Translation plays a major role in the exchange and circulation of practical information and culture production. This means that even if they do not enter the translation profession, in a society that is increasingly global, Modern Linguists are frequently called upon at some time to translate texts for formal or informal purposes in a variety of careers and voluntary capacity. This module will introduce you to a number of issues that need to be considered when undertaking translation between languages (interlingual translation).
This module has been developed to enable students to gain academic credit through a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) pathway by drawing on learning achieved in an approved optional external module. It provides a structured and supportive route for students to evidence, map, and accredit relevant prior learning while ensuring that all credit awarded meets the academic standards and learning expectations of the programme. The external module must be approved by the Programme Lead and will provide knowledge and skills to strengthen students’ capability in the safe, evidence-informed management of patients with allergies. By accrediting relevant learning already completed, this module promotes flexibility, efficiency, and learner-centred progression while reinforcing clinical competence and patient care within the field of allergy.
The Translational Medicine module gives an overview of the regulatory, ethical and practical requirements of translating novel devices, processes, engineering or software solutions into a clinical setting. The use of pre-clinical models and the UK regulatory framework for using pre-clinical models are introduced. In addition to full training in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the design of Clinical Trials, the importance of public-patient engagement with the research design process will also be presented. The funding opportunities for running clinical trials and possible routes for eventual implementation/commercialisation will also be explored. The course will concentrate on the UK regulatory framework as an exemplar, but many of the principles will be appropriate to other national and international regulatory regimes. In addition to a range of lectures delivered by tutors from a variety of backgrounds, students will form multidisciplinary teams to explore translational solutions relevant to current medical problems under the guidance of tutors who have experience of translational medicine.
The module investigates transnational approaches to migration, global mobility and diversity. It combines theoretical approaches with empirical case studies and methodological issues.
This module is designed to provide knowledge of the basic data analysis techniques necessary for understanding and analysing transportation related datasets. This includes identification of suitable analysis methods, applications of appropriate techniques and models (with the use of statistical analysis software), interpretation of models and results and presentation of conclusions. The module covers a full range of data analysis topics from introductory level (Exploratory data analysis, probability, Survey design), through more generally used techniques (Common statistical distributions, Hypothesis testing), to advanced analysis and statistical modelling techniques (Regression and discrete choice analysis), supported through the use of the Statistical Software.
This module provides a critical awareness of how economics can be used to overcome current problems in the transport sector, such as congestion, inadequate service (in terms of both quantity and quality) and high prices. It will give you a systematic and comprehensive understanding of the key concepts in transport economics and the graphical and numerical analytical techniques used by transport economists.
A key component of Transportation Planning and Engineering is enabling safer and more efficient use of transport infrastructure and assets through transport management. This often involves making use of new technologies, in particular those related to Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), but may also be achieved through innovative applications of more established techniques. This module covers this topic through a series of practical examples, predominantly in the roads sector, highlighting the extent to which various management systems can influence transport efficiency, safety and environmental impact.
This module builds on theoretical aspects of transport planning and engineering to introduce a more applied approach covering the state-of-the-art in transport modelling. The module is divided into three intermixed strands: 'Transport Demand Models' for predicting overall travel patterns; 'Microscopic Transport Models' for predicting operations of individual road junctions; and ‘Regional Transport Models' for analysing impacts of transport systems across wide areas. The overall aim is to develop an understanding of the different approaches to modelling the consequences of transport engineering, planning and policy decisions.
This module introduces students to key concepts in transport planning and policy-making, and provides them with the background knowledge necessary to understand transport system development. It makes use of a range of case studies from around the world, and includes a residential field trip to give students first hand experience of the issues connected with transport system operation in a major city. This module is designed for students on the MSc Transportation Planning and Engineering programmes, and provides a basis for the material on the practice of transport planning covered in CENV6001. However, it will also be open to all students at Masters level and above within the University, including those studying for an iPHD or EngD in the Doctoral Training Centres.
