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Reparatory Justice at University of Glasgow - UCAS

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2025 - 20262026 - 2027
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Course summary

This double degree Masters programme offers a unique opportunity to work with leading scholars in Reparatory Justice at The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University of Glasgow (UofG). Directed by the Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research (GCCDR), the programme is a collaboration between the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies in Glasgow and the Centre for Reparations Research at The UWI. You can choose to study at one of three campuses: Cave Hill Campus in Barbados, Gilmorehill Campus in Glasgow, UK, or Mona Campus in Jamaica. Why this programme

  • With a specific focus on the Caribbean and the slavery reparations movement, the programme will also draw on case studies of campaigns for reparative justice in other global contexts.
  • You will learn how to conduct practical and theoretical research using archival, interviews and legal research while also gaining experience in organisations doing reparative work to produce a final research project on reparative justice.
  • The University of the West Indies is a world-leader in the formulation, activism and academic research underpinning claims for reparations for slavery. Students will be able to access archives and library collections in Barbados and Jamaica for research.
  • The University of Glasgow offers access to primary source materials and material culture holdings and draws on a range of expertise across the study of slavery, genocide and human rights violations.
  • This double degree leverages the close relationship and official partnership between The University of the West Indies and The University of Glasgow, and enabling students to graduate with a degree from both institutions.
  • Read in the Guardian: World’s first reparatory justice master’s launches in Glasgow and West Indies.
  • Read our news story: First students graduate from pioneering Reparatory Justice Masters Programme
  • Listen to our podcast: Stories from Glasgow – Tracing Glasgow's Imperial Past with Dr Rosie Spooner.
Programme structure You will take: four core courses (two offered by The UWI, two by UofG) two optional courses You will also produce a dissertation. **Core courses Semester one** Slavery, Conflict and Human Rights Reparations Now (Part One) Semester two Pedagogy of Reparatory Justice Qualitative Approaches to the Study of Political Violence Optional courses You will choose two optional courses from an available range of topics. The optional courses are updated each year, but may include: Resistance to Slavery from 1700 to 1900 Raw Material: Literature, Empires, Commodities (PGT) Postcolonialism: Writing and Theory (PGT) A 'New Form of Slavery'?: Indentured Labour in Post-Slavery Caribbean Societies, c. 1836-1917 Summer: April to September Dissertation. Reparatory Justice. Teaching and assessment Teaching is mainly seminar and discussion-based in small classes. As students will be based in both the Caribbean and the UK, seminars will be delivered in a ‘hybrid’ format, meaning some students will be in the classroom at the University of the West Indies, with University of Glasgow students joining via online video link and vice versa. Technical skills are taught in the core courses, while conceptual foundations are explored in weekly seminars. Independent and self-reflective critical work is fostered through written assignments and seminar presentations, culminating in the dissertation.

Entry requirements

2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in a relevant subject. We may sometimes accept degrees at 2.2 Hons or non-UK equivalent. Relevant work experience may be considered in place of formal qualifications. Please include a personal statement using the personal statement form linked in this section of the course page on our website and a CV with your application.

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Reparatory Justice at University of Glasgow - UCAS