Module marketing data (PG)

Some information about a fake module.

This module will provide you with a fundamental understanding of biotechnological, molecular biology and genetic engineering to give you a clear understanding of the scientific principles and how these have been used to advance biotechnology and industrial bioprocesses. It lays the foundation for further in-depth studies of biological systems being, or with potential for, commercial exploitation.

This module will introduce you to the range of fundamental operations used by process engineers, who perform chemical and biological reactions on a large scale and separate the raw products into finished materials suitable for the marketplace.

In this module you will engage with the latest advances in innovation as they apply to industry, with an emphasis on the bio sciences sector. You will interpret and contextualise the mindset of a disruptive innovator through the use of Jobs-to-be-Done thinking, evaluate how digital and new media innovation 2.0 methods are transforming the innovation process more generally and within bio sciences specifically, critically assess how innovation programmes are designed and deployed, learn how to deploy creativity and de-construct the research commercialisation process.

This module explains the integration of unit operations into functional and commercially viable bioprocesses. You will become familiar with the principles and methodologies of modern chemical plant design and will be introduced to the multidisciplinary, step-wise approach to the design project, starting from a conceptual phase up to the front end engineering design.

The project is a stand-alone component of the MSc allowing you to experience first-hand research skills, hypothesis development, hypothesis testing, data collection, data handling, data evaluation and result presentation.

The project is a stand-alone component of the MSc allowing you to experience first-hand research skills, hypothesis development, hypothesis testing, data collection, data handling, data evaluation and result presentation.

This module will provide you an understanding of the environmental and safety risks associated with technology together with methods for limiting damage and risk.

In this module you will develop a detailed knowledge of the potential for drug discovery and exploitation by the pharmaceutical industry and a critical appreciation of some of the various techniques in use. You will acquire an integrated understanding of the breadth and depth of medicinal drug design and productions.

The 'Employability and Career Education: Strategy and Inclusive Design' module aims to develop confident and creative practice in shaping career and employability-related education in the higher education sector. It aims to help learners: develop strategic approaches that maximise opportunities for employability and career-related learning inside and/or outside the curriculum; creatively design a series of connected workshops or educational activities and structures relating to employability and career development; embrace student diversity through social justice-focused, critical, and inclusive educational approaches; and engage in the assessment and evaluation of related learning activities.

The Dissertation modules enable participants to develop knowledge and understanding of a specialist area within the broad fields of career development, career coaching, coaching and work-related learning. The modules are taught principally via individual supervision and an online dissertation guide. You may also need access to materials in the CE956 'Research in Professional Practice' (formerly Research Project) module virtual learning space.

The Dissertation modules enable participants to develop knowledge and understanding of a specialist area within the broad fields of career development, career coaching, coaching and work-related learning. The modules are taught principally via individual supervision and an online dissertation guide, You may also need access to materials in the CE956 'Research in Professional Practice' (formerly Research Project) module virtual learning space.

This module enables students to develop a deep understanding of employee resourcing and talent management within the context of career development practice within organisations and external career coaching to support candidates and employees.
Students will be able to work with clients in a career coaching context to support them through these processes.

This module enables students to develop a deep understanding of employee resourcing and talent management within the context of career development practice within organisations and external career coaching to support candidates and employees.

Students will be able to work with clients in a career coaching context to support them through these processes.

This module enables participants to develop an overview of the wider context in which higher education careers work takes place. The module is designed to develop reflective practice in HE careers work focusing on: the student experience; the evolution and current development of higher education; the management of career and employability work; roles, organisations and policies; professional ethics, theoretical perspectives and values.

This module aims to develop systematic knowledge and comprehensive understanding of classic and contemporary career development theories from a range of discipline areas. It also aims at enhancing confident and creative theoretically-informed practice in relation to a range of relevant roles.

This module enables participants to develop understanding and skills in career coaching, and their use in career development. Students also integrate this understanding with their practice in a variety of contexts.

This module enables participants to develop knowledge and understanding of the relationships between career development and learning and to integrate and apply this in the design of career-related learning in formal and informal contexts.

To develop a knowledge and understanding of the critical role played by LMI and career-related information in supporting and enabling clients’ and learners’ employability skills.
To integrate and apply this knowledge and critical understanding to a range of career development and coaching core concepts, contexts and practices.
To integrate career development theories, the learning alliance, and career coaching concepts and models to ensure critically-informed practice.

This module enables participants to develop knowledge and understanding of classic and contemporary perspectives on career, vocation and calling and to integrate and apply these perspectives with career development and coaching in a variety of contexts and practices.

To develop understanding of research methods necessary to complete a small-scale research project related to professional practice including literature review, research questions, research strategy, sources, evaluative framework, reflexivity, and dissemination.

This module provides you with a comprehensive view of the skills and knowledge required to build and maintain an effective coaching relationship. You will develop detailed theoretical and practical knowledge about integrity, confidentiality, respect, support, and challenge, while holding the coachee in “unconditional positive regard.”

This module provides you with a comprehensive view of the key skills and theoretical knowledge required to manage the coaching process, facilitate progress for the coachee, and to congruently address issues that are counter to the achievement of the coachee’s (and sponsor’s) objectives.

This module provides you with a comprehensive knowledge of the theoretical basis for developing a deep awareness of what is happening within the self and for the coachee during a coaching conversation. You will develop a systematic knowledge and comprehensive understanding of ‘coaching presence’ and, through self-awareness, develop confident and creative professional practice.

This module provides you with comprehensive knowledge of the ethics and standards required in professional coaching, as well as maintaining high levels of professional practice through supervision and continuing professional development.

This module provides you with comprehensive knowledge of the foundation skills and theoretical perspectives required for coaching in a range of contexts. Linked to professional competencies, this module is designed to develop systematic theoretical knowledge, skills in practice, and self-awareness, focusing on three fundamental coaching elements: Active listening, Powerful Questioning, and Direct Communication. The module will also focus on how listening, questioning and direct communication are fundamental to developing the working and learning alliance, and consider the integrated nature of coaching.

This module provides students with comprehensive knowledge of the skills and theoretical perspectives relating to leadership coaching and team coaching. The module is designed to develop systematic theoretical knowledge, skills in practice and self-awareness, focussing on coaching in organisations in which leadership coaching and team coaching will be used. This module takes an andragogical approach, with individual learning at the centre. The module will involve blended learning consisting of intensive all-day workshops plus virtual learning environment including online private module learning material accompanied by webinar and/or tutorial.

During this interdisciplinary module students will learn about theory and practice of different types of chromatography and their application in real-world scenarios. They will develop the skills necessary to decide how to decide which methods are the most appropriate for a given separation problem - whether for analysis or purification of, for example, synthetic polymers, biomolecules, or biopharmaceuticals. The module includes workshops on data interpretation and lab sessions providing students with hands on experience with several different chromatographic methods.

Research questions in academia and industry generally require the development and integration of several analytical techniques. The aim of this module is to make students aware of these requirements. It is the culmination of the taught part of the course, and constitutes the ideal preparation for the research project and future careers in analytical laboratories. The practical work for this module involves team work to solve real analytical problems using multiple techniques and professional data analysis. Literature work will be required as the basis of method development.

This module will introduce practical fundamentals of qualitative and quantitative analysis. We will consider practical aspects of sampling and calibration techniques. The laboratory sessions will include quantitative analyses using volumetry, gravimetry, UV-visible, IR, Raman as well as NMR spectroscopy and state-of-the art inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICP) techniques.

To introduce students from a range of different backgrounds to advanced analytical techniques. To ensure students appreciate the links between need for measurement, instrumentation design, data quality and data analysis.

This module provides a foundation in the principles and applications of microscopy, starting with basics of light microscopy and progressing to state of the art superresolution microscopy, electron microscopy and scanned probe microscopy.

The latter includes atomic force microscopy and electrochemical imaging techniques for which Warwick is particularly well-known. The module includes workshops on image analysis and seminars that cover the most recent developments in the field.

This module provides a foundation in the principles and applications of microscopy, starting with basics of light microscopy and progressing to state of the art superresolution microscopy, electron microscopy and scanned probe microscopy. The latter includes atomic force microscopy and electrochemical imaging techniques for which Warwick is particularly well-known. The module includes workshops on image analysis and seminars that cover the most recent developments in the field.

The aim of this module is to give students a basic understanding of the statistical methods appropriate to data analysis in analytical science, and to provide guidance on some statistical tools for more advanced study.

Topics include: basic probability; error analysis and calibration; summarising data and testing simple hypotheses; statistical computing (software and practice, including simple graphics); experimental design and analysis of variance; sampling methods and quality control; simple analysis of multivariate data.

Each session will combine lecture and data analysis workshop. At the end of the course the student should be able to appreciate the added value that statistical analysis can bring to research to perform basic statistical analyses of simple data sets using statistical software to design simple experiments.

The aim of this module is to give students a basic understanding of the statistical methods appropriate to data analysis in analytical science, and to provide guidance on some statistical tools for more advanced study. Topics include: basic probability; error analysis and calibration; summarising data and testing simple hypotheses; statistical computing (software and practice, including simple graphics); experimental design and analysis of variance; sampling methods and quality control; simple analysis of multivariate data. Each session will combine lecture and data analysis workshop. At the end of the course the student should be able to appreciate the added value that statistical analysis can bring to research to perform basic statistical analyses of simple data sets using statistical software to design simple experiments.

Introduction to biomolecules: proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, carbohydrates Cell structure and contents Bonding and principles of quantum chemistry Inter-molecular forces Basic synthesis methodologies and mechanisms Thermodynamics Enzyme kinetics

This module provides a genre-based focus on academic scientific papers.
Through a focus on models of professional writing, it explores particular features of science papers such as how to reference to the literature, where and when to outline the methodology, and how to present results and conclusions.
An integral part of this approach is for participants to bring along samples of their own writing (e.g. lab reports or research articles). Students will be asked to provide critiques and action plans, as well as to engage in peer reviews.

This module is intended to allow you to develop and demonstrate your capacity to communicate scientific concepts through writing short, focused scientific articles. It will facilitate engagement with a variety of audiences and the use of a range of strategies to describe scientific procedures, summarise and disseminate findings, write reviews, and formulate effective instructions. It also aims to develop critical thinking and peer review skills.

This module aims to help you to communicate your research findings accurately and concisely to different audiences. The main focus is on how to communicate in print, radio and TV to non-scientific audiences, but the skills will translate across to your research reports and presentations. It is based on a 3-day course at Warwick and BBC Coventry & Warwickshire which will consist of a variety of seminars by experts in the field.

CH948 is based around you completing and recording tasks that you are already doing as part of your degree, completing a portfolio and reflecting on what you have learnt. The various aspects are described in the course booklet (below) which forms a basis for your portfolio. This will be required to be finally submitted at the completion of the course (some aspects relate to your research project) and will be assessed by me. Please note that this is not graded but is a pass/fail module (you are required to pass all aspects to pass the module and in turn required to pass the module to pass the degree).

There are many aspects involved in undertaking original research, including the student’s own ability to think and to be creative. In addition, students need to have a range of skills that will enable them to use their intrinsic academic ability and scientific creativity to produce world class research. Some of the skills are technical, e.g. how you use a particular piece of equipment to collect data, but many of them transcend the details of a particular project. This module is designed to help them gain those transferable research skills.

MSc project 20 weeks

This module aims to provide a detailed overview of the fundamental considerations and hypotheses of polymer chemistry ensuring that all students have a suitable background knowledge of the major synthetic methods and mechanisms as well as appropriate physical chemistry knowledge to excel in the more advanced aspects of the course. The material will focus on highlighting the importance of advanced polymer structures as well as comprehensive teaching of all applicable polymer synthesis techniques.

The module runs through term 1 & 2 with seminars delivered by internal researchers (PhD, PDRA, ECFs) and external professionals (e.g. industrial polymer scientists). The seminars take place on Friday afternoons between 1300-1500. Before each lecture you will write a 500 word 'mini-essay' on the topic to be covered in the seminar. This should include 3 questions to be asked and discussed with the speaker and 3 primary references (research articles) from the literature. Following the lecture you will write 100-200 words to discuss the answer to your questions. Finally, working with an academic, you will choose to either write a mini review article or prepare a poster on a research topic covered during the seminar series. You will also be expected to attend the department of Chemistry external seminar series.

This module aims to provide advanced level laboratory experience to the students in the polymer chemistry field. Students will be practically performing polymerization as a part of other modules of the Polymer Chemistry MSc program. Here, more advanced aspects are encountered and particular emphasis is placed on creative experimental design. Since, the students have (at least indirect) access to research-quality analytical equipment, evaluation and interpretation of original data is highlighted. The students will be able to implement some aspects of good practice in measurement science in a research context. The chemical systems and molecules that will be characterised will be generally of an unknown nature. Safety aspects of laboratory work will also take a step closer to the research context since some of the associated hazards will vary considerably between one student’s work and the next.

The cohort will be split into groups that will work together to share knowledge and understanding of an area of contemporary polymer chemistry with the aim of writing a proposal to address a challenge within this area. The proposal will be written and also presented orally at a specially arranged session. The proposals will then be peer-reviewed by the other groups against strict criteria.

This module is co-taught with the undergraduate MChem course CH404: Synthetic Chemistry III (Macromol) and consists of 10 lectures between October and December. Two lecturers will deliver the content and you will have an extended workshop with each lecturer (just Polymer MSc students) to discuss recent literature in the area. The assessed work component will be to write an essay detailing literature advances by an assigned author relating to the content of the lectures.

Colloid science is a fundamental and essential aspect of polymer chemistry. The area experiences great interest from the chemical industries across a great variety of application areas, such as laundry care and personal care products, drug delivery formulations, food and drinks, coatings and adhesives, agricultural formulations and many others.

The ability to characterise polymers/composites and link this to their observable properties is crucial, and this module will cover many advanced aspects of this. In particular, diffraction and scattering techniques and how polymer physical properties affect their processibility. Students will be given the chance to obtain real data in the laboratories and link this to the lecture material.

Twenty-week individual project including approximately 4 weeks write up, carrying out research on a specialised topic in Chemistry or a closely related subject under the direction of an academic or industrial supervisor and their team.

The changes to global climate being brought about by human activity present one of the greatest challenges to confront humanity, and are likely to have a profound effect over the working lives of today's humans. Understanding these climate changes requires a comprehensive understanding of the causes and consequences of global carbonisation, and responses require an approach spanning multiple disciplines. This module will equip students to understand and address climate change by providing a grounding in the central scientific, economic and political issues surrounding climate change in the past, present, and potential futures.

There are increasing pressures on engineers to maintain and conserve materials within society. Landfill and incineration are widely becoming disfavoured with governmental organisations and society pushing for products to be made in a more circular fashion. This pressure is only going to increase and be more prominent during the careers of today's students. This module examines the need for significant change in the design philosophy employed in product and process design through the application of circular eco-design principles. It also goes on to critically analyse the responses to those pressures including consumer behaviour, legislation and alternative design practices. All of this is performed in the context of being able to metricise the improvements that are being made to a given system through the application of life cycle engineering; understanding the environmental, economic and social impacts of circular eco-design and communicating them to wider stakeholders.

This module focuses on the core principles and concepts of energy generation, energy conversion and energy storage systems applied in electrical and electronic systems.

Global environmental challenges have necessitated using different approaches to solving the climate crisis. Nature-based Solutions and carbon capture are actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural or modified ecosystems. They address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits. Nature-based solutions and carbon capture approaches and technologies can contribute to delivering sustainable environmental management. Students will acquire the skills to identify, evaluate, and perform feasibility designs of different nature-based solutions and carbon capture approaches and technologies.

In the 20th century polymer science gave us materials with remarkable and durable properties to the great benefit of humanity. Plastics were fantastic. Now, a green polymer (r)evolution is urgently needed so that plastics will be the material that rebalances the needs and prosperity of humanity with the environmental and sustainable needs of our planet. This module will discuss how different types of plastics are made, what they are used for and why they are the current material of choice. It will discuss the environmental sustainability challenges that we face and how we can find an environmental sustainable way forward to live in harmony with a healthier planet.

A stable and reliable supply of food is essential for human wellbeing and survival. Our global food systems are under immense pressure from population growth, climate change and socioeconomic factors such as war. We need to produce and distribute food in a system that is equitable and environmentally sustainable. Our global and regional food systems currently contribute to escalating carbon emissions. Therefore, it is vital that we strive to decarbonize our food system. However, the food system is complex and presents many challenges as well as opportunities for improvement.

Twenty-week individual project including approximately 4 weeks write up, carrying out research on a specialised topic under the direction of an academic or industrial supervisor and their team.

Successful completion of university level research requires student to have made a ‘substantial contribution to knowledge’ (to quote university regulations) and that this is communicated to an appropriate research community. There are many aspects involved in undertaking original research, including the student’s own ability to think and to be creative. In addition, students need to have a range of skills that will enable them to use their intrinsic academic ability and scientific creativity to produce world class research. Some of the skills are technical, e.g. how you use a particular piece of equipment or a method to collect data, but many of them transcend the details of a particular project.

This module aims to introduce apprentices to a wide range of practical, laboratory and transferable skills they will need in their everyday practice. The module will focus on three main areas:

1. Analytical science laboratory skills
2. Employer specific practical skills
3. Transferable skills with focus on science communication

This module contains a combination of practical analytical and polymer chemistry experiments. The analytical components cover the fundamentals of qualitative and quantitative analysis and the laboratory sessions will include chromatography, titration and Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) analysis, (Infra-red (IR) and Raman spectroscopy and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy. The polymer component will introduce students to a range of polymerization techniques, including controlled radical, free radical, ionic and heterogeneous polymerization. The course will serve to introduce students to safety aspects of laboratory work and the students will gain experience and expertise in the use of research quality analytical equipment.

This module will introduce you to crucial and often complex questions in the study of Modern Languages and the cultures to which they relate. You will gain a broad theoretical understanding and methodological framework for the detailed study of further texts and/or visual media, so that you can approach critical issues of cultural production, interpretation and the construction of meaning in texts, films and other media. You will also become familiar with relevant vocabulary and methodologies for advanced cultural analysis.

The dissertation is intended to give students the opportunity to consolidate the knowledge that they have acquired in foundational modules and to undertake a research led project. Students are expected to carry out a significant development exercise, either in the form of a research project or a knowledge transfer project that compliments advanced topics studied during the course.

The module aims to facilitate students' acquisition of a range of research methods to become able to critically review and contribute to academic publications, ensure that students are aware of the legal framework within which research is conducted, and that students are sensitive to the social and ethical issues which affect Computer Science research.

This module will help you understand the value of data mining in solving real-world problems, as well as the foundational concepts underlying data mining. You will also understand the algorithms commonly used in data mining tools to gain the ability to apply data mining tools to real-world problems.

You will study techniques for how to go from raw data to a deeper understanding of the patterns and structures within the data, to support making predictions and decisions.

The dissertation is intended to give you the opportunity to consolidate the knowledge that you have acquired during the first half of the MSc, and to undertake a research-led project. You will be expected to carry out a significant development exercise, either in the form of a research project or a knowledge transfer project that applies recent research and the advanced topics taught in the first half of the course.

The aim of the module is to equip you with a grounding in foundations of computing, to enable students from a wider background to confidently undertake a taught Master's programme in advanced computing topics.

The dissertation is intended to give you the opportunity to consolidate the knowledge that you have acquired during the first half of the MSc, and to undertake a research-led project. You will be expected to carry out a significant development exercise, either in the form of a research project or a knowledge transfer project that applies recent research and the advanced topics taught in the first half of the course.

The aim of the module is to equip you with a grounding in foundations of computing and to enable you to confidently undertake a taught master's programme in advanced computing topics.

Introduction to the main toolbox of modern AI and ML, touching upon the basics of supervised and unsupervised learning, delving deeper into Reinforcement Learning. The module serves as a taster for students considering further specialisation in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

The purpose of the module is to provide students who specialise in the subject area with in-depth knowledge about artificial intelligence and machine learning. Both are rapidly developing disciplines within computer science, with increasing importance in the age of digital transformation and emerging technologies, with significant economic impact.

This module covers basic concepts in security, including security principles, elementary cryptography, authentication, Operating System security, software security, web security, and network security. The aim is to enable a broad understanding of computer and internet security in a real-world context. It serves as an introductory course to first-year MSc students who have no or limited security background.

This module covers advanced topics in computer and internet security. Through a hands-on approach, students will learn how attacks on computer systems work and how to apply defensive mechanisms to prevent attacks. By directly engaging with the attack and defence techniques, students will gain a deep understanding of core security topics, including cryptography, software security, web security and network security.

The aim of the module is to make students more competent programmers and to expose students to different fundamental data structures and algorithmic techniques, to illustrate how choices of data structures and algorithms can impact performance and memory requirements.

The aim of this module will be to introduce mathematical concepts and techniques from probability theory and optimisation that are fundamental to many modern computing applications and are necessary for more advanced topics in computer science. The module will blend theory with examples to illustrate how mathematical methods can be applied to solve real-life computing problems.

This module introduces basic concepts and techniques for data analysis with diverse types, including tabular, text, time series, and geospatial data. Students will gain practical skills in data cleaning, dimensionality reduction, visualisation, and exploratory analysis, as well as methods and algorithms for managing and analysing real-world datasets efficiently. It serves as a taster for students considering further study in the Computational Data Analytics module.

This module introduces basic concepts and techniques for data analysis with diverse types, including tabular, text, time series, and geospatial data. Students will gain practical skills in data cleaning, dimensionality reduction, visualisation, and exploratory analysis, as well as methods and algorithms for managing and analysing real-world datasets efficiently.

This advanced data analytics module explores state-of-the-art techniques for analysing complex, high-dimensional, and multimodal data at scale. Students will apply modern methods in data integration, embedding, visualisation, and privacy-preserving analytics using scalable tools. The module aims to deepen students' understanding of applied machine learning and data infrastructure in practical, data-intensive environments.

In this introductory prose workshop you will develop your expressive and technical skills in writing prose fiction, improve your skills as an editor and critic of your own and others’ work, gain a critical understanding of literary craft and technique, develop an understanding of the relationship between your work and the work of classic and contemporary authors.

This module will investigate the presence/absence of the author in nonfiction writing. We will address the limitations and the possibilities, and how creative nonfiction writing relates to all forms of self-expression we have today, from memoirs to social networks.

Students are invited to translate into English texts from whatever language – ancient or modern – they choose, with the translated text being examined in workshop sessions where participants collaboratively explore challenges, alternatives, and general principles.

Through this workshop approach, students come to understand the particular challenges of the languages from which they are translating and appreciate the complex processes by which translators deploy literary techniques to do justice to original works while enriching their own use of English. Students will attempt translations across a range of modes and forms, supported by readings from translated literature and Translation Studies that allow them to reflect critically on their practice.

Build on the foundations of Writing for Screen I as you complete a new professional-level screenwriting projects. You’ll refine your understanding of genre conventions when writing horror, thriller, comedy and science fiction. You’ll develop deeper skills around narrative structure and character development, while deepening your awareness of the production process and its impact on the writer. You’ll also explore strategies for pitching and packaging your screenplays for industry professionals. By the end of the module, you’ll have developed a confident, distinctive screenwriting voice and be equipped with the tools to navigate the competitive film and television landscape.

Explore the craft of screenwriting across film and television, focusing on adaptation You’ll analyse contemporary screenplays and take part in practical writing exercises to begin developing your own original projects. You’ll learn the structural and stylistic differences between writing for film and television, and experiment with format, voice, and genre. By the end of the module, you’ll have a strong foundation in screenwriting techniques and a clear understanding of how to position your work within the UK screen industry.

The Final Project & Writing Residence is mentored by a professional writer/artist/members of the core course team. Engaged participation in this writing residence acts as a stimulus to your development of a full-length written project for your chosen form of media. This work will be developed under the supervision of a mentor from our core course team.

An intensive two-day residency on campus will offer a 'hothouse' of talks and sessions run by outside professional practitioners designed to stimulate and accelerate creative project development.

After the residency, students will plan, draft, and edit a large scale writing project. This might be; an audio drama or podcast pilot, a game, a screenplay, a zine for flash fiction, etc. This module requires a high level of personal organisation and independent learning, but is the ideal opportunity for the student to develop some of the skills that writers need to complete more complex works, both in terms of craft (e.g. high level structural understanding, consistency of voice) and process (e.g. writing discipline and editorial mentality).

Each student will be assigned a supervisor who will offer hour long four one-to-one tutorials to be used as the student prefers. In addition to helping students begin, develop, interrogate, redraft, produce and polish their work, tutors will offer students reading lists that are tailored to the students' particular needs and interests. The interaction with the supervisor mimics the relationships that a writer has with agents, producers and editors in the professional world.

Writing and Collaboration focuses on the writing team in its various forms, with the aim of preparing students for the challenges of writing collaboratively and the opportunities it brings. Traditionally, writers are taught that they exist in a bubble, that their work is theirs and their alone, however, due to the evolving nature of the digital world, this is often no longer the case – this module seeks to fill that gap and prepare our students for the world beyond the classroom.

This module aims to provide a full understanding of different writing team structures, understanding their benefits and possible pitfalls. By looking at practical, real-world examples, students will be encouraged to critique these structures, to find the places where certain teams have failed and others succeeded, and to examine how we manage individual ego with wider group compromise. A core aim will be for students have practice within the widest possible range of genres and forms, and to produce a collaborative film project, designed and produced by the entire group, to a professional standard.

This core module is designed to introduce you to the major issues in the study of ancient visual and material culture, and to key methodologies and approaches.

This module provides a broad grounding in the interpretation of the various different aspects of ancient material culture, which can then be pursued further in the individual option modules.

This core module allows students to undertake a significant piece of independent research, applying the methods and techniques developed throughout the programme.

The British School at Athens postgraduate courses focus on different themes each year, such as numismatics, epigraphy, pottery, and art. These courses run in late Spring/early Summer, and students must apply in the preceding Autumn via Warwick.

Places are allocated based on academic merit and cannot be guaranteed. Prior knowledge of ancient Greek is essential for some courses; so if you choose the BSA module you can also take Greek as ancient language module (see below CX911-30). Once a place is accepted, students are committed to attending the course in Greece.

You must select the BSA module from the start (see module code). If unsuccessful, you will take a second optional module at Warwick and graduate with the Taught MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture. In this case, you will audit another optional module in the autumn term, which can be dropped in the spring if preferred.

The City of Rome postgraduate course, run by the British School at Rome, takes place in April and May. Students must apply in the preceding November via Warwick. Places are awarded based on academic merit and cannot be guaranteed. Prior knowledge of Italian is a priority; so if you choose the BSR module you will also take Italian as modern language module (see below (CX911-30). Once accepted, students are committed to attending the course in Rome.

You must select the BSR module from the start (see module code). If unsuccessful, you will take a second optional module at Warwick and graduate with the Taught MA in Ancient Visual and Material Culture. In this case, you’ll audit another optional module in the autumn term, which can be dropped in the spring if preferred.

As part of the taught element of the MA you can study an ancient or modern language for one of your four modules. This can be used either to further your skills in ancient Greek or Latin, or to develop the knowledge of a modern language, such as Italian, German or French, which will be necessary for further research.

This module, delivered through weekly seminars, aims to provide specialist training in research methods and tools for studying ancient texts, and critically explores the discipline of ‘Classics’, both in its evolution and in its possible future orientations.

The module allows students to explore a range of methodologies and critical approaches, and to develop postgraduate-level skills in presenting scholarly arguments to a professional standard. It offers an opportunity to build on undergraduate knowledge and to gain expertise essential for doctoral research in Classics.

This core module in the MA in Ancient Literature and Thought allows students to undertake a substantial piece of independent research on a topic of their choice, applying the methods and skills developed throughout the programme.

The module aims to provide postgraduate training in the literary interpretation and analysis of classical Latin texts in a variety of forms and genres. Students may take this module with texts in Latin or in translation. It runs in the second term of the course, allowing students to develop and put into practice the techniques and methodologies studied in the first term’s core module, ‘Approaching Ancient Texts’.

For those taking the module with texts in Latin, linguistic skills will be brought up to postgraduate level, and you will be introduced to the fundamentals of textual criticism. All students will acquire the knowledge and skills required to respond critically to the most advanced classical scholarship. The seminar format is designed to encourage you to exchange ideas and experiment with scholarly arguments in a supportive and stimulating setting.

The module aims to provide postgraduate training in the literary interpretation and analysis of ancient Greek literary texts in a variety of forms and genres. Students may take this module with texts in Greek or in translation. It runs in the second term of the course, allowing students to develop and put into practice the techniques and methodologies studied in the first term’s core module, ‘Approaching Ancient Texts’.

For those taking the module with texts in Greek, your linguistic skills will be brought up to postgraduate level and you will be introduced to the fundamentals of textual criticism. All students will acquire the knowledge and skills required to respond critically to the most advanced classical scholarship.

This module presents students with a holistic journey into researching, understanding and anticipating people's needs in diverse contexts as stakeholders. Enabling students through their designer's skillset and mindset to apply a range of approaches and methods to understand attitudes, behaviours across the product or project lifecycle is going to present them with capabilities to inform design and commercial decisions . Students will be taught how to use embodied, sensory and live design research methods alongside established market insight to support the overall design process and product development.

This module will develop your capabilities in sustainable design theories and practices, grounded in an understanding of the interconnected ecological, social, and economic factors that shape decision-making. Through co-design, networked leadership, and systemic design, you will learn to address complex organisational challenges and translate them into actionable interventions. The module ultimately equips you to integrate sustainability into strategic decision-making and contribute effectively to the sustainable transformation of organisations.

In this module, you will learn to understand and apply the core theoretical models used in macroeconomics, for both closed and open economies, and how to use them to enhance your comprehension of real-world macroeconomic experiences, especially involving macroeconomic policy. By the end of this module, you should be able to present clearly and methodically your understanding of a variety of common theoretical models and their inter-relationships, including the use of equations and graphics. We will typically cover all major areas, including but not limited to, flexible pricing and sticky-price models; consumption and growth; wage-setting and unemployment; fiscal and monetary policy; international trade and exchange rate systems; and international financial markets. 

You will gain a solid understanding of intermediate and some advanced principles of microeconomics and be exposed to a range of applications of theory. You will spend time on the use of mathematical concepts in the field for analysis, and cover important principles of general equilibrium and social welfare, market failure, choice and uncertainty, and static and dynamic games of complete and incomplete information. By the end of this module, you will be able to analyse a range of microeconomic concepts, using a variety of approaches, including graphical and mathematical techniques and apply your knowledge to policy issues and to the analysis of different sectors. 

You'll be equipped with important skills of both academic and vocational value, being an essential part of the intellectual training of an economist and also useful for your future career. This includes an awareness of the empirical approach to economics; experience in analysis and use of empirical data; understanding the nature of uncertainty and methods of dealing with it; and using econometric software packages as tools of quantitative and statistical analysis. 

This module will develop your understanding of key microeconomic principles, covering some of the most important topics, concepts and methods used in modern microeconomic analysis, along with relevant policy, evidence and applications. The syllabus may cover, but is not limited to, the following areas: consumer theory, behavioural economics, choice under uncertainty, general equilibrium, introduction to game theory, incomplete information, auctions and principal-agent problems, with reference to policy and evidence.

This module will equip you with the necessary skills required for research, including both the acquisition of habits of thought and knowledge of the techniques of modern mathematics, statistics and econometrics. The module does not aim to go beyond the development of these fundamental professional skills.

This module will provide you with a thorough understanding of material needed for empirical quantitative analysis, particularly applied econometrics. You will understand how to produce high quality empirical econometric analysis using cross-sectional, time-series, and panel data, and also learn to interpret critically empirical results.

This module is a challenging technical course. It covers advanced topics in global finance and aims to equip students with a variety of theoretical and econometric tools to understand current events in the global economy and to analyse policy responses. It departs from standard theoretical models of international finance and uses mathematical tools and econometric methods to build up from these models and to assess complex issues relating to the global finance.

This course focuses on the tools and models of modern macroeconomics, with particular focus on business cycle theory, as well as asset markets and monetary policy. Modern macroeconomic theory is micro founded, and it uses models and mathematical tools to quantitatively explain stylized empirical facts. The objective of this class is to introduce students to the main theories concerning the central questions in macroeconomics. We will not only understand the motivation, intuition and implications of each model, but we will also learn the mathematical or numerical tools needed to solve these models. In particular, the course covers the basic conceptual and numerical tools needed to construct and solve dynamic stochastic equilibrium models. In addition, we will discuss the limitations of each model and the open research questions of the field to guide those students who will go on to pursue research on this area of study. 

We will consider separately normal form games and then dynamic games. Some topics in dynamic programming (essentially one person dynamic games), particularly in search games, will also be covered. 

You will have the opportunity to pose an interesting research question in economics, to find the correct methods for analysing the question, including development of theoretical models and/or analysis of data where appropriate, and to write up your results independently. 

The aim of the module is to equip students with the analytical tools and the knowledge to study and understand the economics of unemployment, jobs and wages. The module relates recent developments in labour-economics research with policy-relevant issues.

You'll be equipped with important skills of both academic and vocational value, being an essential part of the intellectual training of an economist and also useful for your future career. This includes an awareness of the empirical approach to economics; experience in analysis and use of empirical data; understanding the nature of uncertainty and methods of dealing with it; and using econometric software packages as tools of quantitative and statistical analysis.

This module is designed to provide an overview of the financial markets. It will explain the integration of firms’ investment decisions with financial instruments. Key topics include investment related to the bond and stock market, capital asset pricing, consumption-based asset pricing models, and systemic risk.

On this module, you will learn to understand and apply the core theoretical models used in macroeconomics, for both closed and open economies, in order to enhance your comprehension of real-world macroeconomic experiences, especially involving macroeconomic policy. By the end of this module, you should be able to present clearly and methodically your understanding of a variety of common theoretical models and their inter-relationships, including through the use of equations and graphics. We will typically cover all major areas, including but not limited to, flexible pricing and sticky-price models; consumption and growth; wage-setting and unemployment; fiscal and monetary policy; international trade and exchange rate systems; and international financial markets.

This module will provide a brief introduction to the meaning and scope of environmental economics. It will then outline key theoretical and methodological tools to study how to evaluate and manage natural resources. Key policy instruments to deal with contemporary environmental problems, such as climate change, sustainable development and pollution will be discussed offering an overview of the behavioural responses to environmental conservation and protection. The module will finally look at the linkage between environmental health and (in)justice to outline policy instruments and cutting-edge research that work towards improved justice and sustainability in the environmental health arena.

The module aims to develop your skills and knowledge of microeconomics necessary for a career as an academic economist and in all areas where advanced research skills in economics are required. Specifically, it aims to teach you the ability to understand, appreciate, and ultimately contribute to, frontier research. You will develop a thorough understanding of the main techniques of modern microeconomic theory; a detailed knowledge of recent research in key areas of microeconomic theory and be able to apply these to develop microeconomic models in your own research. 

In this module you will focus on the development of the skills and knowledge of advanced macroeconomics, which are fundamental for a career as an academic economist. You will develop a thorough understanding of modern macroeconomic theory; and the ability to read and understand ground-breaking research in macroeconomics published in top journals. For those intending to pursue a career in macroeconomics, the course provides the basic tools required to pursue their own research agenda. 

In this module you will focus on another important area of advanced research skills: advanced econometrics. You will develop an advanced understanding of the main aspects of modern econometric theory and techniques used in research at the forefront of the field. 

The principal aim of this module is to serve as a bridge between theoretical material taught in other year-one core modules and the practical application of theory and methods to concrete research questions, informed by other considerations (such as institutional structures). The focus is on development of the skills needed to conduct research, including identifying and formulating research questions informed by current debates both in academia and outside it (for example in public policy). You will learn to identify appropriate sources and methods, deal with the practical aspects of deploying those methods, and communicate/disseminate research results effectively. 

By comparison with the other core modules taken by students in the first year of the MRes programme, this module is distinctive in its emphasis on learning by example and on learning by doing. 

This module aims to provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to autonomously investigate and carry out novel research in your chosen area of economics, at PhD level. 

The module aims to develop the skills and knowledge of advanced economic theory necessary for a career as an academic economist and in all areas where advanced research skills in economics are required. Specifically, it aims to teach the students to understand, appreciate, and ultimately contribute to, frontier research. It is intended to be comparable to modules taught in the best research universities in the USA and elsewhere in Europe.

The module aims to develop the skills and knowledge of development economics necessary for a career as an academic economist and in all areas where advanced research skills in economics are required. Specifically, it aims to teach the students to understand, appreciate, and ultimately contribute to, frontier research. It is intended to be comparable to modules taught in the best research universities in the USA and elsewhere in Europe.

The module aims to develop the skills and knowledge of advanced economic history necessary for a career as an academic economist and in all areas where advanced research skills in economic history are required. Specifically, it aims to teach the students to understand, appreciate, and ultimately contribute to, frontier research. It is intended to be comparable to modules taught in the best research universities in the USA and elsewhere in Europe.

The module aims to develop the level of skills and knowledge of empirical political economy necessary for a career as an academic economist and in all areas where advanced research skills in political economy are required. Specifically, it aims to teach the students to understand, appreciate, and ultimately contribute to, frontier research. It is intended to be comparable to modules taught in the best research universities in the USA and elsewhere in Europe.

This module presents an overview of selected topics in industrial organisation and data science methods. It aims to teach students to understand, appreciate, and, ultimately, contribute to frontier research.

The main objective of this module is to introduce students to some relevant research topics in international trade and international macroeconomics, providing them with some of the necessary tools to understand some key questions and ultimately contribute to frontier research in these areas.

The module aims to develop the skills and knowledge of advanced labour economics necessary for a career as an academic economist and in all areas where advanced research skills in labour economics are required. Specifically, it aims to teach the students to understand, appreciate, and ultimately contribute to, frontier research. It is intended to be comparable to modules taught in the best research universities in the USA and elsewhere in Europe.

This is an existing second year option module on the MRes Economics. In the current year students will choose five modules from a pool of eleven option modules. Students are also permitted to take up to two of their option modules from outside the department.

The module aims to develop the skills and knowledge of political economic theory necessary for a career as an academic economist and in all areas where advanced research skills in political economic theory are required. Specifically, it aims to teach the students to understand, appreciate, and ultimately contribute to, frontier research. It is intended to be comparable to modules taught in the best research universities in the USA and elsewhere in Europe.

The module aims to develop the skills and knowledge of advanced econometrics necessary for a career as an academic economist and in all areas where advanced research skills in econometrics are required. Specifically, it aims to teach the students to understand, appreciate, and ultimately contribute to, frontier research.

Economic Analysis will develop your understanding of the theoretical foundations of macroeconomic analysis, and how models can be used in policymaking and to help explain empirical evidence. Then you will learn microeconomic concepts in the areas of game theory, information economics and choice under uncertainty. You can choose Economic Analysis A, which is a more applied version, or Economic Analysis B, which is more technical and theoretically orientated. As a guide, we expect students opting for the B version to have obtained the equivalent of a First-Class mark (70%) in their undergraduate studies, though we will consider a request to take a B variant even if that prerequisite is not met. 

Economic Analysis will develop your understanding of the theoretical foundations of macroeconomic analysis, and how models can be used in policymaking and to help explain empirical evidence. Then you will learn microeconomic concepts in the areas of game theory, information economics and choice under uncertainty. You can choose Economic Analysis A, which is a more applied version, or Economic Analysis B, which is more technical and theoretically orientated. As a guide, we expect students opting for the B version to have obtained the equivalent of a First-Class mark (70%) in their undergraduate studies, though we will consider a request to take a B variant even if that prerequisite is not met. 

