Professional Practice in Environmental Science (PPES) is a high-level practical skills-based module aimed to prepare students for the world of work and provide insight to the diverse range of environmental careers in this dynamic growth sector, and beyond. During the module students will have the opportunity to develop a range of skills, increase knowledge and gain the necessary experience to help them identify and successfully pursue their chosen career paths. The module adopts an interactive approach, with an emphasis on in-class discussions, workshops, and group exercises that develop self-confidence and promote reflective practice. It draws upon the experiences of industry experts from a variety of external environmental organisations, providing students with a first-hand account of the broad range of environmental career opportunities available to them. This also allows students the opportunity to develop connections and grow their professional networks to enhance future employment prospects. An integral component of the module is the completion of a work-based environmental placement. The placement is an effective way for students to gain experience in the environmental sector, enhance their CV and provide a solid foundation for future career development as well as open doors to future employment opportunities. This also helps to further develop the technical knowledge and soft skills that are widely applicable in the workplace and are valued by employers. The module assessment is drawn from the completion of an individual reflective portfolio based on their placement and the in-class/workshop activities.
The Company is a cross-programme, collaborative and student-led initiative that celebrates creativity, inclusivity, diversity and community in live, real-world scenarios and which demonstrate relationships informed by expertise within and beyond the university. This module requires you to promote and document your individual practice whilst collaborating with your peers and industry professionals as you work together to curate a collective body of work in the context of a public-access exhibition and showcase.
This module offers practical experience and insight into the skills needed to thrive in the contemporary policy world. Teaching and learning activities will build your capacity to understand complex policy problems, critically assess the use of evidence in policy, and communicate effectively with other policy actors. This lively and interactive class features a variety of practical tasks designed to help students learn, practice, develop and hone these professional skills and prepare them for a career in policy and administration.
Zero Credit module to develop transferrable academic and practical skills for professional psychological practice.
This module introduces you to the professional skills necessary to write about music in different contexts
To introduce the student to the concepts of programming using the C programming language, with an emphasis on programming for embedded systems.
This module introduces advanced programming, simulation and design modelling frameworks and tools. Teaching activities are a combination of taught sessions, expanded self-study supported by the Professional Skills Hub and practical hands-on sessions in computer laboratories. The tools and techniques studied in this module are also used in the companion design module in practical hands-on applications. For Mechatronics students, the analogue relationship between mechanical and electrical systems are explored, enabling circuit problems and mechanical systems to be treated in the same framework. Efficient state-space approaches to represent, simulate and analyse dynamics systems are then developed and applied. Modelling and analysis are then used to understand vibration problems in continuous mechanical systems, including beams and shafts. Programming techniques are then introduced to simulate and visualise mechanical vibration within a design project.
This module introduces some advanced programming, simulation and design modelling frameworks and tools. Teaching activities are a combination of taught sessions, expanded self-study supported by the Professional Skills Hub and practical hands-on sessions in computer laboratories. The tools and techniques studied in this module are also used in the companion design module in practical hands on applications.
This module provides students with the skills to automate geospatial data science workflows using code, specifically code written in the open source programming language Python.
This module introduces students to the principles of programming, and provides them with the programming skills necessary to continue the study of computer science. Python and C are used as the introductory languages.
The aim of this module is to teach the students object-oriented programming techniques using Java.
This module develops programming skills in Python and Java, introducing object-oriented design and software development through examples relevant to biomedical engineering.
This module aims to introduce students to recursion and to the principles of recursive, applicative and functional programming. In it, they will use various functional abstractions to control the complexity of programming, and will use abstraction mechanisms in programming. They will also study the principles of program evaluation and explore the evaluation mechanism.
This module will introduce the basics required to produce efficient and effective code. You will be introduced to the underpinning architecture of a modern computer and from this starting point learn the basic of good computer practice from a code agnostic starting point. You will then develop your skills through computer programming (mainly in Python) with a series of guided workshops and worksheets that develop these practical skills.
