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In an evolving digital environment, it is important to understand the processes that are used to develop, create, and distribute digital content. In this module, you will learn to engage critically with digital media within professional communication contexts, and to situate this engagement vis-à-vis broader issues of cultural, social and economic relevance. You will gain practical skills which will aid your understanding of the ways that digital platforms function through an engagement with the principles, tools, and techniques of digital media practice and opportunities to apply your learnings through the development, implementation, and analysis of digital media contexts.

This module provides an introduction to the theory and practice of modern banking, with a particular emphasis on how digital technologies are transforming money, financial intermediation, and the structure of the banking sector. It begins with a foundation in the economics of money and banking, outlining the essential functions of financial intermediaries, traditional bank business models, and the role of banks in credit allocation and investment activities. Students will examine how banks create liquidity and money, and how these functions underpin financial stability and economic growth.

A central theme of the module is the rapid evolution of digital money and digital banking. Students will study the development of digital payment systems, fintech innovations, and the transformation of traditional banking through technology-driven business models. The course provides an in-depth analysis of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), their design choices, policy implications, and potential impact on the monetary system. It also explores decentralised finance (DeFi), blockchain-based financial infrastructures, and how these innovations challenge established banking intermediaries.

Building on this foundation, the module explores the key risks faced by banks—credit, market, liquidity, solvency, operational, and systemic risks—and the regulatory frameworks designed to enhance bank soundness and safeguard the financial system. Issues of bank stability, prudential regulation, and crisis prevention are considered in both theoretical and applied contexts.

The module concludes by examining the broader landscape of financial innovation and the future of banking, focusing on how digital technologies, new forms of money, and data-driven financial services are reshaping competition, regulation, and the architecture of the financial system. Throughout, the course integrates traditional banking concepts with modern digital-finance developments to equip students with a comprehensive and forward-looking understanding of digital money and banking.

What differentiates the cinematic screen from the other screens that permeate our everyday lives? This module explores the proliferation of screens in the digital era by chronicling a “history of the screen” that understands digital screen cultures as technologies, media, and interfaces—and as the many uses thereof. It asks us to consider how the present abundance of ambient screens represents both a continuation of and departure from older and analogue understandings of new and emerging media as art, entertainment, and communication. Amongst other possible topics and approaches, we will explore the digital shift in cinema, television, video games, music, virtual reality, and social media to arrive at an understanding of how these digital screen cultures reflect, represent, and interrogate the converged, conglomerated, and globalised media landscape of the twenty-first century.

What differentiates the cinematic screen from the other screens that permeate our everyday lives? This module explores the proliferation of screens in the digital era by chronicling a “history of the screen” that understands digital screen cultures as technologies, media, and interfaces—and as the many uses thereof. It asks us to consider how the present abundance of ambient screens represents both a continuation of and departure from older and analogue understandings of new and emerging media as art, entertainment, and communication. Amongst other possible topics and approaches, we will explore the digital shift in cinema, television, video games, music, virtual reality, and social media to arrive at an understanding of how these digital screen cultures reflect, represent, and interrogate the converged, conglomerated, and globalised media landscape of the twenty-first century.

The module provides the students with a theoretical and practical understanding of signals, including concepts of sampling, filtering, information theory, uncertainty and data compression. Practical aspects of these topics will also be covered using data from diverse sources such as IoT sensors, acoustic and imaging.

The module provides the students with a theoretical and practical understanding of signals, including concepts of sampling, filtering, information theory, uncertainty and data compression. Practical aspects of these topics will also be covered using data from diverse sources such as IoT sensors, acoustic and imaging.

To develop your understanding, this module poses questions such as: What is the Digital Society? Will the Digital Society offer more transparency, participation and innovation? What does the Digital Society mean for education and learners? You will have opportunities to consider the notion of Digital Learning and reflect on the use of digital tools to support learning. In addition, you will identify gaps in your digital capabilities and develop a strategy to make improvements.

The following topics will be covered:
- How SystemVerilog is interpreted for simulation and synthesis
- How to use EDA tools to configure FPGAs
- The principles of functional verification of digital systems
- The principles of Built-In Self-Test and system-level design for test techniques.
- The module will introduce you to the industry-standard hardware description language System Verilog (and to SystemC).

The following topics will be covered:
- How SystemVerilog is interpreted for simulation and synthesis
- How to use EDA tools to configure FPGAs
- The principles of functional verification of digital systems
- The principles of Built-In Self-Test and system-level design for test techniques.
- The module will introduce you to the industry-standard hardware description language System Verilog (and to SystemC).

The following topics will be covered:
- How SystemVerilog is interpreted for simulation and synthesis
- How to use EDA tools to configure FPGAs
- The principles of functional verification of digital systems
- The principles of Built-In Self-Test and system-level design for test techniques.
- The module will introduce you to the industry-standard hardware description language System Verilog (and to SystemC).