This module will enable you to acquire a rigorous understanding of key microeconomic principles, covering some of the most important topics, concepts and methods used in modern microeconomic analysis, along with relevant evidence and applications. The syllabus may cover, but is not limited to, the following areas: consumer theory, producer theory, general equilibrium over time and under uncertainty, social choice, game theory, incomplete information, extensive games and mechanism design.

These modules will develop your understanding of advanced economic analysis, with more applied versions (A) or more technical/theoretically orientated versions (B). As a guide, we expect students opting for the B versions of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics to have obtained the equivalent of a First Class mark (70%) in their undergraduate studies, though we will consider a request to take a B variant even if that prerequisite is not met.

These modules will develop your understanding of advanced economic analysis, with more applied versions (A) or more technical/theoretically orientated versions (B). As a guide, we expect students opting for the B versions of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics to have obtained the equivalent of a First Class mark (70%) in their undergraduate studies, though we will consider a request to take a B variant even if that prerequisite is not met. 

This module covers recent developments in statistical methods tailored to handle very large datasets. These include machine learning techniques, supervised and unsupervised learning methods, such as those used broadly in academia and industry. Students will learn about the properties of those methods, how to critically apply them to different economic applications, and obtain hands-on experience in implementing them with existing datasets. 

Analyses in all fields of economics nowadays make frequent use of large and detailed datasets ("big data"). The explosion in data access and availability opens many opportunities for applied research, as well as new challenges on how to handle, process, and extract meaningful conclusions from the data. The aim of the module is to introduce students to the R and Python programming languages and basic concepts of data science, and to provide a "hands-on" experience with economic data. The module lays the foundation for more advanced materials.

This module will consider some of the most important debates and trends in feminist literary theory over the last few decades. The module will consider the intersections of academic and popular, intellectual and activist dimensions of feminist literary theory; we also place emphasis on the articulation of feminist literary practice with representations of race, sexuality and class. Questions of reading practices, genre and canon-formation, as well as those of artistic expressions in response to the collaboration and conflict engaged between 'western', 'multicultural' and 'third world' feminisms are some of the key themes that the module will explore.

This module's working thesis is that the dominant models of post-war literary studies are no longer tenable and that the ‘linguistic turn’ of High Theory during the last quarter of the twentieth century was a compensatory gesture that delayed, but could not remove, the intrinsic crisis in comparative literary studies. The module also aims to suggest ways in which the current disjunction between cultural studies, modern languages, and postcolonialism can be coherently bridged through comparative analyses of a society's incorporation into the capitalist world-economy.

The Dissertation offers you the opportunity to pursue your own distinct research interests. You can develop any idea you’ve discovered in your modules or write on a completely new topic that has always fascinated you. Our students choose an array of topics within the broadly conceived boundaries of ‘literary studies’; we’ll discuss your plans with you to make sure an available member of our teaching staff can support your topic.

Students often use their MA dissertations as springboards to PhD projects and in the past have gone on to publish parts of their work in scholarly journals.

This module studies the literature of Petrocultures, a critical field in the Energy and Environmental Humanities. It is centred on that most combustible of planetary resources: oil.

Modern life is saturated in this crucial resource of the post-war capitalist world system. Oil’s myriad refined products determine how and where we live, move, work and play; what we eat, wear, consume - and burn. It remains heavily invested in the shaping of our infrastructures, geopolitics, and physical landscapes. The acknowledgement that fossil-fuelled civilisation must end to mitigate global warming has galvanised Humanities scholarship to engage with the history, present and futures of hydrocarbon cultures. Students will explore a range of petrofictions - novels, theatre, cinema, artworks, documentary - that offer the means to realise how embedded petroleum is in modern world culture - and for thinking about how best to move beyond it.

This module introduces you to drama and performance theory by giving you the opportunity to explore and discuss some of the methodologies, debates and conceptual approaches to drama and performance, both current and historical. It will encourage you to consider these methodologies when reading primary material, and primary texts are chosen that encourage dialectical consideration of theory and practice. There will normally be a tie-in theatre trip late in the course.

This module investigates the implications of the concept of the Anthropocene for literary-cultural studies on a world scale. Participants will read initially in the history of debates surrounding this term – denoting the advent of a geological era in which human action acquires decisive planetary force – as a way of revisiting conventional interpretive frameworks and categories, including questions of periodisation, comparative methodology and the ‘worlding’ of literary study.

We will then take up a series of optics prompted by the Anthropocene and its counter-concepts (Capitalocene, Plantationocene, Growthocene et al.) to further explore the challenges of reading ecological crisis and culture in an era when it is no longer feasible to disarticulate human from so-called natural history. Texts range from literary works to field-specific criticism to theoretical writings, with an emphasis on the latter.

This module aims to familiarise students with current theories of gender and sexuality, with a particular focus on literary and historical methodologies. You will learn about the effect of legal, medical, and moral frameworks on the emergence of forms of sexual identity worldwide and the impact of globalization on local forms of sexuality and sexual practice. You will work with Intersectional approaches to literary and cultural study that involve queer theory.

Critical and Cultural Theory has never been more vibrant, nor more urgently needed, than today. Work in all areas of the Humanities has long been inextricably intertwined with critical reflection, often drawing from a multiplicity of disciplines, from philosophy and sociology to literary and visual studies. This module examines key developments in critical and cultural theories, charting recent cultural and literary theory in historically and philosophically located ways.

The Practice-as-Research dissertation offers the opportunity to undertake a research process that leads to the creation of an artistic output (such as a script or a performance).

The Professional Practice dissertation allows you to undertake a six-week placement with a professional theatre company or similar organisation, developing your knowledge of professional practice in the fields of literature, theatre or performance. You will need to approach the organisation you plan to work with, and the department will support you in this.

You will use your placement to explore clearly articulated research questions and to reflect critically upon these questions in a written submission.

Critical Environments introduces key topics, concepts, methodologies and theoretical debates in the emergent field of environmental humanities, with special attention to its interdisciplinary origins. It allows students to navigate their own subsequent pathways through the MA in Environmental Humanities, depending on individual research interest.

You will develop an informed perspective in a variety of areas, from debates over nature to the cultural registration of natural ecologies, histories and trajectories of pollution and waste, ecopoetics, the emergence of the Anthropocene, the energy humanities, ecological imperialism and more, all analysed through our trademark Warwick global-local lens.

The module will provide a focused understanding of the cultural challenges in responding to such topics as climate change, environmental despoliation, species extinction, media ecology and truly sustainable futures.

This module explores what theatre has to do with the climate crisis, and, conversely, what the climate crisis has to do with theatre. What is it about an embodied art form, that takes place in shared space and time, in the civic realm and the public sphere, that makes it such a potent platform for environmental narratives?

In this module, students will develop an understanding of how theatre-makers around the world are grappling with the environmental crisis in their work. They will engage critically with both playtexts and theoretical writing relating to eco-theatre, including eco-scenography and ecodramaturgy from a range of intersectional perspectives, and will have the opportunity to either develop a case study or prepare a hypothetical production which engages with ecological issues and challenges in both its content and methodology.

This component consists of a minimum 90-day teaching placement in your specialist phase teaching to groups of eight or more students. The placement will include regular meetings with your school mentor, as well as evaluations of professional practice through mentoring conversations on placement following lesson observations.

In addition, you will be engaging with four different opportunities for Intensive Training and Practice (ITaPs) which will build your confidence and expertise in carefully selected aspects of the planned curriculum. Within your 120 day placement you will be asked to complete a second placement, between 1-4 weeks in length (determined by the course lead) at another school or within another phase of your employing school.

The 'Effective Leadership and Mentoring in Professional Practice' module is designed to provide individuals working in contexts relevant to the formal education of children and young people the means to receive credit for their professional practice, with a focus on effective leadership.

The module provides professionals who have relevant experience of, and wish to develop their understanding of, effective leadership in such roles as senior leaders, middle leaders, mentors, subject specialist coordinators etc. with the opportunity to design their own individualised learning programme relevant to their specific professional context.

The module can facilitate deeper critical reflection and analysis of close-to-practice enquiry and learning that might include work-place initiatives and CPD or engagement with wider CPD communities through prior participation in training programmes by external providers.

The Strategic Research in Professional Educational Practice module is designed to provide individuals working in contexts relevant to the formal education of children and young people the means to receive credit for their professional practice, with a focus on strategic research.

The module provides professionals who have relevant experience of, and wish to develop their understanding of, strategic research in close-to-practice contexts, with the opportunity to design their own individualised learning programme relevant to their specific professional context.

The module can facilitate deeper critical reflection and analysis of close-to-practice practice enquiry and learning that might include work-place initiatives and CPD or engagement with wider CPD communities through participation in training programmes by external providers.

This module is taught by a subject specialist in your field and focuses on the evidence base, subject knowledge, pedagogy and practice of teaching your specialist subject.

This module uses case-based learning approaches to understand the more complex needs of some groups of learners and how you might adapt your teaching to meet their needs. The module includes input from specialist teachers and will help you develop teaching that is effective and inclusive of all learners.

This module is concerned with pedagogy – the method and practice of teaching. It addresses central issues such as, teaching methods, how children learn, meeting individual needs, assessment, adaptive teaching and behaviour management. The module includes input from specialist teachers and will help you develop teaching that is effective and inclusive of all learners.

You will engage critically and analytically with a range of theories and models which underpin effective teaching and learning in international educational settings. You will develop the skills, knowledge and understanding required to be an effective teacher and understand the impact this has on pupil progress in a range of international contexts.

You will also be introduced to skills and techniques to support your development as a reflective practitioner, gaining access to a wide variety of pedagogic styles and innovative methods for learning and teaching in international settings. Throughout the course, links between critical reflection and your subject specialisms will be emphasised, helping you to embrace the concept of a connected curriculum.

This module uses on the evidence base, subject knowledge and practice of teaching all the subjects across the curriculum. This will help you adopt a range of approaches and strategies to ensure your teaching is sufficiently diverse to challenge or support as appropriate in an international education setting.

You will engage critically and analytically with a range of theories and models which underpin effective teaching and learning. You will develop the skills, knowledge and understanding required to be an effective teacher. You will understand the impact this has on pupil progress in their subjects, building towards a vision for outstanding learning and teaching in your area of expertise that will underpin your practice on teaching placements.

This component consists of a minimum 90-day teaching placement in your specialist phase teaching to groups of eight or more students. The placement will include regular meetings with your school mentor, as well as evaluations of professional practice through mentoring conversations on placement following lesson observations.

In addition, you will be engaging with four different opportunities for Intensive Training and Practice (ITaPs) which will build your confidence and expertise in carefully selected aspects of the planned curriculum.

Within your 120 day placement you will be asked to complete a second placement, between 1-4 weeks in length (determined by the course lead) at another school or within another phase of your employing school.

This module connects both the taught curriculum and school placements, focusing on how you are embedding new knowledge and robust evidence into your own teaching in a school placement as well as supporting your professional development.

This module will provide an overview of early intervention as a means of improving the life chances of children, with particular reference to addressing the adverse effect of social disadvantage and special educational needs and disabilities, especially autism or intellectual disability.

Research, policy and practice in children and childhood have become global and political priorities in recent years. In this module, we pick on some debates and themes within the field of childhood studies that highlight the contested and diverse nature of contemporary childhoods within a globalising world.

In the first part of the module, we outline state of the art theorising within the field that critically examines developmental psychology, globalisation and the rise of the agentic child. We draw on a number of contemporary themes that illustrate theoretical debates within the field and at the same time inform the professional and political practices of those with an interest in working with and researching children and childhood. These themes include pupil voice and participation, mediating migration, children and politics and the exploitation of children.

The focus of this module is on changing global patterns in the way that education systems are being regulated, and in different populations’ participation in education systems. The changes that education is experiencing as a conceptual space, as systems and institutions, and as individuals’ everyday experiences, demand a contemporary approach to the study of education for practice as well as purely academic purposes. The module therefore explores the discourses of globalisation in education and the contemporary international development agenda in relation to education, as well as practical implications for education practice and research. UGEID brings together foundational theories of international development with current trends, and applies theoretical perspectives on education in a variety of contexts.

This module will run through the Autumn and Spring terms. The aim of this module is to provide students with a foundation training in research methods in psychology and education. It is designed to meet the needs of home and international students who seek to enhance their learning experience with research methods. The module has two main ambitions. The first is concerned with enabling students to engage in understanding, designing and implementing research projects (i.e., dissertation). The second is concerned with equipping students with basic skills in a range of established research strategies and techniques. This is intended to enable students to frame and refine research questions, to design a research appropriate to their own research interests.

The module examines current policy and practice around special educational needs along with research around the academic and behavioural profiles of children with different types of need (e.g., autism, intellectual disability). In parallel, the module focuses on evidenced based approaches: i.e., approaches to intervention that have been shown effective for improving children’s outcomes. We review evidence-based interventions, but we also learn and practise behavioural skills (e.g., what is reinforcement and when to use it) as these are core components of effective methods for addressing the needs of students, including students with special educational needs.

This module helps you to explore philosophical, historical and theological foundations of Islamic Education through engaging with modern educational theories and pedagogic models. You will develop knowledge, understanding and critical insights into the fundamentals of Islamic educational thought, practice and values and begin to form your own philosophy of education by critically engaging with both the Islamic and Western traditions of education thought and practice.

Alternative online module available for part-time students if required. 

This module aims to offer a critical framework for understanding education in its wider social and historical contexts. The module focuses principally on the UK but also considers global developments and offers students opportunities to consider their own national contexts. You will explore the social purposes of education, considering issues such as: education and social justice; education, the state and social provision; education and the economy; educational inequalities and widening participation. The module will look at how shifts in these areas have informed developments in schools, post-compulsory and higher education.

Alternative online module available for part-time students if required.

This module aims to enable students to engage critically with the concept of Islamic pedagogy through exploring historical formation of Islamic traditions of learning and teaching and assessing their contemporary applications in diverse educational settings. Students will be taught the principles of historical, cultural and pedagogic analysis in relation to selected texts, context(s) and topics in particular research projects in the inter-disciplinary field of Islamic Education.

Alternative online module available for part-time students if required.

The dissertation is an opportunity to explore, in depth, an area of academic and/or professional interest related to your degree. Building on the knowledge and skills developed during the Research Methods module, and your other modules, you will conduct an independent research project, developing a deeper understanding of your chosen topic. From your research project you will produce a dissertation, with guidance from a supervisor who will be allocated to you. Through the dissertation you will demonstrate the ability to analyse and synthesise relevant literature, produce coherent arguments supported by relevant evidence and logical discussion, and acknowledge sources of ideas and information.

This module will develop an understanding of educational change and improvement from research and practical perspectives, and look at how that can impact teaching and learning outcomes. You will be comparing, evaluating and critiquing international reform efforts and developing knowledge about the dynamics of improvement as a strategy for change.

Alternative online module available for part-time students if required.

This module encourages students in understanding, designing and implementing research in the field of education.

It will introduce you to a range of established research strategies and techniques, including data collection and analysis. These skills will enable you to design and carry out a dissertation research project, as well as to disseminate its findings. As part of this module, you will present your research design and have the opportunity to receive feedback ahead of completing your dissertation.

Alternative online module available for part-time students if required.

The Drama and Literacy module is responsive to the stress placed internationally on the development of literacy in education establishments in recent years. The module looks specifically at theories of literacy that emphasise the importance of cultural semiotics and social context. It considers the close historical relationship between drama and English in schools and explores the specific contribution drama can make to children’s language development in general and the development of reading, writing and speaking and listening in particular whilst also embracing new notions of multi-literacies.  

The storytelling drama for education module offers an opportunity to explore the potential for learning through practical drama exploration. The module explores a range of theoretical lenses through which narrative and culture can be critically examined making links between practical drama exploration and theoretical positioning. Due to its emphasis on practical drama exploration, it encourages students to consider how storytelling exploration can offer learning opportunities, and to consider how meanings are made, communicated and / or constructed through stories arising from the oral tradition. It is a module that offers opportunities to develop systematic understanding whilst applying practical techniques for real-world situations.  

Drama, Theatre and Performance in Education is a foundational module focussing on the different definitions of these fields of study. We investigate the distinctions between these fields in order to gain insight into how they have been studied in schools and other education systems. This module examines drama and theatre as artistic subjects with histories, conventions and codes, asking: how does drama/theatre communicate its meanings? How do we read and decode a wide range of performance genres? What are the alternative historical and avant-garde connections between theatre and in drama education? The second part of the module focusses on the development of drama and theatre as pedagogical tools to activate learning and social development. The module also offers students insight into the broader field of educational theory by engaging with relevant literature on ‘play’, ‘participatory pedagogy’ and ‘creative learning’. 

This interdisciplinary module offers postgraduate students an opportunity to critically examine the ways young people/youth – aged 11-25 – have been/are represented in differing contemporary societies/cultures. Students will investigate the ways young people’s lived experiences and identities are expressed and performed in a range of different cultural contexts (educational, political, sub-cultural, media and so on). The module will also invite critical questions about young people’s access to cultural and creative education, highlighting issues of social justice and equality, asking, 'where do young people feel welcome?' The module examines different expressions of youth identity in public life, focussing primarily on theatre-making/performance as potential creative sites for learning, engagement and activism.

Students will explore the values, practices, methods and impacts of theatre-making and performance. Working with real-world case studies drawn from regional, national and international sites, students will investigate the social, geographical, cultural and economic contexts that inspired and impacted on the development of many creative projects as well as cultural and educational policy. Students will review and evaluate the ways theatre-makers, practitioners and young people have responded to a range of complex and contentious issues relating to social class, ethnicity, religion, gender, disability and sexual identity.

This module helps you to explore philosophical, historical and theological foundations of Islamic Education through engaging with modern educational theories and pedagogic models. You will develop knowledge, understanding and critical insights into the fundamentals of Islamic educational thought, practice and values and begin to form your own philosophy of education by critically engaging with both the Islamic and Western traditions of education thought and practice.

The online version of this module is delivered synchronously, alongside students on the face-to-face version

The aim of this module is to consider, in depth, the design and operation of synchronous, induction and DC machines. In addition, the module aims to provide an in depth knowledge of the modern power system as an interconnection of rotating electrical machines, transformers, transmission lines, switch gear, loads etc.

The aim of this module is to provide the student with a fundamental understanding of important numerical techniques in computational fluid dynamics and to establish a critical view on the use of CFD as part of the design process.

A wide variety of biomedical processes behave as dynamic systems where the system states vary in time, often in response to external stimuli or interventions. The aims of this module are to introduce techniques and computer tools for modelling, predicting, analysing and understanding dynamic behaviour in biomedical systems.

This module is designed to present the key elements driving the growth in optical communication systems. The approach necessary includes not only an appreciation of device principles but also the broader picture of optoelectronic systems integration, essential to the future provision of high bandwidth for multimedia applications.

Practically all electronic equipment, whether domestic or industrial, requires power conditioning to deliver the energy for it to operate correctly. This is using electronics for power processing, not information processing. The applications vary widely from power supplies for laptops and mobile phone chargers, through industrial motor drives, hybrid and electric vehicle drives, electric rail transport, to solar and wind energy systems and power transmission and distribution systems.

This module aims to provide a knowledge of heat transfer that is of vital importance in many industrial sectors from process industries, through vehicles, etc., power plant, to building technology.

The module is intended to present and assess some of the important renewable energy technologies and give some sense of the engineering design and development of some of these technologies. Two of the most promising technologies, wind power, and solar energy are treated in some depth as an example of optimisation in mechanical and electrical engineering design. Other technologies studied include geothermal, biomass, ocean and hydro power.

The subject of Information Theory underpins all of modern communications and hence the connected world in which we live. This module provides insight into this important topic plus the compression and error-control coding schemes used in communication systems.

Practically all electronic equipment, whether domestic or industrial, requires power conditioning to deliver the energy for it to operate correctly. This is using electronics for power processing, not information processing. The applications vary widely from power supplies for laptops and mobile phone chargers, through industrial motor drives, hybrid and electric vehicle drives, electric rail transport, to solar and wind energy systems and power transmission and distribution systems. This module aims to give students a wide range, in-depth and advanced knowledge of Power Electronics and Devices.

The module will enable students to carry out project work in radio-wave propagation and wireless communications. It is the module's aim is to present fundamental theory and its application in understanding the operation and design aspects of the physical layer of a wireless communications system.

Modern electrical drives are complex electromechanical systems combining electrical machines, power electronic converters, control and protection circuits. The aim of the module is to develop an advanced understanding and systematic analysis and design skills on integration of electrical machines and power electronics into up-to-date electrical drives with predefined and required control quality. It will include development of conceptual functional block diagrams of the electrical drives, their mathematical modelling and simulation, systematic design of required controllers, advanced analysis of steady state and dynamic drives’ characteristics, electrical schematics and modern practical implementation.

The principal aims of the module are to understand, evaluate and optimise, through both analytical and numerical approaches, the dynamic behaviour of a complex mechanical system, in a variety of application contexts (e.g. in aerospace, automotive and robotics).

Excellent organizations plan and manage their knowledge and assets to support policy and strategy and effectively operate their processes, balancing current and future needs of the organization, the community and the environment. Students will learn how effective organizations manage their physical and knowledge resources by working in teams on a business simulation that was introduced in a previous module. They will draw upon the learning from previous core modules thereby heightening their understanding of the interdependencies that are well managed in excellent organizations.

The aim of this module is to provide participants with the opportunity and resources to determine their own learning needs to enable them to develop as an authentic leader.

Product Life Cycle Management (PLCM) aims to provide a coherent and holistic understanding of how products and services in an organisation are conceived, developed, launched, sustained and retired. The contribution of PLCM towards competitiveness is considered, including both the strategic and tactical consequences and implications of its application and use. The overall goal is improved business and optimised supply chain performance.

Organisations are increasingly operating in volatile, uncertain, and complex environments. In order to cope with these changing circumstances, many are using programmes and projects as vehicles of adaptation. Research shows that organisations are investing large amounts in programmes and projects, yet the levels of success are often disappointing. It is known that one of the contributing factors to these failures (partial or complete) is ineffective practices in the strategic analysis, planning, and initiation of programmes and projects.

Participants will apply concepts, models, and frameworks to understand and critically evaluate the potential for innovation in corporations and start-ups.

Many businesses and the sub-systems or processes on which they depend are the focus of "Continuous Improvement". Once the obvious changes have been completed it becomes increasingly difficult to identify a path which can lead to better performance, whether this involves progressing from Good to Excellent, from Acceptable to Good, or from Unacceptable to Acceptable. There are many tools and techniques which can be used to aid this quest, including those that have a basis in statistics.

Project Management is an essential competence for managers and leaders. This module aims to teach the generic principles of project planning, management and control for any project in any environment.

To develop the skills and knowledge to be able to apply Quality, Reliability and Maintenance concepts, techniques and philosophies to:
– increases customer satisfaction
– reduces cycle time and costs
– eliminate errors and rework
– improve profitability and competitiveness

The module aims to understand the performance of different wireless networks in modern cities, in the context of: functionality, architecture, resource allocation and mutual interaction. The systems considered include legacy 1G/2G/3G systems, as well as current 4G/5G/IoT systems and mobile ad-hoc networks.

This module aims to present the current (advanced) technologies and trends in development that will shape future electrical power systems to achieve the low carbon objectives. The students will gain a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the construction, operation and control principles of power systems. They will learn advanced analytical skills for examining different modes of operation in complex systems. The students will be introduced (through assignment) to ETAP which is a package widely used in industry for power system analysis and design.

The principal aims of this module are to:

i) provide engineers with a fundamental understanding of the structure and function of the human body;
ii) provide an awareness and advanced understanding of established and emerging biomedical technology for the measurement and modification of the structure and function of the human body;
iii) enable the participants to investigate and communicate ideas from pioneering areas in biomedical engineering research;
iv) provide an understanding of the biomedical engineering profession and the various roles of the biomedical engineer.

This module introduces students to the fundamental principles and applications of medical imaging in the human body, and to imaging and sensing in the brain. Techniques include Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), X-ray Computed Tomography (CT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Electroencephalography (EEG), Magnetoencephalography (MEG), and Ultrasound.

The module will provide students with a firm grounding in the basic theory underpinning the core methods in clinical practice, as well as an awareness of emerging technologies and their applications.

This module imparts a firm understanding and knowledge of the principles of mechanics as applied to biomedical and biological systems, across the spectrum from single cell and tissue mechanics, through to analysis of human gait. The module will introduce fundamental principles involved in both experimental and analytical methods, and enable students to use such methods.

This module develops a firm understanding of the principles of modern design, maintenance and assessment of healthcare technologies, including: medical devices, novel treatment and therapeutic technologies, technologies for a healthy life-course, systems and environments for care delivery. This module will provide the student with a firm grounding in methods and tools for design, management and assessment of health technologies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.

This module aims to further enhance the students’ skills in biomedical signal and data processing with the principles of computational intelligence as applied to biomedical engineering. The module will provide the student with a firm grounding in methods and tools for extracting information from biomedical signals and data. The module will also introduce the practical implementation of computational intelligence techniques applied to digitally acquired biomedical signals.

The individual research project is an in-depth experimental, theoretical or computational investigation of a topic chosen by you in conjunction with your academic supervisor.

Previous project titles for MSc Advanced Mechanical Engineering students include:

• CFD for electric car battery cooling system design;
• Developing and testing an improved solar thermal collector (for hot water);
• Modelling and simulation of biological control systems;
• Recycling of materials from spent lithium-ion batteries;
• Biomechanical detection of breast cancer by palpation;
• Polymer gear contact simulations for EV gearbox applications.

Previous project titles for MSc Biomedical Engineering students include:

• Development of a bicycle adapter for a finger amputee;
• Monitoring psychological stress and mental health status using biological signals;
• PKPD modelling to assess the effects of anti-cancer agents on tumour volume;
• 3D morphable face model for emotion recognition;
• A wearable device for monitoring blood pressure.

Previous project titles for MSc Communications and Information Engineering students include:

• Machine learning for end-to-end design of wireless and optical communication systems;
• Cyber-physical system security in smart energy systems, robotics, and healthcare applications.

Previous project titles for MSc Electrical Power Engineering students include:

• Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Materials: Revolution in Power Electronics;
• Gate Oxide Reliability of SiC Power MOSFET;
• Design and Test of an Isolated Gate Driver Bias Power Supply;
• Machine Learning for Smart Grid Operations and Security;
• Dual Active Bridge Converter with Wide Input and Output Voltage Ranges;
• Robust Control of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors;
• Solid State Transformer (SST) Based MW-Level EV Fast Charging Station for the Heavy-Duty Vehicles

This module provides students with fundamental knowledge for predictive modelling and uncertainty quantification. It gives an overview of the essential elements of the mathematical, statistical, and computational techniques needed to provide well-calibrated predictions for the behaviour of physical systems.

Predictive modelling group project with training in key professional and research skills and collaborative writing. Groups of students will create a complex piece of predictive modelling research software using methods and design principles introduced in previous modules in the course.

Each student will conduct significant and novel research as an individual project, and present the background and findings in the form of a dissertation. The research question must address some aspect of modelling, resulting in new knowledge, methodology or understanding, accompanied by uncertainty quantification. Example project titles include:

• Multiscale modelling for bioprocess engineering
• Predictive modelling of composite materials for hydrogen storage
• Data-driven discovery of differential equations for interfacial flows
• Multi-physics approaches for rocking wave bioreactors
• Bouncing drop dynamics across scales
• Generation of nickel-based superalloy structures with realistic short-range ordering
• Spatial optimisation approaches for early detection of invading plant disease epidemics
• Applying discrete event simulation to assess sustainability in manufacturing operations

This modules aims to introduce the theory of particle- and agent-based simulation techniques and provide practical experience in specific application areas.

This module provides students with knowledge in the modern field of scientific machine learning, which is a fusion of scientific computing and machine learning.

The principal aim is to provide students with state-of-the art predictive modelling approaches to analyse, design and optimise advanced engineering materials (such as composites) and their structural components that combine concepts from micromechanics, multi-scale analysis, finite element method and data-driven approaches.

This module is an introduction to humanitarian engineering viewed from ethical, cultural, and practical perspectives. It is designed to enable students to reflect upon the history and meaning of Humanitarianism and Humanitarian Engineering.

The module aims to introduce students to key global health issues and enable them to critique and formulate possible solutions.

The main aim of this module is to present to students a global topic such as water in its complexity and to engage them so they can discover, research and experiment the great potentialities of an interdisciplinary approach to the matter.

The module aims at mapping the practical context of humanitarian assistance. It also considers the interlocking of nature, social, economic, and political factors to examine the shared responsibility of humanity towards humanitarian challenges.

This module is aimed at introducing the topics of disaster risks and urban resilience with emphasis on the use of innovative digital technologies to gather and analyse urban data for improving disaster resilience.

This module aims to impart advanced understanding of the principles of modern renewable energy technologies, including biofuels from a variety of sources, wind power, solar energy, geothermal, ocean and hydro power and ethical and practical considerations. The particular focus will be given to the limitations and restrictions in developing countries.

The aims of this module are for the student to explore the planning and conceptual design of sustainable cities and infrastructure improvements for low-income urban communities and familiarise themselves with the range of infrastructure needs for affected communities before, during and following emergencies such as technologies for security, shelter, water supply and engineering management of liquid and solid wastes.

The overall aim of the module is to explain the purpose and value of humanitarian organizations and supply chains within the society.

Students will study projects individually or as a group depending on their choice, guidance provided by the module leader and discussions with potential project supervisor. The group projects aim to give students experience of working within a team, and parallels the way teams formed with people with different background to tackle challenging projects similar to project teams formed in real life situations. Individual projects will be more focussed on in-depth studies in line with the background of the student and in line with the supervisor’s expertise.

The module aims to develop a robust baseline of knowledge and understanding of the fundamental principles of project management, applicable to a humanitarian engineering project.

The module aims to provide students with a rich understanding of how industrial ecology and sustainable engineering serve as a framework for the consideration of environmental and sustainability-related aspects of products and processes.

In addition to your modules, in order to gain a Master's degree qualification, you will need to undertake a dissertation project, worth 33% of your MSc credits and your final grade (60 credits). This will be a major individual project, which will develop your academic and research skills. Your project will enable you to focus on a particular aspect of artificial intelligence that aligns with your personal interests and career aspirations. It will be submitted in the form of a dissertation at the end of the academic year. 

A well-managed warehouse is now recognised as a potential major source of competitive advantage as opposed to just another source of cost within the supply chain. To achieve this competitive advantage, it is important to choose the right type of operation, processes and equipment, and then understand and continuously improve performance through appropriate measures and controls. Staff motivation and safety are also seen as important aspects within today’s warehouse. This module will provide a thorough insight into all of these areas incorporating real-life examples, guest speakers, an industrial visit and class exercises and case studies. Each department within the company should have an understanding of the role of the warehouse in today’s supply chain and its relationship with those departments.

The Electrical Power Engineering design project is a group project aiming to give students experience of working within a team, and parallel the way engineers often work in industry. Students will integrate their knowledge and understanding in order to specify and solve an Electrical Power Engineering problem (or user need), through the creation and development of a product, process or system.

The Communication and Information Engineering design project is a group project aiming to give students experience of working within a team, and parallel the way engineers often work in industry. Students will integrate their knowledge and understanding in order to specify and solve a Communication and Information Engineering problem (or user need), through the creation and development of a product, process or system.

The design projects aim to give students experience of working within a team, and parallels the way engineers often work in industry.

Students will integrate their knowledge and understanding in order to specify and solve a substantial Mechanical Engineering problem (or user need), through the creation and development of a product, process or system.

The project also allows students to develop their understanding of project management, time management, ethics, sustainability, health and safety, risk, regulatory requirements, and intellectual property rights. Students will develop effective communication and leadership skills.

This module will provide skills and experience to specify, manage, execute and report on engineering projects involving multiple stakeholders. You will then deploy these skills to deliver your individual project dissertation, carrying out research into your chosen field, mentored by an academic with years of experience in the topic.

This module introduces students to the different facets of image analysis required to understand the outputs of imaging systems.

This module introduces students to data-driven technologies in diagnostics, especially Machine Learning (ML) and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) approaches that are transforming the modern landscape of medicine by helping doctors diagnose patients more accurately, leading to better health predictions and effective treatments.

This module goes beyond current approaches that are used to address challenges involving patient safety, system performance and management. It will familiarize students with systematic approaches in the analysis and design of health service systems for effective operational management leading to clinical systems improvement.

The Group Research Project is a group project aiming to give students experience of working within a team, and parallel the way imaging and diagnostics experts work in industry. Students will integrate their knowledge and understanding in order to research into and solve a problem (or user need).

Students will complete an individual research project in their chosen area of specialism.

Previous project titles include:

• A Computational Model of Macrophage Iron Sequestration in Health and Disease
• Analysing COVID-19 Spatial Transcriptomics Data from NanoString’s GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler (DSP)
• Predicting the Risk of Postpartum Depression for Pregnant Women Based on Environmental Factors
• Multi-Output Machine Learning Models for Predicting Eating Disorders, Depression, and Anxiety Severities in People with Obesity Using Socio-Demographic and Mental Well-being Surveys Data
• Automated Segmentation of Ultrasound Images for Fistula Detection
• Impact of Lifestyle Modifications in Diabetic Patients on Cognitive Decline
• Using TimeTeller to Infer the Systems Properties of the Circadian Clock from Transcriptomic Datasets
• Predictive Analysis of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) Using Machine Learning

This core module introduces students to the role of diagnostics in modern medicine, with a particular focus on the UK healthcare system and the technologies and approaches that underpin innovation in diagnostics delivery. Students will explore how advances in diagnostics support precision medicine, integrated care, and digitally enabled healthcare pathways.

While the idea of culture can seem relatively straightforward, how we understand it has become quite a contested area in the study of intercultural communication. This module will give you a better understanding of the idea of culture, introducing a range of conceptualisations of culture that have been developed in different disciplinary areas. Importantly, you’ll gain a critical perspective on culture and a deeper understanding of your own experience of communicating interculturally in everyday life and in the workplace.

Communication plays a central role in business and other professions. This module will introduce you to theoretical approaches, models and concepts that will help you understand the complexities of professional communication in different socio-cultural contexts. You’ll explore a wide range of authentic examples that occurred in different workplaces around the world. The module develops your ability to identify, describe, and analyse different types of communication in various professions, using different analytical and theoretical frameworks and approaches.

This module focuses on recent research in the area of cultural identity, adaptation, and growth. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, it explores major theories of cultural adaptation, including stress, learning, and identity. The module also provides you with the opportunity to start researching these issues for yourself. The practical development sessions will enable you to reflect on your own identity and cultural adaptation, promoting your own growth towards intercultural personhood. Assessment is by a reflective portfolio and analytical commentary on your reflection.

What is leadership? What is teamwork? And what role does culture play in this context? This module will address those questions by introducing you to theoretical approaches, models and concepts that will help you understand the complexities of leadership, teamwork and culture. It focuses on the crucial role of communication and follows some of the most recent debates around leadership, teamwork, and culture. You’ll analyse these notions in action by exploring numerous real-life examples of how leadership and teamwork are actually done in different socio-cultural and intercultural contexts.

You’ll be allocated a supervisor who will provide guidance in Term Three during the process of carrying out your own research.

You’ll be allocated a supervisor who will provide guidance in Term Three during the process of carrying out your own research.

You’ll be allocated a supervisor who will provide guidance in Term Three during the process of carrying out your own research.

The module aims to teach you to understand, critically evaluate, and use a wide range of contemporary approaches suitable for the analysis of written discourse (in the broad sense) as linked to social setting, and to understand the pedagogic implications of such analyses.

This module provides a solid foundation in TESOL theory and practice. It explores both historical and contemporary developments in TESOL in order to give you a broad understanding of the field of English language teaching. Through such exploration, you are encouraged to reflectively engage with and develop your own beliefs about language learning and teaching, particularly in relation to educational contexts you are familiar with and/or will return to as a practising teacher.

This module provides students with a solid foundation in TESOL theory and practice. It explores both historical and contemporary developments in TESOL in order to give students a broad understanding of the field of English language teaching. Through such exploration, students are encouraged to reflectively engage with and develop their own beliefs about language learning and teaching, particularly in relation to educational contexts they are familiar with and/or will return to as practicing teachers.

This module aims, in the first instance, to enhance students’ abilities to consider innovation in TESOL from a critical perspective in relation to their own teaching context. Students learn how to engage in and evaluate innovation by means of practitioner research and how to manage innovation. On this foundation, in the last part of the course students will be introduced to and invited to critically appraise a wide variety of recent proposals for innovation.

TESOL is a forward-looking field, and new ideas and practices are constantly promoted. But what kinds of change have most value, and how can innovation be brought about most appropriately by teachers, in their own contexts? This module takes account of international differences in teaching context by showing how innovation can be placed in the hands of teachers themselves, on the basis of appreciation of needs in their own context. Thus, the module aims, in the first instance, to enhance teachers’ abilities to consider innovation in TESOL from a critical perspective in relation to their own teaching contexts.

The module also shows a way forward with reference to reflective practice, exploratory action research and innovation management, helping teachers explore their situation more deeply, evaluate new ideas and bring about change successfully. The module will consist of three phases: a first phase in which critical awareness regarding innovation is developed, a second phase in which students learn about and implement exploratory research as a basis for innovating in practice, and a third phase in which they learn about how to manage and evaluate innovation and incorporate this knowledge in a plan of action.

This module will enable you to investigate aspects of published material including skills and language work, use of IT and considerations of critical pedagogy. You will work in collaboration or alone to produce material that could be used in a stated context for language teaching or language teacher education. You will also provide an academic rationale for this material you have produced.

This module is designed to complement the ‘Foundations of TESOL Methodology’ module which principally focusses on developing critical awareness of English language teaching approaches and methods. Approaches and methods will be further explored in this module, particularly through actual classroom teaching practice. For this, you will plan and design your own lessons in a collaborative environment with input from peers and tutors. More specifically, the module involves an action research style project which encourages you to reflect critically through observation and analysis of your own and your peers’ teaching, as well as through the research you do in relation to your own teaching.

Designing and undertaking a small-scale research project independently is a core part of the programme. This module will take you through the process of writing a well-structured MA dissertation. It will encourage you to engage with and critically evaluate research in the broad field of TESOL, and familiarise you with different approaches to ethical research.

The module will cover a range of data collection methods and analytical options relevant to TESOL contexts. You will be encouraged to undertake research relevant to your own interests after formulating focused/answerable research questions. The module will also address questions about how to present an appropriately structured, clearly articulated proposal.

This module explores areas of second language acquisition (SLA) research that are relevant to TESOL practice. It considers how SLA is affected by individual learner characteristics as well as social-interactive processes in the classroom, and focuses specifically on features of SLA that can be positively shaped by teachers.

This module explores areas of second language acquisition (SLA) research that are relevant to TESOL practice. It considers how SLA is affected by individual learner characteristics as well as social-interactive processes in the classroom, and focuses specifically on features of SLA that can be positively shaped by teachers.

This module introduces you to key concepts in sociolinguistics, as reflected particularly in contemporary debates surrounding the nature of ‘language’ and ‘standard language’, multilingualism/bilingualism, and what it means to communicate ‘effectively’ and ‘appropriately’. Aspects of lingua franca communication, intercultural pragmatics and related issues of learner and teacher identity will also be addressed. On this basis, key challenges in the teaching of English as a global language in a classroom environment will be explored.

