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Disability in Policy and Practice (POPH90088)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable (login required)(opens in new window)
Contact information
February
marella.m@unimelb.edu.au & alex.robinson@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/
Overview
Availability | February - Dual-Delivery |
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Disability inclusion is now a global health and development priority. This includes translating 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goal commitments to disability inclusion, and leaving no one behind, into practice. Without disability inclusion we cannot end poverty for all and achieve universal health coverage. Ensuring the inclusion of people with disability in health and development processes, systems, and programs is increasingly required under law in both lower and higher income settings. An understanding of disability inclusive policy and practice is becoming essential knowledge for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.
An estimated 16% of the world’s population has a disability, with 80% of people with disability living in resource poor contexts. People with disability are systematically excluded from social, economic, and political participation. In turn, people with disability are more likely to live in poverty, have poorer health outcomes, lower education attainment, and be negatively impacted by climate risk than people without disability. In this short course, you will learn to critically analyse the factors that contribute to these inequities and develop strategies for improving policy and practice.
Drawing on practitioner experience, including from people with disability themselves, this course will provide you with a foundation for critically considering issues of equity, representation, intersectionality, and meaningful participation. We will draw on real world examples from multiple sectors, including health, employment, education, and disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response. If you are working, or considering working, in global health and development, including in government, non-government, or United Nations agencies, this subject provides an essential foundation.
This course can be taken by students in postgraduate courses, including public health, development studies, and social studies, or through the University of Melbourne Community Access Program (CAP).
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Critique key models of disability and how approaches to disability and disability inclusion have evolved, including in the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals;
- Analyse emerging challenges and opportunities for disability inclusive policy and practice, including in low-income and resource constrained settings;
- Appraise how key principles and approaches to disability inclusion are applied in select areas of contemporary global development and health practice;
- Evaluate global development and health policies and practices in terms of inclusion, accessibility, and barriers to participation for people with disability.
Generic skills
Upon completion of this subject, students will have developed skills in:
- Oral communication
- Critical thinking and analysis
- Finding, evaluating and using relevant information
- Working with others and in teams
- Making connections between theoretical concepts and everyday practice
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Brief introductory post (2-4 minute audio/video or 200 word post)
| By the end of Week 1 | N/A |
Recorded group presentation. 4-5 students per group. Students will be assessed as a group.
| End of the teaching period | 15% |
Policy Brief
| 3 Weeks after the end of teaching | 25% |
Essay
| 5 Weeks after the end of teaching | 60% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- February
Principal coordinators Manjula Marella and Alex Robinson Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 8 March 2024 Last self-enrol date 28 February 2024 Census date 8 March 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 March 2024 Assessment period ends 12 April 2024 February contact information
marella.m@unimelb.edu.au & alex.robinson@unimelb.edu.au
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
OR
Currently enrolled students:
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
- Email: Contact Stop 1
Future Students:
- Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/
What do these dates mean
Visit this webpage to find out about these key dates, including how they impact on:
- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Additional delivery details
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
A set of readings will be available prior to commencement of the subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Public Health Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Major Tailored Specialisation Informal specialisation Global Health Major Environment and Public Health Major Development Major Public Health Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024