The aims of this module are to (i) engage students in a critical debate on the transformations, challenges and potentials that ageing societies face and (ii) discuss the research methods, data and ethical implications involved in contemporary research of older people. The module will combine critical assessment of contemporary issues relevant to ageing societies with discussion of the application of different research methods, ethical issues and research impact considerations to researching older people.
Students will gain an understanding of the individual, social, economic and political implications of population ageing by examining substantive and research methods issues pertinent to ageing and older people, such as end-of-life care or service provision. They will gain an appreciation of the diverse meanings and experiences of ageing over the lifecourse by examining ageing through the lenses of ethnicity, gender, socio-economic group and sexual identity, and discussing the methods, data, ethical implications and research impact opportunities of conducting empirical research on such issues.
Archaeological knowledge is generated through research, whether undertaken in an academic, commercial, public or private environment. As students, you are recipients of the knowledge gained through research, and you will also participate in the research process through involvement in fieldwork and the production of your Dissertation. But how does research happen? Who does research? Who consumes research? How is it funded or supported? What are the constraints and ethical issues encountered while undertaking research? Most critical of all, what makes good archaeological research? In this module we guide you through the archaeological and heritage research process, from planning, to implementation, and final dissemination through publication and other media. This will be achieved by introducing you to a range of real-life research projects, drawing upon the diverse and rich experience gained by departmental staff and external researchers. Looking back and looking forward, the module will aid your understanding of the fieldwork you may have participated in during the Field and Practice module, and help in guiding you through the process of researching and writing your Final Year Dissertation.
This module introduces students to a range of concepts, approaches and data collection methods in human geography.
This module will introduce you to solving real world problems in the area of Language, Culture and Communication with research methods including forms of discourse analysis, questionnaires, interviews and narrative inquiry. You will reflect on some key issues such as the nature of knowledge, theory and data. This will allow you to critically evaluate studies and their research methods, and to design your own study or intervention. You will also discuss practical challenges of designing and conducting research such as defining research questions, identifying appropriate methods, research management and problem solving, writing up research, ethical issues, presenting research and thinking reflexively about research. You will also be introduced to the option of producing a professional project as an alternative to the traditional dissertation.
This module aims to prepare you for the rest of the programme and so it is intended that you will develop study skills that will support you in concurrent and subsequent modules. You can expect to develop your knowledge and understanding of the complexity of the interaction between learning, learning theory and learning contexts. It will give you opportunities to articulate your own approaches to learning and consider the range of ways in which learners and teachers can influence this process. You will be encouraged to be critical and analytical.
This module enables you to build on your research skills in preparation for running your own research in part 3. Building on the research skills learnt in part 1, you will work in small groups to first refine a broad research question into a testable and focussed question. You will then design and plan a field data collection campaign, with responsibility for all logistic organisation as well as ensuring the data collected enables you to address the research question. Finally, whilst on our residential field course, you will carry out the data collection before presenting your findings as a poster to the rest of the group. After working through this process, you will reflect on the challenges you faced, successes you achieved, and how you can put this learning into practice when working on your dissertation.
The Period abroad Portfolio is a piece of independent academic work which you complete during your period abroad. The Portfolio comprises of an extended essay in English on a topic relating to either cultural and literary studies, linguistics, social and political studies or history and a recorded oral presentation in the target language based on reflective questionnaires relating to your language learning and intercultural development.
This module addresses the main economic problems arising in the management and allocation of natural resources, with a particular focus on energy and the constraints that the natural environment represents for economic growth. It combines economic theory, including a presentation of the most recent advancements in the field, a critical analysis of the existing empirical evidence, and a study of the effects of different policy interventions.
The module will start with an introductory session on common research techniques used in Biomedical Science. This will be followed by sessions covering the following topics: 1. Asthma (2 sessions) 2. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 3. Interstitial Lung Disease (2 sessions) 4. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesis 5. Air pollution (2 sessions) The sessions will combine a seminar and general discussion in order to clarify any points and to frame any questions arising from the lecture that the students find interesting. Prior to each topic, a relevant primary research publication and supporting documentation that exemplifies research in the subject area will be provided. Students should read the paper prior to attending the session and pay particular attention to the methods section to ensure they are familiar with the basic principles of the techniques and/or any confusing abbreviations used. Methodological queries will be discussed at the session. For topics 1, 3 and 5, one or more students, depending on class numbers, will be designated to prepare an oral presentation on the selected paper for the following week. The presentation will comprise the paper and background questions arising from the article or the seminar. All students will be expected to join in the discussion of the paper during and after the presentation, although only those students who are presenting will be assessed. Presenting students will be expected to research other articles to introduce concepts in the paper. All students will be expected to research other articles to bring to the general discussion of the selected paper. For topics 2 and 4, all students will write a critical appraisal of a selected paper stating the hypothesis and summarising the background, results and conclusions with comment on strengths, weaknesses and any new questions arising as a consequence of the paper. There will be no oral presentation for these topics.
