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Master of Science in Labour, Activism and Development

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, UK

Intake Sep 2023

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GBP 23800

Tuition Fee (GBP)

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 Free

Application Fee

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12 months

Duration

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6.5

IELTS

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100

TOEFL

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55%

Min GPA

Program Overview

Students are encouraged to examine critically the relationship between labour, capitalism, development and poverty. We investigate labour in the contemporary social and economic development of the Global South as well as established and emerging social movements of labour in local, national and international spaces. You will learn to identify and evaluate the relationship between collective agency, policy and vice-versa.

We work in a seminar/tutorial formats that encourage critical thinking and participation via an emphasis on the relationship between theory and practice. Programme lecturers are not just research active.

We are also activists and have experience of participation in labour and social movements across the world - Latin America, Africa and Asia and Europe and have on-going contacts with such movements as well as with NGOs and international organisations.

Highlights

  • A placement with an active labour or social movement organisation
  • Labour process and organisations: development trajectories and divisions in the south
  • A comparative history of labour and social movements in countries such as china, korea, india, south africa, brazil and the middle east
  • Corporate social responsibility initiatives, codes of conduct and anti-sweatshop campaigning
  • The impact of neoliberalism and globalisation on workers in the south
  • Informalisation of labour, casualization and precarious work and the rise of the gig economy
  • Feminisation of labour
  • The worst forms of exploitation: forced labour, child labour and modern slavery
  • Rural labour, migrant labour and labour in export processing zones
  • Household and reproductive labour
  • The international labour organisation, international labour standards and decent work
  • Practices and theories of local, national and international labour campaigns
  • An assessed group project that allows students to apply acquired knowledge to ‘virtual’ practice

Additional Information

Program Level Master's Degree

College/University Processing Time 30

Program Intensity Full-Time

Work Permit work permit PGWP

General Admission Requirement

    Academic Requirement

    • Minimum Level of Education Required: To be accepted for this program, students must have a Bachelor's Degree.

     

    6.5 IELTS Score With no band less than 5.5
    100 TOEFL Score Minimum Overall Score
    65 PTE Score Minimum Overall Score
    55% CGPA Minimum Overall Score

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    Tuition Fee

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    Average Tuition Fee Per Year

    23800

    Tuition Fee
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     Free

    Application Fee
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    12000 Per year

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    Scholarships

    • SOAS offers a wide-range of scholarships, bursaries and awards to support students, including the International Postgraduate Scholarship, which is open to all full-time Masters students from India. 
    • A number of scholarships are also provided by the University of London, the British Government and other external organisations, for a list please visit scholarships and bursaries.

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