This module aims to develop skills in the collection, transcription and analysis of spoken interaction. You will focus on capturing samples of speech for analysis and teaching purposes; exploring the relationship between context and the construction of talk; understanding different approaches to the analysis of spoken interaction; applying conversation analysis to spoken interaction; and identifying the main features of classroom interaction. As well as learning how to capture spoken data and transcribe it, you will choose an area of analysis for your assignment. Students report that spoken interaction analysis tools are often helpful with dissertation research.

Literature and drama provide us with compelling material for involving our students in successful language learning activities. Engagement with story, a rich social context, personal response, and interactive play - all of these acknowledged facilitators of language learning are enabled through the use of literature and drama. When literary texts and drama activities are appropriately chosen and delivered, learners have opportunity to develop their knowledge of the target language at a variety of levels. Additionally, reading literature in a second language provides students with cultural insights and provides a genuine source of motivation for learners. However, personal experience and research tell us that literature is not widely used in TESOL and that it is often considered ‘difficult’ by learners. We shall explore why this is and how the situation may be improved through principled text selection and methodologies that focus on developing reader response.

You will develop a critically informed understanding of the place of literature and drama in the EFL/ESL classroom and ways in which the teaching of literature or drama and language can be integrated. Although we shall include approaches to teaching ‘classic’ texts, the module will embrace a very broad concept of literature, including the popular novel, children’s literature and film drama.

The dissertation will give students the opportunity to put theory into practice and design a small-scale study that is meaningful and relevant in their professional contexts. More specifically, it will encourage students to reflect critically on issues and debates within TESOL and identify a topic for further research. It will provide students with an opportunity to explore this topic in depth, to develop a critical literature review, a suitable methodology and an appropriate approach to data analysis.

This module will familiarise you with current issues in researching culture and communication in business and professional contexts. It will help you develop essential skills in designing a research project. You’ll be introduced to a range of data collection methods and analytical approaches, as well as up-to-date ethical issues in research. Term One will focus on quantitative research methods and Term Two will focus on qualitative methods. The module is designed to prepare you to begin work on your dissertation at the end of Term Two.

This module aims to provide you with a thorough grounding in relevant theories, concepts and methodologies relating to use of drama and literature for English language teaching. More specifically, the module aims to explore, for example, digital options for teaching English through literature and drama (e.g. digital storytelling), as well as the value and use of engaging learners in improvised drama work. In terms of the literature focused module component, you will explore the value and use of a variety of types of poetry (e.g. Haiku) and fiction (e.g. short fiction; 'fan fiction') as resources for the TESOL classroom and the development of learners' writing, reading, listening and speaking/communication skills. The value and use of song for English language teaching and learning purposes will also be considered (e.g. in connection with teaching young language learners). The module further aims to 1) raise critical awareness of contextual factors affecting drama and literature use in foreign/second language classrooms; 2) provide pedagogical insights into how to manage these contextual factors; 3) promote effective English language teacher CPD; and 4) to highlight issues for possible dissertation research or areas for future professional inquiry.

The module will also have a strong focus on raising awareness of teacher/drama practitioner personae, presence and voice in the classroom with a focus on building your presentation skills and confidence.

The core dissertation module provides training and supervision for independent study, leading to a 15,000 word written project.

This core module aims to explore significant methodologies and conceptual frameworks which are central to the study of audio-visual media. The module will engage with issues concerning: textual analysis, theoretical paradigms and the historiography of film and television. 

The module provides a grounding in key concepts and methods, whilst encouraging an advanced level of reflection on the areas addressed. The module is taught through a combination of screenings, presentations, readings and discussion.

This module introduces graduate studies to key debates ad theories in the study of television in all its forms.

As a recorded audiovisual medium, cinema is especially suited to the representation of place and movement through the simultaneous registration of space and time. This module will examine the implications of this proposition in a series of film texts that mainly privilege the representation of a particular city or geographical landscape, often in relation to the underlying narrative trope of the journey.

This module offers students the opportunity to study postcolonial film from different historical and national contexts and via a range of political and technological shifts.

The idea of ‘film culture’ rests at the heart of the many ways in which filmmakers, audiences, curators, distributors, exhibitors, journalists, critics and scholars engage with the medium of the moving image. But what does it mean? How have these meanings changed over time? What is the relationship between the idea of ‘film culture’ and broader trends in today’s cultural landscape? This module introduces students to various debates and perspectives that will illuminate the field. It allows students to gain an important practical, as well as critical, sense of what ‘working in the film industry’ might entail on a broader level beyond the vectors of film production.

This module offers students the chance to explore a genre-based case study in depth, examining two interconnected genres (the Gothic and horror) which have a long and fascinating history in relation to both the development of screen-based media and the development of film and television studies as academic disciplines. This module will encourage students to attend to questions of genre, address and medium specificity, and will interweave the study of film and television in order to address and complicate these questions. It will read Gothic and horror films and programmes in relation to a range of theoretical/methodological positions (psychanalysis, social/cultural history approaches, empirical audience research, etc.). In terms of its range, the module will (a) attend to the history of Gothic and horror programming on television, and its contemporary upsurge and (b) cover a history of classic and contemporary horror and Gothic cinema and the critical writing that surrounds it. It will also engage students in discussion of how recent changes in the production, distribution and exhibition of horror cinema have impacted upon the development of the genre. The module will be taught as a catalyst for independent research projects into horror and the Gothic in film and television (MA students will produce a 6,000 word research essay, plus an unassessed, formative research presentation on their research area).

This module is designed to enable the teaching of a research-led subject at Masters level. The precise content is flexible, but the learning outcomes remain consistent.

Biopics (biographical pictures) are one of the most enduring cinematic genres. A vital part of cinema's contribution to public history, they have frequently been awarded prizes (around 20 per cent of Oscar winning films) while also being criticised for their falsehoods and formulaic nature. Initially centred on great white men, the genre diversified and evolved, spawning variations and subgenres including the showbiz biopic, the female and the feminist biopic, the outlaw biopic, the hagiopic and so on. Recent critical interest has highlighted biopics as a troublesome genre at the intersection of fiction and history. As such the genre implicates issues of historiography, collective and cultural memory, and biography. This module will explore the historical development of the biopic, the issues at stake in the genre, its diversification and globalisation. It will consider the questions involved in bringing a life to the screen and the different strategies taken by producers and directors over time to achieve their purposes. It will examine the importance of casting and of star performance to the success or otherwise of a biopic. Students will study a number of foundational film texts as well considering departures from and variations on the classical model. They will look at dramatising and story-telling strategies, tropes and conventions, and forms of contemporary address.

This module introduces students to the key debates around film sound, from the role of the music, to the status of the voice, onscreen and offscreen sounds, sonic perspective, effects and ambience. From here we will embark on an advanced analysis of film sound beyond music and dialogue, looking carefully at the ways that sound design can structure how we read environments, events and characters. Along the way we will develop an awareness of the history of sound technologies and their entanglement in discourses of the recording of the 'natural' world.

This course aims to introduce students to an incredibly rich oeuvre, periodise it through various paradigms (from the political to the authorial), chart its development, and broach the following questions: What does the work owe to the culture it arises from? How is it queer? What does it mean, to whom and in what contexts? What does Almodóvar’s owe to Hollywood cinema in general and melodramatic and noir variants in particular. What is the inter-relationship of representations of gender, sexuality and nation in his work? How does the oeuvre fit into a history of Spanish Cinema, Queer Cinema but also broader contexts and histories of art, design, fashion, advertising cultures? The focus will be largely on the work of one director but seen through various contexts (social and historical; national variants of films studies concepts such as genre, stars, style, authorship) and concepts (camp, postmodernism, metamodernism) so as to also explore and interrogate the meaning and significance of the oeuvre.

This module explores queer and trans theories of the moving image. We will ask how these theories contributed to understandings of historical identity, political economy, and spectatorship. The module also covers debates around global queer liberation, LGBTQI+ representation in contemporary African cinema, and trans television.

This module explores queer and trans theories of the moving image. We will ask how these theories contributed to understandings of historical identity, political economy, and spectatorship. The module also covers debates around global queer liberation, LGBTQI+ representation in contemporary African cinema, and trans television.

This module will examine the body in various screen examples and through a multitude of frameworks. Drawing on areas of expertise, and the historical legacy of studying the body, in Film and Television, the module will explore a variety of topics from the co-convenors' research. The body is a central yet often overlooked aspect of mise-en-scene. The centring of the body in this module will establish its significance to textual analysis and discussions of corporeality in cinema. Furthermore, it will engage with questions relating to affect, audiences, abstraction, and the body. This detailed discussion of the body will also enable the exploration of its relation to the politics and language of representation. The module will consider the production, cultural, socio-political, and artistic contexts in order to understand how the body has been represented onscreen. It will also investigate obscene, explicit, and/or censored screened material.

You will have the opportunity to create a dissertation, policy briefing, article or creative output on a topic of your choosing. You will be guided by specialist academic supervision.

Using an agreed work placement which you will source with an outside organisation, you will think through issues of personal and institutional change-making and transition. Our department's Employability and Placement Manager will be available to support you throughout this project and offer advice in your search and application to organisations as well as during your placement.

Engage across campus or beyond with Warwick’s pioneering sustainability agenda or other organisations’ sustainability aspirations and plans. Working closely with sustainability practitioners, you will act as a sustainability consultant within a defined organisational area, appraising, assessing and formulating proposals, which would lead sustainable transformations.

Through the use of case studies and real-world examples, you will explore and evaluate the scope, value and limitations of different and, in some cases, combined qualitative approaches for knowledge generation.

You will gain practical skills in qualitative research and further develop your ability to critically engage with qualitative research methods, while understanding the challenges that both researchers and participants can face with data collection and analysis.

This module builds on the core module “Creating Knowledge for Change: Transdisciplinary Approaches”. It further interrogates the principles and practice of qualitative research methods for problem-solving and change-making. Through the use of case studies and real-world examples, students will explore and evaluate the scope, value and limitations of different and, in some cases, combined qualitative approaches for knowledge generation. Through this process, students will gain practical skills in qualitative research, as well as an advanced understanding of the ontological and epistemological factors which underpin methodological choices. Students will further develop their ability to critically engage with qualitative research methods, while understanding the challenges that both researchers and participants can face with data collection and analysis. This will allow students to make informed decisions when designing research interventions that respond in nuanced, robust and imaginative ways to complex and systemic problems.

With the use of case studies, real-world examples and data, you will learn to conduct advanced quantitative research, and to evaluate the scope, value and limitations of different quantitative approaches for knowledge generation.

Hands-on practice in computer-lab seminars will allow you to develop skills in statistical analysis relevant to trans- and cross-disciplinary research. You will critically engage with applied quantitative research, and gain a comprehensive understanding of the main issues arising from the use of quantitative methods.

Both of these methods modules will allow you to make informed and evidence-based decisions when designing research interventions that respond in nuanced, robust and imaginative ways to complex and systemic problems.

This module builds on the core module “Creating Knowledge for Change: Transdisciplinary Approaches”. It aims at further exploring how quantitative research methods may create knowledge for change. With the use of case studies, real-world examples and data, students will learn to conduct advanced quantitative research, and to evaluate the scope, value and limitations of different quantitative approaches for knowledge generation. This module will be taught via a combination of lectures and computer-lab sessions. Hands-on practice in computer-lab seminars will allow students to develop skills in statistical analysis relevant to trans- and cross-disciplinary research. Students will critically engage with applied quantitative research, and gain a comprehensive understanding of the main issues arising from the use of quantitative methods. This will allow them to make informed and evidence-based decisions when designing research interventions that respond in nuanced, robust and imaginative ways to complex and systemic problems.

This module introduces students to how policy and governance processes shape sustainable development. While sustainability students and practitioners are often very good at understanding and critiquing policy contents, this module introduces skills and methods for understanding how policy is made and why it looks the way it does. It does so by engaging with debates about policy and politics across disciplines, as well as with concrete case studies.

This module introduces students to key debates, research methods, and analytical skills relating to the analysis of policy, policy processes, and governance. It will build on in-depth knowledge of global challenges considered elsewhere on the programme, by helping students develop a capacity for more nuanced and critical analyses of policy processes themselves.

This module helps you understand how different types of research can work together to create meaningful change and address complicated, real‑world challenges. You’ll explore interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, with a particular focus on mixed methods research, combining qualitative and quantitative tools to study complex problems.

Through real examples and case studies, you’ll look at the strengths and limits of different ways of creating knowledge. You’ll learn how to design and manage flexible research projects, build a practical toolkit of research skills, and understand the deeper assumptions that shape how researchers choose their methods.

The module invites you to think deeply about how change happens and how good intentions don’t always lead to good outcomes when it comes to sustainable environmental, economic and social change. You’ll explore concepts from the fields of philosophy, sociology, economics, ecology, and politics to understand why global challenges are so complex – particularly when many measures of “progress” and “development” have been defined by colonialism, capitalism, and power structures - and why transformation requires more than just simple solutions.

For the first time in history, humans are the primary agents of change on a planetary scale. This module will equip you to be an intellectual leader within this new and defining context.

Throughout this module you will explore often unexamined questions of intellectual leadership in change. You will consider how they might rigorously and reflectively conceive of socially positive change and transition from first principles of philosophical reflection. You will consider perspectives from historical interpretation, reflections on identity and power, as well as practical methods of change.

This module trains you on utilising transdisciplinary approaches to significant Global Challenges, such as global resource management, Climate Change and human inequalities. The term is divided into three units, each focused on one defined Global Challenge, covering its foundational natural and social realities, a critical review of existing responses and opportunities for further positive transformation.

This module will deepen your understanding of the core global challenges facing our world today. You will develop your transdisciplinary problem-based, response-focused process skills and subject knowledge. You will work through units on selected topics based on research expertise in the GSD department, and develop a range of communication and advocacy skills.

Over the last two decades, major events like the Tohoku earthquake, Hurricane Sandy, and COVID‑19 have exposed weaknesses in how cities are designed and managed. With the global population increasingly living in urban areas, more must be done to keep city residents safe, healthy, informed, and economically secure.

In this module, you will examine how cities can be both centres of innovation and creativity and places where risks accumulate, an how resilience thinking can shape better cities so they can better withstand shocks, adapt to change, and support thriving communities.

This module explores why we are falling short of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and why so many people around the world are stepping up to demand change. From climate justice to food sovereignty, anti‑racism, gender equality and more, new waves of activism are reflective of the reality that traditional approaches have not delivered the lasting change that people hoped for.

You’ll look at modern social movements to understand what drives people to act and how emotions - such as hope, frustration, anger and disenfranchisement – connect these to wider social structures, identities, ideologies, and power.

The module aims to encourage students to rethink about the meanings of sustainability through opening up critical debates on global challenges. With reference to place, culture and value, the module will enable students to develop advanced discussions on ethics of care and their impacts on transforming the debates on food security, architecture and design, health and wellbeing, inequality and justice for marginalised communities and so on.

The module aims to encourage students to rethink about the meanings of sustainability through partaking in critical debates on global challenges. With reference to place, culture and value, the module will enable students to develop advanced discussions on ethics of care and their impacts on transforming the debates on food security, architecture and design, health and wellbeing, inequality and justice for marginalised communities.

This module examines the pivotal role of business and the private sector in promoting sustainable development. The module will approach these issues from a transdisciplinary and critical perspective, drawing from interdisciplinary work and from disciplines including Political Science, International Relations, Geography, Sociology, Law, History, Anthropology, Economics, and Management and Organization Studies.

This module examines the negative impact of placing taboos around certain subjects – such as Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, Childhood Sexual Abuse, and Trafficking in Persons - and exploring how this can block discussion of underlying logics, prevent disclosure of experiences by those most impacted, and stifle exploration and innovation.

This module offers a research-led teaching approach to climate change, with contributions from teaching staff across the School for Cross-Faculty Studies, to present an evolving and interdisciplinary view of the dimensions of the climate crisis.

This intensive module, delivered at the Warwick Venice Centre during the Venice Biennale, examines Venice as a historical centre of cultural exchange from the city’s Byzantine and mercantile foundations to its continuing role as one of the world’s most influential sites for contemporary art and architecture. The week-long module will be structured by immersive, site-based learning across Venice and the lagoon, exploring the relationship between art, commerce, politics, and urban space across different historical periods. Particular emphasis is placed on the study of display and exhibition-making as forms of cultural and political discourse, with students engaging critically with the Art or Architecture Biennale (depending on the year) alongside Venice’s churches, palazzi, museums, and civic spaces from the Doge's Palace, to more remote islands, to temporary sites of contemporary art used as protest. Teaching is led by specialists in both early modern and contemporary art history and is supported by the resources of the Warwick Venice Centre, including its teaching facilities and specialist library.

This module examines the art historical concept of the avant garde through an economic and institutional lens. Foregrounding the financial foundations, promotional strategies, and market infrastructures that underpinned avant-garde activity in both historical and contemporary artistic practices, this module explores the diverse ways by which artists have approached, negotiated, or challenged commercial forces. Ranging across both canonical regions and wider international networks, students investigate how avant-gardism was not only shaped by economic systems but often deeply indebted to them.

The module focuses on the ways by which artists, dealers, collectors, and critics participated in complex transnational systems of exchange. Artistic movements are examined from the perspectives of dealer networks, collectors, and alternative exhibition spaces, revealing how new modes of branding, marketing, and speculation emerged outside established cultural institutions. These developments facilitated profound shifts in how art was produced, valued, sold, and understood.
The course also considers how market discourse shaped and continue to shape artistic writing and theory. Students analyse how artistic movements have anticipated contemporary marketing strategies through radical innovations in exhibition design, publicity, self-promotion, and the use of mass media. Scandal, spectacle, and provocation have operated as recurring strategies for engaging audiences and securing visibility as artistic contexts and publics evolved across different historic contexts. Particular attention is given to how artists reimagined artistic commodity and value in relation to collective, political, or social aims. Overall, the module highlights the inseparable intersections of economic, aesthetic, and institutional forces that underpinned the concept of the avant-garde from its early formulations to present-day expressions.

This module surveys the ethical issues surrounding the creation, consumption, and circulation of art and visual culture from the 1800s to the present day. We explore how creative expression and cultural power have historically coincided to serve socio-political ends. Through a range of geographically diverse case studies, students explore the invisible infrastructures underpinning cultural legitimacy, questioning how and why canons are formed, who is included and excluded from them, and how the contemporary art world is responding to increasingly polarising debates about practices of diversifying and decentralising public collections. We discuss pivotal issues facing museums and cultural institutions today regarding the ethics of displaying and owning contested cultural heritage, asking how, why, and when looted cultural artefacts should be repatriated. Students explore the ethics of art in relation to both economic and ecological issues, investigating how artists and art institutions are responding to environmental issues, both as activists and, arguably, as agents of ‘artwashing’. We read the history of art alongside legal frameworks, asking how the thorny categories of originality, imitation, and ownership are regulated in today’s artwork and what ownership entails in our increasingly digitised cultural space. Underpinning the course is the ongoing debate around art, regulation, and social responsibility in a rapidly changing cultural landscape.

Through immersive learning, this module examines how art and design are made, circulated, displayed, communicated and traded in the contemporary world. Uniquely delivered across two sites, at the Shard in London and on the main Warwick campus, the module combines place-based learning with direct engagement from leading practitioners. The focus is on the structures and actors shaping today's art world, through seminars, workshops, museum and gallery visits, and guest talks with curators, market specialists, and innovators working at the edges of established institutional practice — including artist-led initiatives and those redefining how art fairs and design platforms operate.

This module examines the art historical concept of the avant garde through an economic and institutional lens. Foregrounding the financial foundations, promotional strategies, and market infrastructures that underpinned avant-garde activity in both historical and contemporary artistic practices, this module explores the diverse ways by which artists have approached, negotiated, or challenged commercial forces. Ranging across both canonical regions and wider international networks, students investigate how avant-gardism was not only shaped by economic systems but often deeply indebted to them.

The module focuses on the ways by which artists, dealers, collectors, and critics participated in complex transnational systems of exchange. Artistic movements are examined from the perspectives of dealer networks, collectors, and alternative exhibition spaces, revealing how new modes of branding, marketing, and speculation emerged outside established cultural institutions. These developments facilitated profound shifts in how art was produced, valued, sold, and understood.
The course also considers how market discourse shaped and continue to shape artistic writing and theory. Students analyse how artistic movements have anticipated contemporary marketing strategies through radical innovations in exhibition design, publicity, self-promotion, and the use of mass media. Scandal, spectacle, and provocation have operated as recurring strategies for engaging audiences and securing visibility as artistic contexts and publics evolved across different historic contexts. Particular attention is given to how artists reimagined artistic commodity and value in relation to collective, political, or social aims. Overall, the module highlights the inseparable intersections of economic, aesthetic, and institutional forces that underpinned the concept of the avant-garde from its early formulations to present-day expressions.

This module examines the dynamic interplay between artistic production and the evolving structures of the global art market from the early modern period to the present. Students will trace how shifting economic systems, technologies, and cultural institutions—from imperial trade networks and industrial capitalism to contemporary financialisation and digital platforms—have shaped the creation, circulation, and valuation of art. Through case studies spanning Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, the course interrogates the roles of collectors, dealers, auction houses, museums, and artists as market actors, and explores how power, taste, and value are constructed and contested across different historical moments. The module equips participants with the analytical tools to understand art as both a cultural artefact and an economic asset, preparing them to navigate and critically assess the complexities of today’s global art economy.

The Independent Research Project is an extended piece of writing exploring critically a particular aspect of the relationship between art and business economics, broadly understood. The Project can be primarily historical or theoretical or it can take the form of applied research by shifting its focus from purely historical or theoretical exploration to solving a specific, real-world problem. Instead of solely generating knowledge, students can use academic theories and methodologies to evaluate a system, design an intervention, or improve a process for a defined community, business, or organisation. The Project builds on the research and methodology skills provided by previous modules and requires the student to formulate research questions, conduct original or extended secondary research and synthesise findings into a significant piece of advanced writing. It should demonstrate research skills, methodological competence and the student’s ability to formulate an independent perspective on a given subject. Students will work closely with a supervisor as they design, research and write the Independent Research Project.

The module aims to ensure that students are fully prepared to achieve success throughout the course of the degree. It introduces the core principles of research, writing and assessment, ensuring understanding both of basic tenets and transitional expertise. This module will also support success indirectly by encouraging students to take a holistic view of their university experience and consider their skills beyond the classroom. By the end of the module students will be well-prepared to tackle the requirements of the remainder of the degree and will have been given the tools to monitor and enhance their own learning process as the programme progresses.

This term I compulsory 30 CATS module is designed to introduce you to both major developments in medical thought and practice, and the main methodological approaches and debates used within the field of the history of medicine. It covers the early modern period to the twenty-first century, and invites you to think comparatively about medicine across space and time.

The module includes sessions on Britain, Europe and global medicine and health. It focuses on the evolution of ideas, language and technologies within medicine, the reception of these new approaches and lay responses to them, the structure of medical practice, and the scientific, social, and cultural context of medical intervention.

The dissertation (60 CATS) is the most important piece of work you will produce in the course (a 15,000 word project).

You should view it mainly as an opportunity to do in-depth research on your favourite topic and to develop research techniques and methodologies as well as to present the research in an appropriate format.

It is helpful to begin the course with a clear, if general, idea of your dissertation topic.

This compulsory 30 CATS one-term core MA module will equip you with the methodological skills needed to carry out an extended piece of historical research and writing.

As a student on one of the four MA History courses, you are required to follow it during the Autumn Term.

Teaching will be delivered in one lecture and one seminar each week.

'Matters of Life and Death' is the Term Two compulsory 30 CATS core module for the MA in the History of Medicine. The module, taught in the Spring Term, may also be taken by students following any other MA programme in the History Department.

'Matters of Life and Death' will address a range of topics in the history of medicine via selected books authored by teaching and research staff in the Centre for the History of Medicine, enabling close study and reflection on the various historiographical and theoretical approaches adopted in these studies, sources and methodologies. This will enable you to consider how the field is evolving and new challenges in the medical humanities.

You will be encouraged to relate these surveys to your own dissertation research and approaches.

This is a 30 CATS one-term core module for the Early Modern History MA degree. It addresses key themes and historiographies, drawing on the expertise of a wide range of the early modernists at Warwick.

Each session will be led by a different expert, ensuring you are exposed to as many different viewpoints and approaches as possible.

The module will cover the period c.1450-c.1800, and although much of it will focus on Britain and European countries it will also seek to place them in their wider global and colonial context.

The module will help to prepare students for term two modules, which take a more thematic approach. Teaching is delivered in weekly two-hour seminars.

This compulsory 30 CATS one-term core module for the MA in Global and Comparative History is intended to give a critical overview of one of the fastest growing and most dynamic areas of modern historical enquiry - global history. It aims to give you an understanding of how global history has emerged from earlier approaches to the study of history, what makes it distinctive and what its principal strengths and weaknesses might be.

As the core course, this module not only examines the range of historical methods and interpretations that constitute global history, but also looks at ways in which 'the global' can be investigated in relation to the regional and the local by taking up perspectives from Asia, Africa and the Atlantic and Islamic Worlds. It is taught in weekly two-hour seminars.

This module explores modernity - both as a historical period and an intellectual project. We explore a different aspect of modernity – such as race, gender or sovereignty – each week by reading one seminal historical or theoretical work, in dialogue with the broader historiographical debates to which it speaks.

The module is relatively unusual in offering students the opportunity to engage in depth with a single text, in order to acquire a strong grasp of the intellectual interventions that have defined the modern period. The strong theoretical focus of the module complements that of the other core module: Theories, Skills and Methods.

Students will be encouraged to undertake critical analysis of texts and to formulate and test concepts and hypotheses. Teaching will be delivered in weekly two-hour seminars.

In our contemporary world, claims about truth have become destabilised by fake news, disinformation, and political lying, whilst postmodernism has suggested that truth is relative and constructed. But these are not just modern phenomena: they can be found in pre-modern Britain too.

This team-taught module explores truth, fact, lies, probabilities and certainty over a ‘long early modern period’ (c.1500-c.1800) through the themes of religion, politics, print media, fiction, witchcraft, social anxieties and the rise of the ‘new’ science. Moving from religious authority to public opinion and scientific and mathematical ‘fact’, it examines changing umpires of truth over the course of the period.

On this course we will combine a number of historical topics and cognate methodologies to give a rounded view of ‘truth’ that cuts across neat sub-disciplinary and even disciplinary boundaries. We will study the ways in which the Reformation created bifurcated truths for Catholics and Protestants; how the Civil Wars and emergence of partisan politics placed truth in the eye of the beholder and destabilised the meanings of words; the role of the printing press in expanding the capacity for misrepresentations and lies; and the ways in which new fictional genres, such as the novel and utopias, reflected imaginative uses for truth claims about invented worlds. We will also explore how the witchcraft trials posed questions about whether witches truly existed and how to prove their existence; how crises in gender and social relations fostered anxieties about deceit and deception; and the ways in which innovations in mathematics and science offered alternative ways of accessing truth, whilst simultaneously being contested, disputed and uncertain.

Students taking this module will be introduced to a range of different types of primary sources and online databases – literary and polemical texts, popular print, treatises, court and state papers, and material objects. The module will focus on Britain and its empire, but this will be placed within a wider context to show something of what Paul Hazard called ‘a crisis of the European mind’.

This module introduces students to the practice of global history. After an initial session in which the history of the field is sketched out and a set of methods and approaches are introduced, the students will be offered an in-depth engagement with three key concepts that are key to current practices of global history: (dis)-connectivity, (im)mobility and scales. These three weeks will explore ways in which (dis)connections structure power, politics and agency on a global scale; how the dynamics of mobility and immobility shape global circulations, flows, and (forced) migration; and reflect on how local, global and planetary scales can be combined within global historical approaches. Topics like empire, environment, and the movement of people and things will appear within these discussions. These are intended as examples rather than offering complete coverage of the field, and students will be encouraged to seek out other areas of research that match their own research interests.

The sessions that follow (‘archives’ and ‘analysis’) will be more hands-on in nature. The students will be introduced to a range of primary sources (texts, objects, images, and archives) and encouraged to choose a source set (or dataset) of their own at this point. We will incorporate a local site visit such as to the Modern Records Centre or the Warwickshire Local Record Office, to reflect critically on how and why materials are (or are not) archived. In the ‘analysis’ sessions, the seminars will be geared towards the students’ work with their own chosen materials, focusing on providing training in how to connect primary sources to the theories and methods of global history, and how to analyse their primary sources in relation to (aspects of) the current secondary literature. In the final session, we return to the meta-level of the first session, to discuss the future(s) of global history.

All postgraduate students in the history department are expected to fully engage with the department’s research culture by attending research seminars and other events. This optional core module enables students to reflect on what history research culture entails, and their learning from attendance at these events in relation to their studies, their professional development, and their own research interests in global and comparative history.

All postgraduate students in the history department are expected to fully engage with the department’s research culture by attending research seminars and other events. This optional core module enables students to reflect on what history research culture entails, and their learning from attendance at these events in relation to their studies, their professional development, and their own research interests in the history of medicine, science, and technology.

All postgraduate students in the history department are expected to fully engage with the department’s research culture by attending research seminars and other events. This optional core module enables students to reflect on what history research culture entails, and their learning from attendance at these events in relation to their studies, their professional development, and their own research interests in modern history.

All postgraduate students in the history department are expected to fully engage with the department’s research culture by attending research seminars and other events. This optional core module enables students to reflect on what history research culture entails, and their learning from attendance at these events in relation to their studies, their professional development, and their own research interests in early modern history.

Sometimes friendly, sometimes hostile, always complicated, the relationship between Britain and Germany has been of central importance to the United Kingdom’s relations with continental Europe since the end of the nineteenth century. No other modern European state has inspired such a variety of responses – fear, admiration, envy, and revulsion – or been regarded by turns as such a valued partner or deadly enemy. Nor has any other relationship had such an enduring fascination for historians.

This module introduces students to recent approaches in history and the humanities that take seriously the role of non-human agents in shaping past and present worlds. From microbes and animals to rivers, forests, and climates, the course explores how historians, anthropologists, and science and technology scholars have expanded the boundaries of what counts as historical subject matter. Students will engage with theoretical debates on material agency, cosmology, and perspectivism, while also considering concrete case studies drawn from a wide range of global contexts. The aim is to encourage critical reflection on how history is written when humans are not the only protagonists.

The vast majority of people living in the past did not leave extensive archival papers, memoirs, or collections of letters, but instead appear in the historical record only fleetingly, and often without their consent. In recent years, the archival fragments of peoples’ lives have been made increasingly available due to the growing genealogy industry, which has led to the mass digitisation of primary source databases including census rolls, newspapers, and medical and immigration records. This module asks: what can, and should, historians do with these readily available fragments of past lives? How do we tell their stories?

This module explores how historians can study the lives of people in the past using these online records, with particular focus on enslaved people, people of colour, women, and working class people living in nineteenth century Britain and the United States. It emphasises the ethical questions and methodological challenges posed by our access to these sources: just because they are available at the click of a button does not mean that we know the whole story, nor that that the people detailed on our screens would want us to tell it.

This 60 CATs module 'Writing History: Theory and Practice' is core for all MA history students (full time and part-time). As a core module it complements the teaching of the more specialised MA History modules on offer, by providing a broad theoretical and methodological framework for understanding of the past and present aims of the discipline of history. As well as covering more recent themes and approaches to historical research, it will enable students to prepare for the dissertation research and writing process.

This compulsory 60 CATS two-term core MA module will equip you with the theoretical and methodological skills needed to carry out an extended piece of historical research and writing.

Teaching will be delivered in a combination of lectures, seminars, and workshops.

Information correct as of 2026-27 year of entry

This module will provide you with a clear understanding of the principles and limitations of modern crop production practices. You will develop an advanced, but generic, understanding of the science underpinning crop production in both the field and glasshouse.

This module aims to teach students the importance and impact of plant pests, diseases and weeds on food production and provide them with a thorough understanding of their biology and ecology.

In this module you will focus on understanding the importance of soil in supporting ecosystem services, ways in which soils are managed in agricultural systems and the wider environmental consequences, and threats to soil security. Key topics are soil biology, biogeochemical cycling, nutrient use and management, soils and environmental pollution, soil degradation, soils and climate change and compost/waste application to land.

We now live in a world in which we face a set of complex, interlocking crises concerning the climate, human health, biodiversity, food and water, all of which have their roots in unsustainable human activity and exploitation of natural resources, and made possible by a combination of science, technology, and commerce.

At the same time, we are seeing new advances in science and technology on a scale that would be unimaginable to previous generations - and which offer new opportunities to make life better, but at the same time offer new threats. Added to this, there are deep questions about how science is done and the trustworthiness of some of its findings. In this module, you discuss these issues and possible ways forward, and how we can use science for the common good in a globalised world.

The research project is the culmination of the MSc, providing an opportunity to undertake an independent research project and apply the knowledge and skills developed throughout the course. You will formulate research questions and hypotheses, design and conduct appropriate research, collect and analyse data, critically evaluate your findings, and communicate the outcomes of your research.

The module examines existing methods of environmental accounting, for example, life cycle assessment, ecological footprinting and carbon footprinting and demonstrates how they can be used to quantify, differentiate and interpret the environmental impacts of agricultural and other land based systems.

Climate change is widely agreed to be the most important environmental driver of economic and societal change for the 21st century. In this module you will consider the science of climate change: origins and evidence, predictions and consequences, mitigation and adaptation.

Crop production within low input systems provides a ‘challenge’ to farmers and crop scientists alike in determining how to use their knowledge of the interactions between the soil and plants, and plant pests and pathogens, to grow crops with sufficient yield and quality.

In this module you will develop an understanding of the production techniques employed within such systems. The module will focus on arable and horticultural crops but consideration will be given to livestock production within the context of a mixed farming system.

Non-native invasive species pose significant threats to natural and agricultural ecosystems worldwide and often have very severe, though difficult to quantify, economic impacts. Invasive species rank second only to habitat loss and destruction in a list of global threats to biodiversity.

Climate change, environmental degradation, together with increased global trade, promote opportunities for the introduction, spread and persistence of invasive species and hence there may undesirable interactions between biological invasion and climate change.

This module will introduce you to the principles of invasion biology and ecology with reference to ecological hypotheses.

Humankind harnesses a multitude of natural resources for the provision of food, materials, energy and recreation. Many of these resources have become overexploited or under severe pressure in both wild and managed landscapes. Our capacity to respond is limited by an associated loss of biodiversity.

Conservation of natural and domesticated system is essential, but it must also be managed in ways that allow the biodiversity to be exploited for the benefit of all. Conservation of natural resources (biodiversity and habitat) is vitally important for the future.

In this module you will examine this concept by exploring what makes plants and animals vulnerable and devising strategies for conservation of habitats and key species (both in situ and ex situ,) and how practical conservation management is achieved.

This module will provide you with the understanding of how analysis of microbial diversity and the functional roles that microorganisms have in the environment and in association with plant, animal and human hosts (microbiomics) can aid understanding of biogeochemical processes and/or be exploited to achieve progress in agriculture, biotechnology and human health.

This module will provide you an understanding of the agronomic principles of the main UK arable crops.

This module will provide you with the foundation training to progress to a full BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection.

The certificate requires students to work for a year in industry before qualification is accredited, and this module will provide you with all the necessary academic training and experience. BASIS is an essential career qualification for agronomists, trials managers, consultants and employees of any company prescribing crop protection chemicals, including sales staff.

Crop production can be considered as two distinct components. The first is what is grown, i.e. the crop varieties. The second is how they are grown, which includes the use of chemicals to control pests and diseases and to modify plant growth behaviour.

This module is divided into two sections that address these two aspects and also provides underpinning knowledge for other modules in the degree.

The module aims to introduce the concepts of the food system and food systems thinking, helping students understand that food insecurity is not merely a problem of inadequate production, but a complex and interconnected challenge shaped by environmental limits, economic dynamics, governance arrangements, and power structures. This introductory module is designed to equip students with the background knowledge needed to apply the principles of food security and a food systems approach in subsequent modules.

Global food security, providing access for the world’s population to affordable, safe and nutritious food, is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. This module will provide you with an understanding of the elements that contribute to the food security agenda.

An essential element of the module will be a critical review of current physical, political and biotic drivers.

We will explore the strategies being deployed that influence food security including projected population changes, climate change, ecosystem servicers and resilience, disease and fossil fuel dependence. The module will present a global perspective.

This is a core module for WBS Foundation Year students. It is not available to any other students.

This module is only open to WBS undergraduate students, and some students taking joint degrees with WBS and another department. Students from other departments cannot take this module. To find detailed availability and to apply for this module, log in to my.wbs.ac.uk using your normal IT login details and apply via the my.wbs module application system. Once you’ve secured a place on my.wbs you should apply via your home department’s usual process, which usually takes place via eVision. Note that you do not require the module leader’s permission to study a WBS module, so please do not contact them to request it.

This module is only open to WBS undergraduate students, and some students taking joint degrees with WBS and another department. Students from other departments cannot take this module. To find detailed availability and to apply for this module, log in to my.wbs.ac.uk using your normal IT login details and apply via the my.wbs module application system. Once you’ve secured a place on my.wbs you should apply via your home department’s usual process, which usually takes place via eVision. Note that you do not require the module leader’s permission to study a WBS module, so please do not contact them to request it.

Students will:
Understand the role of accounting as an information system for decision-making, a monitoring mechanism for business, and its place in changing business and technological environments.
Explain the basic principles and concepts that underpin accounting and its development.
Develop the ability to record and summarise accounting transactions and events.
Be able to integrate accounting adjustments into accounting records and understand their effect.
Prepare, present and interpret financial statements (the statement of profit or loss, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity, and the statement of cash flows) for single entities (sole traders and companies).

• Introduce students to the key concepts of Financial Management in a way that builds sound intuition from the outset, without sacrificing rigour.
• Prepare the foundations for more advanced study of Finance by encouraging students to develop a critical understanding of the main theories and models of Financial Management.
• Provide students with structured opportunities to practise using the key tools and techniques of Financial Management.
• Encourage students to read the financial press and connect with their learning in the classroom.

This module sets the foundations for students based outside WBS who may be planning to study Finance in more depth in electives such as IB253 Principles of Finance 1 and IB254 Principles of Finance 2. There are no pre-requisites.

This module introduces students to the study of business and management in an integrated and applied manner. It develops conceptual understanding across the core disciplines of business — including marketing, accounting, finance, operations, and people management — and helps students transition from school to university-level critical analysis and problem-solving.

Students will engage in applied case studies, and teamwork projects to understand how organizations create value, make decisions, and contribute responsibly to society.

This module is only open to WBS undergraduate students, and some students taking joint degrees with WBS and another department. Students from other departments cannot take this module. To find detailed availability and to apply for this module, log in to my.wbs.ac.uk using your normal IT login details and apply via the my.wbs module application system. Once you’ve secured a place on my.wbs you should apply via your home department’s usual process, which usually takes place via eVision. Note that you do not require the module leader’s permission to study a WBS module, so please do not contact them to request it.

This is an elective module available for WBS and non-WBS students. To find detailed availability and to apply for this module, log in to my.wbs.ac.uk using your normal IT login details and apply via the my.wbs module application system. Once you’ve secured a place on my.wbs you should apply via your home department’s usual process, which usually takes place via eVision. Note that you do not require the module leader’s permission to study a WBS module, so please do not contact them to request it.

The module aims to provide a solid grounding in the principles and techniques of modern financial econometrics. In doing so, it will serve as an introduction to key econometric and statistical methods of empirical investigation in Finance and Financial Economics.

