needs | SPOL30026 | 20 | Honours/6 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Societal Change and the Transformation of Work | SPOL22030 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-2 |
| Societal Change and the Transformation of Work | SPOL32025 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-2 |
| Special Independent Study | SPOLD2025 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Special Independent Study | SPOLD2026 | 40 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Special Independent Study | SPOLD0002 | 10 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Supervised Independent Study | SPOLM4300 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Supervision and Assessment of Professional Practice | SPOLM0022 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | AYEAR |
| The Core Skills of Social Research (2): Dissertation Preparation | SPOLD1003 | 10 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| The Economics of Public Policy | SPOLM1062 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| The Economics of Public Policy | SPOLD2028 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | TB-2 |
| The International Analysis of Poverty and Social Exclusion | SPOLM1068 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| The State of Labour | SPOLM5110 | 20 | Masters/7 | Not open | TB-2 |
| Therapeutic Work with Children | SPOL30035 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-2 |
| Understanding Crime, Harm and Society | SPOL10020 | 20 | Certificate/4 | Open | TB-1 |
| Understanding Public Policy | SPOL20026 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Not open | TB-1 |
| Understanding and Challenging Social Barriers | ACHSD0003 | 20 | Doctoral/8 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Year Abroad | SPOL20029 | 120 | Intermediate/5 | Not open | AYEAR |
| Youth Justice | SPOL20022 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-2 |
| Youth Justice | SPOL32006 | 20 | Honours/6 | Open | TB-2 |
| Youth, Sexualities and Gendered Violence | SPOL22023 | 20 | Intermediate/5 | Open | TB-1 |
