Doing Gender in Theory and Practice (350D7)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

This module will familiarise you with the literature on gendered institutions, gender regimes and how gender power dynamics operate within informal spaces and in formal organisations and systems. You'll develop practical tools and strategies to analyse gender equality issues in organisations.

You'll become familiar with using the Gender at Work Framework and explore how the Framework has been applied to develop program interventions in a variety of institutional settings around the world.

The main skills that we'll develop, include:

• understanding factors that limit or enhance the capacity of individuals and organisations to act as ‘change agents’
• organisational and programme analysis, using the Gender at Work Analytical Framework; this includes identifying and understanding ‘deep structures’, ‘social norms’ and ‘gender regimes’
• power analysis and gender-aware planning, including entry points for change
• strategic evaluation and learning for gender equality.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 30 hours of contact time and about 270 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.