This module aims at providing a solid training in econometric methods for the empirical analysis of financial markets. The core of the module is an undergraduate-level introduction to financial econometrics, and it is meant to equip the student with the quantitative skills needed for carrying on research projects in empirical finance.

A key part of the module is the use of the program MATLAB, which will be used to perform empirical analysis, the project and to aid learning and understanding of the techniques taught. It is also an introduction to using programs more generally.

Operations Management is the activity of managing the resources which are devoted to production and delivery of products and services. The module aims to provide an introduction to the decisions managers need to make about the design and management of operations. It provides conceptual, analytical and practical insights into the effective management of operations in manufacturing and service companies in both private and public sector organisations.

This is an elective module available for WBS and non-WBS students.

This module provides an advanced theoretical and practical treatment of modern portfolio theory and portfolio management, mainly from an equity market perspective.
Issues to be considered include security selection, portfolio construction, asset pricing models, market efficiency, performance measurement and limits to arbitrage.

N/A.

This is an elective module available for WBS and non-WBS students.

The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of the methods, techniques, practices and strategies involved in the integrated management of supply chains and networks across organisations and industries.

This is an elective module available for WBS and non-WBS students. To find detailed availability and to apply for this module, log in to my.wbs.ac.uk using your normal IT login details and apply via the my.wbs module application system. Once you’ve secured a place on my.wbs you should apply via your home department’s usual process, which usually takes place via eVision. Note that you do not require the module leader’s permission to study a WBS module, so please do not contact them to request it.

Over 10 weeks, this module develops the knowledge and skills needed to create effective digital marketing strategies. Content is divided into three sections: fundamentals (week 1), strategy development (weeks 2–3), and implementation (weeks 4–7, 9). AI’s role and impact will be integrated throughout. Students will explore key technologies shaping modern marketing, with a strong focus on AI.

Students will engage in practical exercises, case studies, and projects to reinforce theory and build expertise. By the end, they will be equipped to design digital marketing strategies and apply AI effectively.

Aligned with the C.O.R.E. framework, this module fosters curiosity, openness, restlessness, and excellence. Students will conduct research on topics like AI-driven personalization, brainstorm emerging tech applications, and analyze diverse global case studies. Critical discussions will cover digital ethics, data privacy, and AI biases.

They will assess real-world examples, such as AI in Tesla and Netflix marketing, and develop strategic improvements. Reflective exercises will enhance digital marketing competencies. Excellence is prioritized through cutting-edge AI content, guest speakers, simulations, and data analysis labs. High standards for projects will push students to create outstanding AI-driven marketing strategies.

From job interviews to managing difficult conversations, this module teaches negotiation as a broad, life-changing skillset including bargaining, valuation, auctions, nudging, persuasion, strategy, and influence. Designed for students entering the workplace, you'll get actionable skills, proven techniques used by leaders and studied by top researchers, and extensive hands-on practice. You will also explore how cutting-edge AI can support your negotiations. You will also learn about negotiation theory, ethics, the role of culture, and the key part emotions play in every negotiation. You will complete this module a more confident person, equipped with valuable soft skills and deep theoretical understanding, and a knowledge of how to increase your influence on the world around you.

The module provides students with an understanding of the antecedents and consequences of behaviour in organisations, with particular emphasis on the management process.

This module provides a broad introduction to the marketing concept and the role of marketing in the organisation. It is intended as a basic foundation module to orientate Warwick MBA students with respect to the core concepts and frameworks of marketing that help senior leaders in organisations maintain a focus on their customers in a changing context.

This module provides a broad introduction to the marketing concept and the role of marketing in the organisation. It is intended as a basic foundation module to orientate Warwick MBA students with respect to the core concepts and frameworks of marketing that help senior leaders in organisations maintain a focus on their customers in a changing context.

This module provides a broad introduction to the marketing concept and the role of marketing in the organisation. It is intended as a basic foundation module to orientate Warwick MBA students with respect to the core concepts and frameworks of marketing that help senior leaders in organisations maintain a focus on their customers in a changing context.

The module provides students with an understanding of the antecedents and consequences of behaviour in organisations, with particular emphasis on the management process.

Social media is an ever-evolving and innovative space that, despite its increasing ubiquity, is not always well understood from a strategic marketing perspective. In an era of digital disruption, marketers must navigate shifting consumer behaviors, emerging platforms, and evolving communication strategies. This module examines how marketing strategy and marketing communications have adapted (or failed to adapt) to the rise of social media and explores its role within a company's broader Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Strategy.

Students will analyze the current consumer landscape and the strategic opportunities and challenges it presents for brand communication. The module takes a strategic marketing approach to social media, emphasizing the importance of engaging, visually compelling, and platform-optimized content in today’s digital environment. Through applied learning, students will develop the skills needed to design and execute social media campaigns that effectively integrate within broader marketing strategies.

Organizations are increasingly recognizing that that one of the most valuable assets they possess is the brand associated with their products and services, and for that matter even the organisation. While there is little controversy around the concept of branding and its importance, there is much less clarity around how exactly you create great brands. A whole range of questions arise. How can you create a successful brand that can give you a competitive advantage, and prevent your product from being commoditised? Why are some brands successful, while others fail? And why do even well-known brands sometimes fail, while others continue to perform well? How do you sustain successful brands? How do you determine the key attributes of your brand, and do you need to change them in any way? Can you leverage off your successful brands and how so?

The Western economies are essentially dominated by service-sector businesses, contributing about 70% of GDP, and their importance is growing in emerging economies. Furthermore, goods manufacturers increasingly seek to differentiate their offers through service as their products become commoditised. Emergent thinking in marketing is that the entire approach to the subject is flawed: that the ‘goods-dominant’ thinking of the manufacturing era - along with its accompanying economic theory - has biased the fundamental concepts and approaches have guided both marketing theory and practice. It is now argued that all businesses are, ultimately, service businesses and that marketing must revise many of its basic premises. We should not think of service as an add-on to products, but as the core of what we do and how we create value for customers. If service is central to value creation, service marketing cannot be separated from operations, HR and other functions. All need to combine in focusing on the customer experience.

This module provides a broad introduction to the marketing concept and the role of marketing in the organisation. It is intended as a basic foundation module to orientate Warwick MBA students with respect to the core concepts and frameworks of marketing that help senior leaders in organisations maintain a focus on their customers in a changing context.

The module provides students with an understanding of the antecedents and consequences of behaviour in organisations, with particular emphasis on the management process.

Asset Pricing and Risk is a core module for all students in the first (autumn) term of the MSc in Mathematical Finance. The objective of this module is to provide a rigorous, in-depth introduction to the theoretical foundations and empirical applications of Asset Pricing. It focuses primarily on the investor's perspective and analyses individual's consumption and portfolio choice and their implications for equilibrium asset prices. In addition, contingent claims valuation techniques based on the absence of arbitrage are presented.

The aim of this module is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the role of corporate governance in aligning the interests of managers, shareholders, and other stakeholders.

The aim of this module is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the role of corporate governance in aligning the interests of managers, shareholders, and other stakeholders.

Exposure to the global economy brings new ideas, technologies, and management practices to a business. Whether looking to build a new plant, sell to a new market or find global business partners, exploiting opportunities in new markets or regions poses fresh challenges. Many of those challenges arise from the different business environment that's present in countries around the world. What does an understanding of economics tell us about which countries and regions will see markets develop quickly in the medium term? Which governments act in ways that pose macroeconomic risks and which do not? How can resources and intellectual property be managed effectively? Which economic theories offer strategies to foster talent and help staff respond to new opportunities?
The patterns of world trade and the responses of governments have always been in constant flux. Businesses can't rely on traditional markets in the medium- to long-term. The pandemic has disturbed even the recently-established patterns of global economic growth. Strategic business decisions require an appreciation of the economic thinking that underpins these new patterns of growth and the changes in international finance that support them.

Everyone is an operations manager. All of us manage resources and produce some mixture of goods and services. This module, therefore, looks at what we are all involved with, so even though the main focus on this module is on the operations function in large organisations, many of the ideas it contains can be applied at a level far closer to our own personal activity.

The module is intended as an introduction to operations management in both service and manufacturing organisations. Its intention is to provide the building blocks of those basic principles which are broadly applicable to most organisations (though some parts of the module are specific to certain types of operation).

To introduce advanced analytics using different optimisation models and demonstrate them with applications ranging from healthcare, sports, social network, to asset management and fraud detection.

Strategic management is concerned with the commitments, processes, decisions, actions, investments, and choices that relate to how organisations define and achieve their central purposes over the long run. It is about how companies determine their vision and mission, how they prioritize between strategic alternatives, and how such choices are implemented. Strategy necessarily crosses units of analysis since it relates to the success of whole companies, as well as that of their constituent business units, functional departments, and their wider networks. Strategy is also integrative in the sense that successful strategy formulation and implementation involves coordination across the numerous functional and cross‐functional domains that comprise most companies. Strategy encompasses numerous themes and elements including strategy process, strategy practice, innovation, leadership, positioning, resourcing and differentiation. Strategy is complex and all-pervasive and it is this complexity that the module is oriented towards.

Strategic management is concerned with the commitments, processes, decisions, actions, investments, and choices that relate to how organisations define and achieve their central purposes over the long run. It is about how companies determine their vision and mission, how they prioritize between strategic alternatives, and how such choices are implemented. Strategy necessarily crosses units of analysis since it relates to the success of whole companies, as well as that of their constituent business units, functional departments, and their wider networks. Strategy is also integrative in the sense that successful strategy formulation and implementation involves coordination across the numerous functional and cross‐functional domains that comprise most companies. Strategy encompasses numerous themes and elements including strategy process, strategy practice, innovation, leadership, positioning, resourcing and differentiation. Strategy is complex and all-pervasive and it is this complexity that the module is oriented towards.

This module focuses on how digital technologies enable organisations to offer digital services that aim at improving customer experience as well as firm performance. The module assumes no prior knowledge of technology and prepares students to engage with technology-related conversations (e.g., designing a new digital service) at the modern workplace. The module has three themes. The first theme is gaining competitive advantage using a digital business strategy and covers concepts such as motivations for digital transformation. The second theme provides an overview of what today’s managers need to know about the advantages and disadvantages of cutting-edge technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, social media, and data analytics. The last theme focuses on the lifecycle of digital service provision, covering key concepts such as technology selection and sourcing, agile implementation, and risk management. Overall, students will learn to analyse existing businesses and formulate ideas on how to improve their digital service offerings.

The module aims to equip students with the necessary tools to conduct independent empirical research in finance. This includes a) an in-depth look at the relevant research methodologies in empirical finance, b) training in programming and quantitative analysis and c) introduction to various data sources available at or through WBS.

The main aim is to build on participants’ knowledge of the global economic and business environment and link this to strategies for managing in changing global contexts.

The module aims to allow students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of the course.

This module is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the various facets of investment management, from understanding financial markets to mastering investment strategies.

This module will introduce students to the R data analysis package and to a range of statistical analysis tools. Students will get hands on experience with analysing real datasets in R, with extensive support and guidance from teaching staff. They will learn how to identify the correct statistical tools to use to answer different business related questions, and how to interpret the results.

This is the core module taught in term 1. The main objective of the module is to provide sound theoretical backgrounds for the further use in elective modules in terms 2 and 3. To encourage active learning the module includes a variety of real life applications of optimisation models in analytics and data analysis. It also includes an assignment that involves individually generated tasks to be solved by using nowadays computational technologies.

This module aims to provide an overview about how today’s firms use digital marketing technologies to achieve their business objectives.

This module aims to offer a broad and contemporary perspective on developing applications for business problems.

The main aim of the DBS module is to offer a broad perspective on the design and implementation of effective digital business strategies for contemporary organizations.

This module discusses the basics of IS consulting, such as what consulting is and how it works, how to approach and solve business problems, and important IS consulting agendas.

This module aims to develop an understanding of some of the challenges faced by leaders and managers within an increasingly volatile organizational environment.

The module provides an in-depth analysis of the major techniques and processes involved in modern management accounting.

The module aims to allow students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of the programme.

The module aims to allow students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of the MSc Accounting and Finance.

The module provides students with an understanding of the antecedents and consequences of behaviour in organisations, with particular emphasis on the management process.

Strategy is fundamentally concerned with managing the long-term direction of a whole business. This module sets out to understand the difference between strategy at the level of the individual business (or business unit) and at the corporate level. To do this, the module outlines the basic analytical concepts, frameworks and methods used in setting a company's long-term direction. It is distinctive in three ways:

• The way it draws on concepts and techniques from economics and the other subjects mentioned above.
• The way it views strategy from the perspective of strategic decision making.
• The way it combines the analytic foundations for making strategic decisions with the responsibility of general managers to orchestrate the resources of the business in order to achieve sustained, superior performance.

This module helps in this endeavour by providing an integrated approach to business within which one can see the overall strategic intent and the differentiated and distinct contributions that different functions and teams make towards this intent. It helps students to understand how strategic decisions can define the changes a company seeks to make to themselves and their market.

To note - this module shares the same learning outcomes and syllabus with the Strategic Advantage module for Executive and Distance Learning MBA students. This module represents at extra 5 CATS - this is due to the increased number of case studies used, non-assessed group work for students and slightly longer assessment.

Everyone is an operations manager. All of us manage resources and produce some mixture of goods and services. This module, therefore, looks at what we are all involved with, so even though the main focus on this module is on the operations function in large organisations, many of the ideas it contains can be applied at a level far closer to our own personal activity.

The module is intended as an introduction to operations management in both service and manufacturing organisations. Its intention is to provide the building blocks of those basic principles which are broadly applicable to most organisations (though some parts of the module are specific to certain types of operation).

The module introduces students to the finance field by developing the essential knowledge to solve general finance problems. This is a skills-based module that will help students to think critically and build an intuitive understanding of how financial decision-making works in practice. To achieve these objectives, the module includes case studies and applications of the skills one needs to master to examine common problems faced by financial managers. By teaching the basic concepts in finance, the module will develop the necessary knowledge and appreciation to enable students to enter into intelligent discussion with finance professionals.

This module introduces the key management areas of management accounting and corporate reporting. The use of financial information, whether used internally, or reported externally is crucial for any manager wishing to move up through their company to grasp.
The intention of this module is not to try to turn students into accountants, but to try to enable them to understand and interpret financial and other corporate information, enter into intelligent discussion with financial partners and to be able to appreciate the bigger picture rather than get lost in the detail. It is inevitable that there will be some calculations but there is also a heavy emphasis on understanding the issues around the numbers and the context in which they are set. The assessments will strike a balance between calculation, interpretation and discussion.

This module provides a broad introduction to the marketing concept and the role of marketing in the organisation. It is intended as a basic foundation module to orientate Warwick MBA students with respect to the core concepts and frameworks of marketing that help senior leaders in organisations maintain a focus on their customers in a changing context.

The aim of this module is to build an in-depth understanding of leadership by focusing on becoming a change leader by looking into three complementary areas of: leading self, leading others and leading change.

This module is about how knowledge – both new and old – leads to enhanced wealth creation or quality of life through innovation. Innovation is understood here as the process through which knowledge and creativity lead to product, process, service or organisational change. Key themes in the module are the link between innovation and strategy, innovation and organisational structure and the role of ‘openness’ in successful innovation. An interdisciplinary, integrative approach is adopted drawing on the managerial, strategic and technological literatures and making extensive use of case-study and statistical evidence from the research literature. Skills development focuses on extending students’ capabilities in evidence-based strategy formulation and business leadership.

This module covers the foundations of big data and machine learning.
You will critically analyse machine learning techniques used to forecast the state of the economy, such as inflation and the risk of recession. You will also discuss the special ethical challenges which arise in banking, including issues related to data privacy associated with machine learning and AI.
You will learn how to visualise data and how to apply machine learning techniques for regression, classification, and clustering. Through this module, you will gain hands-on experience to acquaint non-specialists with current machine learning techniques, using the R programming language.

In this module, you will explore the vibrant and rapidly expanding field of behavioural finance. We will first define what economists usually mean by the term rationality. Then we will discuss in detail some of the key ways that peoples' behaviour can deviate from this definition, and how these deviations can provide an explanation for many of the anomalies we observe in financial markets.

The main aim of this module is to introduce students to technologies behind distributed ledgers in general and blockchain in particular. Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology that provides proof of ownership and allows for the efficient, secure exchange of ownership. The central topic of the course is understanding blockchain technology and its application to decentralized finance or DeFi. Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology with very special features such as immutability and a high level of security. The advantage of blockchain is that it provides a transactional or verification framework without the need for trust-ensuring central parties (e.g., banks). This reduces transaction costs and lowers the possibility of fraud.

Utilizing digital technologies (e.g. Blockchain, Open APIs, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Analytics), Fintech start-ups successfully venture in traditional financial areas, such as payments, lending, wealth management, investments, trading, insurance. By increasing the availability of and accessibility to financial services through technology and regulatory changes, the Fintech Revolution heralds the financial inclusion of a number of individuals and businesses, who are currently not participating efficiently in the existing financial systems. The purpose of this module is to provide insights into the ongoing Financial Revolution in the consumer financial services and to showcase how digitalization transforms the existing financial sector by providing opportunities for new contenders and incumbent actors.

This is a foundational module offered in Term 1, specifically designed to establish a robust programming skillset for students. This immersive and hands-on module aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the Python programming language, with a specific focus on its applications in data analysis and machine learning.

The module aims to allow students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of their course.

The aim of this module is to examine the foundations of microeconomic analysis from a behavioural perspective and introduce basic microeconomic concepts to non-economists.

It will achieve this objective by subjecting many of the fundamental assumptions made in standard undergraduate degree courses to close critical scrutiny.

It will familiarise you with recent research developments in behavioural economics and the possible implications for theory and policy raised by these developments.

In this module, we will demystify Generative AI and illuminate its crucial impact on finance. Students will gain insights into various generative models and hone Python and TensorFlow skills, with a focus on financial data management. Through our pragmatic approach, students will apply key generative AI concepts like Generative Adversarial Networks, Transformer Models, Diffusion models and Natural Language Processing to real-world finance scenarios. As we round off the module, we will project into the future of Generative AI in finance and engage in essential discussions on ethical implications. Our primary goal is to empower students with the know-how and aptitude to leverage Generative AI in finance, enhancing decision-making and pioneering innovative strategies.

The module aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to financial reporting and management accounting.

The module is designed to provide a conceptual grounding of the core principles of marketing.

The module aims to introduce fundamental economic concepts to non-economists.

This module will enable you to better understand and use quantitative methods in business practice.

This module will develop the technical skills of students as well as enhancing their understanding of the behavioural consequences of management accounting processes, enabling strategic decision-making.

The module is designed to provide a framework for identifying and addressing major strategic marketing issues faced by organisations.

The module aims to allow students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of their course.

The module aims to allow students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of their course.

Strategy is fundamentally concerned with managing the long-term direction of a whole business. This module sets out to understand the difference between strategy at the level of the individual business (or business unit) and at the corporate level. To do this, the module outlines the basic analytical concepts, frameworks and methods used in setting a company's long-term direction. It is distinctive in three ways:

• The way it draws on concepts and techniques from economics and the other subjects mentioned above.
• The way it views strategy from the perspective of strategic decision making.
• The way it combines the analytic foundations for making strategic decisions with the responsibility of general managers to orchestrate the resources of the business in order to achieve sustained, superior performance.

The module aims to provide an understanding of how analytics projects are structured from start to end.

The FinTech in Practice module provides an opportunity to explore a project of practical relevance in financial technology together with the Gillmore Center for Financial Technology or one of its industry partners. This allows students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of the course in a close-to-real-life experience.

This module will provide students with the theoretical foundations, appropriately supported by real-life examples, to help understand how global business works today. Anyone who picks up a newspaper or watch the news on television or radio or social media will immediately understand the importance of global business and how it has become central to decisions made by governments and their regulators - the trade conflict between the US and China, all the problems for global businesses (as well as the people of the UK and Europe) arising out of Brexit and the potential disruption to global supply chains for companies as diverse as car manufacturers and financial services. Furthermore, environmental crises and disruptions come in various forms: economic recessions, disease outbreaks, as well as terrorist attacks – many of which cannot be easily predicted and impose numerous non-trivial costs on firms, particularly MNEs due to their multi-market exposures. At the same time, MNEs are accused of behaving irresponsibly in their quest for global market growth, which is likely to impose further costs on these firms. By the end of the module, you will be able to dig deep into these news headlines and gain real insight into the issues in order to discuss how MNEs can build sustainable business models in today’s global business environment.

This course offers the opportunity to self-source a summer internship, where you’ll be able to increase your employability by applying your theoretical learnings to a real-world industry setting. The WBS CareersPlus team will support you through each step of the recruitment process, including making effective applications, interview practice, organising events for you to meet employers, and more. 

As part of this module we focus on three areas:

(1) We will review consulting in the context of current trends (e.g., Digital Transformation incl. Design Thinking, and Sustainability).

(2) We will work on real live client projects (focusing mainly on Market Entry, using insights from Digital Marketing, as well as Sustainability).

(3) We will refine individual practical transferable skills, with effective oral and written communication skills being central to being seen as a consulting expert.

This module discusses the basics of consulting, such as the consulting industry, consulting work and processes, problem-solving approaches, and emerging consulting areas such as IT/digital and sustainability.

This module aims to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand, critique, and conduct quantitative financial accounting research.

This module aims to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to understand, critique, and conduct quantitative financial accounting research.

This module aims to develop a greater understanding of how to foster an innovative work environment.

The primary focus of this module is to understand how multi-national corporations (MNCs) attempt to deal with today's human resource issues.

The LeadershipPlus module offers students the opportunity to learn through experience, feedback and reflection about what they personally stand for as a leader, how to can manage yourself effectively, and how to lead, manage and influence other people successfully.

Apply the knowledge you've gained on the course with a research paper. Your investigation of a contemporary topic will develop your theoretical and practical understanding of current problems in this area, as well as your research and communication skills. This is your opportunity to demonstrate how you would work in reality, as you detail the decisions you would make – and why.

The research paper module provides an opportunity to explore a research topic in financial technology, information systems management or digital innovation.

This module aims to give students a realistic experience of the responsibilities involved in managing money for clients. It provides an introduction to practical investment management techniques, building on the work of the modules of Term 1 and requires that each student run a simulated portfolio on a real portfolio management system.

Concurrently, it encourages students to engage with current topics in the financial news and understand what effect such news may have for the securities they manage. This module provides continuity, context and a contemporary angle.

The objective of the module is to develop an understanding of the key strategic challenges facing internationally-focused businesses, and to analyse and understand how companies design, implement and manage international strategies within the context of uncertain and complex geopolitics.

The two weeks of Business in Practice will expose students to close-to-real life experience in leading a business function in an organisation.

Current Issues in Leadership is designed to provide students with the ability to critically assess issues related to leadership and management in organisations, with a particular emphasis on management consulting. This is achieved by reading and discussing relevant literature, as well as simulating and studying real life examples. The key aims of this module are to (1) introduce students to key contemporary themes, debates and theoretical frameworks in the area of leadership; (2) examine key leadership themes and applicability of theoretical frameworks in relation to real-world cases; and (3) develop students' capacity for critical and reflexive thinking about leadership theory and practice. Each week's content is based on a particular leadership issue or set of issues and builds on the previous week to generate a coherent learning journey.

This module offers an in-depth understanding of professionalism and assurance, focusing on the assurance of both financial and non-financial information, including Environmental, Sustainability, and Governance (ESG) aspects.

This module aims to provide a conceptual grounding of the core principles of marketing as needs to be applied by a manager, as also as a contextual understanding of the international marketing environment faced by managers, and the practice of marketing appropriate to that environment.

This module combines key aspects of Marketing and Operations, to help develop a comprehensive understanding of how Customer Value is created for customers, to address needs and wants. The module was created following a 2017 review of the MIM course, that suggested students needed a greater 'general management' perspective that might be developed through a cross-disciplinary approach. With this in mind, and also reflecting management practice, this cross-functional module, covers Marketing and Operations theory in an applied and practical manner. More specifically the module explores how efficient and effective value propositions are created, communicated and delivered to customers.

This module will introduce students to the frameworks and concepts of branding and marketing communication. It is designed to provide students with the latest understanding of branding issues and the necessary skills in making strategic decisions based on a global perspective. It will allow students to explore and master marketing approaches in a global environment with emphasis on strategies for brand building and communication. Students will gain practical skills in the development of brand and marketing communications and learn ways to develop global branding and communication strategies.

This course focuses on the tools and models of modern macroeconomics, with particular focus on business cycle theory, as well as asset markets and monetary policy. Modern macroeconomic theory is micro founded, and it uses models and mathematical tools to quantitatively explain stylized empirical facts. The objective of this class is to introduce students to the main theories concerning the central questions in macroeconomics. We will not only understand the motivation, intuition and implications of each model, but we will also learn the mathematical or numerical tools needed to solve these models. In particular, the course covers the basic conceptual and numerical tools needed to construct and solve dynamic stochastic equilibrium models. In addition, we will discuss the limitations of each model and the open research questions of the field to guide those students who will go on to pursue research on this area of study.

The general aim of this module is to offer a broad perspective on digital transformation and its management. More specifically, the students will: - Explore and unpack digital transformation to understand its implications for businesses in various industries

• Discuss leadership, management, and governance of digital transformation
• Analyse cases

This module introduces cybersecurity within a broader business context. It seeks to outline how various types of organizations (e.g., start-ups, SMEs, and large multinational organizations; public and private; digital natives vs non-digital natives, etc.) design and implement cybersecurity programs in order to protect their digital technologies, data and information systems (IS), and other business assets from a myriad of cyber threats. To this end, we investigate cybersecurity issues from organizational, strategic, behavioural, technical, and regulatory perspectives. The purpose of the module is not to train students to become cyber technology experts, but to teach students, who are to perform various organizational roles (also within cybersecurity), to be aware of and know how to address various cyber security ( as well as privacy) issues in strategic IS context.

The module aims to provide training in applying data science methods to contemporary economic problems by looking at case studies.

This module introduces you to the foundations of business research and the different methodological approaches that can be used to investigate research questions associated with issues, problems and puzzles in organisational contexts. By gaining a deep understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and when each approach is more and less suitable, you will be better prepared to design and conduct your own research project. You will also learn skills that will help you to evaluate the quality and robustness of research studies reported in published academic literature and to make judgments about how this prior research might inform your own project.

The main aims of the module are to familiarise students with spreadsheets, relational databases, SQL and tools designed to work with big data.

This is the introductory Operations Management module. It establishes the basic principles and theories in OM based on a European tradition of the subject. This module focuses at the levels of the Operation and the Process, not Supply Network.

The dissertation is designed to provide an opportunity to explore an area of special interest and demonstrate knowledge and practising the skills gained on the taught modules of the course.

This module is designed to introduce the student to the ideas of modelling and analytics and to their relevance for management.

The 'Critical Issues in Marketing' module offers students the opportunity to develop and extend their knowledge of threshold marketing concepts through the critical appraisal of a range of case studies that address important, challenging and/or emerging areas of marketing theory and practice. Over the course of the module students will not only have the opportunity to develop their critical faculties but will be encouraged to develop personal reflectivity through a personal appraisal of their own skills and attributes and a critical reflection upon the skills and attributes they need to develop in order to succeed in a professional marketing environment.

This module is taking an applied and practical approach. Students will learn about the marketing research process and its role and importance in helping managers make marketing decisions. Content being covered includes: identifying your research problem, creating accurate research objective and questions, research design, and lastly, learning techniques which would allow students to conduct qualitative and quantitative data and analysis.

The module adopts a strategic end-to-end supply chain management perspective. In so doing, it adopts an academically driven practical approach to analyze contemporary challenges of global supply chains. It introduces and applies methods, tools, theories and frameworks to real life cases to critically discuss the wider implications of supply chain practices. To achieve these, the module takes a strategic executive level of analysis rather than a technical numerical approach. It also discusses the implications of emergent technologies such as AI as well as geopolitical issues on the configuration and evolution of global supply chains.

We will look at the importance of negotiation in every human encounter and how to become effective in negotiations. As such it is a life skill and one that also plays out in human interactions in the workplace and in business. We will look at the different types of negotiation and you will develop the skills to become a more effective negotiator.

A naïve view of negotiation sees it as a battle between two opponents who are seeking to 'win' and come out of the negotiation feeling they have got the best deal (so called 'fixed pie' or distributive/-competitive negotiation). In situations where you have an on-going relationship with your opponent then you might want to seek a win: win (or a integrative/cooperative) negotiation which can expand the pie or the overall value of negotiation. Negotiation can be a process of problem-solving, and negotiation is also about creating value and the issue of which party captures that value.

This module will provide students with a core knowledge of strategic management approaches.

This module will provide students with the ability to use information to generate meaningful insights about the behaviour of their customers.

This module allows students to work on a contemporary research topic which will help students develop their theoretical and practical understanding of current problems in their pathway area, as well as their research and communication skills. Emphasis will be placed on taking a critical approach to the assumptions of prior literature and the methodologies they adopt to address their research question.

Managers now face the challenge of developing strategies for their firms in a more complex and changing global economy. Traditional approaches to strategy formulation often assume competitive markets and that firms can sustain a competitive advantage. Digital business models that leverage intangible assets now disrupt established markets at speed and scale. The trend towards a single global economy has stalled or is even in reverse as different governments take different approaches to managing the growth of their economies. Managers must develop business strategies that are more aware of economic context.
Core modules in the MiM programme combine traditional management disciplines because managers today need to make decisions that take an integrated view of business. This module combines an understanding of strategy formulation with an appreciation of economic context. The focus is on strategy at the corporate level and the strategic management of a firm. The economics perspective combines a macroeconomics view of an economy as a whole with the insights microeconomics offers managers regarding specific markets.

We will consider separately normal form games and then dynamic games. Some topics in dynamic programming (essentially one person dynamic games) , particularly in search games, will also be covered.

This module is driven by links into, and provides foundation for, the MSMF core structure: the latter determines the set of skills required and provides examples for applications. In turn, this module develops and supports the skills required for practical applications of theoretical concepts developed elsewhere in the core.

Explore the role of money, banks and other financial institutions in a modern economy.
From discovering the fragilities in fractional reserve banking to the role of the central bank, and the weaknesses caused by the shadow banking sector.
Throughout this module, you will also explore the causes of historic bank failures and systemic crises, and you will explore the payment system and how fintech can be used in the banking system.

This module aims to provides you with the analytical and empirical tools from macroeconomics and econometrics to understand the role of monetary policy and how monetary policy is implemented.

In this module, you will explore and explain why (in terms of fundamental policy objectives and economics) central banks have different mandates, objectives, governance and operating procedures and thereby to open minds to the scope of possible policy choices.

In this module, you will explore the rationale behind financial regulation and supervision, understanding what are the market failures regulators are addressing, and what are the tools which are being used.

You will also look at critical, policy relevant, questions in financial regulation which have seen scholarly study such as: the benefits of narrow banking; the threat of competition to financial stability; managing the tension between deposit insurance and moral hazard; too-big-tofail; remuneration and incentives; and resolution challenges. 

The aims of this module are to build an ethical leadership capacity in critical areas of banking, and in particular financial conduct.

You will explore what ethics in business are, and should be, considering both an economic approach and how incentives and industrial structure alter the propensity to malpractice.

The module will also explain ethical leadership from multiple angles: academic, through practice, and via peer learning.

Finally, this module will delve into financial conduct, covering the regulatory rules, and the enforcement tools available if ethics are poor.

The aim of this module is to introduce you to the financial markets and instruments as well as the analysis and management of risk within financial markets. You will develop a conceptual framework for thinking about financial markets and financial risk, and to show how these concepts are implemented in practice in a variety of contexts.

The Marketing with Digital Disruption and Transformation module aims to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of how digital technologies are reshaping marketing strategy and practice.

The most pressing challenge we face collectively today is what the United Nations has termed the "triple planetary crisis" - climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. To combat these inter-related issues, there has been a growing emphasis on new theoretical and practical approaches to our current processes of production and consumption. These new pathways to sustainability often require a re-imagining of business-as-usual and questioning our assumptions of what is valuable.

The module aims to develop an understanding of entrepreneurs and the firms they create and manage. Entrepreneurship is not only about new ventures or 'small' business or 'early-stage' business, nor even exclusively about for-profit business. Rather, it is a method of creative problem solving in business and a logic for taking action in a variety of settings where business can make a positive difference.

The module adopts a broad view of Information Systems (IS) defined as complex integrated constellations of hardware, software, and data that represent, facilitate, and automate different business processes within and across different functions and for various internal and external actors. Managing IS (MIS) concerns all stages of the lifecycles of a system or its sub-systems (e.g., prospecting, initiating and architecting, selecting, building, implementing, using and operating, leveraging for business value, maintaining and updating, and terminating). The module offers theoretical frameworks to analyse these issues and uses several practical examples and hands-on activities.

The aim of this module is provide training and tools required to conduct research in Finance. In particular, to provide students with the foundations, topics and current research in market microstructure, banking, financial institutions, financial innovation, and financial crises.

This module will be split into three parts to cover financial ethics, financial regulation, and environmental, social and governance issues.

The purpose of this module is to provide a general introduction to econometric techniques used for modeling and understanding financial markets. Upon finishing the module, students should have a solid grasp of several important models in financial econometrics.

The last two decades witnessed a substantial increase in the attention paid, both among practitioner and academics to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) dimensions of organizational activities. This trend has been reflected in an increased importance assigned to assessing, quantifying and monetizing the ESG-related factor on the overall financial performance of organizations, but also in an exponential growth in investment strategies that embed ESG measures into investment appraisal and decision-making. In spite of this recent trend, there is still a significant gap between the ubiquity and standardization of tools used in financial measurement and reporting and between similar functions in the ESG space. This course aims to address part of this gap in our practical and academic knowledge by examining on the challenges related to measuring and monetising social impacts of organizations. In doing so, the course will examine relevant theoretical approaches and use these to build relevant skills. However, this knowledge will then be applied to a real-life situation. This course adopts a hands-on approach – the course’s final assignment will ask develop an investment vehicle, a social impact bond, that uses social impact evaluation and monetization to fund financial investment with a positive social impact.

The last two decades witnessed a substantial increase in the attention paid, both among practitioner and academics to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) dimensions of organizational activities. This trend has been reflected in an increased importance assigned to assessing, quantifying and monetizing the ESG-related factor on the overall financial performance of organizations, but also in an exponential growth in investment strategies that embed ESG measures into investment appraisal and decision-making. In spite of this recent trend, there is still a significant gap between the ubiquity and standardization of tools used in financial measurement and reporting and between similar functions in the ESG space. This course aims to address part of this gap in our practical and academic knowledge by examining on the challenges related to measuring and monetizing social impacts of organizations. In doing so, the course will examine relevant theoretical approaches and use these to build relevant skills. However, this knowledge will then be applied to a real-life situation. This course adopts a hands-on approach – the course’s final assignment will ask develop an investment vehicle, a social impact bond, that uses social impact evaluation and monetization to fund financial investment with a positive social impact.

Strategy is fundamentally concerned with managing the long-term direction of a whole business. This module sets out to understand the difference between strategy at the level of the individual business (or business unit) and at the corporate level. To do this, the module outlines the basic analytical concepts, frameworks and methods used in setting a company's long-term direction. It is distinctive in three ways:

• The way it draws on concepts and techniques from economics and the other subjects mentioned above.
• The way it views strategy from the perspective of strategic decision making.
• The way it combines the analytic foundations for making strategic decisions with the responsibility of general managers to orchestrate the resources of the business in order to achieve sustained, superior performance.

This module helps in this endeavour by providing an integrated approach to business within which one can see the overall strategic intent and the differentiated and distinct contributions that different functions and teams make towards this intent. It helps students to understand how strategic decisions can define the changes a company seeks to make to themselves and their market.

There are two specific features about project management theory which make it a slightly different type of subject to most other academic modules. Firstly, the subject has its origins in large-scale, complex operations. This means that a large proportion of the published theory concerns the planning and control aspects of the management of such processes. Secondly, most of the concepts were developed in the heyday of the 1960s, where a lot of activity was taking place in the aerospace, defence, and construction sectors. This means that most of the basic literature is reasonably old and technically focused.
In the modern context, project management methods are now used for a much wider variety of applications including change management, Third World development programmes and IT based projects. As a consequence, this module aims to span a range of sectors and be as multi-disciplinary as possible. The planning and control aspects of the module occupy only about 20% of the total time available.
During the module, we will explore Project, Programme and Portfolio management along with the concepts, tools and techniques that are commonly used in modern projects, and we will also take an in-depth critical look at current developments in the field. The way we teach is very practical, so you will get the chance to apply all of the tools we explore together and investigate many project-based case studies.

Everyone is an operations manager. All of us manage resources and produce some mixture of goods and services. This module, therefore, looks at what we are all involved with, so even though the main focus on this module is on the operations function in large organisations, many of the ideas it contains can be applied at a level far closer to our own personal activity.
The module is intended as an introduction to operations management in both service and manufacturing organisations. Its intention is to provide the building blocks of those basic principles which are broadly applicable to most organisations (though some parts of the module are specific to certain types of operation).

The aim of this module is to build an in-depth understanding of leadership by focusing on the three complementary areas of: leading self, leading others and leading change.

The aim of this module is to build an in-depth understanding of leadership by focusing on the three complementary areas of: leading self, leading others and leading change.

This module aims to develop an understanding of some of the challenges faced by leaders and managers within an increasingly volatile organizational environment.

This module gives participants theoretical and practical knowledge about applying Artificial Intelligence in real-world business and managerial environments. Participants will explore the different types of Artificial Intelligence, they will discover how they are developed, they will discuss their implication on jobs and tasks and tackle the ethical and environmental challenges associated with it.

The module aims to provide students with an introduction to the principles of Corporate Finance.

Strategic management is concerned with the commitments, processes, decisions, actions, investments, and choices that relate to how organisations define and achieve their central purposes over the long run. It is about how companies determine their vision and mission, how they prioritize between strategic alternatives, and how such choices are implemented. Strategy necessarily crosses units of analysis since it relates to the success of whole companies, as well as that of their constituent business units, functional departments, and their wider networks. Strategy is also integrative in the sense that successful strategy formulation and implementation involves coordination across the numerous functional and cross‐functional domains that comprise most companies. Strategy encompasses numerous themes and elements including strategy process, strategy practice, innovation, leadership, positioning, resourcing and differentiation. Strategy is complex and all-pervasive and it is this complexity that the module is oriented towards.

The module introduces students to the finance field by developing the essential knowledge to solve general finance problems. This is a skills-based module that will help students to think critically and build an intuitive understanding of how financial decision-making works in practice. To achieve these objectives, the module includes case studies and applications of the skills one needs to master to examine common problems faced by financial managers. By teaching the basic concepts in finance, the module will develop the necessary knowledge and appreciation to enable students to enter into intelligent discussion with finance professionals.

The module introduces students to the finance field by developing the essential knowledge to solve general finance problems. This is a skills-based module that will help students to think critically and build an intuitive understanding of how financial decision-making works in practice. To achieve these objectives, the module includes case studies and applications of the skills one needs to master to examine common problems faced by financial managers. By teaching the basic concepts in finance, the module will develop the necessary knowledge and appreciation to enable students to enter into intelligent discussion with finance professionals.

This module introduces the key management areas of management accounting and corporate reporting. The use of financial information, whether used internally, or reported externally is crucial for any manager wishing to move up through their company to grasp.
The intention of this module is not to try to turn students into accountants, but to try to enable them to understand and interpret financial and other corporate information, enter into intelligent discussion with financial partners and to be able to appreciate the bigger picture rather than get lost in the detail. It is inevitable that there will be some calculations but there is also a heavy emphasis on understanding the issues around the numbers and the context in which they are set. The assessments will strike a balance between calculation, interpretation and discussion.

