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ENGL1004 2026-27
Poetic Language
How do we read poems, and what language can we use to describe our readings? This module will provide a detailed introduction to the particular qualities your ear, eye and brain will need to read poetry more effectively. You will study key features of poetic language in detail, including metre, sound, voice, rhetoric and tone. You will also be introduced to various genres that make play with these features, from repetition in the ballad form to the shifting voices of the lyric. You will have the opportunity to read poems from many periods and traditions, from the medieval riddle to the postmodern elegy.
The aim of this module is not to help you make inventories: a successful reading of a poem is more than a technical exercise or a prose paraphrase. You will read a selection of criticism during the module, and consider how poetry’s peculiar alchemy might be described in words. By building your confidence in poetic language, you will sharpen your appetite and develop your taste for poetry in all its forms. -
HLTH6222 2025-26
Policy and Governance in Health and Social Care
This module will enable you to contribute towards the development of policies and the implementation of governance structures and practices within complex organisational settings. -
HLTH6222 2026-27
Policy and Governance in Health and Social Care
This module will enable you to contribute towards the development of policies and the implementation of governance structures and practices within complex organisational settings. -
HLTH6222 2029-30
Policy and Governance in Health and Social Care
This module will enable you to contribute towards the development of policies and the implementation of governance structures and practices within complex organisational settings. -
HLTH6222 2028-29
Policy and Governance in Health and Social Care
This module will enable you to contribute towards the development of policies and the implementation of governance structures and practices within complex organisational settings. -
GERO6055 2025-26
Policy Evaluation for Ageing Societies (DL)
This module will introduce you to the study of policy and programme evaluation in ageing societies. You will be introduced to the theories surrounding the process of evaluating policies and programmes. You will examine the different methodological approaches to conducting an evaluation and you will understand how theory and method links to produce a good evaluation. You will be introduced to examples of policy and programme evaluations for ageing societies, in areas such as health and social protection. These case studies will be from developed and developing countries. -
GERO6055 2026-27
Policy Evaluation for Ageing Societies (DL)
This module will introduce you to the study of policy and programme evaluation in ageing societies. You will be introduced to the theories surrounding the process of evaluating policies and programmes. You will examine the different methodological approaches to conducting an evaluation and you will understand how theory and method links to produce a good evaluation. You will be introduced to examples of policy and programme evaluations for ageing societies, in areas such as health and social protection. These case studies will be from developed and developing countries. -
PHIL2047 2027-28
Political Philosophy
States impose many demands upon their citizens through the law and the magistrates and police who enforce it. But are there good reasons why citizens should comply with these demands, or do they act merely out of a fear of punishment? Some states we seem to see as exercising illegitimate forms of power over their peoples; so what distinguishes those states from those we believe merit obedience? Or might the very idea of 'governmental authority' be a nonsense, as some anarchists have claimed?
This module will explore some of the most influential attempts that have been made to answer these fundamental philosophical questions. We will explore a range of accounts of what government is for - Is it there to help us achieve our own selfish ends? Or to help us to live good lives? We will ask what life would be like without a state: for example, would it be 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short', as Hobbes argued? The module will explore and evaluate such claims, along with the fundamental conceptions of human nature and of human flourishing that inspire them. -
PHIL2047 2028-29
Political Philosophy
States impose many demands upon their citizens through the law and the magistrates and police who enforce it. But are there good reasons why citizens should comply with these demands, or do they act merely out of a fear of punishment? Some states we seem to see as exercising illegitimate forms of power over their peoples; so what distinguishes those states from those we believe merit obedience? Or might the very idea of 'governmental authority' be a nonsense, as some anarchists have claimed?
This module will explore some of the most influential attempts that have been made to answer these fundamental philosophical questions. We will explore a range of accounts of what government is for - Is it there to help us achieve our own selfish ends? Or to help us to live good lives? We will ask what life would be like without a state: for example, would it be 'solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short', as Hobbes argued? The module will explore and evaluate such claims, along with the fundamental conceptions of human nature and of human flourishing that inspire them. -
PAIR6094 2026-27
Political Psychology & Electoral Behaviour
This political psychology and electoral behavior postgraduate module introduces you to key theoretical and empirical debates these two fields. This module explores how psychological processes influence political attitudes, decision-making, and participation, and how leaders, parties, and media shape electoral behaviour. Topics include identity, ideology, emotion, personality, leadership, impression formation and decision-making in politics. Through contemporary examples, case studies and comparative analysis, you will learn to apply psychological frameworks to pressing political challenges, such as grievance politics, populism, mis/disinformation, and political polarisation. The module develops your ability to critically evaluate public opinion and behavioural data and to connect individual-level motivations with collective political decisions and outcomes.