University of York - Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality
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Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality at FutureLearn Overview
Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality
at FutureLearn
Duration | 6 hours |
Total fee | ₹2,205 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality at FutureLearn Highlights
Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality
at FutureLearn
- Explore these insights to offer solutions from multiple perspectives as to how we might solve such issues.
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate.
Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality at FutureLearn Course details
Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality
at FutureLearn
More about this course
- On this course, you will explore these concepts in detail and take a look at how these social issues could be solved. You will also consider the difficulties that might be faced when developing solutions.
- You will delve into the history of both poverty and inequality, with a focus on child poverty and health inequalities in the UK. Alongside a global look at the issues, you will look at why these problems matter and the social policies surrounding them.
- Many arguments have been made about both concepts, both critical and theoretical. You will engage and assess these different arguments before reflecting on the insights they bring to the discussion.
- The final part of the course will guide you through using these insights to offer solutions to these issues.
- On this course, you will be taught by academics possessing wide-ranging expertise on a range of topics, from child poverty to global inequalities in health.
Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality at FutureLearn Curriculum
Understanding and Solving Poverty and Inequality
at FutureLearn
Exploring Poverty
Welcome and introduction
Defining poverty
Locating poverty
Impacts and intersections
Exploring Inequality
Defining inequality
Locating inequality: a focus on the UK
Locating inequality: an international viewpoint
Inequality and the role of education
Responding to Poverty and Inequality
Responding to social problems
Exploring who should be involved
Making decisions is tricky
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