The course will comprise of an introductory session, five sessions on current and emerging issues in psycho-oncology, and five sessions on current and emerging issues in pain. The sessions will include lectures, student group presentations, and class discussions.
The module will provide an introduction to adult psychopathology, to present the psychological and biological models that have been developed to explain a variety of psychological disorders, and to examine both the empirical foundation of these models and the treatments based upon them such as cognitive behavioural therapy. Each session will focus on a new disorder and will typically discuss: i) diagnosis and classification; ii) epidemiology; iii) theoretical approaches to understanding the aetiology and maintenance of the disorder(s) (with particular reference to psychological models); iv) empirical evaluations of basic processes proposed by theoretical models; and v) theory-driven treatments and their efficacy. While the majority of the sessions will be given by the module convenor, there will be guest lectures from clinical psychologists working in the NHS, and experts on particular topics (e.g. anxiety, eating disorders, bipolar).
The module offers the opportunity to study theories, concepts and professional practices relevant to the analysis of the distribution and exhibition of smaller budget independent film, in a range of different contexts, both commercial and subsidised. It includes study of the ways in which economic, technological, and cultural factors can impact on film distribution and exhibition.
After a brief historical overview of the origins and development of English language teaching, we study current academic discussions about the need to adapt language teaching methodologies to different environments (the so-called ‘post-method condition’). Action research and exploratory practice will be introduced as a way to investigate, and find solutions to, issues that arise in specific classrooms. Students will then acquire a detailed overview of current issues in ML teaching methodology such as needs analysis, new trends in designing teaching materials, including genre-based teaching (both traditional and digital), the use of corpora for language teaching, English for Specific Purposes, English for Academics Purposes, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and technology enhanced language learning.
This module will support the student's Masters project work, and is centred around existing seminar series and other activities within the School of Biological Sciences and other Academic Units. It exposes students to current research and aims to enforce critical thinking, plus will ensure that students can communicate their own research effectively to different audiences, both to scientific colleagues and to the lay public, using a variety of delivery methods.
This module provides a detailed and up-to-date study of a small number of topics in modern cell biology
This third-year module aims to familiarize students with current topics in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, particularly those that are actively researched at the Centre for Perception and Cognition in the School of Psychology. Through lectures and tutorials, students will explore theoretical and experimental approaches to a wide range of topics including perception, attention and cognitive control, memory, learning, decision-making, neuroimaging, reading and the applications of AI in Psychology. This module stands out for its emphasis on the latest advancements in cognitive psychology and its efforts to establish methodological connections across different domains. Lectures offer a concise overview of key concepts in perceptual and cognitive processing, underscoring their significance in the ongoing research conducted by the lecturers. This enables an in-depth examination of recent research projects, exposing students to state-of-the-art techniques such as eye tracking, neuroimaging, and artificial intelligence. Real examples from lecturers' work offer firsthand experience of methods and concepts applicable in academic or non-academic careers.
This module aims to familiarize students with current topics in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, particularly those that are actively researched at the Centre for Perception and Cognition in the School of Psychology. Through lectures and tutorials, students will explore theoretical and experimental approaches to a wide range of topics including perception, attention and cognitive control, memory, learning, decision-making, neuroimaging, reading and the applications of AI in Psychology. This module stands out for its emphasis on the latest advancements in cognitive psychology and its efforts to establish methodological connections across different domains. Lectures offer a concise overview of key concepts in perceptual and cognitive processing, underscoring their significance in the ongoing research conducted by the lecturers. This enables an in-depth examination of recent research projects, exposing students to state-of-the-art techniques such as eye tracking, neuroimaging, and artificial intelligence. Real examples from lecturers' work offer firsthand experience of methods and concepts applicable in academic or non-academic careers.
This module introduces students to contemporary topics and issues in social psychology, with particular emphasis on areas of active research within the Centre for Research in Self and Identity in the School of Psychology. Students will engage with both theoretical and empirical approaches to a range of core topics, that may include: political psychology, psychology of work, beliefs about the self, emotion sharing, religion, technology and mental health, and evolutionary perspectives on behaviour. There will also be a focus on current methodological advances in social psychology, such as the use of social media data and other large-scale (“big data”) sources to investigate social psychological processes.
This module has been developed to connect cutting-edge research in the field of strategy and innovation to teaching in the classroom. Particularly, this module leverages state-of-the-art research from tutors in the Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship department, with the latest findings from their colleagues, operating in a global research environment. This enables learning about the latest developments in the strategy and innovation management field.
You will study approaches to curriculum design and development and examine the conceptions and models that support these processes. You will come to appreciate the complexities and issues that surround curriculum design, including the influences of stakeholders in managing and assessing the curriculum, and the reality of transforming theory into practice. A variety of contexts will be used to support your understanding of curriculum design, including the English National Curriculum and the curricula of other countries.
This module requires the learner to consider their particular environment in the context of wider curriculum design and development. It will require the student examines to compare and contrast different curriculum models. Students will explore appropriate models of evaluating education and training at work. This module is taught at M level.
This module will clarify the links between: identifying characteristics of consumers that can be measured or understood; the methods to measure or understand those characteristics; and how such measurements and understanding support marketing decision-making. It will focus upon how ubiquitous data from Internet can be used to understand and gain insight into consumption patterns and customer behaviour.
Understanding what motivates, influences and drives buyers to buy; be they consumers or business purchasers, is a critical area of learning in marketing. This module explores a range of buyer behaviour concepts, models and frameworks, enabling you to critically consider how these apply to different organisations and contexts. Further, this module supports you to connect with learning across your programme, in areas such as customer insight and marketing data analysis, to consider how understanding buyer behaviour can contribute to the development of effective and relevant marketing actions.
This module is designed to introduce you to the human dimension of cybercrime and cyber security. It is not coming from a technical perspective, but instead a critical criminological approach is applied to the topic. This means that we will be questioning theory, policy and practice, and discuss the way that this area might develop in the future.
This module covers two aspects of a pivotal intersection: applying security to defend machine learning and leveraging machine learning to enhance security. The aims at a high level are to: - Investigate security issues around machine learning systems - Review a variety of defence mechanisms for machine learning systems - Explore the use of machine learning in cyber security
Film Noir is one of Hollywood’s perennial cult genres, yet it is notoriously difficult to define, as it essentially amounts to a retrospective invention by critics. This module will attempt an understanding of the term through reference to its cultural contexts, placing the main corpus of the genre’s classics within its original historical moment of the 1940s and 1950s, as well as exploring its later Neo-Noir and global incarnations
