MA International Labour and Trade Union Studies

Course summary

A flexible MA You don’t have to live in Oxford to study the MA. The part time course runs over 2 years and is organised through 3-day residential workshops at Ruskin College. Between workshops, students keep in touch with one another and with tutors via e-(electronic) support systems.

The full time course runs over 12 months. Overseas students on scholarships will normally live in Ruskin student accommodation, and other full time students may do so if accommodation is available.

Students from both part time and full time courses will join together for classes at the 3-day residential workshops.

Full time students will attend seminars and tutorials and spend time at UK labour organisations on unpaid attachments.

Student support

Support systems between workshops include tutors, the programme coordinator, and student colleagues in Student Study Groups (SSGs) using a range of communications methods; principally e-communications.

If students are sponsored by/working with or for a union or other organisation, we expect that they will be given support such as access to data, relevant policies and strategies, conferences, meetings with key people. This is especially important since assignments are oriented mainly towards labour movement current issues.