Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality
This online courses explored how poverty and inequality are fundamental to understanding how people’s experience of the welfare state differ, with a focus on child poverty and health inequalities in the UK.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dr Rachel Vipond
Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work
University of York
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the concepts of poverty and inequality
- Present an overview of the two concepts from a historical perspective
- Engage with key critical and theoretical arguments about both concepts
- Reflect on why both concepts are important
- Explore these insights to offer solutions from multiple perspectives as to how we might solve such issues
Syllabus
- Poverty: history of the concept, a global look at the issue, a focus on child poverty in the UK, an exploration of why it matters;
- Inequality: history of the concept, a global look at the issue, a focus on health inequalities in the UK, an exploration of why it matters;
- Solving Social problems: a look through the lens of different perspectives, Prime Minister, Activist, Student, Footballer…
Issued on 23rd June 2023
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