The course covers key theoretical debates in international migration and discusses migration policies as practiced.
Migration is both a political topic that is growing in importance under contemporary conditions of global transformation and an issue that raises important (and difficult) questions for political theory. This module is designed to address these questions by providing both analytical introduction to normative debates on the politics of migration. In particular, it focuses on the key issues raised for political theory by migration. Topics: Statelessness Refugees Family Re-union Migrants Economic Migrants Irregular Migrants Detention Deportation Brain Drain/Brain Gain
Migration is one of the fundamental issues for 21st century politics. The module focuses on the ethical and political issues raised by different kinds of migration - refugees, family reunion, labour - as well as arguments concerning border regimes - detention, deportation - and the ethical status of borders.
Migration is one of the fundamental issues for 21st century politics. The module focuses on the philosophical arguments concerning: 1. Open borders and a human right to freedom of movement 2. The unilateral right of states to exclude migrants 3. Democratic and justice-based arguments for cosmopolitan control of borders. 4. Migration and a just global basic structure.
This module will explore how philosophy as we know it today has been shaped profoundly by past debates over the nature of the world we inhabit and what we can hope to know about it. For example, in the 17th and 18th centuries, Europe experienced enormous intellectual upheaval, driven crucially by revolutions in science that seemed to reveal a gap between the world as it really is and as it appears to be. This was a transformative period for philosophy too, as thinkers across Europe critically explored the emerging worldviews and the place of both humans and God within them. This module will introduce you to the ideas and arguments of a range of prominent philosophers from this era, such as René Descartes, John Locke, Benedict de Spinoza, Gottfried Leibniz, and David Hume—as well as neglected but important thinkers, such as Margaret Cavendish, Anne Conway, Damaras Masham, and Anton Wilhelm Amo. In doing so, it will reveal the contemporary significance of their answers to such questions as: What is the fundamental nature of reality? How does the mind relate to the body? How does perception relate us to the external world? What is causation? Is there a God? Are there limits to human knowledge?
Mind, Knowledge and Reality offers you the opportunity to explore in detail some central issues and texts in the Western philosophical tradition that address issues in philosophy of mind, epistemology and/or metaphysics. The module may focus on an important text, or a significant body of literature.
Germany has had a long tradition of immigration and is one of the most multi-cultural countries in Europe today. We will examine the impact of diverse immigration movements on recent German history and notions of German identity. This includes examining broad developments of post-war immigrations, exploring some of the legacies of German colonialism and addressing contemporary issues and debates. The course puts emphasis on working with a range of scholarly, media and aesthetic texts (including films) and students will continue to hone their critical reading, reflection and research skills.
The Miscarriages of Justice module focuses on specific problems concerning the delivery of justice in England and Wales. It examines aspects of the criminal justice system relating to the nature, extent and causes of miscarriages of justice, and connects them to theoretical and normative debates with socio-legal studies.
The Miscarriages of Justice module focuses on specific problems concerning the delivery of justice in both England and Wales and the United States. It examines aspects of the criminal justice system relating to the nature, extent and causes of miscarriages of justice, and connects them to theoretical and normative debates with socio-legal studies.
This module will introduce you to the use of mixed methods for approaching and addressing research questions in a range of disciplines within social and human sciences. You will be introduced to the theories of mixed methods, and examine the ways in which quantitative and qualitative research designs interact in the context of addressing a research question. You will also be introduced to examples of mixed methods applications within a range of research topics. The module includes a total of 22 contact hours, which includes 6 hours of pre-recorded lectures; 6 hours of face-to-face tutor-led tutorials; approximately 8 hours of audio-recorded exemplars of research accessible via Blackboard; and 2 hours of a face-to-face NVivo workshop on the use of mixed methods.
This module provides a compulsory two semester project in the fourth year of the MMath programme. The project entails a weekly meeting with a supervisor during term-time who advises and assists the student in the study of a particular topic. The dissertation is written by the student incorporating the results of studying the topic and using the experience and feedback gained from writing and orally presenting an interim report
Under the guidance and mentorship of your supervisor you will carry out practical research work and independent study. You will interact with other members of the research group that you join, to learn how to carry out experimental techniques safely and effectively. Using your data together with the skills and knowledge developed in the other modules on the programme you will produce a written scientific report, an oral presentation and scientific poster of your research findings.
More and more people are using increasingly powerful mobile devices as their primary means of obtaining information and requesting services over the Internet. The shift from traditional personal computers (desktops and laptops) to mobile devices (Smart phone and tablets), as a means of accessing services, has forced enterprises to adapt mobile channels for their existing applications. At the same time, demand for new kinds of applications that can exploit the unique characteristics of mobile devices is rapidly growing. While there certainly is value in developing a mobile app user interface for an existing business application, the users of mobile applications have come to expect more from their mobile experience. This has manifested in an ever-increasing demand for mobile application development in the market.
An understanding of the numbers, characteristics and locations of human populations underpins operational work, policy analyses and scientific development globally across multiple sectors. However, traditional population data sources are often outdated, have low granularity, and are updated on the scale of decades. However, traditional population data sources are often outdated, have lo granularity and are updated on the scale of decades. This module showcases the world leading data sources and methodological advances made by the WorldPop programme in applications ranging from disease mapping, migration patterns, poverty mapping, and many more. You will learn from world-leading experts in their field, carrying out research at the cutting edge of population mapping and modelling.
The emphasis of this module is on the methods required to develop mathematical models using differential equations to understand physical problems. The module involves both conventional lectures as well as discussion lectures. The discussion lectures comprise structured group work in which small groups of students develop mathematical models to solve practical problems in partnership with one another and under the guidance of the lecturer (attendance at these discussion lectures is an essential part of the module). After an introduction to the module there are four blocks, in which the opening lectures will introduce the students to a physical problem and subsequent discussion lectures will allow possible modelling methods to be explored. Some lectures on relevant mathematical theory will also be presented. After each block students will write a report describing their investigations.
