| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 16 Hours. 8 x 2 Hour workshops on a weekly basis |
| Seminars / Tutorials | 12 Hours. 6 x 2 hour workshop sessions at end of module 'summit'. The final 'summit' sessions will be held over two-days at the University in order to simulate a real-life 'EU Summit'. |
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 x assessment of skills employed in negotiations 1 Oral presentation at Summit | 20% |
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 2,000 word portfolio of written assignments | 30% |
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 3,000 word Final Report on nature of negotiations | 50% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Describe and analyse the dynamics behind EU politics and decision making
2. Demonstrate an informed understanding of the European Union's role in specified policy areas
3. Demonstrate a practical understanding of decision-making in the European Union
4. Demonstrate their acquired negotiating skills and transfer them into different contexts
5. Perform their oral and written communication skills
6. Demonstrate the development of research skills
7. Analyse the major policies in the field and demonstrate the ability to use primary documents
8. Critically assess the central problems facing the European Union currently and in the future
This module complements Departmental provision in the area of European Union politics. The module aims to provide students with a practical and grounded experience of politics, decision making and negotiation. It develops existing provision in this area and allows participating students to gain deeper knowledge of the dynamics of EU politics and decision making.
This module aims to provide students with a practical and grounded experience of politics, decision making and negotiation in the European Union. Students will be assigned within national, EU institutional and other teams. These teams will then be provided with supporting briefing material, reading lists and an overall scenario. Their task will then be, over the course of the 12-week module, to act within their roles in simulated EU negotiations and decision making. Throughout the course of the module the scenario will evolve both as a result of progress made by students in negotiation but also as a result of 'external' events inserted by the module convenor. In a final two-day 'summit' setting the scenario will be concluded at a negotiating session modeled upon an EU European Council summit.
This module is at CQFW Level 6