Explain the doctrines and principles of the law in England and Wales and the institutions and personnel that administer the law.
Understand a variety of areas of the law in their social, political, economic and European contexts.
Act with independence and intellectual curiosity making use of questions and feedback to reflect and develop knowledge.
Analyse complex real or hypothetical legal problems and produce a reasoned conclusion.
Use both Standard English and legal terminology with care and accuracy.
Communicate verbally and in writing to a variety of audiences.
On successful completion of this module, students should be able, at threshold level, to:
- Demonstrate a wide-ranging ability to critically evaluate core concepts of data protection law by developing research, theoretical and practical understanding, so as to arrive at appropriate conclusions.
Demonstrate an awareness of practice-related issues and challenges pertinent to data protection law and policy.
Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of current/emerging legal and policy issues/challenges observable in the data protection field.
Work independently, and be able to reach reasoned conclusions from complex theoretical or problem-based data protection law-related scenarios, and provide advice and recommendations.
Demonstrate a comprehensive ability to form an argument through the research and synthesis of academic data protection law materials.
Communicate effectively about data protection law related ideas and concepts in a way that is comprehensible to others with knowledge of the subject.