This module will explore contemporary and post-war responses to the Holocaust more than 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz. We will explore a range of responses to the genocide and look at: diaries, oral histories, literature, film, museums and music. During the module, we will explore the responses of those targeted for genocide and the post-war memory of these events among survivors, in intellectual circles and the political world. During the first half of the module, we will explore victims' responses. We will focus on victims' experiences of everyday life, including life in ghettos and camps and look at cultural and religious life, efforts to document what they were witnessing, and resistance. In the second half of the module, we will look at some external responses to the genocide, beginning with the Allied responses during the war and later looking at museums and memorials in Europe, Israel, and the United States. We will engage with topics such as the resistance of victim groups, questioning if the Allied government did enough to help, how we commemorate and memorialise a genocide and how this commemoration changes in different countries.
This module provides you with an understanding of contested Responsible AI principles such as fairness, transparency, privacy, and inclusiveness. The module explores practical measures for embedding the principles in AI technologies deployed across critical sectors, from education, employment, health, and financial services to criminal justice domains. Given the module’s interdisciplinary and global outlook, it is suitable for postgraduate students from diverse jurisdictions, professional backgrounds, and academic disciplines.
Working in an entrepreneurial context requires a different set of skills to those generally required in an academic or corporate environment. There is more emphasis on being self-reliant, being a creative problem-solver and planning your own path. It is often the case that progress must be made when there are only scant resources available. This requires creativity, efficiency, agility, making decisions when there is only partial information and where substantial uncertainty remains, proceeding by trial and error, learning from experience and mistakes; these are all essential skills. Dealing with setbacks requires resilience and determination. However, being entrepreneurial can be immensely rewarding if your innovations are successful and change the world for the better. This module will provide you with an entrepreneurial skillset that can support your future career as change makers in the MedTech sector and beyond. This module will provide you with the tools and skills to evaluate innovations and possible commercialisation through a responsible business lens, developing an understanding of what it takes to develop a credible business plan, work with investors and other industrial partners, understanding how to protect your intellectual property and when to create something that is open access, and mapping your business development plan against the required regulatory pathways. You will be supported throughout by business mentors – successful entrepreneurs from the MedTech sector – who will provide insights, suggestions and thoughtful discussions within your team projects. You will be trained in how to communicate ideas in various ways and for different purposes (written, investor pitches, academic presentations and group discussions). The learning and assessment from this module will be integrated with modules UK Healthcare Innovation & Design and Global Health Innovation & Design through context-dependent application of the materials. The relevant context dependent learning outcomes of this module will be assessed together with the learning outcomes of both the UK and Global projects.
Technology needs to be designed and developed responsibly to fit the demands and constraints of users, wider healthcare stakeholders, the health system, society (both now and in the future) and our planet. We need to move away from a disposable and consumables healthcare provision and design out waste during innovation. When we are designing new devices, we need to be thinking about the end of life of those devices. When we need to use single-use devices, we need to be thinking about material composition and decomposition of those materials. Responsible Innovation in Health Technology considers this, and much more. You will learn about the interaction and balance required between environmental, organisational, economic, population health and health system values. The principle of Responsible Innovation is central to the programme – it will run through all other modules and empower you to be a change leader in this area.
This module covers the principles and practices of responsible leadership. It looks at the philosophical foundations of ethics and applies principles to real-life cases and hypothetical dilemmas. Techniques of ethical management are presented. Causes and consequences of unethical business practices are discussed, along with theories of ethical decision-making.
We are all, in one way or another, participants in the consumer society. Whether we buy for necessity - life essentials such as food - or view it as an enjoyable leisure activity, our purchase of goods is part of a wider cultural movement pushing us to ‘shop’. But how did we get to this point? Historically, what is it that has made us want to buy? This module explores how shopping, as we understand it today, evolved. Considering shopping at different points in Britain's history - the market places and specialist shops of the eighteenth century, the High Streets and warehouses of the nineteenth century, the department stores and malls of the twentieth century - we will examine the birth of the modern consumer society and within it, the roles played by manufacturer, seller, advertiser and shopper.
This module offers you an opportunity to learn about autism through the lens of neurodiversity. Neurodiversity offers a new perspective on our understanding of autism by emphasising the strengths and capabilities of autistic people, as well as challenging the marginalisation and underrepresentation of autistic voices in research and everyday life. As such, this module provides a counternarrative to the dominant ways in which autism has traditionally been defined, discussed, understood, and researched. You will learn about the first-person perspectives of autistic children, young people, and adults including their experiences of education, employment and society in general. You will take a critically reflective perspective on research to consider the extent to which first-person perspectives are taken into account. Where possible, autistic voices are woven through the module through invited guest speakers and inclusion of short video presentations.
The module provides an introduction to the theory and practice of Revenue Management
