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The module aims to review the main concepts, methods and tools which are used in the strategy of building luxury businesses. Strategies such as media, law, visual merchandising, the supply chain and luxury marketing are explored to develop the application of key strategic theoretical tools to real-life situations, from a management, organisational and creative context.

The perspective of this module is for a luxury manager to understand the realities and practices of managing and subsequently maximising the overall performance of luxury organisations.

The module analyses the key factors and drivers of an organisation’s performance and identifies external and internal changes that may affect performances. Issues such as globalisation, innovation, entrepreneurship as well as leadership and the practice of strategy in a luxury context are considered.

This module introduces you to how musicians and composers earn a living from making music. It looks at the role of record labels, publishers and the live industry, and discusses the organisations and infrastructures that have grown up around them to protect and distribute Intellectual Property. It asks the question, do musicians today need to sign a record or publishing deal? Or can they go it alone in the age of Direct to Fan marketing and digital platforms. It also looks at the future of the industry and how you as a producer of music can effect ethical change in an industry facing technological and sustainability challenges.

This module introduces you to how musicians and composers earn a living from making music. It looks at the role of record labels, publishers and the live industry, and discusses the organisations and infrastructures that have grown up around them to protect and distribute Intellectual Property. It asks the question, do musicians today need to sign a record or publishing deal? Or can they go it alone in the age of Direct to Fan marketing and digital platforms. It also looks at the future of the industry and how you as a producer of music can effect ethical change in an industry facing technological and sustainability challenges.

This module introduces you to how musicians and composers earn a living from making music. It looks at the role of record labels, publishers and the live industry, and discusses the organisations and infrastructures that have grown up around them to protect and distribute Intellectual Property. It asks the question, do musicians today need to sign a record or publishing deal? Or can they go it alone in the age of Direct to Fan marketing and digital platforms. It also looks at the future of the industry and how you as a producer of music can effect ethical change in an industry facing technological and sustainability challenges.

GGES3021 is a module designed for students who are interested in the creative economy and how it is being shaped by geographical processes related to globalisation, digitisation and flexibilisation. The module will cover topics that are central to understanding the creative economy and key themes in
geography. For example, lectures and seminars will examine:

• The challenging labour conditions within creative industries such as music and fashion
• The ways in which producers create and communicate value for their goods, services and experiences in the competitive global marketplace
• The changing nature of consumption and growing importance of curators such as bloggers to the creative economy
• How and why these activities are contained within but also shaped by specific physical, temporary and virtual spaces
• The formation and relationship between global, local and trans-local cultural scenes such as Shoreditch in London
• Why cities are trying to attract creative firms and entrepreneurs and how individuals decide where to live and work in an era of unprecedented mobility
• To facilitate deep learning the module will combine conceptual engagements with theory and real world examples drawn from case studies in the UK and other international contexts including Canada and Sweden. Students will also be encouraged to reflect on their own experiences and to explore these topics first hand during independent research for their research papers.

The purpose of this module is to provide students with a critical, theoretical and applied understanding of the processes and spatial dynamics that are shaping the creative economy. It explores a range of interrelated economic, social, political and cultural issues from a geographical perspective.

GGES3021 is a module designed for students who are interested in the creative economy and how it is being shaped by geographical processes related to globalisation, digitisation and flexibilisation. The module will cover topics that are central to understanding the creative economy and key themes in
geography. For example, lectures and seminars will examine:

• The challenging labour conditions within creative industries such as music and fashion
• The ways in which producers create and communicate value for their goods, services and experiences in the competitive global marketplace
• The changing nature of consumption and growing importance of curators such as bloggers to the creative economy
• How and why these activities are contained within but also shaped by specific physical, temporary and virtual spaces
• The formation and relationship between global, local and trans-local cultural scenes such as Shoreditch in London
• Why cities are trying to attract creative firms and entrepreneurs and how individuals decide where to live and work in an era of unprecedented mobility
• To facilitate deep learning the module will combine conceptual engagements with theory and real world examples drawn from case studies in the UK and other international contexts including Canada and Sweden. Students will also be encouraged to reflect on their own experiences and to explore these topics first hand during independent research for their research papers.

The purpose of this module is to provide students with a critical, theoretical and applied understanding of the processes and spatial dynamics that are shaping the creative economy. It explores a range of interrelated economic, social, political and cultural issues from a geographical perspective.

GGES3021 is a module designed for students who are interested in the creative economy and how it is being shaped by geographical processes related to globalisation, digitisation and flexibilisation. The module will cover topics that are central to understanding the creative economy and key themes in
geography. For example, lectures and seminars will examine:

• The challenging labour conditions within creative industries such as music and fashion
• The ways in which producers create and communicate value for their goods, services and experiences in the competitive global marketplace
• The changing nature of consumption and growing importance of curators such as bloggers to the creative economy
• How and why these activities are contained within but also shaped by specific physical, temporary and virtual spaces
• The formation and relationship between global, local and trans-local cultural scenes such as Shoreditch in London
• Why cities are trying to attract creative firms and entrepreneurs and how individuals decide where to live and work in an era of unprecedented mobility
• To facilitate deep learning the module will combine conceptual engagements with theory and real world examples drawn from case studies in the UK and other international contexts including Canada and Sweden. Students will also be encouraged to reflect on their own experiences and to explore these topics first hand during independent research for their research papers.

The purpose of this module is to provide students with a critical, theoretical and applied understanding of the processes and spatial dynamics that are shaping the creative economy. It explores a range of interrelated economic, social, political and cultural issues from a geographical perspective.

The Crimean War (1853-56) was the most important Great Power conflict fought between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the outbreak of World War One in 1914. Yet its causes are uncertain and the way it was fought was often paradoxical: modern techniques of warfare, media reporting and medical care did not prevent this being a war characterised by blunder and incompetence, all played out in the glare of public scrutiny. Reputations were made and broken, Great Powers were humbled; we might ask did anyone win this war? Yet on the battlefield and beyond the implications and lessons of the war were wide-reaching for societies, economies and governments. This module therefore asks why did the war break out and how was it fought, while also examining its impact and legacy beyond the battlefield.

The Crimean War (1853-56) was the most important Great Power conflict fought between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the outbreak of World War One in 1914. Yet its causes are uncertain and the way it was fought was often paradoxical: modern techniques of warfare, media reporting and medical care did not prevent this being a war characterised by blunder and incompetence, all played out in the glare of public scrutiny. Reputations were made and broken, Great Powers were humbled; we might ask did anyone win this war? Yet on the battlefield and beyond the implications and lessons of the war were wide-reaching for societies, economies and governments. This module therefore asks why did the war break out and how was it fought, while also examining its impact and legacy beyond the battlefield.

The Crimean War (1853-56) was the most important Great Power conflict fought between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the outbreak of World War One in 1914. Yet its causes are uncertain and the way it was fought was often paradoxical: modern techniques of warfare, media reporting and medical care did not prevent this being a war characterised by blunder and incompetence, all played out in the glare of public scrutiny. Reputations were made and broken, Great Powers were humbled; we might ask did anyone win this war? Yet on the battlefield and beyond the implications and lessons of the war were wide-reaching for societies, economies and governments. This module therefore asks why did the war break out and how was it fought, while also examining its impact and legacy beyond the battlefield.