Behind The Headlines - The Politics of Immigration

The next in my Behind the Headlines series – sorting fact from fiction. Is immigration good or bad? What is its net economic impact, does it drive jobs growth or take jobs, and how does it impact culture and society. We will examine the facts, not the scaremongering.  We will also look at hoe politicians use immigration to drive votes and why it is so effective at doing so.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

COURSE OUTLINE

• The plusses and minuses of immigration as presented by politicians and the media
• The true picture – both plusses and minuses
• How it is used to drive our vote

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. See how immigration is used as a tool to manipulate us
2. Distinguish between the truth and fiction of immigration
3. To understand its political power to drive votes and how it is being used by today's politicians to do so.