This module develops the understanding of transport policy and planning introduced in CENV6169 ‘Transport Planning: Policy and Governance’ by providing a broad range of examples of transport planning practice. A range of transport planning measures are introduced, and the importance of taking into account the needs of a range of users is discussed. Methods for stakeholder engagement and scheme approval are explored in detail, with a particular focus on the public inquiry process.
The transport sector is currently heavily fossil fuel dependent and, in advanced economies, accounts for around one quarter of carbon dioxide emissions. This module will provide you with a systematic understanding of the inter-relationships between transport, energy and the environment, along with a comprehensive understanding of the advanced techniques that are used to study these relationships and to determine appropriate mitigation and adaptation policies.
The module examines selected written texts and films in the areas of travel, cultural encounter and identity. These will cover a variety of topics and cross-cultural encounters, within the broad area of Francophone film and non-fiction writing. Critical frameworks from mobility studies, postcolonial studies, cultural semiotics, and film studies will be introduced. This will allow you to explore work which makes cultural crossings, and reflects upon them, in relation to travels in Japan, the Americas, the Middle East, and travelling 'at home' in multicultural European cityspaces such as Paris.
Tribological interactions are ubiquitous and have profound impact across all areas of engineering and everyday life. This module places emphasis on the future application of tribological engineering to address the contact mechanics, friction, wear, lubrication and moving interfaces in tribological models, coupling physical phenomena at various scales. Crucially, advances in tribology have fundamental implications in the emerging innovations for power transmission and electric-mobility, the development of low friction surfaces created for energy saving and the drive for clean/renewable energy systems, such as wind and tidal turbines, wave-powered generator and hydropower. Equally, biotribology which deals with human joint prosthetics, dental materials and skin has a fundamental bearing for our daily lives.
This module will provide first-hand experience of ecology and conservation in a tropical environment and give you a foundation in a range of topics including biodiversity, community ecology, ecosystem processes, anthropogenic impacts, in-situ and ex-situ conservation, and protected areas. Tropical forests are some of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth and play critical roles in global biogeochemical cycles and climate regulation. However, they are undergoing rapid transformation through deforestation and land-use change. Alongside developing research skills this module will provide an opportunity for students to develop an understanding of how these ecosystems function and an appreciation of conservation and management of tropical forests. The two-week field course will take place in Belize, Central America. We will visit 3 key sites, including the Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Centre and the Las Cuevas Research Station. The Las Cuevas Research Station will be the primary field site and is located within the Chiquibul forest, which is part of the largest block of intact tropical forest north of the Amazon. Throughout the course there will be a strong emphasis on practical training. Key topics will be introduced during a series of lectures and talks, and then developed through workshops and structured field activities. The first half of the course will be spent learning about ecological and conservation issues and key equipment and field techniques for monitoring and conducting biodiversity surveys. Students will then use the remaining time to design and carry out their own supervised small group research projects. Teaching sessions will be accompanied by practical work which involves animal observation, with alternatives in place if required to meet minimum learning outcomes.
During this fieldcourse you will conduct snorkeling surveys of coral reef and soft bottom habitats by boat and from the beach. You will map marine underwater habitats in one of the world’s most iconic biodiversity hotspots. You will evaluate the influence of water quality on this diversity along gradients of human impact and understand the importance of the wider reef catchment area including mangrove and rainforest habitats. Students taking this module need to be Marine Biology MSci, Biology and Marine Biology MSci or Marine Biology with Oceanography MSci students who have successfully completed their third year.
The central goals of enquiry are to discover what the world is like and how we ought to live. A simple and initially attractive picture is that there is a world independent of us that we can learn about via experience, and via reasoning. But both parts of this picture are subject to significant philosophical worries. Is the world truly independent of us, or do we somehow construct it – are truths about beauty and ethics, race and gender, dependent on our beliefs and relative to our perspectives? Does the existence of widespread disagreement in these areas show that there is no independent fact of the matter? Can we really know about a world independent of us given that we are subject to error and illusion, and that we can doubt all of our beliefs? Are there some truths that can’t be known or that can’t be known by certain groups of people?