The module introduces students to the finance field by developing the essential knowledge to solve general finance problems. This is a skills-based module that will help students to think critically and build an intuitive understanding of how financial decision-making works in practice. To achieve these objectives, the module includes case studies and applications of the skills one needs to master to examine common problems faced by financial managers. By teaching the basic concepts in finance, the module will develop the necessary knowledge and appreciation to enable students to enter into intelligent discussion with finance professionals.

The word “luxury” has been used to describe highly desirable but exclusive goods and services. Traditionally, the purchase and possession of these goods or services is an ultimate sign of personal success and fulfillment of individual dreams. However, it is also perceived as the inappropriate display of financial excesses and disparities.

With the democratization and globalization of luxury brands, increasingly, luxury brands are purchased and consumed to satisfy the emotional and hedonic needs. At the same time, all contemporary brands intend to provide emotional value and experiential benefit to individuals.

Furthermore, luxury brands used to rely on exclusive and personal services to distinguish themselves from non-luxury brands, However, with the rise of digital channel and social media, luxury brands have to adapt to the omnichannel shopping behaviour of the new generation consumers. As a result, the line between luxury brands and non-luxury brands are blurring.

Against the above background, this module addresses the important question of what are the unique value propositions that luxury brands can deliver and how to deliver them.

The main aim of this module is to introduce students to Finance in general and in particular to modern theories and practices of Asset Pricing and Financial Management. The key is the modelling and measurement of uncertainty (risk), how investors make decisions in the presence of such uncertainty, and how such behaviours drive both time series and cross-section of asset prices and returns in equilibrium.

This module introduces the key management areas of management accounting and corporate reporting. The use of financial information, whether used internally, or reported externally is crucial for any manager wishing to move up through their company to grasp.
The intention of this module is not to try to turn students into accountants, but to try to enable them to understand and interpret financial and other corporate information, enter into intelligent discussion with financial partners and to be able to appreciate the bigger picture rather than get lost in the detail. It is inevitable that there will be some calculations but there is also a heavy emphasis on understanding the issues around the numbers and the context in which they are set. The assessments will strike a balance between calculation, interpretation and discussion.

This module is about how knowledge – both new and old – leads to enhanced wealth creation or quality of life through innovation. Innovation is understood here as the process through which knowledge and creativity lead to product, process, service or organisational change. Key themes in the module are the link between innovation and strategy, innovation and organisational structure and the role of ‘openness’ in successful innovation. An interdisciplinary, integrative approach is adopted drawing on the managerial, strategic and technological literatures and making extensive use of case-study and statistical evidence from the research literature. Skills development focuses on extending students’ capabilities in evidence-based strategy formulation and business leadership.

This module introduces the key management areas of management accounting and corporate reporting. The use of financial information, whether used internally, or reported externally is crucial for any manager wishing to move up through their company to grasp.
The intention of this module is not to try to turn students into accountants, but to try to enable them to understand and interpret financial and other corporate information, enter into intelligent discussion with financial partners and to be able to appreciate the bigger picture rather than get lost in the detail. It is inevitable that there will be some calculations but there is also a heavy emphasis on understanding the issues around the numbers and the context in which they are set. The assessments will strike a balance between calculation, interpretation and discussion.

This module introduces the key management areas of management accounting and corporate reporting. The use of financial information, whether used internally, or reported externally is crucial for any manager wishing to move up through their company to grasp.
The intention of this module is not to try to turn students into accountants, but to try to enable them to understand and interpret financial and other corporate information, enter into intelligent discussion with financial partners and to be able to appreciate the bigger picture rather than get lost in the detail. It is inevitable that there will be some calculations but there is also a heavy emphasis on understanding the issues around the numbers and the context in which they are set. The assessments will strike a balance between calculation, interpretation and discussion.

This module aims to enable students to undertake a rigorous and relevant project in business and management.

This module is about how knowledge – both new and old – leads to enhanced wealth creation or quality of life through innovation. Innovation is understood here as the process through which knowledge and creativity lead to product, process, service or organisational change. Key themes in the module are the link between innovation and strategy, innovation and organisational structure and the role of ‘openness’ in successful innovation. An interdisciplinary, integrative approach is adopted drawing on the managerial, strategic and technological literatures and making extensive use of case-study and statistical evidence from the research literature. Skills development focuses on extending students’ capabilities in evidence-based strategy formulation and business leadership.

This module is about how knowledge – both new and old – leads to enhanced wealth creation or quality of life through innovation. Innovation is understood here as the process through which knowledge and creativity lead to product, process, service or organisational change. Key themes in the module are the link between innovation and strategy, innovation and organisational structure and the role of ‘openness’ in successful innovation. An interdisciplinary, integrative approach is adopted drawing on the managerial, strategic and technological literatures and making extensive use of case-study and statistical evidence from the research literature. Skills development focuses on extending students’ capabilities in evidence-based strategy formulation and business leadership.

This is a module that is appropriate for those that have studied business and management as a first degree or are new to the discipline. It focuses on the key structures that Business Analytics operates within. It provides fluency in the role of the organization and the key stakeholders and influences that an analyst may experience within their role.

The module provides students with an understanding of the antecedents and consequences of behaviour in organisations, with particular emphasis on the management process.

Strategy is fundamentally concerned with managing the long-term direction of a whole business. This module sets out to understand the difference between strategy at the level of the individual business (or business unit) and at the corporate level. To do this, the module outlines the basic analytical concepts, frameworks and methods used in setting a company's long-term direction. It is distinctive in three ways:

• The way it draws on concepts and techniques from economics and the other subjects mentioned above.
• The way it views strategy from the perspective of strategic decision making.
• The way it combines the analytic foundations for making strategic decisions with the responsibility of general managers to orchestrate the resources of the business in order to achieve sustained, superior performance.

This module helps in this endeavour by providing an integrated approach to business within which one can see the overall strategic intent and the differentiated and distinct contributions that different functions and teams make towards this intent. It helps students to understand how strategic decisions can define the changes a company seeks to make to themselves and their market.

This module provides a broad introduction to the marketing concept and the role of marketing in the organisation. It is intended as a basic foundation module to orientate Warwick MBA students with respect to the core concepts and frameworks of marketing that help senior leaders in organisations maintain a focus on their customers in a changing context.

The aim of this module is to build an in-depth understanding of leadership by focusing on the three complementary areas of: leading self, leading others and leading change.

Everyone is an operations manager. All of us manage resources and produce some mixture of goods and services. This module, therefore, looks at what we are all involved with, so even though the main focus on this module is on the operations function in large organisations, many of the ideas it contains can be applied at a level far closer to our own personal activity.

The module is intended as an introduction to operations management in both service and manufacturing organisations. Its intention is to provide the building blocks of those basic principles which are broadly applicable to most organisations (though some parts of the module are specific to certain types of operation).

This module has the aim of reviewing the financial, control and investment opportunities faced by rapidly growing companies in entrepreneurial settings.

Corporate sustainability is the management of the organisation to achieve positive social, environmental and economic objectives over time. A stream of global challenges, from climate change and Covid-19 to the Ukraine war, has highlighted the need for businesses to be agile in the face of natural and social change. Increasingly, organisations aspiring to be sustainable define their very purpose around meeting societal and environmental goals and identifying business opportunities accordingly.

The Internship module is an alternative to the Research Paper/ Dissertation and applied route optional core modules for students wishing to add a work placement into their course. The internship would be between 6 and 12 weeks and would fall anytime in the period after all modules are completed, and before the final project is submitted in September. Students can undertake their internship in the UK or overseas.

The Internship module is an alternative to the Research Paper/ Dissertation and applied route optional core modules for students wishing to add a work placement into their course. The internship would be between 6 and 12 weeks and would fall anytime in the period after all modules are completed, and before the final project is submitted in September. Students can undertake their internship in the UK or overseas.

The Internship module is an alternative to the Research Paper/ Dissertation and applied route optional core modules for students wishing to add a work placement into their course. The internship would be between 6 and 12 weeks and would fall anytime in the period after all modules are completed, and before the final project is submitted in September. Students can undertake their internship in the UK or overseas.

This module is part of a pair of modules to cover the Finance core for the new MSAFM course. Both modules will cover both the buy side and sell side angle, but split content by depth of coverage into foundations (parallel proposal, Term 1) and advanced topics (this proposal, Term 2 module).
This module will build on the foundations of finance theory (recalling that typical MSAFM students will be “non-specialists”) laid down in the Term 1 module, and provides the depth required for certain career destinations targeted by MSAFM.

This module is part of a “pair” of modules to cover the Finance core for the new MSAFM course. Both modules will cover both the “buy side” and “sell side” angle, buy split content by “depth of coverage” into “foundations” (this module, Term 1) and “advanced topics” (parallel proposal of second Term 2 module).
This module will lay down the foundations of finance theory (recalling that typical MSAFM students will be “non-specialists”), on which the “advanced” topics in the Term 2 core module, but also selected Term 2 electives from the Finance portfolio of masters courses, can build.

This module design aims to provide a comprehensive, practical learning experience that allows students to apply their accounting and financial management knowledge whilst also utilising key employability skills. The intensive, two-week structure enables deep engagement and encourages active learning and reflection.

The aim of this module is to develop your understanding of the use of management accounting to facilitate responsible decision making to meet the needs of business organisations in the 21st century. For a sustainable business this means that the decision-making process must consider shareholders, society and the environment as a way of promoting a sustainability focussed organisation.

In this module we explore the core aspects of accountability and accounting practice, and the characteristics of professional expertise, that operate as central mechanisms in making the grand challenges of sustainable development practicable.

This module familiarises students with the current state of the art in sustainability reporting.

This multi-term module aims to equip accounting and finance students with the essential employability skills and practical knowledge required to navigate the competitive job market in their field.

The module aims to allow students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of the programme.

The module is focusing on the critical role of experiential marketing in today's competitive landscape. This module explores how immersive and engaging marketing experiences can create significant value for customers, enhancing brand loyalty and driving customer satisfaction. By delving into real-world case studies and innovative strategies, students will learn how to design and implement effective experiential marketing campaigns that resonate with target audiences, ultimately fostering deeper emotional connections and sustainable business growth.

The course aims to provide students with a detailed understanding of the strategic advantage concept and how this can be applied in the analysis of a firm’s strategic advantage.

This module is designed to guide the MSMS students through the process of product ideation to creation. It will develop students' appreciation and understanding of the contribution that service and product design makes to organizational success

Many of our MSc students aspire to work as consultants. While several modules in our portfolios discuss consulting-related issues, only very few are dedicated to developing a deeper understanding of the roles, skills and remit of consultants; specifically those as operations or change consultants.

Gain a deeper understanding of key marketing and strategy functions within a simulated business environment, as you develop personal skills such as decision-making, creative problem-solving and effective performance evaluation.

This module explores the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in business examining how AI influences moral decision-making, corporate responsibility, inequality, discrimination, and governance in an increasingly digitalized world.

The module is structured around three key themes:
Consumer Behaviour Intelligence: This theme offers a deeper exploration into consumer needs—a critical aspect of crafting effective Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning (STP) strategies. It delves into the complexities of understanding consumers even beyond their own self-awareness. Students will be introduced to cognitive and motivational principles, enabling them to more accurately identify their target consumers and comprehend the underlying factors driving their purchasing behaviour.
Consumer Insights for Decision Makers: The focus of this theme is on how consumer insights can strategically inform decisions in product and service development, pricing, and beyond. The module will provide practical knowledge in areas such as behavioural pricing, systematic inventive thinking, and choice engineering. This equips students with the tools to make informed, impactful decisions based on deep consumer understanding.
Consumer Behaviour Management: This theme delves into practical methods for influencing consumer behaviour in real-world scenarios, covering key areas such as persuasion, motivation, and choice architecture. We will offer students state-of-the-art insights and strategies for each of these behaviour-modifying mechanisms. Participants will learn how to identify and leverage specific cognitive and motivational levers to influence consumer actions and determine which levers are most relevant in various situations.

The Analytics Portfolio module provides an opportunity to explore projects of practical relevance to the student’s interests or with one of WBS’ industry partners. This allows students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of the course in a close-to-real-life experience.

This pathway suits students with an interest in conducting in-depth analytics projects but in an applied setting rather than a research setting.

Covering all aspects of an organisation's data lifecycle, from data extraction through to product deployment (in the form of business dashboards), the module not only provides exposure to a critical element of business analytics and AI practice, but also provides foundational concepts on which later modules in the course will build upon.

This module provides an opportunity to apply the techniques and methodologies taught on the course to real-world settings. The focus will fundamentally concern the practicalities of applying analytical methods within the context of wider organisational change. This will incorporate project management for analytical interventions, ethics and risks in analytics projects, and the structuring of analytics in the business model of the organisation.

This module aims to equip students with the theories and frameworks needed to successfully collaborate with AI in knowledge work. The module draws on leading research about human-AI collaboration to illuminate the benefits and drawbacks of predictive, generative, and agentic AI for individuals, organizations and society, preparing students to use AI responsibly and effectively in their careers. Learning is assessed in an individual essay that critically examines how a certain form of knowledge work can be augmented with AI.

This module aims to provide an in depth coverage of fundamental behavioural economic concepts.

Python is a widely used programming language that is increasingly essential knowledge in the financial sector. Python dominates many modern applications, particularly in Data Science and Machine Learning. The module will use Python and Jupyter notebooks to investigate a variety of computational algorithms with the goal of solving particular problems and understanding the underlying theory.

ChatGPT and large language models have had massive impact on business practice in just a few years. However, the second wave of these technologies, their development and deployment as specialised automation tools (agents) promises to be significantly more impactful and transformative. The practice of Agentic AI comprises of the training methods, system architectures, information systems that support the system, deployment methods and the ethical & strategic choices required to make AI agents succeed in business deployments. This module will consider all of these areas, specifically in reference to the finance sector. In doing so, participants will gain experience on all the key aspects of Agentic AI as one of the key financial technologies of our time - from technical development to strategic implementation.

This double-weighted module provides students with an experiential route into venture creation, enabling them to develop and test a digital business idea while building capabilities in opportunity recognition, customer discovery, business model design, prototyping, market validation, pitching and reflective entrepreneurial learning. It recognises that many students may go on to start their own businesses, work in family enterprises, or use entrepreneurship as a distinctive pathway for professional development. The module offers a rigorous, applied experience, connecting academic insight with practical start-up experimentation.

The module will be one of the capstone options, alongside Research Paper and Internship.

This module introduces cybersecurity within a broader business context. It seeks to outline how various types of organizations (e.g., start-ups, SMEs, and large multinational organizations; public and private; digital natives vs non-digital natives, etc.) design and implement cybersecurity programs in order to protect their digital technologies, data and information systems (IS), and other business assets from a myriad of cyber threats. To this end, we investigate cybersecurity issues from organizational, strategic, behavioural, technical, and regulatory perspectives. The purpose of the module is not to train students to become cyber technology experts, but to teach students, who are to perform various organizational roles (also within cybersecurity), to be aware of and know how to address various cyber security ( as well as privacy) issues in strategic IS context.

This module aims to equip students with the theories and frameworks needed to successfully collaborate with AI in reshaping work, management, and organisational life. The module draws on leading research about human-AI collaboration to illuminate the benefits and drawbacks of predictive, generative, and agentic AI for individuals, organizations and society, preparing students to use AI responsibly and effectively in their careers.

This module is designed to provide students with the background of financial aspects of managerial decisions. We will cover several areas of finance, including the valuation of real and financial assets, risk management and financial derivatives, the trade-off between risk and expected return.

The module provides students with an understanding of the antecedents and consequences of behaviour in organisations, with particular emphasis on the management process.

This module introduces the key management areas of management accounting and corporate reporting. The use of financial information, whether used internally, or reported externally is crucial for any manager wishing to move up through their company to grasp.

The intention of this module is not to try to turn students into accountants, but to try to enable them to understand and interpret financial and other corporate information, enter into intelligent discussion with financial partners and to be able to appreciate the bigger picture rather than get lost in the detail. It is inevitable that there will be some calculations but there is also a heavy emphasis on understanding the issues around the numbers and the context in which they are set. The assessments will strike a balance between calculation, interpretation and discussion.

The aim of this module is to build an in-depth understanding of leadership by focusing on the three complementary areas of: leading self, leading others and leading change.

This module develops the judgement to apply marketing thinking well. It equips Warwick MBA students to evaluate marketing decisions critically, analyse the situations senior leaders face, and adapt core concepts and frameworks to the context in front of them, rather than applying them by rote.

This module examines how organisations build the capacity to innovate and act entrepreneurially in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments. Innovation is understood as the process through which knowledge, creativity and experimentation are translated into product, process, service, business model or organisational change. The module connects innovation to strategy, leadership, organisational design, learning, evidence-based decision making and value capture. It also examines how organisations generate and scale innovation through approaches such as design thinking, lean startup methods, open innovation, intrapreneurship and corporate venture capital. An interdisciplinary and applied approach is adopted, drawing on strategy, organisational theory, economics, behavioural science and innovation management. The module makes extensive use of case studies, simulations, research evidence and reflective exercises. Skills development focuses on strengthening students’ ability to formulate evidence-based innovation strategies, lead creative and entrepreneurial activity, assess when and how organisations can profit from innovation, and learn constructively from failure.

Digital system and AI decisions now touch every function, every level, and every organisation. They determine how value is created, delivered, captured, and defended, and have given rise to entirely new business models (e.g., multi-sided platforms) and competitive ecosystems in the process. They are also among the most commonly mismanaged, not because of bad technology, but because the managers responsible for them lacked the grounding to lead well.

Digital system and AI decisions now touch every function, every level, and every organisation. They determine how value is created, delivered, captured, and defended, and have given rise to entirely new business models (e.g., multi-sided platforms) and competitive ecosystems in the process. They are also among the most commonly mismanaged, not because of bad technology, but because the managers responsible for them lacked the grounding to lead well.

Digital system and AI decisions now touch every function, every level, and every organisation. They determine how value is created, delivered, captured, and defended, and have given rise to entirely new business models (e.g., multi-sided platforms) and competitive ecosystems in the process. They are also among the most commonly mismanaged, not because of bad technology, but because the managers responsible for them lacked the grounding to lead well.

This module examines how organisations build the capacity to innovate and act entrepreneurially in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments. Innovation is understood as the process through which knowledge, creativity and experimentation are translated into product, process, service, business model or organisational change. The module connects innovation to strategy, leadership, organisational design, learning, evidence-based decision making and value capture. It also examines how organisations generate and scale innovation through approaches such as design thinking, lean startup methods, open innovation, intrapreneurship and corporate venture capital. An interdisciplinary and applied approach is adopted, drawing on strategy, organisational theory, economics, behavioural science and innovation management. The module makes extensive use of case studies, simulations, research evidence and reflective exercises. Skills development focuses on strengthening students’ ability to formulate evidence-based innovation strategies, lead creative and entrepreneurial activity, assess when and how organisations can profit from innovation, and learn constructively from failure.

This module examines how organisations build the capacity to innovate and act entrepreneurially in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments. Innovation is understood as the process through which knowledge, creativity and experimentation are translated into product, process, service, business model or organisational change. The module connects innovation to strategy, leadership, organisational design, learning, evidence-based decision making and value capture. It also examines how organisations generate and scale innovation through approaches such as design thinking, lean startup methods, open innovation, intrapreneurship and corporate venture capital. An interdisciplinary and applied approach is adopted, drawing on strategy, organisational theory, economics, behavioural science and innovation management. The module makes extensive use of case studies, simulations, research evidence and reflective exercises. Skills development focuses on strengthening students’ ability to formulate evidence-based innovation strategies, lead creative and entrepreneurial activity, assess when and how organisations can profit from innovation, and learn constructively from failure.

This module examines how organisations build the capacity to innovate and act entrepreneurially in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments. Innovation is understood as the process through which knowledge, creativity and experimentation are translated into product, process, service, business model or organisational change. The module connects innovation to strategy, leadership, organisational design, learning, evidence-based decision making and value capture. It also examines how organisations generate and scale innovation through approaches such as design thinking, lean startup methods, open innovation, intrapreneurship and corporate venture capital. An interdisciplinary and applied approach is adopted, drawing on strategy, organisational theory, economics, behavioural science and innovation management. The module makes extensive use of case studies, simulations, research evidence and reflective exercises. Skills development focuses on strengthening students’ ability to formulate evidence-based innovation strategies, lead creative and entrepreneurial activity, assess when and how organisations can profit from innovation, and learn constructively from failure.

Digital system and AI decisions now touch every function, every level, and every organisation. They determine how value is created, delivered, captured, and defended, and have given rise to entirely new business models (e.g., multi-sided platforms) and competitive ecosystems in the process. They are also among the most commonly mismanaged, not because of bad technology, but because the managers responsible for them lacked the grounding to lead well.

This module aims to provide students with a fundamental understanding of corporate finance theory and practice. It reviews basic theories and applications in firm capital structure decisions, corporate risk management, corporate governance, capital budgeting and payout policy of corporations.

To provide an introduction to advanced quantitative methods to students with quantitative backgrounds.

This module introduces students to the foundations and principles of the scientific study of how consumers make decisions.

This module equips students to influence consumer behaviour effectively and responsibly. Building on the term 1 foundation in the science of consumer decisions, it is structured around three complementary approaches to influence, taught jointly by Marketing and Behavioural Science.

This module explores how marketing and consumer-related decisions can be shaped, and sometimes distorted, by the way evidence, behaviour, and market signals are interpreted. It introduces students to a range of paradoxes, fallacies, and analytical misunderstandings that can lead to flawed judgement, even when decisions appear to be well supported by data, research, or established assumptions.

This module focuses on the strategic design, management and evaluation of world-class customer experiences in contemporary markets.

It explores how organisations create value by curating meaningful, consistent and engaging experiences across physical, digital, social and omnichannel touchpoints.

Students will examine how customer journeys are shaped by consumer needs, emotions, expectations, technologies and organisational processes, and how firms can use customer insight and data to identify pain points, personalise interactions and improve experience quality. Drawing on contemporary theory, real-world cases and applied customer experience tools, the module enables students to critically evaluate and design customer experience strategies that strengthen customer satisfaction, loyalty, trust and long-term brand relationships.

This module develops students' knowledge, analytical skills, and practical capabilities to design and evaluate AI-driven digital marketing strategies. Content progresses across four phases: AI foundations and ethics; applied skills spanning generative AI, search, analytics, and paid media; customer experience and marketing technology; and strategic leadership and governance. AI runs throughout as both subject matter and a set of tools students actively apply.

The aim of the project is to provide students with the opportunity to investigate and carry out novel research in the area of consumer psychology and behavioural economics, with particular focus on applications of experimental methods in marketing and consumer decision making.

This module will provide a conceptual grounding of the core principles of corporate finance.

This module will provide a conceptual grounding of the core principles of financial management.

The module aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of and key skills in basic probability and distribution theory; basic statistical estimation and inference; and econometric models with applications to finance.

As organisations transition from passive software tools to autonomous AI agents capable of independent corporate action, traditional governance models are no longer sufficient. This shared module bridges the gap between Information Systems and Behavioural Science to address how managers can design robust oversight frameworks.

Managing an agentic enterprise requires a dual approach: implementing technical safeguards to constrain digital behaviour and understanding the psychological shifts that happen when human teams delegate decisions to AI. Students will explore how to architect compliance frameworks that integrate programmatic guardrails with real-world human oversight, ensuring safety without stalling operational innovation.

This module is a master level course designed to analyse financial products, markets and organizations.

This module is an introduction into the vibrant and rapidly expanding field of behavioural finance. We will first define what economists usually mean by the term rationality. Then we will discuss in detail some of the key ways that peoples' behaviour can deviate from this definition, and how these deviations can provide an explanation for many of the anomalies we observe in financial markets.

The module provides the tools for the empirical analysis of financial time series and their application.

This module is designed to provide students with MSc Finance level knowledge of Corporate Finance problems and how to tackle them.

This module aims to explore and formalize the fundamental relationships between investors’ decision-making in the presence of uncertainty and the cross-sectional and inter-temporal properties of prices and returns of financial assets.

This module is designed to provide students with an introduction to financial reporting and financial statement analysis.

The need and ability to gain insights from large data sets using statistical methods, optimisation techniques and predictive models is increasing – often referred to as Business Analytics. In the last 5-10 years, Behavioural Science research has also grown immensely, with many organisations looking to implement behavioural insights as part of their key strategic goals. This module combines these perspectives by considering the analytical techniques managers use today, illustrated by how they have underpinned out increasing understanding of human behaviour.

The module will explore behavioural science insights into consumer and market behaviour, leadership, negotiation, effective team management and organisational culture. The analytics perspective will cover a balance of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, involving visualisation, forecasting, data mining techniques and optimisation. This cross-disciplinary training in business models, quantitative methods and data science prepares the manager for today’s work in complex data-driven business situations.

Recent years have seen an active debate on the purpose of a company. Milton Friedman’s 1970 statement that “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits” ushered in a period of shareholder primacy that guided managers’ decision-making through several decades of global capitalism. But with it came a focus on near term returns versus investment, innovation and the impact a firm has on its wider stakeholders: customers, employees, suppliers, communities and society overall. Business became to be “criticized as a major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems” (Porter, 2011). This led to a rising focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and a redefining of the purpose of a company as having “a fundamental commitment to all of our stakeholders” (Business Roundtable, 2019).

The module aims to allow students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of their course.

This module introduces the key management areas of accounting and finance. Often looked upon as a black art, or at best a black box whose contents should be left to someone else, this subject is crucial for the rising manager (not to mention the future CEO) to grasp. The intention of this module is not to try to turn you into an accountant or financier, but to enable you to enter into intelligent discussion with financial people. To get the big picture rather than get lost in the detail. It is inevitable that there will be some calculations, but there is also a heavy emphasis on understanding the issues around the numbers and the context in which they are presented.

This module is designed to provide a broad understanding of the theory and practice of entrepreneurship with a special focus on the entrepreneurial mindset. Entrepreneurship is a comprehensive mindset that enables people to identify, evaluate, and act on opportunities in a variety of contexts, settings and organizations (and is not just about starting new businesses).

Companies increasingly realize that creating and sustaining a competitive edge requires them to think and act like entrepreneurs. The concept of corporate entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship refers to the development of new ideas and opportunities within established businesses, leading to improved profitability and an enhanced competitive position.

To enable students to understand the fundamental need for finance in entrepreneurial companies, the flow of capital around entrepreneurial young companies and how to execute a practical fundraising strategy for a start-up.

In this class we discuss the emerging areas of Digital Currencies and Decentralized Finance (or DeFi). By utilizing blockchain and smart contract technologies, DeFi provides a new platform for programmable, automated finance services that remove the reliance on central trust and intermediaries.

In this course we will examine the economics of blockchains, decentralized applications like lending protocols and exchanges, and stablecoins, which are the bridge between decentralized and centralized finance. We will also consider alternative applications like the rise of central bank digital currencies.

Students will examine critically the welfare and associated risks of these applications, and compare them to traditional financial markets. In a group project, students conduct a case study and critically evaluate the design of a DeFi protocol.

The module aims to allow students to synthesise, apply and extend the knowledge they have gained in the taught component of their course. The investigation of a contemporary research topic will help to develop students' theoretical and practical understanding of current problems in their pathway area, as well as their research and communication skills. Emphasis will be placed on taking a critical approach to the assumptions of prior literature and the methodologies they adopt to address their research question.

There are two specific features about project management theory which make it a slightly different type of subject to most other academic modules. Firstly, the subject has its origins in large-scale, complex operations. This means that a large proportion of the published theory concerns the planning and control aspects of the management of such processes. Secondly, most of the concepts were developed in the heyday of the 1960s, where a lot of activity was taking place in the aerospace, defence and construction sectors. This means that most of the basic literature is reasonably old and technically focused.

The development and spread of digital innovations demands new theoretical and practical approaches to the challenges of integrating technological and organizational change. Research shows that the spread and implementation of digital technology in business processes (within and between organisations) and through enterprise-wide and cross-enterprise systems integration are dependent on supporting processes of institutional and organizational change. Understanding these challenges therefore involves drawing on a range of theoretical contributions drawn from the social science of innovation which highlight the interplay between organizational processes and their social contexts. In particular, a focus on the creation and distribution of knowledge provides an integrating framework for these contributions.

The module introduces students to a range of debates that are central to the human resource management and employment relations field, including the 'high commitment' models of human resource management. It also provides students with an in-depth insight into a number of the specific HR practice areas, including: recruitment and selection; training and development; job design and teamworking, pay and rewards; unions and HRM, and equal opportunities and diversity management.

The dissertation is an opportunity to explore, in depth, an area of academic and/or professional interest related to your degree. Building on the knowledge and skills developed during the Research Methods module, and your other modules, you will conduct an independent research project, developing a deeper understanding of your chosen topic. From your research project, you will produce a dissertation, with guidance from a supervisor who will be allocated to you. Through the dissertation, you will demonstrate the ability to analyse and synthesise relevant literature, produce coherent arguments supported by relevant evidence and logical discussion, and acknowledge sources of ideas and information.

This module is concerned with pedagogy – the method and practice of teaching. It addresses central issues such as, teaching methods, how children learn, meeting individual needs, assessment, adaptive teaching and behaviour management. The module includes input from specialist teachers and will help you develop teaching that is effective and inclusive of all learners.

You will engage critically and analytically with a range of theories and models which underpin effective teaching and learning in international educational settings. You will develop the skills, knowledge and understanding required to be an effective teacher and understand the impact this has on pupil progress in a range of international contexts.

You will also be introduced to skills and techniques to support your development as a reflective practitioner, gaining access to a wide variety of pedagogic styles and innovative methods for learning and teaching in international settings. Throughout the course, links between critical reflection and your subject specialisms will be emphasised, helping you to embrace the concept of a connected curriculum.

This module aims to consider the increasingly complex inter-relationship between law and humanitarianism.

“Design Thinking” (Buchanan, 1992; Brown, 2008) refers to:

• a socio-political movement for empowering people with the capabilities of professional designers;
• and a rapidly coalescing interdisciplinary academic field, seeking to understand and improve how we do designing and how it can have a positive impact on the world.

This interdisciplinary module provides an induction into Design Thinking as research and practice, with a focus on its uses and limitations in the field of "social change" - especially participatory design and the development of design capabilities amongst communities (designing by communities, as opposed to designing for communities).

Computer networks, devices and infrastructure today undergird nearly all form of societal, political and cultural life. Police and hospitals, schools and transport, traffic lights and government bodies, elections, museums and artists rely on software systems for their everyday performance, which now increasingly includes the incorporation of artificial intelligence.

Whether used for tracking, organising, evaluating, creating, designing, thinking or communicating, digital technology and its use irreversibly transforms the fabric of everyday life, defining the horizon of the future. Given the widespread implications of such ‘digitalization,’ this module offers an introduction to how different disciplines beyond computer science have approached the digital methodologically and epistemologically.

In the era of networks, big data and the digital turn, traditional objects, such as documents, pictures, data, groups, events or patterns, open up to new methods of research. Emerging digital research methods also become means through which such objects are sustained, thus co-creating dynamic objects, such as networks, databases, platforms, data visualizations, maps and many other new forms of social, cultural and public life.

This module offers an insight into these new and emerging societal and cultural entities and methodologies. We will take a number of digital objects relevant to the social sciences and humanities and analyse them using digital methods, including network analysis, software studies, content analysis, issue mapping, and others. Digital media research sits alongside social studies of computational technologies and cultural theory as the fields that emerging digital methods take inspiration from.

The module is open to students from all disciplines; no specific prior knowledge is required.

The CIM Master’s dissertation is a piece of work (10,000 words) which addresses a single student-selected subject. The topic may concern any aspect of the subject matter of your Master's programme.

The dissertation is an exercise in independent study in which you can pursue a topic of interest. It allows you to further develop a range of independent research skills, including literature search and bibliography construction, theoretical argument, and generation/appraisal of empirical evidence.

This module introduces you to quantitative methods for the social sciences. It involves learning how to design a quantitative research project, how to select data and relevant methods, how to apply these methods and present results convincingly. It is suitable for all students interested in applied data analysis, from a background in any social science, or at least the interest in these disciplines. Prior background in quantitative methods before the module may range from none to intermediate.

This module serves as an interdisciplinary introduction to contemporary machine learning research and applications, specifically focusing on the techniques of deep learning which use convolutional and/or recurrent neural network structures to both recognize and generate content from image, text, signals, sound, speech, and other forms of predominantly unstructured data. Using a combination of theoretical/conceptual/historical analysis and practical programming projects, the module will teach both the basic application of these techniques while also conveying the historical origins and ethical implications of such applications.

This module introduces students to the fundamental techniques, concepts and contemporary discussions across the broad field of data science. With data and data related artefacts becoming ubiquitous in all aspects of social life, data science gains access to new sources of data, is taken up across an expanding range of research fields and disciplines, and increasingly engages with societal challenges.

The module provides an advanced introduction to the theoretical and scientific frameworks of data science, and to the fundamental techniques for working with data using appropriate procedures, algorithms and visualisation. Students learn how to critically approach data and data-driven artefacts, and engage with and critically reflect on contemporary discussions around the practice of data science, its compatibility with different analytics frameworks and disciplinary, and its relation to on-going digital transformations of society.

As well as lectures discussing the theoretical, scientific and ethical frameworks of data science, the module features coding labs and workshops that expose students to the practice of working effectively with data, algorithms, and analytical techniques.

Data visualisations (graphs, maps, networks) have become a fundamental currency for the exploration of data and the exchange of information. This module develops foundational understanding in what visualisations are and how they operate. Coding skills are developed alongside the conceptual understanding, allowing students to develop visualisations and their understanding in terms of design, theory, data and code.

As visualisation is such an interdisciplinary topic, students will engage with diverse topics spanning data science and psychology, graphic design and the arts, and critical cartography and data feminism.

The Practical Final Project enables students to complete an individual research project by producing a substantial practice-based outcome, or series of outcomes, which will be the focus of an accompanying 5000-word written component. The final project is an exercise in independent study in which students pursue a topic of interest to them within the subject matter of their Masters programme. Whilst the dissertation’s emphasis is not necessarily empirical or theoretical, the work should engage with theories, methodologies, empirical understanding and methods in relation to the research topic as appropriate and should present critical reflections on how the empirical and theoretical frameworks shape and guide the practice-based research process. As well as giving students the opportunity to develop skills in practice-based research, the module allows them to further develop a range of independent research skills, including literature search, researching previous work and bibliography construction, theoretical argument, and generation/appraisal of empirical evidence, and exploring links between theory and practice.
To develop their final project, students can follow two different routes:
Independent route: The issue/problem that the students work with will be developed by the student in dialogue with their supervisors and the relevant academic literature.
Placement route: The issue/problem that the students work with will be developed as a result of a dialogue between an external non-academic partner, the student and their academic supervisors while also being in touch with the relevant academic literature
Irrespective of the route taken, the projects will be problem-driven and practice-based and will enable students to engage with real-world issues and problems and critically apply theories and methods.

You can follow the 20 or 30 credit version of this core module.

In this module, students develop three visualisation projects that further advance their independence in visualisation design, development, analysis and critique. Each project responds to a visualisation challenge drawn from methodological, societal, scientific and policy topics. At least one of the challenges involves a real-world problem proposed by an external partner.

Students respond to project briefs through hands-on workshops, prototyping, and expanding their design and technical skills in dialogue with their methodological and critical understanding.

Master-classes expand students’ methodological and technical repertoire in areas such as human-centred design, typography, storytelling, stencilling, and digital cartography. In dialogue with their visualisation portfolio, students produce a design manifesto exploring their methodological and aesthetic approach, in relation to ethics and visual cultures.

You can follow the 20 or 30 credit version of this core module.

The module introduces concepts, methods and empirical cases that enable an understanding of the affordances, power and limitations of data visualisation in science, culture, and public policy.

Data visualisations have opened-up diverse challenges and opportunities for contemporary science, culture and public policy that show how visualisations mediate knowledge and enable communications through persuasion and real-world engagements.

The module draws from social, cultural and political theory, science and technology studies, as well as digital and environmental humanities, equipping students with an ability to analyse and research the affordances of data visualisation as forms of knowledge, intervention and participation.

Big data technologies involve scaling-up — scaling up quantities of data, scaling up data infrastructures, scaling up data management, and scaling up the number of participants in a given technological system.

This module provides an understanding of the technical. methodological and conceptual changes in the new forms of thinking, research and engineering required for understanding and working with scalable socio-technical systems.

Beginning with the question of what 'scale' is in general and how data-based transformations redefine the limits of scale, the module presents students with a series of different ‘lenses’ through which the impact of scale manifests itself differently across contemporary data spaces, including hands-on laboratory exercises.

By the end of the module, students will have gained knowledge and a greater appreciation of the impact of big data on research in socio-technical systems at various scales and, conversely, the multiple ways in which the concept of scale is driving developments in big data.

Big data is said to be transforming science and social science. In this module, you will critically engage with this claim and explore the ways in which the rapid rise of big data impacts on research processes and practices in a growing range of disciplinary areas and fields of study.

In particular, the module considers the following questions: What is big data? To what extent is 'big data' different to other kinds of data? What key issues are raised by big data? To what extent is big data transforming research practices? How are the 'nuts and bolts' of research practice (e.g. ethics, sampling, method, analysis, etc.) transformed with big data? To what extent are core concepts relating to research practice - such as comparison, description, explanation and prediction - transformed? To what extent can we critically engage with big data? How is big data transforming the 'discipline'?

This module explores how contemporary technologies - particularly AI - shape society and culture. Students learn key social science and humanities perspectives, examine historical and modern case studies, and apply these ideas through project-based work. The module covers foundational theories, classic examples of technology-society interaction, and current debates, culminating in a student-led case study of a contemporary technology.

This option module enables students to put the theories, methods and knowledge developed in their degree to use in professional, non-academic settings. The module aims to enable students to develop real world employability skills and produce an applied portfolio that will underpin their career and professional development.

In this module students undertake a 4 to 6 weeks long placement working with a non-academic partner on a placement project that is relevant to their degree. The placement project topic is proposed by the non-academic partner in consultation with academic staff. The project topics will be carefully designed to enable students to develop outcomes by using the range of interdisciplinary methods that they have learnt while drawing from the empirical and theoretical frameworks introduced in their degree. Students are assigned to their project partners in-line with their interests, capabilities and suitability to the partner and the project. At the end of the placement, students will develop a portfolio that consolidates the outcome of their placement. If students choose to and if the circumstances allow, students can continue to work with the same placement provider on the same or a similar project as part of their Final Project to conduct a more substantial piece of work.

Core module for MASc and PGDip students 

How can we use and combine different research methods for problem-solving and change-making? In this module, students will engage with the methodologies that underpin interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. Covering quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research, students will develop a core toolkit of research skills that they can apply to their future projects. An element of the assessment for this module will be to develop a mixed-methods research project plan, including application for ethical approval.

Transdisciplinarity is a way of creating new knowledge about the world we live in and how we bring about change. This approach sees beyond siloed disciplines and integrates academic and non-academic perspectives.

In this module you will consolidate previous methods training through active consideration of transdisciplinary methodologies. We will encourage you to think about the underlying differences in the way different groups of people see the world, and therefore build knowledge and act in different ways. This module particularly prepares you for your capstone summer project.

