Convenor name: Lynn Welchman and Lutz Oette
Convenor email: lw10@soas.ac.uk
Office room: S235
Module dates: Semester 1 & Semester 2
Assessment 1: Name: Project Portfolio
Assessment 1: Weighting: 50%
Assessment 1: Due date: 3 March 2026
Assessment 1: Release date: 24 March 2026
Assessment 1: Permitted AI usage: Autonomy
Assessment 1: Format: This is a maximum length of 4,000 words. This essay comprises a 1500-word reflection on the project work and 2,500 words extracted from the student’s contribution to the team’s Project Document as presented to the Project Partner in mid-February (deadline 13th Feb). To Assignment 1 is annexed the team’s completed project document with the student’s full individual (/joint/collective) contribution indicated. The preparation of this portfolio gives space for reflection on the process as well as on the methodology and substance of the project to which the team was assigned.
Assessment 2: Name: Project Diary
Assessment 2: Weighting: 10%
Assessment 2: Due date: 3 March 2026
Assessment 2: Release date: 24 March 2026
Assessment 2: Permitted AI usage: Autonomy
Assessment 2: Format: The Project Diary is created on-line on Teams as soon as project work begins and provides a forum for individual reflection on the nature, content and progress of the project and of the individual student’s learning experience, as well as an opportunity for feedback from and exchange with the Clinic project supervisor. Clinic students are expected to contribute to their Diary at least once a fortnight over the course of S1 and the first half of S2. The Project Diary is marked at 10% of the module and is a minimum of 1,000 words in length. [Further guidance as to marking and expectations are provided in the module and on the Moodle site].
Assessment 3: Name: Avocacy Analysis Essay
Assessment 3: Weighting: 40%
Assessment 3: Due date: 28 April 2026
Assessment 3: Release date: 18 May 2026
Assessment 3: Permitted AI usage: Autonomy
Assessment 3: Format: This essay is a maximum of 3,000 words and is focussed on a human rights “output” (flyer, video, report, urgent action etc), chosen by the student, with feedback on ideas provided through an anonymous forum. . The essay explores and critiques the international legal and other human rights arguments put forward in the context of or as part of a campaign or other effort to secure change or raise awareness. As the culmination of the module, Assignment 3 is an individual effort designed to enhance the research and analysis skills the student has developed during the year, further develop capacity to express complex ideas, make connections, apply theory to practice and draw reflective and theoretical conclusions from empirical experience gained on the course. Students are prepared for the Advocacy Analysis essay through directed classwork and exercises in S2.
Page type: Module
Study year: 2025/26
Librarian name: Naomi Hart
Librarian email: nh64@soas.ac.uk
Page template: 2025/26 On campus
