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This module deals with contemporary issues in Ocean and Earth Science. It will develop your presentation and writing skills through directed independent study of two chosen contemporary topics. The topics are provided by the module lead and associated staff, including ‘starting references’ to direct your independent study.

This module deals with contemporary issues in Ocean and Earth Science. It will develop your presentation and writing skills through directed independent study of two chosen contemporary topics. The topics are provided by the module lead and associated staff, including ‘starting references’ to direct your independent study.

This module deals with contemporary issues in Ocean and Earth Science. It will develop your presentation and writing skills through directed independent study of two chosen contemporary topics. The topics are provided by the module lead and associated staff, including ‘starting references’ to direct your independent study.

Philosophy is a subject with a long history, but is nonetheless a living subject where research can sometimes progress quickly and where cutting-edge research can overturn centuries of dogma. This module will explore a selection of topics in contemporary philosophy - perhaps recent journal articles or a recent book, perhaps mixed in with ongoing research. In so doing. the module will help you to understand both the subject matter of that contemporary research - whatever it might be - but also to realign your perceptions of what philosophy is and how it is researched today.

Philosophy is a subject with a long history, but is nonetheless a living subject where research can sometimes progress quickly and where cutting-edge research can overturn centuries of dogma. This module will explore a selection of topics in contemporary philosophy - perhaps recent journal articles or a recent book, perhaps mixed in with ongoing research. In so doing. the module will help you to understand both the subject matter of that contemporary research - whatever it might be - but also to realign your perceptions of what philosophy is and how it is researched today.

The module brings together a range of ideas, subject-matter and methods of making, to expand understanding of the scope and potential of contemporary art practice. There is an emphasis on engagement with issues.

The module brings together a range of ideas, subject-matter and methods of making, to expand understanding of the scope and potential of contemporary art practice. There is an emphasis on engagement with issues.

This module provides the context in which luxury brands are constructed and perceived. You will
explore a range of historical and contemporary issues affecting luxury, which form the fabric of the idea of luxury today.

Areas such as luxury consumption, luxury marketing and management, technology and luxury, and the relativity of luxury, constructs the significance of luxury, and the role and impact it plays within the global business environment.

The module will also examine the issues that impact sustainable and ethical luxury and develop strategic luxury management and leadership skills to a high level in a global luxury context. The internal and external factors that have impacted and influenced luxury businesses in the past, present and future will be explored.

This module provides the context in which luxury brands are constructed and perceived. You will
explore a range of historical and contemporary issues affecting luxury, which form the fabric of the idea of luxury today.

Areas such as luxury consumption, luxury marketing and management, technology and luxury, and the relativity of luxury, constructs the significance of luxury, and the role and impact it plays within the global business environment.

The module will also examine the issues that impact sustainable and ethical luxury and develop strategic luxury management and leadership skills to a high level in a global luxury context. The internal and external factors that have impacted and influenced luxury businesses in the past, present and future will be explored.

This module explores the histories and cultures of product design, encouraging critical reflection on everyday life and global contexts. It examines meaning in design by drawing on historical context, visual culture theory, and semiotics. Through lectures, seminars, and research tasks, you will develop the ability to situate your design practice within broader cultural and theoretical frameworks and communicate ideas effectively through a variety of visual formats.

The module introduces you to the historical, cultural, and theoretical foundations that shape contemporary product design practice. The weekly context starts with introduction of histories into critical theories such as visual culture and semiotics, helping you understand how products communicate meaning and participate in a global cultural systems.

You will start by exploring definitions of product design and examining everyday objects as cultural artefacts. Early weeks trace the evolution of design from craft traditions through industrialisation, post-war consumerism, and into globalised digital culture. Emphasis is placed on how materials, manufacturing, branding, and consumption have shifted over time.

The module then transitions into visual culture theory, where you will learn to interpret images, objects, and media, and consider how design reflects and constructs ideas around identity, power, and representation. Semiotics deepens this analytical framework, enabling you to read products as systems of signs that communicate through form, materiality, symbolism, and brand narratives. Later weeks start to look at design futures to consider the future world we will live in, drawing on trend mapping and global trends.