Core module for MASc, PGCert, and PGDip students

This module is designed to help students understand how to build and enhance partnerships between organisations. Students will have opportunities to examine and understand the relationships between knowledge production organisations—such as universities, think tanks, or research and development bodies—and community-based organisations in a range of contexts, from the local to the global.

Core module for MASc, PGDip, and PGCert students

What does it mean to live a ‘Good Life’? How can personal development improve our communities? Can we lead a meaningful life if we set aside our responsibilities to each other? These questions sit at the heart of a liberal education.

This two-term module will critically examine the concept of engaged citizenship within communities across time periods, cultures, and disciplinary perspectives. Using a combination of case studies, primary sources, and hands-on workshops, students will be trained to understand and navigate complex interdisciplinary questions. Assessments for this module will be dynamic and student-driven, providing an opportunity to apply theories, models of practice, and research skills from other core modules.

Liberal Arts staff will provide bespoke support and mentorship for students as they apply their skills and knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies to original knowledge creation in the form of a transdisciplinary research project. The focus of the project can be on any area, time period, or case study that aligns with the themes of belonging, community engagement, and the dialogue between communities and sites of knowledge creation (broadly defined). Students will publicly present their work to a community of relevant stakeholders, embedding their own knowledge creation within a community context.

Liberal Arts staff will provide bespoke support and mentorship for students as they apply their skills and knowledge of interdisciplinary methodologies and public engagement to an embedded form of knowledge creation; the project will be undertaken with a community partner and students will produce a critical reflection on their work. The project will also be supported by our Employability and Placement Manager and students will have the opportunity to apply for an experienced mentor from the Warwick Institute of Engagement.

The module aims to give students an understanding of the key rules, institutions and actors in the field of International Economic Law (IEL). It will also explore IEL’s social, environmental and developmental impacts.

This module provides an overview of the main contemporary issues in international development law and human rights. It provides an introduction to topics that all students are expected to have an understanding of and thus provides the background for all modules and the dissertation. Students who read and understand the module materials are more likely to achieve higher grades. Group work is an important part of the module as experience shows that participatory study is a successful pedagogical method.

Global warming is perhaps the single biggest contemporary problem facing humanity – not least because it exacerbates poverty. It affects everyone, everywhere. Developing countries, which are least responsible for causing the problem, have fewest resources for adaptation and mitigation, are being hit first and worst.

The aim of this module is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and confidence required to develop critical reading, writing and research skills in preparation for undertaking independent research and writing up academic work. It brings together experts from the Law School, Library and Student Careers and Skills.

This module aims to provide students with a conceptual framework to understand and analyse the problems addressed by corporate governance and financial regulation. Whilst the globalisation of institutional investment is to some extent leading to convergence of corporate governance, important national differences remain, both as a matter of law and as a matter of practice. Financial regulation seeks to address the risks and potential social costs arising from the operations of banks and other financial institutions. Throughout the module, we will address the normative question of what the corporate governance and financial regulation regimes should look like and why.

Overall, the module provides students with the essential foundations of knowledge to enable them to make the most out of their optional modules and dissertation.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to fundamental legal issues affecting international commercial transactions. There will be three broad strands to this: a) the specific issues associated with the international commercial contracts; b) the different instruments and institutions, the process of harmonisation and the lex mercatoria; c) specific areas such as agency and security interest in mobile equipment.

This is one of three core modules in the proposed MA in Ethics, Law and Public Affairs. It will provide students with an advanced understanding of the philosophical foundations of law, focusing on both general features of law, and core features of a legal system such as constitutional questions, private law, and criminal law.

An industrial work placement at MBio level is a yearlong work placement taken in the 4^th year of an integrated Master’s programme. The yearlong placement must be for a minimum of 40 weeks and be taken in a science research-based role that allows a student to undertake research alongside credit bearing modules and includes the production of a Research Project that is an integrated and assessed part of the course.

The student will be required to produce a poster and write a reflective essay alongside their placement.

Soil and water are essential for food production, ecosystem functioning and environmental sustainability. This module examines soil formation, structure, classification and the physical, chemical and biological processes governing soil–water systems. Students explore nutrient cycling, plant nutrition, soil quality, ecosystem services, carbon management, degradation, pollution and climate change impacts. They develop skills to assess these resources and design sustainable management strategies that support food production while protecting environmental quality. The module also considers societal and policy dimensions of soil and water stewardship.

This module will introduce you to the scientific principles underpinning the format and application of biotechnologically based diagnostics assays and technologies. You will develop a clear understanding of medically oriented diagnostics and the role of biotechnology in realising the clinical and commercial potential.

This module will introduce you to the scientific principles underpinning the format and application of biotechnologically based diagnostics assays and technologies. You will develop a clear understanding of medically oriented diagnostics and the role of biotechnology in realising the clinical and commercial potential.

This module will introduce you to the scientific principles underpinning the application of biotechnology to the medical sector. You will develop a clear understanding of regenerative medicine and the role of biotechnology in this context.

This module will provide you with an introduction to the key areas of financial accounting, management accounting and financial management with a focus on issues of particular relevance to managers in biotechnology and bioprocess based businesses. The module will also emphasise the role and importance of accounting and financial management within the wider business (and in particular the process, bioprocess and biotechnology business) context.

This module will provide you with a solid foundation in the essentials of business strategy development and implementation. The module offers an integrated view of the role and importance of strategy and strategic management within the wider business context and more specifically, the biotechnology/bioprocessing context.

This module will provide you with a solid foundation in the essential aspects of marketing. You will understand the role and importance of marketing management within the wider business (and in particular the process, bioprocess and biotechnology business) context.

This module provides an in-depth understanding of how molecular technologies—such as next-generation sequencing (NGS), PCR-based assays, microarrays, and genetic screening—are applied in clinical practice to identify genetic mutations, infectious agents, and biomarkers. Students will engage with both theoretical and practical aspects of molecular diagnostics, gaining insights into the challenges of diagnosing rare genetic disorders as well as the more prevalent conditions like cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and infections.

This module provides a comprehensive exploration of the molecular foundations of prenatal and newborn molecular diagnostics. It covers the genetic, epigenetic and metabolomic factors that play a crucial role in these processes, as well as the latest methodologies and technologies. Through lectures, seminars and independent study, students will develop the skills to critically assess current techniques and cutting-edge research, discuss experimental approaches, and address ethical considerations in prenatal and newborn molecular screening development.

Conservation of natural resources (biodiversity and habitat) is vitally important for the future. This concept will be examined by exploring what makes plants and animals vulnerable and devising strategies for conservation of habitats and key species (both in situ and ex situ,), and how practical conservation management is achieved. Biodiversity and its conservation need to be considered at a range of levels: habitat, species and genetic. There is also a need to consider how these interact with each other. The course will include consideration of, for example, the evolutionary roles of key species within natural ecosystems and introduce the concepts of ecosystem functions, ecosystem services, biogeography, population dynamics and adaptation to climatic change.

This module will provide you with a fundamental understanding of biotechnological, molecular biology and genetic engineering to give you a clear understanding of the scientific principles and how these have been used to advance biotechnology and industrial bioprocesses. It lays the foundation for further in-depth studies of biological systems with, or with potential for, commercial exploitation.

In this module you will engage with the latest advances in innovation as they apply to industry, with an emphasis on the bio sciences sector. You will interpret and contextualise the mindset of a disruptive innovator through the use of Jobs-to-be-Done thinking, evaluate how digital and new media innovation 2.0 methods are transforming the innovation process more generally and within bio sciences specifically, critically assess how innovation programmes are designed and deployed, learn how to deploy creativity and de-construct the research commercialisation process.

Human activities have significantly altered environmental systems, resulting in the widespread release of chemical and microbial contaminants into soils, water and biota. This module examines the sources, pathways, fate and impacts of pollutants associated with agriculture, industry and medicine within the context of the Anthropocene. Students will explore how environmental contamination affects ecosystem function, ecosystem services and human health. They will examine the properties of pollutants and the processes controlling their transport, persistence, degradation, sorption and bioavailability. The module will also explore emerging and wider environmental concerns, including pharmaceuticals and antibiotics, antimicrobial resistance, genetically modified organisms and nutrient pollution, alongside the principles of ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment.

In this module you will develop a detailed knowledge of the potential for drug discovery and exploitation by the pharmaceutical industry and a critical appreciation of some of the various techniques in use. You will acquire an integrated understanding of the breadth and depth of medicinal drug design and productions.

This module introduces students to the principles and applications of engineering biology in the design and development of sustainable chemical and biochemical production systems. It focuses on how engineered biological systems can produce fuels, materials, and high-value chemicals, with reduced environmental impact, and to produce high-value biologics at scale with high efficiency.

Students will explore the integration of synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, systems biology, and bioprocess engineering to design scalable, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable biomanufacturing platforms.

Reliable food production is essential for human survival and well-being, yet rising demand and challenging conditions place increasing pressure on global food systems. This module introduces the main production sectors—arable, horticulture, livestock and fisheries—and examines how they are shaped by innovation, policy, regulation and climate. Taking a global perspective, students explore intensive, extensive and organic approaches, their relationship with local and international markets, and how policies and regulations influence food production, processing and future supply.

This module will provide an overview of contemporary and critical issues in environmental bioscience. Drawing on current and emerging research, the module will explore the major areas of global change, their natural and anthropogenic causes, and predicted future changes in climate, biodiversity and the natural systems that underpin ecosystem function and human societies. The role of national and international policy and relevant organisations will also be considered. This introductory module will establish a foundation for the exploration of these topics in the specialised modules that follow.

This module provides a foundation in biogeochemistry, focusing on the cycling of key elements, including carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and sulphur, through terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Students will develop an understanding of the processes controlling these cycles and their importance for ecosystem function and environmental change. Lectures on fundamental concepts are combined with hands-on laboratory training, providing experience in analytical techniques using research-grade instrumentation used in environmental research.

This module provides an integrated understanding of climate change and the role of Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) in climate mitigation and adaptation. Students will explore the drivers of Earth’s climate, greenhouse gas dynamics and the impacts of climate change, and the role of ecosystems in climate mitigation and adaptation. Through lectures, workshops and case studies, students will develop the skills to critically analyse, design and evaluate NbS across a range of terrestrial and marine environments.

The ability to analyse and interpret data effectively, whether collected in the laboratory or the field, is a core research skill for biologists and ecologists alike. This module will develop students’ quantitative skills beyond basic statistical tests, building the confidence to select and apply computational, statistical and mathematical approaches to complex research data.

This module integrates the technical principles of bioprocess engineering with the economic and design realities of industrial commercialisation. Adopting a "concept-to-commissioning" lifecycle approach, it bridges the gap between scientific feasibility and financial viability. Students will explore the critical interface between unit operation design—spanning upstream and downstream processing—and plant-wide synthesis, safety, and economic assessment.

This module explores the biology, ecology and management of plant and animal pests, diseases and weeds, examining how pathogens, parasites and pests evolve, spread and interact with hosts and ecosystems. Students investigate the causes of outbreaks, including climate change, changing agricultural practices and emerging threats, while developing skills in diagnosis, monitoring, risk assessment and sustainable management. Emphasis is placed on integrated pest, disease and weed management, including biological control, host resistance, forecasting and other low-input approaches that reduce reliance on chemical pesticides and help prevent resistance. Real-world case studies enable students to develop holistic management strategies for agricultural and natural ecosystems.

Through a combination of independent research and targeted supervisory support and feedback sessions, the final dissertation (15,000 words) will help you produce a coherent and logically argued piece of writing that demonstrates knowledge of and critical ability in a chosen area, commensurate with the accomplishment of an MA degree.

The Guided Research Project will enable you to pursue individual research pathways with the guidance of a tutor or tutors before undertaking your dissertation. Tailor your own bespoke programme of study in consultation with one of our expert tutors.

This module introduces the principles of translation, with a particular focus on the challenges that translators encounter in their practice. It offers you the opportunity to translate texts in different genres, and to analyse your own translation strategies.

In the general lectures, you will explore the theoretical challenges that different literary and media genres (such as poetry, short stories, children’s literature, news, audiovisual and advertising) typically pose to the practice of translation. Crucially, in the language-specific seminars and through independent study, you will engage in the practice of translation and write a commentary analysing your own approach and translation strategies.

Through a combination of independent research and targeted support and feedback sessions, the final dissertation (15,000 words) will help you produce a coherent and logically argued piece of writing that demonstrates knowledge of and critical ability in a chosen area, commensurate with the accomplishment of an MA degree. You will choose one of two models: an extended translation with commentary, or a research dissertation on a chosen topic related to your own interests.

This module helps you develop key research skills that will assist you in your work on your other MA modules, including the use of electronic resources, writing a literature review, creating a bibliography, choosing and writing a dissertation and giving an oral presentation.

These research techniques and the ability to apply a chosen stylesheet consistently and accurately in order to present a piece of work to high standards are also transferable professionalising skills that are valued in a variety of jobs. These skills will also stand you in good stead if you wish to continue to doctoral research after your MA.

This module helps you develop key research skills that will assist you in your work on your other MA modules, including the use of electronic resources, writing a literature review, creating a bibliography, choosing and writing a dissertation and giving an oral presentation.

These research techniques and the ability to apply a chosen stylesheet consistently and accurately in order to present a piece of work to high standards are also transferable professionalising skills that are valued in a variety of jobs. These skills will also stand you in good stead if you wish to continue to doctoral research after your MA.

This module introduces students to current professional practices in the language industry from a critical perspective. As well as becoming familiar with language industry demands, emerging job profiles, translation competence models, the role of technology, market requirements and the need to specialise, students will develop a reflexive stance towards translators’ position within the current job market. Crucially, students will acquire the necessary analytical skills to assess ethical dilemmas and the challenges and opportunities of translation as a sustainable profession.

Additionally, students will be offered the opportunity to complete an optional company visit to a national translation service provider.

The rapid globalisation of media and entertainment relies heavily on the efficiency of audiovisual translation and, in particular, the versatility of subtitling. This module provides students with an understanding of audiovisual translation in the context of global media flows and creates a space for them to critically reflect on the evolving role of professional audiovisual translators.

The module combines theoretical, practical, and industry-related aspects of subtitling to help students navigate the challenges, ethical questions, and possibilities in this field. Students will develop essential translation, technical and technological skills while contextualising audiovisual translation practices within the broader globalisation and professional realities of the language industry, with insights from industry experts and professional associations.

This module introduces key concepts related to computer-assisted translation and machine translation, explores how these technological advancements are changing the professional landscape and provides students with the knowledge, tools, and practical skills to make proficient use of technologies to develop their professional careers in the dynamic translation and localisation market.

The module also explores the impact of automation on the work of translators and the future of work. Following a strong hands-on and applied approach, students will engage with state-of-the-art translation tools (such as translation memories, machine translation systems, and terminology management applications) through practical exercises mirroring real-life scenarios. As a result, the module equips students with transferrable skills that will allow them to navigate new and evolving technological tools in their professional careers.

The module seeks to familiarise students with key theoretical concepts in contemporary Translation and Transcultural Studies, explored through case studies across a range of text types in translation; it also provides an overview of the development of Translation Studies as a discipline. Students will be given the opportunity to explore how translation theory relates to translation practice and to the study of translation across a range of text types, as well as reflecting on their own positionality as researchers and practitioners in Translation Studies.

This module supports students in the development of practical specialised translation skills that are essential for language professionals. Departing from functionalist and text-based methods applied to translation, the module fosters a reflective and critical approach to the analysis of source texts and translation situations that will allow an approach to the analysis of source texts and translation situations that will allow students to design, develop and evaluate specialised translation decisions.

Within a multilingual setting with English as a common language and the framework of the translation profession, the students will become familiar with text and genre conventions, features of specialised language, documentation and terminology, as well as translation challenges, strategies and solutions. The multilingual translation workshops will focus on specific specialised translation genres that will provide students with hands-on translation experience as well as critical awareness, analytical writing proficiency, and key transferable skills.

This module will examine two distinct entities – the individual creative entrepreneur and their creative ideas. We will study the entrepreneurial processes that turn ideas to businesses. In assessing the entrepreneurial processes, we will examine the role of intellectual property, the currency of the creative sectors and how value is created in the creative and media enterprises. We will explore the confluence and conflicts between different creative, commercial and legal imperatives for creative entrepreneurs through case studies, seminars, and presentations by visiting experts.

The module examines the internal organisational dynamic of the creative business, from financial planning and human resource management to organisational theory. The module is divided into three parts. The first part examines the definition and creation of ‘value’ in the creative and media industries and relates this to issues in financial management. The second part considers the organisational structure of creative and media businesses. The third part focuses on strategic planning, incorporating a critique of ‘scientific’ approaches to management and planning, and a search for alternative models for strategic planning for small creative enterprises.

The Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies is an interdisciplinary centre for teaching and research in the fields of cultural and media policy and the creative industries. The commitment to interdisciplinarity is reflected in our Major Projects, where you will be encouraged to draw on approaches from across the humanities and social sciences in producing your work. Successful projects can emerge from creative engagement with scholarly debates, from the design and analysis of original empirical work, or from some combination of these. This openness of approach is also reflected in how Major Project research can be represented.

In this module you will apply your learning by participating in a specific project for a creative or media organisation. Working as a member of a small team you will deliver a strategic solution to a genuine issue or challenge faced by the company. Your project may relate to business planning and development, product or service design, or marketing strategy. Working in association with colleagues from your client company, your team will put their ideas into practice to meet the objectives of their brief. You will deepen your understanding of the dynamics of creative work, teams and organisations through the execution of your project and ongoing reflective practice.

The module explores interdisciplinary perspectives in order to understand how the media and communication industries operate. In this module you will gain an overview of the various disciplinary approaches taken in the academic understanding of the global media. Drawing on perspectives from Sociology, Cultural and Communication Studies, amongst others, the module will deepen your understanding of the historical, social and political contexts in which the media industries are located, and help to shed light on the contemporary landscape in which they operate.

You will also examine the place of the media industries in creating a 'global' society and engage with debates about economic and cultural globalization. The latter part of the module you will consider the role of the global media in shaping and transforming a global public sphere. Further examination of the structure and organisation of the media and cultural industries will help to reveal what is at stake in the proliferation of channels and flows of media messages around the globe.

In this module you will evaluate the impact of creativity, communication and technology upon personal, local, national and global issues. Creative media communication is central to most innovation today, and is an effective way of researching the power of media and exploring new levels of value creation. The latest research exploring alternative media, community media, digital media, open source and new communication dynamics will update your understanding. From crowd sourcing to citizen journalism, mobile connectivity to convergence, peer-to-peer and civic participation, you will investigate the creative use of communications and technology in the current globalized media ecology. Engagement with innovative media studies research methods will provide the tools for investigating global media and communication in more depth.

Whilst paying attention to the impact of creativity and technology on media discourses, forms, practices and industries, you are also expected to be creative in this module. Our sub-focus is on creating communication for personal, local, national and global impact. Using simple media tools, you will develop your ideas on how personal, local, national, or global issues can be constructed creatively for private, public or third sector political and cultural economies.

In this practice-based module you will focus on contemporary challenges in media and creative industries. You will engage with professionals and practitioners and respond to their inputs by developing a creative media project. You and your group will address that challenge through research, creative and strategic thinking and communication planning/research. This module is one of our Applied Practice Modules. It is project-based, and gives you the opportunity to apply your learning in situ or in practice related contexts.

This module examines the global policy frameworks for culture, arts and development: the ideas, aspirations, ethics and policy strategies for using the arts, culture and creative industries within human, social and urban development- from local communities to the United Nations-level development programmes globally.

We will explore the place of culture, art and creative enterprise specifically within the global discourses of Sustainable Development. We will assess how development projects have always had a ‘cultural’ dimension, whether this has been acknowledged or not. We use case studies to look at how global ideas and policies are interpreted "on the ground" — using business enterprise, arts curating and administration, project management and political protest.

This core module considers how cultural organisations work in a range of local, national and global contexts. Throughout the module, we will explore different models of cultural management and leadership whilst examining the opportunities and limitations of the theories, policies and practices which inform work in this sector.

We will address fundamental questions concerning how culture can be managed. We will examine established process and best practices, consider what it means to innovate in the cultural sector, and identify key qualities necessary for successful cultural leadership. This will include considering the nature of creativity as well as strategies for leading creative work within arts and cultural organisations. And we will learn how to assess the effectiveness, appropriateness, and ethical quandaries of specific projects.

We will also explore the role of cultural organisations in society, and their increasingly important place in forms of social and economic development. We will also consider the range of values that cultural organisations create in contemporary life and address the tensions when those values come into conflict, such as when culture meets the marketplace.

The module will be grounded in contemporary concerns that affect the sector (including issues such as AI, the Climate Emergency, and geo-politics), and we will consider how cultural leaders play a crucial role in navigating and shaping debates surrounding these issues.

Ultimately, the purpose of the module is to equip you with knowledge of the theory and practice of how cultural organisations can be effectively managed to address the needs of their various stakeholders. The module is taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops and field trips, which are informed by industry perspectives, ensuring that our discussions are rooted in practical realities.

In this module, the student group will engage in collaborative practical work and 'apply' the academic learning of the MA course to address a real-world development problem. The subject of this module is Project Management (PM) as an established range of methods and tools, but applied to a cultural event. The event will be situated either on the Warwick campus or the City of Coventry, and will offer students a practical opportunity to devise a PM methodology appropriate to the cultural industries (a creative process as well as experience), and learn the skills required to apply their methodology. The cultural event will be developed in dialogue with a tutor(s), who will open the module with a series of coordinated lectures and seminars on PM and the challenges of cultural enterprise.

This module aims to prepare you for your Major Project, which is a substantial piece of independent research on a topic of your choice. The module will equip you with a broad understanding of relevant research methods from which to select an appropriate approach for your own project. It will introduce you to ethical dimensions of research. It will provide you with the skills to write an effective proposal (including research questions, rationale, explanation and justification of research methods, identifying relevant literature and data sources).

By the end of the module, you should be ready to submit your proposal and have a broad understanding of research methods in the cultural, creative and media industries.

This module will introduce you to key theoretical and conceptual frameworks for studying the cultural and creative industries. It will introduce you to key readings on the global creative economy, global media, cultural labour and management, and the role of cultural and media policy in global sustainable development (as aligned with the UN SDGs).

The MSc dissertation counts for 90 CATS - that is, half of the total MSc load.

A dissertation is usually expository, collecting together results from several research papers into a coherent whole. Sometimes dissertations contain original research, and this is encouraged where appropriate. The general framework of a dissertation must be approved by the supervisor.

The appropriate length for a dissertation will vary with the topic, the formatting, and whether or not it includes figures, etc. As a guide, most MSc dissertations are between 30 and 50 A4 pages, double spaced, with normal font size and margins. Longer dissertations are not necessarily better, and the marks obtained depend much more on the quality of the content (especially the mathematics) than on the number of words. It is essential that the dissertation is well presented.

The first year project counts for 30 CATS - that is the same as two modules. A project is to be expository, collecting together results from several research papers into a coherent whole. In general project do not contain original research but prepares the student for the more substantial research work undertaken in the second year. The general framework of a dissertation must be approved by the supervisor. The appropriate length for the project will vary with the topic, the formatting, and whether or not it includes figures, etc. As a guide, most are around 30 A4 pages, double spaced, with normal font size and margins. Longer projects are not necessarily better, and the marks obtained depend much more on the quality of the content (especially the mathematics) than on the number of words. It is essential that the project is well presented.

To provide both a theoretical and a practical understanding of numerical methods in finance, in particular those related to simulations of stochastic processes and machine learning.

This module provides students with knowledge (and practice) of important numerical optimisation concepts at the intersection between mathematics and scientific computing. Algorithmic structures, data structures, numerical method construction and performance assessment will form key parts of the module, with applications and use cases concentrated on topics in linear algebra, signal processing and optimisation.

Mathematical models are fundamental to understanding the mechanisms that drive a wide range of biological systems. These models not only facilitate the analysis and interpretation of complex biological data but also enable the prediction of dynamic behaviours in biological processes. This module explores the application of mathematical and computational tools to address key challenges in biomedical research, providing students with the skills to model, analyse, and predict the behaviour of dynamic systems.

This module will provide students with a firm foundation in the modelling of fluid flows and arm them with a range of computational approaches for their simulation. There will be a particular focus on small scale flows, such as in micro- and nano-fluidics, where interfacial effects become dominant and can drive counter-intuitive flow dynamics. Finally, the limitations of conventional fluid dynamics, its interplay with molecular approaches and modelling bridges between the two will be considered.

At the end of Phase I, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of biomedical science, social science and population health principles, methods and knowledge, take a patient history and have started to develop as a professional.

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

• Health, Metabolism and Homeostasis
• Blood, Lungs and Heart
• Brain and Behaviour
• Locomotion
• Reproduction and Child Health

This phase is an introduction to the principles of clinical practice.

In Year Two, you will undertake a Student Selected Component (SSC), which you will choose from a range of options.

• Advanced Cases 1
• Student Selected Component (SSC)
• Core Clinical Education

This phase involves preparation for practice as a Foundation doctor.

In Year Three, you will have the opportunity to select an SSC in an area for in-depth enquiry. Depending on your interest, you could link your area of interest with the SSC option you chose in Year Two.

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

• Student Selected Component (SSC)
• Advanced Cases 2
• Specialist Clinical Placements

This phase is in preparation for practice as a Foundation doctor.

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

• Specialist Clinical Placements
• Advanced Clinical Cases
• Elective Assistantship

The Assessment in Clinical Education is designed to improve your understanding of the approaches taken to assessment. The module will enable you to understand the theoretical frameworks for assessment and evaluation, and help you relate theory to practice.

The Becoming an Effective Teacher module has been designed to enable participants to further develop as an educator through evaluation of their current practice.

Throughout the module we will consider how frameworks for development, learning theories and tools to explore own styles and approaches to teaching may be used in combination to develop teaching approaches.

We will consider both how we use these proactively (for example in design of our teaching or in action planning) as well as how they may be applied reactively (when teaching does not go as desired).

The module aims to give students a systematic understanding of the key issues in the design, statistical analysis and interpretation of the common types of epidemiological study. It is designed to further develop the research skills gained in the existing module Epidemiology and Statistics.

The module will introduce students to the conceptual basis of evidence-based health care and provide an introduction to research methods. It aims to establish the skills needed to identify, appraise and synthesise research evidence and develop an understanding of the implications of research for clinical practice.

It will introduce to students to research approaches including systematic reviewing, quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research. It will explore the application of various sampling, data collection and data analysis methods. Students will use these skills and understanding to develop and design a relevant research question and a suitable research plan to address the question appropriately.

This module addresses the needs of both air and land paramedics and doctors and allied health care professionals wishing to undertake a primary HEMS role or work in an environment providing advanced medical interventions to a similar level (oil rigs, expeditions etc.). You will need to be currently employed or have access to clinical placements that will support the development of clinical skills during the course of the module. You will need to
have access to clinical and educational mentorship support.

This module addresses the needs of air paramedics, doctors and nurses wishing to undertake level 2 and level 3 transfers

• Undertake a course that promotes and fosters a multidisciplinary approach to patient care
• Gain a clear understanding of the concepts and theories surrounding the issues of emergency practice
• The teaching and learning style is interactive, drawing on both the expert teachers and the experience of the students

The aim of this module is to provide the student with a theoretical framework for the acquisition of a range of clinical skills relevant to the transfer of critically ill/injured patients leading towards competence in managing critical care transfers.

These skills will support the student in the preparation and management of patients requiring level two and level three critical care transfers.

The background and context in which these patients are assessed, monitored and packaged will form the core content of this module. The skills will be supported by the relevant theoretical concepts and knowledge.

Gain a theoretical framework for the acquisition of a range of clinical skills relevant to the primary emergency clinical setting.

The aim of this module is to provide you with a theoretical framework for the acquisition of knowledge in the provision of healthcare in a range of challenging and unusual situations. These skills will support you in the safe identification and management of a range of clinical and non-clinical situations where specific interventions are required in order to maximise the clinical outcome. The skills will be supported by the relevant theoretical concepts and knowledge.

The professional project module provides students with an opportunity to consider an area of interest in greater depth.

It will illustrate their ability analyse and synthesise relevant research literature, present arguments supported by relevant evidence and logical discussion and acknowledge sources of ideas and information.

The Essentials of Clinical Education module has been designed to equip learners with the knowledge and skills to meet the challenges which helping others to learn inevitably brings.

It aims to enhance the professional development of educators in healthcare learning settings, as well as assisting educators in thinking about their own role as a learner and teacher through an emphasis on self-direction and on the need to relate theory to professional practice.

Teaching, learning and assessment methods enable learners to reflect critically on their own practice. As the introductory module of the Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and Masters in Medical Education, Essentials of Clinical Education provides the foundations on which other modules build.

This module aims to equip you with a critical understanding of the complex interrelationships between evidence and values, which underpin the practice and development of clinical education.

With this module, the emphasis of the MMedEd course shifts from preparation for effective professional practice to development of a deeper critical and analytical understanding of some of the scientific research, philosophical, and theoretical issues relating to evidence and values in clinical education today.

This module provides students with key skills to enable them to design research projects in clinical education settings. It covers the core practical elements of medical education research, providing students with knowledge of mixed methods study designs and a range of data collection and analysis methods applicable to medical education settings. Students also consider possible risks to a research study, including sampling and recruitment strategies, ethical considerations and personal research perspectives.

The module is part of the MRC-funded DTP in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (IBR) programme that includes the MSc in IBR and a 3-year PhD phase. Students undergo discipline hopping and gain advanced skills in Term 1 & 2 of the MSc year before undertaking a research project in a laboratory to apply their taught knowledge to a research question.

Students will be assessed through a technical laboratory report equivalent to a dissertation, a poster presentation and a laboratory performance (provided by their supervisor).

This module aims to enable students to continue applying the knowledge and skills obtained in the MSc IBR taught modules to a research question; and complement their practical and intellectual skills by performing original research in a different discipline than this chosen for the pre-requisite Laboratory Project 1 module (MD979).

This is a separate but closely related module to Introduction to Health Economics (for non economist) (MD990) 20 CAT module.

The aim of this module is to provide an understanding of economic concepts and their relevance to decisions around the allocation of health care resources. This understanding will be at the level where participants will be able to critically appraise health economic studies and engage with health economists working with them as advisors or research collaborators.

The module explores the basic physical concepts underlying the behaviour of biomolecules, dynamic cell processes, cellular structure and signalling events, and equips students for a research career at the interface of biology and physics.

This module aims to provide students with a physical sciences background a comprehensive understanding of the principles of modern molecular biology and equip the students with both the theoretical and practical skills necessary to analyse and manipulate nucleic acids and proteins.

The module explores structure-function relationships of proteins, nucleic acids and lipids, the structure of the cell and its compartments, the flow of information from DNA to protein, chromosome duplication and segregation, the regulation of cell proliferation, gene expression and an extensive repertoire of molecular analysis and cloning techniques.

Students will learn how to purify and quantify nucleic acids, how to clone a gene into a bacterial vector, how to express and purify a recombinant proteins, modern methods to investigate protein-protein interactions, strategies for mutagenesis.

Students will be able to appraise the practical considerations and theoretical limitations of each approach.

This module aims to prepare nurses, midwives and allied healthcare professionals to prescribe safely, appropriately and cost effectively as an independent/supplementary prescriber.

Students will be required to evaluate the evidence underpinning the practice of independent and supplementary prescribing, critically reflect upon their level of competency in respect of independent and supplementary prescribing and develop an individual programme of learning in practice.

The learning outcomes for this registrable qualification are prescribed by and mapped to the national curriculum, as referenced in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Competency Framework.

The aim of this module is to facilitate the conduct and reporting of practitioner enquiry of relevance to a specific work context i.e this may be related to the clinical specialty that they work in. The specific rationale and aims of the project are drawn up by students in the ‘learning agreement’ and the planning of the project is supported through tutorials with the module leader.

This module provides a basic understanding of the mathematics of ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations (ODEs and PDEs), how to solve elementary problems analytically, and how to solve them numerically on the computer using MATLAB.

The aim of the module is to provide the theoretical underpinning and practice base to enable healthcare professionals to undertake an advanced clinical examination.

You will develop a range of skills and knowledge to support safe and effective autonomous practice when requesting and interpreting clinical investigations. This will include patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed primary and secondary care conditions across the age and acuity spectrum.

The multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches to research have become central components of biomedical sciences. With this, technologies (e.g.; genome editing, cell therapy or imaging techniques, etc.) that combine both life and physical sciences are developing rapidly. The understanding of these techniques and how to use them to address biomedical questions is an essential employability skill to acquire.

The module therefore intends to expose students to cutting-edge scientific techniques and methodologies that are the interface of biology, engineering, chemistry and computer sciences; and develop students’ knowledge of their applications.

The module will combine seminars, tutorials, lectures and/or lab exercises and will be delivered by various experts, academics or industrial partners. Each topic will include an interactive component (e.g. journal club) to discuss scientific implications in a particular research area.

Students' learning will additionally be supported by TEL materials with formative quizzes or short reports to submit.

This module aims to equip students with advanced research and professional transferable skills essential for success in the biomedical sciences and to enhance future employability across academic, clinical, and industrial settings. Students will develop analytical and critical thinking abilities through engagement with core topics such as data analysis and presentation, scientific communication (oral and written), and research ethics. The module also places emphasis on the principles of research integrity, good professional practice, and leadership within a biomedical laboratory context.

The dissertation provides you with an opportunity to consider an area of interest in greater depth. It should illustrate your ability to analyse and synthesise relevant literature, present arguments supported by relevant evidence and logical discussion and acknowledge sources of ideas and information. The fundamental requirement for this aspect of your degree is that the work is well planned and presented.

The dissertation should be the product of your own experience, reading and reflection. Although original work is always welcome, you will not be expected to engage in substantial original research. Although we encourage empirical work when appropriate, ‘library based’ dissertations based on your reactions and responses to secondary sources are acceptable at this level.

The Epidemiology and Statistics module will help you become familiar with various study designs that are used in epidemiology. The module will cover the rationale for using each study design as well as the types of results produced.

You will explore key statistical principles and techniques such as hypothesis testing and estimation including how to use these techniques to analyse and interpret epidemiological studies.

The module aims to give students a comprehensive knowledge and critique of the practice of public health covering health improvement and management.

The module aims to give students a comprehensive knowledge and critical understanding of the practice of public health covering disease prevention and health protection.

The module aims to give students a thorough theoretical grounding in the sociology of health and illness and health policy through analysis of concepts of health and illness, and debates concerning the social determinants of health inequality.

Gain a clear understanding of the concepts and theories surrounding the issues of research and critical appraisal in health care. This is a core module on most taught masters degrees offered by Warwick Medical School.

This module offers a blended method of learning to meet the educational and development needs of healthcare practitioners who are currently in leadership and management roles or interested in exploring these roles as part of their professional development.

Develop knowledge and understanding of qualitative methods as used in health-related research and develop your skills in the use of these methods.

• Gain the capability to use these research methods appropriately for undertaking research and evaluation both as part of postgraduate study and in your working environment
• This module may be taken to satisfy the research methods requirements of WMS Master's degree programmes, where applicable
• It should normally be taken after Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal and before the Professional Project or Dissertation

This module aims to introduce students to the mixed methods paradigm of enquiry and highlights both the opportunities and challenges associated with adopting this approach.

This module aims to introduce students to the core principles of mixed methods analysis, commonly used analysis techniques and the opportunities and challenges associated with analysing qualitative, quantitative and mixed data to answer a single research question.

This module offers a flexible method of learning to meet the educational and development needs of students who are involved in leading, with one or more layer of hierarchy below them.

The module assumes students are working in a healthcare setting, either as clinical professionals or executive healthcare administrators and will explore opportunities to collaborate with interprofessional peers, in exploring concepts of leadership and management in healthcare.

"Research in Healthcare Leadership" is a 60 CATS module that will enable students to identify, understand, appraise and plan research related to healthcare leadership.

The module will build on the students' learning in the PG Diploma, allowing them to explore different research methods and giving them the opportunity to apply these skills and understanding to develop, design and deliver a Research Project relevant to healthcare leadership.

The module will cover the skills needed to identify, appraise and synthesise research evidence and develop an understanding of the implications of research for healthcare leadership.

Students will explore different research approaches including systematic reviewing, quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research, and the application of various sampling, data collection and data analysis methods. Working independently, and under limited supervision, students will then take responsibility for the direction and management of a project through to completion and submission.

Healthcare staff exercise leadership by managing resources.

This module enables students to identify different approaches to strategic challenges in their healthcare context. It focusses on identifying needs, key tools in determining strategic direction and the ability to plan, lead and implement change across clinical and administrative areas of healthcare.

Students will gain an understanding of what resources are available and using their influence to ensure that resources are used efficiently and safely, and reflect the diversity of needs, be they administrative, financial or clinical.

Ever-developing technology and increasing funding cuts mean change is constantly on the horizon. Whether in clinical or executive positions, healthcare staff show leadership by actively contributing to change processes that lead to improving healthcare. Operational leaders work to create an environment that is open to change, and to engage their staff with change on an emotional as well as practical level.

This module will focus on leading and building engagement in a variety of organisational contexts. While hospital staff often actively work together in teams for both patient care and improvement activities, many healthcare settings involve much more independent working.

Opportunities for direct interaction during the working day are fewer, and the setting provides a very different challenge for leaders.

Staff who are truly engaged with the vision of their service will deliver services of the highest quality no matter what circumstances they are in,, or whether they hold a clinical or executive position.

This module will introduce the theoretical concepts for diagnosing the different organisational and professional healthcare ‘systems’ that contribute, either directly or indirectly, to leadership practice.

The change of focus in healthcare towards designing systems that encourage excellence rather than avoid accidents, places new demands on clinical and administrative leaders. Looking at and learning from the full distribution of performance and behaviour, rather than just the very small tail of failure, requires new skills.

Using appreciative enquiry, action learning, and other narrative-based collaborative tools enables clinicians and administrators to understand the conditions under which we succeed, and those under which we fail, and how the failure states can be avoided.

Translational medicine lies at the interface between basic research (understanding the mechanisms of disease development) and pre and clinical research, aiming to assess the efficiency and safety of new treatments for patients. This collaborative discipline is essential to translating scientific discoveries into new diagnostic tools and treatments that improve patient health/care.

The module intends to provide students with an advanced knowledge of the technologies and approaches used in translational medical science, in particular in the fields of precision medicine and diagnostics; and an understanding of key preclinical and clinical science principles underpinning prevention, diagnosis and stratification of disease.

The module will provide advanced knowledge of cutting-edge scientific techniques and their applications, and the understanding of the ethical concepts and regulations essential for translational medical research.

The sessions (lectures, seminars and tutorials) will be delivered by expert academics, clinical academics and members of the Innovation Hub at UHCW, members of the PathLake Centre of Excellence and the Institute of Precision Diagnostics and Translational Medicine and external academics from UKHSA’s Rosalind Franklin Laboratory.

Students will be assessed by a 3,000-word impact case study in a particular topic of translational medicine, demonstrating their understanding of translational biomedicine and the associated ethics and regulations.

Translational medicine lies at the interface between basic research and clinical research, aiming to assess the efficiency and safety of new treatments for patients. This collaborative discipline is essential to translating scientific discoveries into new diagnostics tools and treatments that improve patient health/care. The module intends to provide students with an advanced knowledge of the technologies and approaches used in translational medical science, in particular in the fields of precision medicine and diagnostics; and an understanding of key preclinical and clinical science principles underpinning prevention, diagnosis and stratification of disease.
The module will provide advanced knowledge of cutting-edge scientific techniques and their applications, and the understanding of the ethical concepts and regulations essential for translational medical research. The sessions will be delivered by experts academics, clinical academics and members of the Innovation Hub at UHCW, members of the PathLake centre of excellence and the Institute of Precision Diagnostics and Translational Medicine.

