Module Directory

This module provides students with an opportunity to relate and integrate theory and practice in the context of everyday working realities. This happens physically or virtually in the student's own country or in the UK, where the student will undertake a Placement consisting of 15 sessions.

This Placement is organised in conjunction with a relevant and approved service/organisation/agency that provides direct assistance to refugees or other involuntarily dislocated people. It enables students to examine the various perspectives, themes, theories and processes presented in the other modules as they appear in applied form in an actual work setting (at a Field Placement Agency). It offers them an opportunity to be supervised by selected experienced practitioners (Approved Field Placement Supervisors – FPS). A Placement Supervision Group (conducted remotely) is facilitated by University staff in order to (a) reflect on their placement experience (in relation: to the way they operate and relate in the Placement, to the actual work methods and dynamics, to the overall sociocultural and political contexts, etc), (b) enrich their learning by hearing from other student experiences who are placed in other Field Placement Agencies, and (c) learn (mainly from the University staff who run the Placement Supervision Group) about more appropriate ways of putting theory to practice in their Field Placement Agencies.

The aims of this module are:

• To reflect on their placement experience,


• To learn from other student experiences from their own placement


• To learn from more appropriate practice in their Field Placement Agencies

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to: 

1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the connections between the theory and practice of Refugee Care


2. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the connections between the theory and practice of Refugee Care2. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the practice issues involved in a specific work setting (e.g. clinical, therapeutic, social care, legal)


3. Develop relevant skills in their chosen field of applied Refugee Care


4. Demonstrate an understanding of what a “therapeutic dimension” is and how it is applied in practice


5. Learn to apply a psychosocial approach to understanding the experience of involuntarily dislocated people, including the interactions between them and the work setting, as well as the personal responses of the students themselves

The module consists of two parts:

(a) The actual placement that students undertake in an approved Field Placement Agency, and 

(b) Placement Group Supervision that is conducted by the university staff, as specified in the 'Module Description' above.

This module will be delivered via:

• We will make use of Zoom break out rooms to facilitate participation for those who may feel anxious initially to speak in large groups. In addition to the module tutor, external lecturers from other institutions will be invited as guest lecturers.
• In addition to the module tutor, external supervisors from the Field Placement Agencies participate as guest lecturers.