Cradle to the Grave B: Welfare and Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse (8800F)

15 credits, Level 3 (sub-degree)

Spring teaching

On this module, you’ll enhance the personal and academic skills needed for effective, active and independent undergraduate study in the social sciences, arts and humanities. Building on ‘Cradle to the Grave A’, you’ll explore links between individual lived experiences and broader policy contexts such as neoliberalism and globalisation.

Key topics include:

• education in the UK
• mental health across the life course
• work, care and housing
• music, ageing and social care
• experiences of loss.

You’ll consider the dimensions of gender, class, age, disability and ethnicity to understand the impact of contemporary social, cultural and policy environments across generations. You’ll develop critical, analytical and writing skills through:

• weekly discussions and debates
• analysis of academic texts and media
• life history data reflections
• working on an academic written assignment.

The module introduces a range of theories and policies, equipping you with analytical tools to better understand the context in which we live and preparing you for future studies, life and work.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 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 2025/26. 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.