This module provides students with a conceptual framework of research undertaken in clinical and medical settings. It will focus on responsible, ethical research and prepare students to search for evidence, evaluate literature and examine the design of research.

Answering a research question in an effective and ethical manner is contingent on understanding which is the most appropriate study design to implement in each situation. This module introduces students to common quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches, the principles and importance of appropriate study design and methods of critically evaluating research.

This module introduces students to the fundamental concepts and procedures of qualitative and quantitative data analysis. It will give a practical foundation for the theoretical concepts underpinning each form of analysis, enabling students to determine the most appropriate type of analysis for different studies.

Clinical Research and the successful management of patient-centred research are complex undertakings that can require input from multiple stakeholders and specialities. This module explores organisational and leadership frameworks as they apply to those seeking to have positions of responsibility in clinical research (Principal Investigator, Project Managers etc).

The module content will be based on evidence-based theories of leadership and organisational development in the context of clinical research.

This module provides students with theoretical and practical perspectives of the design of clinical trials. Students will appraise the ethics and principles underpinning the design of clinical trials for medical and pharmaceutical research.

The “Professional Project in Clinical Research” is a 60 CATS module that will enable students to identify, understand, appraise, and plan research related to clinical research.

The module will build on the students' learning in the PG Diploma, allowing them to explore different research methods and giving them the opportunity to apply these skills and understanding to develop, design and deliver a research project relevant to clinical research.

The module will cover the skills needed to identify, appraise, and synthesise research evidence and develop an understanding of the implications of research in a clinical setting. Students will explore and apply different research approaches including systematic reviewing, quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research, and the application of various sampling, data collection and data analysis methods.

Working independently, and under limited supervision, students will then take responsibility for the direction and management of a research project through to completion and submission.

This module provides students with theoretical and practical perspectives of the conduct of patient-centred research. Students will explore issues related to the management of clinical trials, safety monitoring, regulatory issues, data analysis, reporting of trials and contemporary study designs.

This module covers the historical and theoretical underpinnings of mental health, including the socio-cultural, psychological, and biological factors that affect mental health. Students will explore evidence-based approaches for promoting mental wellbeing, preventing mental illness, and providing effective treatment and care.

This module will explore evidence-based approaches for promoting mental health and preventing mental illness in the general population. Students will consider the roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in the community, including mental health professionals, social workers, policymakers, and community leaders.

This module provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the neurobiological basis of mental health and mental illness, enriched by critical psychosocial perspectives. It explores the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and social factors, investigating how the brain and nervous system function in relation to mental health disorders and overall wellbeing.

This module explores the relationship between brain development, mental health, and behaviour in young people. Students will examine current research and evidence-based practices for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health disorders in children and adolescents and gain an understanding of how biopsychosocial and neurological factors impact mental health in this population.

This module examines the environmental and neurobiological mechanisms that underlie addiction and dependency syndrome. Students will explore how addiction and dependency manifest, how they affect the brain, and examine the latest research on genetic and environmental risk factors, as well as innovative treatments and interventions informed by the latest thinking in medicine, social work, psychology, and neuroscience.

This module provides students with an in-depth understanding of the clinical features, diagnostic criteria, and evidence-based treatments for mental health conditions which require more complex approaches to management including areas such as bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, and management of mental health issues for those with intellectual disability. Students will examine the underlying neurobiology, psychological and social factors contributing to these conditions, as well as explore emerging treatment modalities and personalised interventions.

The “Professional Project in Neuroscience and Psychology of Mental Health” is a 60 CATS module that will enable students to identify, understand, appraise, and plan a professional project related to mental health.

The module will build on the students' learning in the PG Diploma, allowing them to explore different research methods and giving them the opportunity to apply these skills and understanding to develop, design and deliver a research project relevant to mental health.

This module is part of the master’s by Research Translational Biomedical Research. The MRes Translational Biomedical Research will provide theoretical and practical knowledge required for a career in biomedical translational research. The course will train graduates with an interest and aptitude for conducting impactful, high-quality research within the broad spectrum of discovery science and translational medicine. The overarching objective is to equip these individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to contribute meaningfully to society through their research activities.
During this module, students will gain extensive experience in conducting high-quality research in real-world settings through placements in research laboratories based at Gibbet Hill Campus and/or University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire while adhering to the research process and producing a dissertation to meet university requirements.
To facilitate a well-informed decision-making process, the module incorporates a 'taster' period. During this phase, students will have the opportunity to explore two of their preferred project choices by actively participating in the respective research laboratories. This hands-on experience during the taster period is designed to provide students with valuable insights into two of their preferred project choices. As a result, students will be better equipped to make informed decisions regarding the selection of their extended research project topic.

This module is part of the master’s by Research Translational Biomedical Research. The MRes Translational Biomedical Research will provide theoretical and practical knowledge required for a career in biomedical translational research.

The course will train graduates with an interest and aptitude for conducting impactful, high-quality research within the broad spectrum of discovery science and translational medicine. The overarching objective is to equip these individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to contribute meaningfully to society through their research activities.

During this module, students will gain extensive experience in conducting high-quality research in real-world settings through placements in research laboratories based at Gibbet Hill Campus and/or University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire while adhering to the research process and producing a dissertation to meet university requirements.

To facilitate a well-informed decision-making process, the module incorporates a 'taster' period. During this phase, students will have the opportunity to explore two of their preferred project choices by actively participating in the respective research laboratories. This hands-on experience during the taster period is designed to provide students with valuable insights into two of their preferred project choices. As a result, students will be better equipped to make informed decisions regarding the selection of their extended research project topic.

This module gives you the opportunity to carry out an independent research project that advances knowledge in the field of health. You will design and conduct your study using advanced research methods, and present your findings in the form of a dissertation.

Following an initial seminar to help you develop your research ideas, you will be supported by an expert supervisor, with regular meetings and feedback on drafts.

By the end of the module, you will have produced a substantial piece of independent research, gaining valuable experience in designing, conducting, and communicating health-related research.

This module covers essential topics required for those who are aiming to achieve membership of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM). This module will include subjects such as anatomy and physiology related to critical care, equipment used in critical care and diagnosis and disease management as it relates to the critical care patient.

This module aims to equip students with advanced research and professional transferable skills essential for success in the biomedical sciences and to enhance future employability across academic, clinical, and industrial settings. Students will develop analytical and critical thinking abilities through engagement with core topics such as data analysis and presentation, scientific communication (oral and written), and research ethics. The module also places emphasis on the principles of research integrity, good professional practice, and leadership within a biomedical laboratory context.

This module will provide students with knowledge and understanding of the development of male and female gametes and the process of fertilisation. They will gain understanding of methods of oocyte collection, sperm preparation and insemination methodologies, and identify normally and abnormally fertilised oocytes. This module will also provide details of the causes of male and female infertility, assisted reproduction options and management of patients.

This module will introduce students to the principles of human reproductive physiology and anatomy. Students will gain an appreciation of the principles and practice of clinical embryology and andrology, including the patient pathway, treatment options, roles of the multidisciplinary team and the importance of regulation in the practice of clinical embryology and assisted reproductive technology (ART).

This module provides an essential foundation in leadership and management within the healthcare and clinical science sectors, designed to help healthcare science professionals navigate the complex challenges they face. Students will critically assess their personal responsibilities, ethical boundaries, and the limitations of their practice, with a focus on key issues such as confidentiality, informed consent, and safeguarding in healthcare settings. Through a critical appraisal of leadership principles, communication strategies, and team dynamics, students will gain practical skills to lead effectively in healthcare environments.

Students will undertake a single, specialised project related to Genomics. The project selection process will also be managed by the Module Lead and the Course Director. Overall, the module offers students the opportunity to develop essential research skills, including critical thinking, data analysis, and problem-solving, that are integral to reproductive science.

This module provides essential knowledge of the human genome, including its structure, function, and genetic variations. It covers key diagnostic techniques used in genomics and enables students to interpret genetic alterations. The module explores patterns of inheritance and the molecular basis of disease. It also emphasises the integration of genomics into clinical practice, highlighting its impact on patient care and the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration.

This module introduces the core principles and practice of genetic and genomic counselling in reproductive science. The module also examines the ethical, legal, and social implications of advances in genomics, including issues of genetic privacy, gene editing, genetic data sharing, and societal impacts of genomic medicine. It provides students with skills in risk communication, ethical decision-making, and patient-centred care. Emphasising multidisciplinary collaboration, it prepares students for the evolving role of genomics in reproductive healthcare.

This module provides an understanding of new technologies and methodologies in the field of translational medicine to enable translation of discovery science. It will provide knowledge of ethics and regulations around the use of animal models and clinical research.

This module has been designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to meet the challenges which helping others to learn inevitably brings. It aims to enhance the professional development of educators in healthcare learning settings, as well as assisting educators in thinking about their own role as a learner and teacher through emphasis on self-direction and on the need to relate theory to professional practice.

This module has been designed to enable participants to further develop as an educator through evaluation of their current practice. It builds on the Foundations of Health Professions Education module, extending students’ thinking about learning and teaching beyond an individual’s practice through consideration of organisational, systems and societal contributions to effective health professions education to benefit patient care.

This module offers a unique physical science perspective on cellular biology, exploring the fundamental physical principles that govern biomolecular behaviour, dynamic cellular processes, cellular structure, and signaling events. It is designed to equip postgraduate students with the intellectual tools necessary for a research career at the intersection of biology and physics. Throughout the course, students will learn to estimate sizes, speeds, and energy requirements of various biological processes, as well as build simple, explicit models to analyze experimental cell biology data. In addition, the module emphasises problem-solving and collaborative group work, preparing students for the interdisciplinary challenges of modern scientific research.

Computer programming is increasingly essential to the study of all aspects of biology.
This module is designed to empower students with essential computer programming tools, such as proficiency in R, to analyse systems directly related to biomedical challenges. By engaging in hands-on coding and data analysis, students will develop both analytical and creative skills, enabling them to create tailored solutions for experimental data. In addition, the module emphasises the enhancement of problem-solving abilities, encouraging both individual and collaborative approaches within the realm of biomedical research.

This module is designed to provide students with a physical sciences background and or student with no bench work experience, a comprehensive understanding of the principles underpinning modern molecular biology. It equips students with both the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to analyse and manipulate nucleic acids and proteins, essential for cutting-edge biomedical research. The module delves into the structure-function relationships of key biomolecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids, as well as the organisation of the cell and its compartments. It explores fundamental processes such as the flow of genetic information from DNA to protein, chromosome duplication and segregation, the regulation of cell proliferation, and the control of gene expression. Additionally, students will gain hands-on experience with a wide range of molecular analysis and cloning techniques. By the end of the module, students will be able to critically evaluate the practical considerations and theoretical limitations of each technique, enabling them to apply these methods effectively in their research. This module bridges the gap between physical sciences and molecular biology, preparing students to tackle complex biological questions with a robust interdisciplinary approach.

This module uses current guidelines and evidence-based medicine to understand the core principles of diabetes care.

This module will provide students with an up-to-date knowledge of the treatment of diabetes.

This module will provide students with an up-to-date knowledge of the self-management of diabetes.

This module uses current guidelines and evidence-based medicine to understand the microvascular complications associated with the ‘diabetes epidemic’, including their biological mechanisms. Emphasis is placed on active prevention and treatment strategies at all stages but particularly earlier stages of diabetes.

This module uses current guidelines and evidence-based medicine to understand the macrovascular complications associated with the ‘diabetes epidemic’, including their biological mechanisms. Emphasis is placed on active prevention and treatment strategies at all stages but particularly earlier stages of diabetes.

This module will provide an insight into diabetes in special circumstances, and will consider, cultural and educational needs of diabetes patients.

Computer programming is increasingly essential to the study of all aspects of biology. It is now required for accessing and managing data or performing statistical analyses. This module intends to provide advanced programming skills for students to solve biomedical problems.
The module teaching format will take an active learning, student-centered approach. Classes will consist of introductions to programming techniques and associated biological problems, followed by hands-on exercises.

In summary, this module prepares students for data-intensive research in the biomedical area by teaching data analysis methodology, decision making and computer programming to enable students to become less constrained by limitations of pre-existing computational skills.

"Research in Medical Education for Healthcare Professionals" is a 60 CATS module that will enable students to identify, understand, appraise and plan research related to Medical Education.

The module will build on the students' learning in Module 5 (Evidence and Values in Medical Education), allowing them to explore different research methods and giving them the opportunity to apply these skills and understanding to develop, design and deliver a Research Project relevant to Medical Education.

The module will cover the skills needed to identify, appraise and synthesise research evidence and develop an understanding of the implications of research for Medical Education. Students will explore different research approaches including systematic reviewing, quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research, and the application of various sampling, data collection and data analysis methods.

Working independently, and under limited supervision, students will then take responsibility for the direction and management of a project through to completion and submission.

This module will introduce the theoretical frameworks for assessment and evaluation, and help relate theory to practice.

There are numerous roles fulfilled by medical educators, e.g. provision of information, role modelling, facilitation, assessment, curriculum and programme design, and creation of materials. Understanding the challenges of educators balancing multiple roles and being able to practically apply relevant education theories in their clinical context is key to becoming an effective educator.

This module provides a hands-on experience of the application of learning technologies in medical education and will cover e-learning, simulation, assessment, communication, use of artificial intelligence, use of learning management systems and leveraging digital media and social networking.

The module will build on learning and assessments in the previous three modules and enable students to utilise technology within their healthcare education environment.

This module offers a blended method of learning to meet the educational and developmental needs of healthcare practitioners who are currently in management and leadership roles or are interested in exploring these roles as part of their professional development.

This module explores the complex relationship between evidence, values and professionalism which underpin the practice and development of medical education research.

This module offers a flexible method of learning to meet the educational and development needs of participants who are involved in teaching or training others, whether as individual learners or in groups in any public, private, community or voluntary healthcare environment.

The module will give students a comprehensive knowledge of key global health issues.

The module will help students become familiar with approaches used for health improvement.

The module will give students a thorough theoretical grounding in the sociology of health, illness, health policy and the social determinants of health and of health inequalities.

The module will provide students with a systematic understanding of epidemiological methods, their applications, strengths and weaknesses and current methodological issues. It will provide an understanding of the application of medical statistics to present quantitative information and assess the role of chance.

The module will enable students to begin to develop their understanding of the complexity of public health issues.

“Research in Diabetes Care” is a 60-CATS module that will enable students to identify, understand, appraise and plan research related to diabetes care. It will develop the students’ ability to critically appraise the research literature and evaluate professional practice in order to undertake independent study to produce and communicate an original piece of research.

The module will cover the skills needed to identify, appraise and synthesise research evidence and develop an understanding of the implications of research in diabetes care. It will introduce students to different research approaches including systematic reviewing, quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research, and will explore the application of various sampling, data collection and data analysis methods. Working independently, and under limited supervision, students will then take responsibility for the direction and management of a Project through to completion and submission.

The initial instructional materials will be delivered through the stories of four healthcare practitioners who represent the spectrum of typical students completing the current PG Diploma, creating a strong link between the current modules and the new module. Through highly engaging and interactive online content, weekly synchronous tutorials and discussion forums, students will be given an understanding of critical appraisal and research in diabetes, and build on their knowledge of evidence-based healthcare acquired in the PG Diploma. The first phase of the module will result in the development of a Protocol for a Project that, once approved, will be used for the next phase of the module.

The Project is a key element of the new module. Students will plan, undertake and report on an independent Project which will demonstrate their ability to investigate a key area of diabetes care. Students will be assigned a supervisor and supervision will be delivered through a blend of workshops, group tutorials, and a series of 1:1 online video calls between the student and their supervisor.

"Research in Public Health" is a 60 CATS module that will enable students to identify, understand, appraise and plan research related to public health.
The module will build on the students' learning in the PG Diploma, allowing them to explore different research methods and giving them the opportunity to apply these skills and understanding to develop, design and deliver a Research Project relevant to public health. The module will cover the skills needed to identify, appraise and synthesise research evidence and develop an understanding of the implications of research for public health. Students will explore different research approaches including systematic reviewing, quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research, and the application of various sampling, data collection and data analysis methods. Working independently, and under limited supervision, students will then take responsibility for the direction and management of a project through to completion and submission.

The module will provide an understanding of economic concepts and their relevance to decisions around the allocation of health care resources.

You will follow a programme of sessions related to your area of phase and expertise. These sessions are designed to heighten your awareness of the pedagogical approaches related to each subject/phase specialism. This will help you adopt a range of approaches and strategies to ensure your teaching is sufficiently diverse to challenge or support as appropriate in an international education setting.

You will engage critically and analytically with a range of theories and models which underpin effective teaching and learning. You will develop the skills, knowledge and understanding required to be an effective teacher. You will understand the impact this has on pupil progress in their subjects, building towards a vision for outstanding learning and teaching in your area of expertise that will underpin your practice on teaching placements.

The professional project module provides you with an opportunity to consider an area of interest in greater depth. It should illustrate your ability to analyse and synthesise relevant research literature, present arguments supported by relevant evidence and logical discussion and acknowledge sources of ideas and information. The fundamental requirement for this aspect of your programme is that the work is well planned and presented.

The module will offer a critical engagement with key debates in moral philosophy. The course will primarily cover issues in metaethics (the status of moral claims) and normative ethics - looking in particular at various issues on which consequentialists and non-consequentialists disagree. Further topics may include issues in applied ethics, which will be explored as a way of applying the more abstract questions raised earlier in the course, and the methodology of moral philosophy.

What is it to do research in philosophy? Among other things, it is to engage in philosophers' particular ways of "doing philosophy", which reflect themselves in particular ways of arguing, writing, and discussing. What is distinctive about philosophy is that right from the earliest Presocratic thinkers up to the present day, this activity of doing philosophy is itself subject to philosophical investigation and reflection. In this module, you will become part of this tradition, by both improving and reflecting on your practice of doing philosophy.

This module introduces students to a range of question in the philosophy of art, addressing questions about art in general and about particular art forms or works.

The first half focuses on methodological and foundational questions. What is it to study the arts philosophically? Is the philosophy of art a descriptive or normative endeavour? What is the relation between artistic and other forms of value?

The second half focuses on a diverse range of artists, authors, works or genres from across the arts; these provide an opportunity to explore the philosophical challenge of individual cases. The module aims to integrate study of broad theoretical questions with reflection on - and provocation from - specific art practices. Students will be encouraged to draw on their own experience and expertise in relation to the arts, to test claims on offer.

This module has two aims: to introduce students to academic quantitative literature, secondary data acquisition and management, and the use of applied statistics in the social sciences; and to prepare them to attend further statistical training (including PO92Q: Advanced Quantitative Research) and make use of statistics in future research works, such as master's or PhD dissertations.

This will not be an abstract statistics module, but a comprehensive approach to social and political numbers, in keeping with all method modules students may have attended previously and concurrently. It will include example data from diverse fields of social sciences, in particular surveys on attitudes and opinions. Exercises and essays will be based on a selection of datasets, such as the British Social Attitudes Survey, the European Social Survey, the World Values Survey, and the International Social Survey Programme.

This module provides an introduction to International Relations (IR) theory; it exposes them to the key ideas and approaches which scholars working in the discipline use to understand and explain issues and practices of international politics. The module aims to familiarise students with the key theoretical approaches in IR and to make theory accessible and understandable. This is done via both an analysis of the key theoretical approaches to IR and by examining their insights and limitations through the study of key issues and themes in international relations, and by considering relevant case studies.

International Relations theorising draws from a wide diversity of intellectual sources and its scope is not limited by the narrow confines of the empirics of interstate behaviour. Firstly, IR theories draw from disciplines other than Politics, including philosophy, sociology and economics. Secondly, some of the theoretical literature is explicitly critical about the adequacy of particular theoretical approaches and seeks to deconstruct the role of theory and the theorist in IR, rather than just elaborate and apply existing theories; the module transcends theory through engaging with metatheoretical and philosophical questions. IR theory is not confined to academia. Policymakers and practitioners of world politics are also informed by and reproduce particular theoretical understandings of the way the world works even if they do not specifically recognise or present them as such. Finally, through welcoming a diversity of (unorthodox) perspectives, it becomes possible to even argue that we are all theorists and that we all theorise.

This module introduces students to a selected set of advanced statistical methods that are commonly used in quantitative social research. You will cover three advanced methods such as regression diagnostics and interactions, logistic and multinomial regression modelling, multilevel modelling, cluster analysis and factor analysis. These methods allow you to answer questions such as: Why do some people support a given public policy (e.g. the death penalty, Brexit or the GAFA tax), and others not? What are the main nuances and cleavages within a party (e.g. the Greens) or an ideological orientation (e.g. the populists)?

To gain hands-on experience with answering these questions with social and political science data of varying complexity, you will apply these methods to existing small- and large-scale data sets. The expectation is that by the end of the module you will understand the basic principles of the advanced statistical methods covered, appreciate the context in which the methods are best applied, and have had practical experience of applying these methods to real-world data.

This module explores the key theories in International Political Economy (IPE), engaging with and surveying the field’s main theoretical perspectives and key debates. This module builds on the expertise to be found in the department to explore how IPE as a field builds on the scholarly legacy of classical political economists, and is concerned with the connections between politics and economics within the contemporary world order. By examining ‘theories’, the module explores the ways that we construct knowledge about international political economy. What assumptions do we make? What concepts do we employ? What explanations do we propose? What normative judgements do we assert?

The Asia-Pacific is increasingly an area of interest in politics and international relations. It is beset with big questions the answers to which have important implications beyond the region. Does East Asia face greater challenges from ‘traditional’ or ‘new’ security and economic issues? Can American hegemony in the Asia-Pacific be maintained? Can China rise peacefully and what would this mean? What are the roles of Japan and ASEAN in the region? Moreover, these questions present paradoxical challenges to mainstream interpretations of international politics, the answering of which help us better understand the study of international politics itself.

This module aims to elucidate how the international relations of Asia-Pacific and the growth of regionalism and regional cooperation, are shaped. In pursuing this goal, the module engages a range of issues including security, development, financial crises, institutions, the roles of great powers, as well as the importance of the wider global context.

This module builds on the expertise to be found in the department in order to survey the principal theories developed and the main issues addressed in IPE.

By examining ‘theories’, the module explores the ways that we construct knowledge about International Political Economy. What assumptions do we make? What concepts do we employ? What explanations do we propose? What normative judgements do we assert? By examining ‘issues’, the module considers some of the prominent substantive items on the policy agenda of International Political Economy. How, from an IPE perspective, can we deal efficiently, equitably and democratically with questions of governance related to money, finance, trade, production, consumption, development, gender, race, and the environment?

As the title of the module might be read to imply, theories and issues are interconnected in International Political Economy. Theoretical work and empirical work are not separate exercises. Practical problems stimulate theory construction, and theories inform the ways that we handle substantive issues. Our analysis of practical issues will be richer if it is informed by theories and by the theorising of international political economy scholars.

The Dissertation is an opportunity to study a topic of your choosing, in autonomy and in-depth, under the guidance of an advisor selected among the many experts in the Department. The Dissertation topic should be related to your course. It is an original empirical and/or theoretical investigation, led over terms 2 and 3, that takes further the work done in regular seminars in terms 1 and 2. The Dissertation is the closest you will get to real research during your degree. It is a key experience if you have a PhD in view, or extra-academic research, or any future employment that will require the ability to lead investigations and write reports in autonomy.

This module provides students with an introduction to theories of security, the discipline of security studies, and the completing ways ‘security' can be understood. While most work on security in international relations begins from the traditional assumption that security means the preservation of state sovereignty and territorial integrity, this module introduces students to a range of different ways of conceptualising security in international relations and points to the importance of recognising that security is highly contested and contestable.

The first half of the module begins by outlining some of the key debates about security in international relations before exploring traditional theoretical approaches and conceptual frameworks. The second half of the module outlines critical theoretical approaches and conceptual frameworks of security and outlines several core ‘images’ of security in international relations.

Public Policy has undergone rapid transformations as a field of study over the past two decades. It was once seen as the preserve of national and local governments. Today, however, we talk of policy made by networks that transcend national borders, government departments, and traditional hierarchies. This module introduces you to the interdisciplinary field of policy studies. It provides you with a grounding in the key theoretical approaches to public policy. It is focused on the practical application, giving you the opportunity to apply techniques of policy analysis to some of the most pressing global challenges.

Normative issues - questions of right and wrong, of just and unjust, of good and bad - often arise in, indeed often motivate, the study of social, legal and political institutions and policy. How should those institutions be arranged? By what moral criteria should we assess policy options? How should we act as individuals, citizens, politicians or judges? This interdisciplinary survey course provides an advanced and wide-ranging introduction to the main theoretical perspectives and substantive topics.

This module identifies the contemporary political challenges for global economic governance, critically analyzing how might they be resolved. These are key for understanding the global political economy of the twenty-first century. The contemporary era is associated with a series of economic and financial crises, the causes and consequences of which are beyond the scope of individual national governments to resolve on their own. This module examines how international organizations and other key transnational actors seek to govern critical transnational problems through global economic governance.

This module explores the commanding heights of global finance such as Wall State and the City of London, analysing the global processes, institutions, and elites that own and control international money and finance. In this world order, capital moves from one location to another increasingly unhindered by government controls. The module will focus on the origins, analysis, and consequences of financial crises. Topics covered include manias, panics and crashes, the problem with banks, rating agencies, war finance, and emerging markets. Informed by a mix of international political economy and social theory, the module focuses on the analysis of global financial politics, with fundamental questions about power, hegemony, social control, and the evolving dynamics of capitalism among its central concerns.

This module explores who are the key actors in international trade? How do they interact with one another, where does this interaction take place, and how has this changed over time? Who sets the rules of international trade, and what happens to those who break them? These are key questions underpin the module, which, at its heart, is an exploration of the nature, location, and operation of power in the contemporary global political economy. Empirically, the module examines the trade strategies of several key actors in international trade, including the United States, the European Union and emerging powers. The module also examines how the World Trade Organisation has attempted to manage relations between its members, and with what level of success.

Dangerous climate change poses a fundamental ethical challenge: What is the fairest way of mitigating climate
change? Many policies have been proposed (and some adopted) to realize this - policies including mass electrification
(and the use of electric vehicles), carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes, investment in clean energy, redesigning towns and cities, fossil fuel non-proliferation treaties, a major deployment of renewable energy (wind, solar, hydroelectric, biofuels), and nuclear energy. Such policies have distributive effects. They often create benefits (for example, clean air, green jobs, better health, energy security) but also in some cases costs and harms (green grabbing, displacement, unemployment, stranded assets, threats to health). They can result in social conflicts (for example, over financial resources, land, water and critical minerals). Given this, we face the questions 'What is the fairest way of moving to a low carbon society? What is a just transition?' This module explores these fundamental ethical questions. It analyses how the burden of mitigating climate change should be distributed; who is duty bound to bring it about; what a just renewables policy would be; what role practical considerations about political feasibility should play in our theorizing; whether there is a trade off between effectively mitigating climate change and fairness; and whether the existing political architectures at the state, regional and global levels, can be improved to better realize climate justice.

The Energy Security module aims to provide students with an understanding of the critical role of energy security in contemporary society, and the complex factors that influence it. Energy is fundamental to modern economies, and the availability of reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is essential for economic growth, social well-being, and political stability. However, the growing demand for energy, coupled with environmental concerns and geopolitical risks, creates significant challenges for energy security.

The module will explore the key drivers of energy security, including geopolitical factors, economic considerations, environmental issues, and technological advancements. It will examine the different types of energy sources and their relative merits, as well as the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy in enhancing energy security. Students will also explore the global governance of energy security, including the roles of international institutions and cooperation, and the challenges of balancing national interests and global priorities.

Climate change poses a significant challenge to traditional assumptions about global political governance. Issues of power, justice, and the failures of existing economic and political models are at the root of the climate challenge. In this introductory module we look beyond technological solutions to examine underlying political, economic and ethical dynamics, posing difficult questions that often challenge mainstream assumptions about how to tackle climate change. We draw on different perspectives and methodologies, including political theory, international relations, and political economy.

Weekly topics include: Justice and Mitigation; Can Capitalism Cope with Climate Change?; Global Climate Governance; Unsustainable Consumption; Carbon Offsetting; Justice and Adaptation; Security Narratives in the Politicisation of Climate Change; The Geopolitics of Sustainable Energy Transformations; How Climate Change Challenges Current Political & Social Orthodoxies; The Anthropocene; Colonialism, Race and Indigenous Perspectives; Loss and Damage; Geoengineering.

This module explores the key theories which underpin the emergence, foundation and evolution of the field of International Development. No study of International Development can be comprehensive or uncontested. By examining ‘theories’ we explore the ways that knowledge is constructed – What assumptions do we make? What concepts do we employ? What explanations do we propose? What normative judgements do we make? This module will give students a sound basis for further study, including work that could explore alternative approaches and different problems.

Globalisation has fundamentally altered the context of development and we need to understand how and in what ways this new context poses challenges for development. One of the ways in which globalisation and development are speaking to each other is through the reconstitution of governance mechanisms and processes, which are then provoking new theoretical debates, research trajectories and development agendas. This module explores definitions, measurements, chronologies and explanations of International Development and its proposed solutions to global challenges; assessing the implications of development in a globalised world for the workings of governance at both international and national levels; and evaluating policy alternatives in respect of key problems of International Development.

This module offers students an in-depth introduction to why governing for climate change is so complicated and, at times, frustrating. Importantly, revealing political details and complexity helps us to identify actionable ways of improving current attempts to address climate change.

A highly complex politics sits behind the increasingly varied attempts to mitigate for, adapt to, and pay out loss and damage funds as a result of, climate change. The implications of climate change are experienced in such an uneven manner, responsibility for historic and current emissions is concentrated in the Global North and BRICS countries, and, crucially, no administration, be it global, national, local or corporate, yet has all the answers regarding how to meet global targets.

This module equips students with an understanding of the different ways in which climate change is governed, by whom, why some choices are made and others sidelined, and what the key obstacles to, and opportunities for, meeting GHG emissions reduction targets are. By picking apart, exploring, and better understanding the ideational and interest-based foundations of climate change policies, and governing institutions, this module offers students an in-depth introduction to why governing for climate change is so complex and, at times, frustrating. Revealing political details and complexity is useful on its own terms, but doing so can also help us to identify that what needs to be overcome to improve current attempts to address climate change.

Wellbeing public policy is an emerging governance paradigm for the 21st century. It brings together many threads, among them: the desire to go beyond growth when understanding human progress, the need to go beyond the neoliberal emphasis on efficiency in public management, the yearning to restore community and identity in advanced nations, and the urgency of sustainability in the face of ecological crisis. This module explores what wellbeing public policy is, how it could be brought about, and what its implications would be. The module begins conceptually with an overview of wellbeing theories and how scholars perceive wellbeing public policy. It then turns to more applied topics drawing on case studies from contemporary wellbeing policymaking communities. These later weeks explore how to coproduce wellbeing policy with citizens, how to reform commissioning and evaluation in public management to foster wellbeing, indigenous perspectives on wellbeing and social organisation, and how to think about wellbeing public policy as a system-change initiative requiring tools and ideas from complex systems theory.

This is one of three core modules in the proposed MA in Ethics, Law and Public Affairs. It will provide students with an advanced understanding, and the skills independently to develop their own conception, of the central philosophical normative issues as they pertain to the political domain.

Public Policy in Action: Principles and Processes is an optional core module for the MA in Public Policy. The module is also available as an optional module on other PAIS MA programmes. Module seminars run across the Spring Term, from January to March, and the final assessment is submitted during the assessment period.
Public policy is not only concerned with why governments act, but also with how policy decisions are translated into practice and how policy outcomes are produced over time. The study of policy processes focuses on the interaction between actors, institutions, and ideas across different stages of the policy cycle, including agenda setting, policy formulation, implementation, and evaluation. As public policy has developed as an interdisciplinary field, increasing attention has been paid to the practical challenges of governing in complex political, institutional, and multi-level environments.
PAIS has a strong tradition of scholarship and teaching in public policy, and this module draws on that expertise to examine the principles and processes that shape policy making in practice. The module adopts a process-oriented structure, moving through key components of the policy process while recognising the non-linear and contested nature of real world policy making. Students engage with analytical frameworks that illuminate how policy problems are defined, how policy instruments are designed, how policies are implemented and monitored, and how policies evolve, diffuse, or are terminated.

Throughout the module, conceptual analysis is closely linked to applied case studies drawn from a range of policy domains and governance contexts. Students are encouraged to apply policy frameworks to real world policy challenges in order to assess policy effectiveness, identify implementation and governance constraints, and critically evaluate alternative policy responses. The module also invites students to reflect on how contemporary policy challenges, including global policy coordination, policy transfer, and transnational governance, shape the practice of public policy in an increasingly interconnected world.

Foundations of Public Policy is the required core module for the MA in Public Policy. The module is also available as an optional module on other PAIS MA programmes. Module seminars run across the Autumn Term, from October to December, and the final assessment is submitted during the assessment period.
Public policy draws on a wide range of theoretical and analytical traditions to explain how governments and other actors respond to collective problems. The study of public policy is concerned with the processes through which issues are defined, decisions are made, and policy interventions are designed, implemented, and evaluated. Since the emergence of policy studies as a distinct field in the post war period, public policy analysis has developed into a large and interdisciplinary area of social inquiry, combining insights from political science, economics, sociology, and public administration. PAIS has a strong tradition of scholarship and teaching in public policy, and this module builds on the expertise within the department to introduce students to the foundational theories and approaches that shape the study of policy.

The module adopts a primarily thematic structure while also engaging with the historical development of policy studies as a field. By examining key theoretical traditions, including institutional, rational choice, and interpretive approaches, the module encourages students to reflect on how ideas, institutions, and interests shape policy outcomes. Throughout the module, theoretical analysis is closely linked to practical application. Students are invited to apply policy concepts and frameworks to real world policy dilemmas in order to better understand why policies emerge, persist, or fail, and how policy design and governance arrangements influence outcomes. More critically, the module encourages students to reflect on how contemporary policy challenges such as climate change, inequality, public service provision, and the governance of emerging technologies are shaped by underlying political and institutional dynamics.

This module explores the critical issues in International Political Economy (IPE). By situating analysis in the context of a 'politics of globalisation' the module encourages students to reflect on how structural power, economic interest and technological change affect the possibilities and limits of everyday life within markets. It builds critical awareness of the contested nature of apparently technical economic issues like trade, finance and production. It considers some of the prominent substantive items on the policy agenda of IPE. How, from an IPE perspective, can we deal efficiently, equitably and democratically with questions of trade money, finance, production,
work, consumption, migration and the environment? More critically, how do students' own everyday lived experiences of markets connect with the politics of globalisation?

In this module, you will build on your pre-existing skills in Modern Languages to enhance your professional development as well as your written communication skills in one of the following four languages: French, German, Italian or Spanish. Structured around seminars for the whole cohort and small-group tutorials with a specialist language tutor, you will be encouraged to reflect on cultural and stylistic differences in different professional genres.

The research project gives you the chance to develop your own area of study, supported through the advice of relevant academics.

On this module you will become familiar with the principles of good experimental design.

This module adopts a clinically relevant practical focus to introduce you to both advanced qualitative and quantitative analysis.

The over-arching aim of this module is to provide an introduction to some of the psychological factors that have specific relevance for adults and older adults.

This module will provide a broad theoretical background and introduce key professional issues in this specialisation.

This module has been developed to enable you to develop skills at integrating psychological theory with clinical practice.

This module will enable the MSc in Clinical Applications of Psychology students to gain practical experience of working with Clinical Psychologists within NHS trusts.

You will have the opportunity to investigate and carry out novel research in economic psychology and experimental economics. You will work within one of the Department of Psychology labs, designing and running empirical work that addresses a current research question.

This module covers core psychology and behavioural science content relevant to later modules in the degree, including memory, attention, perception, personality and individual differences, choice, and subjective well-being. It will provide you with the psychological background to enable you to understand and critically evaluate material on those later modules. 

Through a combination of lectures, seminars, and laboratory-based sessions, you will learn about both models and data in the relevant areas of psychology.

The purpose of the module is to introduce you to experimental design and statistical programming. Behavioural scientists need statistical analysis of experimental data and of large data sets. This module covers these topics to allow you to understand how to test hypotheses, plan experimental design and perform statistical analysis using R.

You will be responsible for conducting a substantial piece of research, as directed by your supervisor.

You will be responsible for conducting a substantial piece of research, as directed by your supervisor.

You will be responsible for conducting a substantial piece of research, as directed by your supervisor.

Students on this module will learn about specialist content knowledge of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace using principles from occupational psychology, behavioural science and health policy.

This module will provide a venue for critical group discussions of behaviour change using real life interventions to demonstrate how psychological theory is utilised in a range of behavioural or policy change settings.

On this module, you will learn principles and methods from behavioural science, digital healthcare and economics.

On this module you will explore some of the advanced issues in the field of mental health research.

This module will provide you with core knowledge in the field of mental health and wellbeing.

This module covers thinking, writing, evaluating, project planning, and methodological integration of behaviour and data science.

The aim of the project is to provide students with the opportunity to investigate and carry out novel research at the intersection of behavioural and data science.

Big data is said to be transforming science and social science. On this module, you will critically engage with this claim and explore the ways in which the rapid rise of big data impacts on research processes and practices in a growing range of disciplinary areas and fields of study. In particular, the module considers the following questions: What is big data? To what extent is 'big data' different to other kinds of data? What key issues are raised by big data? How are the 'nuts and bolts' of research practice (e.g. ethics, sampling, method, analysis, etc.) transformed with big data? How does big data transform core concepts relating to research practice - such as comparison, description, explanation and prediction?

This module forms a core part of this taught MA. As the capstone of such a course, it invites you to develop and display your research and writing skills within the context of an original study of materials related to the Renaissance. The dissertation is developed in consultation with an academic supervisor; normally the research takes place between the end of Term 2 and over the summer term, or (for part-time students) over the summers of Years 1 and 2.

This core module provides an overview of selected methodological and topical issues important for studying the Renaissance and the early modern periods. This ensures you are familiar with a number of different disciplinary approaches to the period (e.g., literature, history, history of art). This module gives you the opportunity to sample the broad expertise of members active in the Centre; prepares you, if you wish, to go on to further study; and encourages you to become effective at sharing and communicating knowledge.

Qualitative methods are rooted in interpretivist approaches to the social sciences that state that to know the social worlds we study, we need to understand the meanings that human subjects hold. Qualitative traditions of social research thus stress the importance of gaining access to the meanings possessed by human beings, since it is on the basis of such meanings that human agency and sociability become intelligible. Ethnographic traditions of social research, for instance, emphasise the importance of studying society in its ‘natural setting’ and through the participation of the researcher in those worlds. This has been complemented and revised by other qualitative research techniques and practices aimed at accessing the experiences, meanings and understandings possessed by human subjects, and how these are best represented through the construction of sociologically valid knowledge.

