Employment Law and Practice (Distance Learning) LLM
De Montfort UniversityProgram description
Employment Law and Practice (Distance Learning) LLM
This is a career-enhancing course that equips graduates to enter legal and other work that involves employment issues. Designed for professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds and organisations, the course is particularly suitable for lawyers, human resource (HR) professionals, company secretaries, owner-managers and those with HR responsibilities.
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Develop your own personal pathway
This course combines one core module with a diverse range of optional modules
Study at your own pace
Enjoy flexible distance learning, with the option to exit at one of several points with a postgraduate award
Differentiate yourself in the job market
Gain a competitive edge by increasing your knowledge of employment law
Boost your employability
Improve your career and employability options in a globalised job market
Admission requirements
Applicants will normally hold an undergraduate degree in any subject with a minimum pass of 2:2, or equivalent overseas qualification, or an appropriate professional qualification. Some background knowledge of law is useful , but a degree in law is not essential.
English Language requirements
If English is not your first language, an IELTS score of 6.5 (including a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or equivalent is normally required.
English language tuition is available at DMU both before and during the course, if required.
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Learn moreProgram content
- Employment Law in Context
You will also select elective modules which might include:
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Civil Liberties in the Workplace
- Collective Labour Law
- Equal Opportunities in the Workplace
- Health and Safety Law
- Individual Employment Law
- Negotiated Study
- People Management within Organisations
- Dissertation
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Program delivery
The LLM is studied by distance learning and is fully assessed by coursework and a dissertation. The distance learning mode involves optional attendance at Leicester De Montfort Law School, for a maximum of ten Saturday study days during the period of study. The course is structured in a way that allows you to exit at one of several points, if desired, each with a postgraduate award.
Tuition fees
Please check the website for more information about tuition fees
Career opportunities
This course equips you to enter legal and other work relating to employment issues.
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De Montfort University
De Montfort University (DMU) in England welcome hundreds of European students every year for one of our 300 courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level. We have approx. 25,000 students studying in our 4 faculties; Business & Law; Health &...
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