This module aims to develop practical quantitative research methods skills, and a critical appreciation of such methods. It covers the secondary analysis of data from large-scale surveys, the collection or generation of survey data, and the use of non-survey sources for quantitative analysis. It also includes considerations of the evaluation and interpretation of existing data sources/published data (including official statistics) and the development of research instruments. The conceptual and contextual factors determining the meaning and value of survey data are also discussed. The module includes a number of ‘hands-on’ computing sessions (in which statistical software is used to manipulate and analyse data). The statistical techniques considered (and applied using statistical software) within the module range from basic descriptive and inferential statistics (such as cross-tabulations and chi-square) to multivariate techniques (such as logistic regression). The components of the module assessment relate to quantitative data sources and questionnaire design, sampling and the production of primary data, descriptive and inferential statistics, multivariate analysis, and the interpretation of published statistical analyses.

This module fosters comprehensive, critical and advanced knowledge of theoretical approaches to gender and development. The first part of the module locates gender and development within a history of colonialism, imperialism and orientalism, asking how gender relations have shaped and been shaped by colonialism; how contemporary forms of western imperialism invoke ideas about gender; and how far western feminism has been able to resist orientalist ideas about a ‘modern’ west and a ‘backward’ east. It also looks critically at some measures of gendered development today, including the Millennium Development Goals and the replacement Sustainable Development Goals. The second half explores key theories of development - modernisation theory, dependency theory, environmentalism, and post-development thinking - and how they have been gendered. It also considers approaches to gender and development based around the concepts of human rights, capabilities and justice, before returning to the original questions: what constitutes development, and what are the implications of a gendered approach to it.

This module explores gender in development practice. It casts light on processes of mobilisation and social change aimed at promoting and achieving greater equity and well-being for people in ‘developing’ parts of the world. Therefore, it considers development policy approaches through which historically excluded groups (located at the intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality) are given the tools to claim rights, recognition and cultural, political and economic resources. It enquires to what extent development policies, programmes and projects in the Global South integrate gendered perspectives to identify and then erase disparities in the distribution of resources, opportunities, constraints and power. Does a gender analytical approach, accepted and employed by numerous international development agencies, allow for practice which addresses gender inequalities in an intersectional way?

The dissertation module gives you the opportunity to complete an independent piece of research on a topic of your own choice with the support of your dissertation supervisor, plenary teaching, and other online resources. The aim is for you to creatively use the substantive and methodological training acquired in the earlier part of your course to critically analyse a research topic of sociological relevance.

This module examines some of the core debates within social and political thought. We will read and discuss extracts from the ‘classics’ of enlightenment political thought juxtaposed alongside poststructuralist, (post) colonial/decolonial and Indigenous texts. Through these juxtaposed readings, we will examine the lively debates and ‘politics’ of social theory. This endeavour will demonstrate the ways in which an enlightenment legacy underpins social theory and its relation to contemporary normative political rationalities and practices of sovereignty, law, democracy, religion, race, gender, and sexuality. Contestations of this legacy from the perspectives of decolonial, postcolonial, poststructural, and queer thought reveals the significance of grappling with social theory towards the praxis of social justice.

This module analyses the changing character of capitalism and looks in detail at the rise of ‘neoliberal’, libertarian and populist forms of politics that confront and oppose the welfare state, and which seek to marketise and/or financialise all things ‘social’. The module addresses the role of crisis in making social and political change possible through consideration of two key examples: the 2008 global financial crisis and the recent Covid pandemic. The module draws on a wide-range of literature to place these developments in historical and sociological context, including the writings of Stuart Hall, Wendy Brown, Michel Foucault, and Anthony Giddens. It invites students to examine state/market configurations within different national contexts, and to ask how sociology can be used to realise different political futures to those that currently appear possible.

This module seeks to introduce you to some of the major debates about how theorising and empirical research should be done, through examples of how it is being done. It seeks to situate this against the background of the sociological tradition and to give students a sense of where there is continuity, discontinuity, progress and/or decline.

This module introduces students to some of the standard methodological and theoretical problems posed by social inquiry. It is divided into two parts with the first part being structured around problems in social science and the second part around the problem(s) of objectivity. Many of the issues to be discussed relate to one key question: are the methods of the social sciences essentially the same or essentially different from those of the natural sciences?

What is the role of social research in understanding social inequalities? How can social research contribute to reducing social inequalities? This is a foundation module in the study of social inequality, providing students with in-depth understanding of contemporary research into global social inequality, and drawing out the relationships between individual, local and global patterning of inequality. It foregrounds race, class and gender, whilst also asking students to think about the causes, intersections and effects of other inequalities that interest them (for example, intergenerational, urban/rural, sexuality, disability, health, education, citizenship status, wealth).

What is so exciting about big data, data science and R? How can data science help towards a better understanding of social, political and economic processes? What does machine learning have to do with explaining societal outcomes, human behaviour and language usage? This module will develop students’ understanding of social data science, corresponding ethical issues as well as why data science is a useful tool for research conducted at universities, governmental and non-governmental organisations, as well as private companies in various sectors. Besides discussing applications of social data science to the study of sociological, political, economic, criminal and language phenomena, the module will provide students with the skills to conduct and critically reflect on social data science research. The module does not require prior knowledge of R and advanced statistical techniques. It will provide an introduction to R and include some basic applications of social data science, for example in the context of web data collection and analysis, as well as quantitative text analysis.

This module engages with challenges for feminist and queer knowledge production that are emerging at present, across various contexts. It considers both challenges within knowledge production itself (e.g., methodological/ethical challenges when conducting research; the challenges to our thinking posed by new feminist and queer theories/turns) and challenges that feminist and queer scholars are facing more broadly (e.g., challenges posed by anti-gender mobilisations, or other social and political developments). As it engages with each challenge, the module connects theory, ethics and praxis, inviting you to reflect on the intellectual context of the challenge, consider the ethical implications of it, and workshop practical strategies to engage with it. This module draws on the diverse research expertise of academics affiliated with Centre for the Study of Women and Gender.

This module introduces debates in feminist theories and epistemologies. It is different from conventional modules on theory and epistemology, which often cover ‘key authors’ or theories chronologically. As we will see, one crucial intervention that feminist scholars have made has been precisely to question this approach to understanding theory. Instead, we will zoom in on debates and dilemmas that have challenged feminist scholarship and we will examine their complexities and contradictions. In this way, we will involve students in the active process of thinking through feminist debates and dilemmas, framing the classroom as a space of collective knowledge production, rather than passive learning of the history of problems already theorised and resolved by others. This module draws on the diverse research expertise of academics affiliated with Centre for the Study of Women and Gender.

The Capstone Dissertation Project provides students with the opportunity to design and conduct an independent research project addressing a real-world problem in collaboration with an external partner, such as a private sector organisation, governmental organisation, or non-governmental organisation. Students will apply the social data science skills to a substantive empirical question, drawing on real-world data and engaging with practical constraints, stakeholder needs, and ethical considerations.

This module is designed to enhance students’ social data science skills and strengthen their ability to identify and address socially relevant research questions. It introduces advanced social data science methods and demonstrates how they can be applied to substantive questions in the social sciences and humanities. The module covers conceptual and practical approaches to working with various types of data, such as images, spatial data, networks and panel data. Throughout the module, students will examine how these methods are implemented in Python and R, when they are appropriate, the assumptions on which they rely, and how their results should be interpreted in context. The module comprises discussions of links between theoretical concepts and research design, hands-on data analysis, and critical reflection. Students will explore how advanced computational and statistical approaches can be used to study topics such as social relations, socio-spatial inequalities, and social change over time. The module will help students to evaluate methodological trade-offs, apply selected techniques to real-world data, and communicate findings clearly and responsibly.

This module aims to provide an introduction to continuous time stochastic models as applied in mathematical finance. Students will gain an understanding of Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus and be able to use this to model the evolution of financial markets in continuous time and price a variety of financial instruments.

The module studies the construction and properties of Brownian motion, a fundamental tool for modelling processes which evolve randomly in time. Brownian motion is used widely in many areas of pure and applied mathematics and in the last few decades it has become essential to the study of financial maths as a model of stock prices.

This module is concerned with the theory and practice of short-term forecasting, using both data and subjective information. The course focuses on Dynamic Linear Models (DLM). DLM's are a class of Bayesian Forecasting Models which generalise linear regression models and static statistical linear models. Some extensions to nonlinear dynamic models are also considered.

This module provides an introduction to concepts and techniques which are fundamental in modern applied probability theory and operations research, such as
models for queues, point processes, and epidemics, and introduces
notions of equilibrium, threshold behaviour, and description of structure.

This module will provide students with the tools for advanced statistical modelling and associated procedures based on computer-intensive methods known as Monte Carlo techniques.

This module runs in Term 1 and will provide students with the tools for advanced statistical modelling and associated estimation procedures based on computer-intensive methods known as Monte Carlo techniques.

This module focuses on stochastic control in applied probability, including its applications in mathematical finance and reinforcement learning. It aims to prepare students for careers in business, industry, or government, while also exploring cutting-edge research in the field.

This module is comprised of three selected topics in the area of computational challenges associated with data analysis. The topics may change year to year. Some examples of topics from previous academic years include: Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing, Decision Trees and Random Forests, Model Comparison and Selection, Artificial Neural Networks, Introduction to Reinforcement Learning and Modelling the Written Word: Compression and Human-Computer-Interfaces.

This module will introduce students to modern applications of Statistics in challenging modern data analysis contexts and provide them with the theoretical underpinnings to apply these methods. This module aims to prepare students to be able to explain, critically discuss and apply fundamental concepts and analytic tools in Statistical Learning, to discuss issues and fundamental tools in the analysis of Big Data and Big Models, and to apply fundamental tools based on sparsity, regularisation and the control of error rates to analyse large data sets.

The module will allow the students to gain an insight into the principles, challenges, and applications of statistical consulting. It will equip them with a skill-set to become effective statistical consultants, including problem-solving and communication skills. The students will work across multiple disciplines, selecting and applying a variety of statistical methods and tools, to address practical problems, and will communicate to various audiences (including non-specialists).

This module runs in Term 1 and is core for students on the MSc in Mathematical Finance.
PhD students interested in taking the module should consult the module leader.
This module is not available to undergraduate students.

This module aims to give a thorough understanding of how stochastic calculus is used in continuous time finance. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of models used for various asset classes.

This module is available for students on a course where it is a listed option (subject to restrictions*) and as an Unusual Option to students who have completed the prerequisite modules.

Pre-requisites:

• ST401 Stochastic Methods in Finance or ST403 Brownian Motion or ST908 Probability and Stochastic Processes (non Statistics students)

*Students who are not enrolled on the MSc in Mathematical Finance may take at most two of;

• ST909 Application of Stochastic Calculus in Finance,
• ST958 Advanced Trading Strategies,
• ST420 Statistical Learning and Big Data.

This module is core for students on the MSc in Mathematical Finance. It is not available to students on other courses.

Students on the Diploma and MSc often had diverse academic backgrounds. This course complements ST903 Statistical Methods in giving a common starting point to the programme, with an emphasis on learning skills in practical statistics.

The programme concludes with the dissertation project which you work on under the supervision of a faculty member over the summer with submission in September.

Three topics will be covered each year in this module, motivated by current questions relevant to the financial industry. Example topics are algorithmic trading, introduction to market microstructures, limit order books.

This module runs in Term 1 and aims to introduce the main approaches to statistical inference and financial time series.

This module provides incoming MSc Statistics students with a bespoke module that reviews assumed prior knowledge. It also gives these students the opportunity to engage with a UK-based education and connect with the department before they formally commence the course. You will take this module pre-term in Welcome Week.

This module provides core statistical knowledge. The module covers a range of theoretical inference methodologies. It will also provide a practical introduction using the programming language R for a selection of these.

This module provides the opportunity to engage with contemporary themes in statistics and probability. Case studies will cover areas current areas of research and practice and may include finance, medical statistics, industrial statistics, biostatistics, research themes in probability, applied probability and data science.

This module provides a graduate-level exploration of methods for analysing large datasets, giving key mathematical background for the work of modern data scientists. Today, it is very easy to generate large data sets. Capturing and exploiting the important information contained within such datasets poses a number of statistical challenges. It may not even be clear how much useful information the data contains.

This module provides a strong foundation to the measure theory underpinning probability and fundamental results in measure theoretic probability. It covers probability/applied theory, suitable for areas such as analysis, statistical finance, and theoretical statistics.

Most financial data is available in time series form and therefore the statistics and modelling of time series data are essential components underpinning mathematical finance. The module aims to provide the relevant statistical theory and experience in financial and generic time series statistics.

This module is compulsory for students on an MSc in Statistics and is not available for students on other courses. Working with a dissertation supervisor, you will independently study and research a chosen topic and create a dissertation: a research project that enables you to present findings in response to a research question potentially proposed or chosen individually.

The objectives of writing a dissertation are to allow a student to demonstrate the ability;

• to complete a major and worthwhile piece of research work, with some guidance, but largely self-motivated;

• to write an academic paper that is well-organised and which clearly and concisely communicates its contents to its readers;

• to apply knowledge of statistics and probability theory gained through coursework to a specific area of study,

• to demonstrate ability to acquire further knowledge of additional statistical methodologies as required by the topic, and to show ability to acquire a good understanding of the underlying scientific problem.

• to identify and formulate a scientific problem and to show evidence of skills of inquiry, logical reasoning, probabilistic modelling and statistical analysis in addressing that problem.

Please check back later for more information.

This module considers the research methods that are central to applied and socially engaged performance making and research. It addresses a range of research skills, methods, critical frameworks and areas of study that inform processes of making and creating performance in these contexts. It opens up debate around the questions and ethical considerations that arise when employing specific research methods in these contexts in order to develop informed critical perspectives on different approaches in the field.

Working through case studies focused on pressing social issues such as the climate crisis, austerity and homelessness, this module is concerned with how creative methodologies are being employed in activist forms of socially-engaged art and digital based arts practice that are about social change. It focuses on the potential of theatrical and performance modes to pose questions and invite reflection through its ability to intervene, surprise, disrupt, subvert, transform and imagine possible future worlds. It considers how theatre-making and creative approaches to digital practice can foster networks, collaborations and movements that are about tangible change within and across communities.

Rooted in advice and guidance from established practitioners in a range of settings, this module offers practical insight into the skills and knowledge you will need to develop and build your professional profile. It will explore what it means to have a portfolio career; how you establish a company and promote your work; the importance of making connections and working with collaborators; project initiation, budgeting, management and evaluation.

The module will also explore how to shape funding applications that tap into the cultural zeitgeist and respond to different briefs and the needs of organisations whether they are in the educational, criminal justice, health, charity or international development sectors.

This route enables students to complete an individually written dissertation of 15,000 words on a research topic of their choice that offers an extended investigation of issues and/or practices in the Applied Theatre field.

The dissertation must evidence a clear research question that engages directly with the context of the research, the research methodology/ies involved and indicate the potential for knowledge that will impact on the field.

Each student taking this route will be allocated a supervisor in the Department who will offer support and guidance as the dissertation evolves.

This route enables students to complete an individual practice as research project on a topic relevant to the applied theatre field that culminates in the completion of a practical outcome that may take the form of a performance, digital project or community-based output.

The practice as research project must evidence a clear research question that engages directly with the context of the research, the research methodology/ies involved and indicate the potential for knowledge that will impact on the field.

The practical output will be accompanied by a 4500-word documentation and evaluation of the research processes undertaken and the findings reached. Each student taking this route will be allocated a supervisor in the Department who will offer support and guidance as the dissertation evolves.

This will focus on a live issue within your organisation which you will explore, together with an academic supervisor from WMG, over a 12 month period. The project will culminate in the writing of a dissertation, which will count toward 1/3 of the credit of your degree.

This module explores key concepts of the design and operation of electronic healthcare records (EHRs) across the healthcare enterprise, including standards and regulatory issues. The module covers the subjects of data quality in EHRs and the link with other systems. It will equip students to understand the semantically-rich capture of data in support of clinical decision-making; EHR storage and sharing; EHR standardization; barriers and facilitators to the adoption of EHR including within the context of data protection issues. Some specific aims include:

• Understanding some of the common methods used in health informatics, and factors that determine their selection.
• Critical review of health information systems.
• Understanding ways to harness computerized data for clinical decision making

The module explores the science of dealing with information management and computer-based applications in healthcare. It is a primer on principles of data coding and classification in healthcare; principles of medical decision making and methods for clinical decision support; the design, implementation and operational management of clinical information systems, including laboratory-based, primary care and hospital-based systems; principles of communication, security, information governance and procurement challenges for patient-centric healthcare information systems. Some specific aims include:

• Provide an understanding of the basic structures of information needed when making clinical decisions in order to prioritise data collection
• Understanding the critical importance of accuracy and data quality in the context of decision making.
• Examining the role of the patient in contributing and accessing information.
• Understanding and assessing various health information systems

Healthcare organisations and industries increasingly have to deal with both planned and disruptive change and innovation. Recent policy changes (e.g. NHS Healthcare Reform: Health and Social Care Act 2012, NHS 5 Year forward view 2015-2020) are driving major transformation in healthcare services. Within this context, managers and leaders are being tasked with improving quality of care and delivering operational efficiencies. Module materials aim to provide students with the knowledge to critically evaluate a range of options, mechanisms, resourcing implications, and frameworks for planning, implementing and managing innovation. Through the use of case studies and lectures, the module provides students with a theoretical foundation in patient-centred service, concepts of value, service innovations and resourcing considerations. Students will be equipped to examine and develop the ‘business case’, blueprint, and evaluate options for resource allocation and risk management in a health sector ecosystem. They will also be able to define and implement measures for strategic objectives, value (benefits), outcomes, and outputs. Implementation frameworks and methods such as programmes, portfolios, projects and initiatives will be examined and their applicability to various contexts evaluated.

The module aims to give students a systematic understanding of epidemiological methods, their applications, strengths and weaknesses and current methodological issues; and comprehensive knowledge of the application of medical statistics to the assessment of risk and disease impact.

This module aims to enable participants to understand how organisations make sound, evidence based decisions to support a business’s policy and strategy, and to satisfy and increase value for its customers and other stakeholders. In particular, it examines methods to ensure that any decisions made are as sound as they can be, which are also known as robust decisions. To this ends it introduces students to a number of quantitative decision making methods, explores the role of judgement in decision making and examines a number of decision support tools.

The landscape defining healthcare service delivery is undergoing rapid changes. While this has created unprecedented opportunities for providing high quality person-centred care, it also brings with it unique challenges on best ways to manage the changes that are redefining the service environment. Hence, leaders and managers must not only deal with changes that are redefining care delivery, equally important, they must anticipate trends that will lead to change; provide leadership in a work environment often characterized by unforeseen events that trigger change; find ways to address reactions and resistance to change while at the same time identify and harness the opportunities that arise from the change.

This module goes beyond current approaches that are used to address challenges involving patient safety, system performance and management. It will familiarize students with systematic approaches in the analysis and design of health service systems for effective operational management leading to clinical systems improvement. Module materials will focus on areas such as managing patient flow, capacity, and resource utilization. Materials will also examine tool and techniques that are applied to monitor quality and service design including clinical guidelines quality benchmarks, thresholds and outcomes. Students will have the opportunity to review a range of quality improvement initiatives and associate techniques that have been used across various health systems in order to improve patient safety, efficiency, equity, effectiveness and person-centered care.

This module focuses on current issues and challenges facing healthcare quality & productivity. It will familiarize students with the urgent need to apply approaches from diverse disciplines for patient safety, patient experience and effectiveness, and productivity improvement in health service from a systems perspective. Students will learn to apply systematic approaches in the analysis of data & information for accurately modelling patient care journeys for service redesign, system capability & quality. Module will examine current techniques used for quality & productivity improvement in healthcare such as lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraint, loss functions, etc. Service improvement strategies will also be examined in the context of regulatory, patient safety and economic factors that are unique to healthcare and what information is necessary for sustained improvement.

This module is effectively the capstone module of postgraduate cyber study, drawing together many aspects of the course. It has been developed in collaboration with a commercial partner of international standing to address key strategic cyber security issues from the perspective of an organisation's Chief Security Officer (CSO).

In the context of transformation, the principal aim of this module is to provide participants with knowledge (what), comprehension (why and how) of supply chain management and supply chain; part of this aim, and transformation, is also to develop the participant’s ability (how/skills) to be able to apply the fundamental principles and concept of supply chain management and supply chain in an organisational context, via simulation during the module and in the Post Module Assessment (PMA) at the end.

Renewable energies such as wind power, solar power, geothermal energy, hydropower or bio-energy have the potential to deliver sustainable energy on windy and sunny days or as base-load grid energy, respectively. Energy storage is needed to enable transition towards energy systems with low environmental impact.
With this in mind, the course is designed for introducing different renewable technologies and a deeper understanding of the underlying concepts and processes of energy storage.

Organisations and networks have changed significantly in recent years. Due to the spread of cloud technologies, the development of edge computing, and the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), the modern IT environment is characterised by dispersal. Additionally, the expanding use of remote work practices has created new security challenges that demand increased focus. By lowering the attack surface and thwarting complex attempts, network security is essential for protecting valuable assets as well as business-critical equipment. Network security solutions use a tiered approach that covers both internal and external network domains to provide complete protection. Given their presence across numerous domains, including end-point devices, users, applications, and data pipelines, identifying vulnerabilities is essential.

This module equips students with the necessary knowledge and skills to utilize various tools and methods for examining, creating, executing, and overseeing secure network infrastructures. It is assumed that students will already have some background in conventional, potentially insecure, data networks that is patchy and worthy of review. In particular, IPv4, and TCP / UDP are thoroughly covered, supported by extensive analysis of traffic flows using visualisation tools such as Wireshark.

This module provides participants with an opportunity to understand change – its drivers, risks, consequences and people’s responses.

Current progress in information technology has meant the majority of organisations are using IT to innovate, and without an understanding of fundamental computing concepts future managers, scientists, engineers will be unable to take strategical decisions and provide critical thinking on most projects in full confidence.

People are the key and most important resource in an organisation. This module focuses on the strategic management of the people resource in organisations and how this relates to the wider organisational context and business strategy.

Robust Automotive Embedded Systems aims to provide the students with a comprehensive knowledge of:

• embedded automotive systems from an hardware and software viewpoint;
• robustness of embedded system in the context of smart connected and autonomous vehicles.
  The module aims to systematically analyse industry motivations, legislations, roadmaps and customer requirements related to automotive embedded systems. Key parameters to design, test and evaluate robustness of the on-board electronics systems are discussed. Topics are introduced from a practical viewpoint thus allowing the students to critically and independently apply the learning to design, assess and test a wide variety of embedded systems used in smart connected and autonomous vehicles.

This module aims to provide the students with an up to date, comprehensive knowledge of the main wired and wireless communications technologies that are used, or will be used, in current and future production consumer vehicles.

The automotive sensors and sensor fusion module analyses the main working principles and limitations of automotive sensors, particularly focusing on perception sensors and their relationship with assisted and automated driving functions. The role of sensor modelling and testing is highlighted through all the module, with real case studies and tutorials. Moreover, the module explains what are the main advantages and challenges when combining and fusing the data from different sensor technologies.

The aim is to help students build a solid knowledge of key AI techniques that are widely used in development of autonomous vehicles. To understand the application context, an overview of autonomous vehicles technology will be provided, including: Localization, Sensing & Perception and Motion Planning. The module will then focus on practical aspects of AI while the students will gain a strong high level understanding of the underlying theory. The emphasis will be on Deep Learning techniques that are heavily used in driverless vehicles, including: Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Supervised and Unsupervised Learning, Recurrent Neural Networks.

To establish key principles and methods of systems thinking to help students assess complex problems and needs of the Malaysian defence and security sector. This will include identifying stakeholders, capturing and managing requirements and translating these into appropriate solutions. Students will be given an appreciation of whole lifecycle views and approaches, and the major systems engineering management processes essential to deliver successful, complex programmes.

Data Science and Machine Learning have become key drivers of business change and value generation in the modern digital economy. The ability to derive insights, recommendations and automate actions from a wide range of datasets (traditional and non-traditional - i.e. Big Data) is integral to the competitive advantage of many of the world's largest businesses. This module provides practical exposure to these methods, as well as the underlying theories and concepts.

This module aims to address the ever-changing sphere of technology and show how emerging technologies can be applied to different industries and business contexts. The module will offer crucial, advanced theoretical and practical technological foundations to participants. It is clear that there is a need to disseminate this knowledge to students to better help them understand technology and how it aligns with specific business use cases across various different functions such as Finance, Sales, and Operations etc

Individual competence in enabling the processes of innovation and implementing change are essential for leaders and managers in today’s technology organisations. This requires a resilient and positive mindset combined with skills in strategy formulation, communication, leadership, influence and the integration of various disparate functions within a complex organisational system.

This module provides an overview of systems thinking and Systems Engineering approaches required to help understand and design complex engineered systems.

Participants will consider the role that technology plays in supporting current and future business, and how to manage the technology from cradle to grave.

In today’s economy, digital marketing is no longer an “add-on” to traditional approaches, with over 72% of advertising spend in the UK now committed to digital marketing channels. According to Brauer's (2020) findings, 80% of UK leaders believe investment in digital skills will be important to the country’s economic recovery following COVID-19, while 78% also view a large pool of digital talent as essential to driving UK competitiveness. This module covers the full lifecycle of digital marketing from initial strategy through to execution. Participants will get hands on experience working with the latest digital marketing technologies and techniques, alongside the business strategies to implement them successfully.

This module studies the specific technologies and processes that characterise the transactional aspect of digital commerce. The module covers a range of topics incorporating both the technical, such as hosting solutions and web frameworks, through to the managerial, such as the integration of eCommerce solutions with business operations and developing effective and optimised promotional activities. The module has an emphasis on practice, with participants following an end-to-end process of eCommerce solution development. 

The EFQM Business Excellence Model (BEM) is a holistic model for business excellence incorporating the 3 key elements of Direction, Execution and Results. At the heart of the model is the RADAR model:

1. Define the Results that the organization wishes to achieve.
2. Develop the Approaches required to achieve the desired outcomes.
3. Deploy the approaches in a rigorous and controlled fashion.
4. Assess the ongoing performance and the impact of the planned activities,
5. Refine these approaches in the light of the results and a deep understanding of the cause and effect mechanisms at play.

This module follows the RADAR model, starting from defining an effective basket of measures of success. This basket will include both financial and non-financial measures, leading measures which predict future performance (for example workforce engagement measures or customer satisfaction measures) and lagging measures which measure current or past performance. The module considers the robust development of appropriate actions to respond to desired results, with due consideration of unexpected impacts and consequences. The module discusses how to monitor, assess and refine the improvement initiatives in order to keep the delivery of long-term results on track.

Supply Chain and Operations Management is designed to equip future leaders with practical knowledge of how to effectively manage supply and demand within the supply network.

This module looks at the role of Business Strategy in organisations. It addresses the importance of strategy to the organisation and examines the process for developing and implementing an effective strategy.

This module provides in-depth knowledge of power electronic devices and converter topologies for hybrid and electric vehicles. It covers the design, integration, reliability, and manufacturing of power electronic converters, including the main topologies of DC-DC, DC-AC, AC-DC converters, inverters, and battery chargers. Advanced control systems, PWM methods, and electromagnetic compatibility are introduced in the converter operation. The module explores the modelling and design of power converters in detail through lectures and design workshops. Additionally, it presents future power electronics technologies for upcoming EV applications.

When this module is delivered on DA Programmes, it is delivered in a 1-week block with 6 weeks to submit, rather than over 4 weeks.

This module provides in-depth knowledge of electric machine technologies, design and manufacturing for hybrid and electric vehicles. The modelling and design of electric machines are covered in depth through lectures and activities. Mechanical and thermal design fundamentals are covered. This module also include aspects of control, novel topologies, noise and vibration of electric machines in the context of electric vehicles, for today and future technologies. When this module is delivered on DA Programmes, it is delivered in a 1-week block with 6 weeks to submit, rather than over 4 week.

This module provides in-depth knowledge of electric machine technologies, design and manufacturing for hybrid and electric vehicles. The modelling and design of electric machines are covered in depth through lectures and activities. Mechanical and thermal design fundamentals are covered. This module also include aspects of control, novel topologies, noise and vibration of electric machines in the context of electric vehicles, for today and future technologies. When this module is delivered on DA Programmes, it is delivered in a 1-week block with 6 weeks to submit, rather than over 4 week.

The module details the fundamental principles pertinent to Systems Engineering, Systems thinking and Functional Safety. Beginning with Systems Engineering the module covers the principles and concepts of complexity and systems thinking, Lean engineering, system architecture and model based systems engineering. Moving on to functional safety, and incorporating the systems engineering principles the student covers the safety lifecycle, hazard and risk analysis, system/hardware/software development, and the associated processes including safety and change management, confidence levels and ultimately verification. Learning is reinforced via case studies and practical exercises.

The module covers the principles and concepts behind engineering hybrid and electrified vehicles at the vehicle system layer. Customer requirements such as performance feel, efficiency and sound quality are introduced. Requirements are decomposed to technical solutions, and verification methods to deliver those customer wants and desires. Propulsion architectures, control methods and integration issues are covered in detail and a thorough understanding of the process is gained.

The transition to sustainable transportation has placed energy storage systems (ESS) at the forefront of innovation in the automotive industry. This module offers a comprehensive exploration of the technologies that power hybrid and electric vehicles (HEVs and EVs), with a particular focus on the design, integration, and performance of advanced battery systems. As global demand for cleaner mobility solutions accelerates, understanding the role of ESS in achieving energy efficiency, reducing emissions, and enhancing vehicle performance is more critical than ever.

This module includes 30 hours over 4 weeks consisting of interactive presentations, question and answer sessions and discussion, online sessions, videos, small group exercises and problem classes.

The module includes a significant practical element (~30%) where students gain hands-on experience in battery manufacturing, battery modeling and characterisation testing.

Introductory module of the new "Smart Connected and Autonomous Vehicles" course. Content focusses on the motivations for the introduction of autonomy and intelligence in the automotive industry: safety, reduced human and economic losses, comfort, reduced environmental impact. The module introduces the overarching legislative and regulatory frameworks alongside organisational and strategic approaches of manufacturers in response to the problem.

The module introduces and explores the requirements of Human Technology Interaction (HTI) from different stakeholder perspectives. Design features to satisfy and optimise stakeholder requirements of HTI will be discussed. Human factors research provides a way to empirically understand and predict how driver behaviour may change, adjust, or be impacted by new technologies.

40 hours over 2 weeks consisting of interactive presentations, question and answer sessions, talks from industrial practitioners and discussion, videos, and hands on computer simulation sessions.

30 contact hours over 1 week consisting of interactive presentations, question and answer sessions and discussion, videos, small group exercises and problem classes.

The module includes a significant practical element (~30%) where students gain hands-on experience of electric machine characterisation and testing as well as classroom-based investigation and consolidation of the control technology employed

The introductory module of the new "Sustainable Automotive Electrification" course. Content focusses on the motivations for electrification and hybridisation in the automotive industry: Global Warming and Pollution. The module then introduces the overarching legislative and regulatory frameworks alongside organisational and strategic approaches of manufacturers in response to the problem.

Adopting a blended learning approach, the Study, Professional & Analytical (SPA) Skills Module is the only module within WMG that has been purposefully designed so as to meet the complex learning and professional needs of all postgraduate students. Offered as integral part of WMG's accredited programmes, the SPA module is also available on a non-credit bearing basis to students who may wish to take the module as an additional 'academic enrichment' activity.

Digital technologies play an increasingly important role in modern retail practice. Alongside obvious examples such as online sale channels (e.g. eCommerce), digital plays a role in the whole product lifecycle, from inception to market development and internationalisation. This module will explore all of these interactions and the impact they are having on modern retail practice

Running successful digital marketing campaigns require a full range of techniques and technologies to be successful, particularly when run from an external company (e.g. marketing agencies or consultancies). This module address the planning and creation of digital marketing campaigns from initial client briefs through to detailed campaign plans.

This module provides an introduction to computer programming and digital development for participants with little or no experience of computer programming. It introduces essential concepts common to most computer languages and helps participants to gain a practically understand and apply them.

The module specifically targets web programming and using frameworks to create professional web applications. It covers important aspects of web apps, such as databases, HTML/CSS, and basic web server/cloud functions. Students will improve their programming skills and learn about programming challenges, through creating and hosting their own application in a cloud environment, using up-to-date, cloud-native methods and the latest technologies. 

Digital and Data Science technologies have grown significantly in the last decade in terms of both organisational adoption and their importance to operational practices. Equally, however, such technologies have grown in complexity and sophistication. As a consequence, many organisations can struggle to identify the opportunities available to them through digitalisation and machine learning, and to effectively implement and optimise these solutions.

Customer Experience (CX) tools and techniques are key to the modern enterprise, particularly for eBusiness and eCommerce companies. At its essence, successful CX is achieved at the intersection of people, process, and technology, each of which represents a key theme of the module:
● People: concerning the business's customers but also its staff. This aspect includes sessions on selling, customer requirements, influencing, and the use of social media channels to manage relationships.
● Process: a key determiner of successful CX implementations is integrating the technologies and techniques with business process. In this part of the module participants will be introduced to process mapping and re-engineering.
● Technology: the final aspect concerns CX solutions themselves. Participants will be working with an industry standard CX solutions, and analytical tools to support consumer insight and customer analytics.

Digital branding has become a key topic in modern business, in all sectors. Whilst digital channels offer organisations the opportunity to quickly launch and build an online brand, it also brings risks and challenges. This module explores these issues, and the relevant technologies, and gives participants experience building a digital brand from the ground up

The module aims to expose students to essential skills in building and managing big data pipelines and navigating the big data analytics lifecycle from raw data to actionable insights. Students will master data visualisation techniques to effectively communicate findings and drive decision-making. For eCommerce specialists, the module incorporates data-driven website optimisation to enhance digital visibility and performance. Through hands-on experience in cloud-based environments, participants will develop the ability to critically analyse a range of business scenarios and implement sophisticated big data and digital analytics solutions that address real-world business challenges. This comprehensive approach prepares students to leverage data at scale, optimising digital platforms and strategies for competitive advantage in the rapidly evolving eCommerce and digital operations landscape.

Modern solution development, particularly for eCommerce applications, depends significantly on the practices of agile development and DevOps. Additionally, the success of such projects is dependent on successfully capturing, and delivering upon, the needs of the customer/end-users. In other words, such projects require developers and analysts to utilise consultancy skills such as requirements elicitation and soft systems thinking. As such, the module covers an important need in the overall eBusiness Management curricula, and the eCommerce & Digital Analytics specialism in particular, for students on a more technical pathway to gain experience in these key new technologies and approaches that are in high demand among employers.

Digital and eBusiness technologies have grown significantly in the last decade in terms of both organisational adoption and their importance to operational practices. Equally, however, such technologies have grown in complexity and sophistication. As a consequence, many organisations can struggle to identify the opportunities available to them through digitalisation, and to effectively implement and optimise these solutions.

In today's world, artificial intelligence and data science are powering innovation in virtually all industries and domains. The ability to build machines, and algorithms, that are able to reason and make decisions autonomously offers not only huge benefits to modern business, but to society as a whole. This module provides a hands-on exposure to the practice of developing AI/machine learning algorithms and implementing them in a variety of problem sets and datasets

Cyber security consultants are required to apply analytical, decision-making and communication skills to provide reliable advice to clients. Quite often they report progress and outcomes to stakeholders which include those who are able to understand technical terms, descriptions and explanations, and those who are not always able to understand these. Consultants must possess strong leadership skills, enhanced project management skills, organisation and management skills and possess the knowledge and confidence to make effective leadership interventions within a cyber security context.

Cyber security teams are routinely called on to investigate incidents ranging from the downtime of critical resources such as servers and networks, to complex cyber-attacks which lead to loss of resource, reputational damage and potential fines. Digital investigation is the process of identifying and analysing the causes of incidents and providing a robust and comprehensive response and explanation to stakeholders on the cause of an incident and the steps that can be taken to mitigate against it occurring again in the future.

The rapid developments in information technology and the proliferation of devices and applications have enabled digital communications at a scale never seen before. The issue of securing the cyberinfrastructures that facilitate these communications has attracted the same level of attention as natural disasters and significant stock market crises. This is because unforeseen security challenges in our networked technologies manifest catastrophic impact on human-to-human, human-to-machine, and machine-to-machine activities carried out over the cyberspace. This module seeks to introduce the students to the state-of-the-art in effective and proactive cyberattack deterrents, including tools and techniques that can have long-term benefits in organisational policies while maintaining the resilience of our agile and delicate cyberinfrastructures.

This module covers various approaches to information risk assessment and management. There is an emphasis on the practical nature of the process, the issues that face managers in the real world, and the importance of assessing information risk management within the corporate context to ensure that information security and assurance strategies are aligned with business objectives and consistent with legal and regulatory obligations.

You will gain a detailed applied knowledge of how to establish and maintain a risk management framework. A strong focus is placed on cost-effectiveness alignment with an organistion's objectives, as well as business continuity and resilience.

To provide an overview of International Trade and a foundation and context for the International Trade, Strategy and Operations masters degree.

The module will provide students with the opportunity to develop a thorough understanding of international trade theory, business behaviour, and trade policy. In doing so, it will explore the microeconomic fundamentals and strategic elements of trading internationally and globally.

The module will cover key areas of business in an international context including legal constraints and opportunities, marketing and sales, finance and operations, which will provide candidates the opportunity to consider these issues in detail in an applied context.

The module will provide an understanding of the key aspects of the development and implementation of a systematic International Business Development strategy. Through consideration of the potential business relationships available and the relative benefits and risks of each, a methodology will be developed to allow the optimum approach to be determined for a business. As well as presenting theoretical approaches which may be considered, case studies and an international business relationships exercise will be used to allow students to develop their practical skills in this area.

The Transport Techniques and Management module explores the integration of freight transportation in logistics & supply chain management through the different freight transport modes, operations, technologies and the environment. The module is delivered through lectures, discussions, case studies, simulation exercises and industry exposure. Freight transportation, plays a critical role in the world as it enables the movement of products and services from suppliers to consumers. It facilitates local and international trade, while employing millions of people globally. While there are many complexities in freight transportation, it is vital that it is managed in a sustainable manner.

This module provides the financial and accounting knowledge to be able to analyse, interpret, extrapolate and produce financial data.

The existence of a properly formulated and explicit strategy is essential to ensure the development and success of any business. In engineering organisations, both the business strategy and operations strategy are key elements. Engineering organisations are in a unique and dynamic situation offering various products and services with different market requirements and order winning criteria. The underpinning philosophy and methodology of this module is to present a variety of concepts, models and frameworks, methods and examples of how a strategy for managing an engineering organisation can be formulated and implemented in the engineering industry.

As the global division of work is still increasing in all industries to improve speed, process integration and customer satisfaction there is a growing need for a modern sourcing system. Procurement and inventory management form the interfaces between different value chain members in today’s product as well as service supply chains. As spending in procurement is often one of the biggest parts of a company’s budget and accurately managing inventory offers cost cutting as well as service improvement potential, procurement and inventory management become integral to effectively managing any supply chain.

A well-managed warehouse is recognised as a potential major source of competitive advantage as opposed to just another source of cost within the supply chain. This module will provide a thorough insight into warehouse location, operations, processes, equipment, technology and methods to continuously improve performance through appropriate measures and controls. All of these areas incorporate real-life examples, industrial awareness, class exercises and case studies to provide an understanding of the role of the warehouse in today’s supply chain and its internal and external relationships and impact.

In facing the rapid changes in a globally competitive market and the constantly renewed technological innovation. Global supply chain and logistics sectors are enduring ever-increasing challenges, where demand for renewed knowledge and skills, especially for the new generation of industrialists, is constantly rising. This proposed Supply Chain Management module is designed to face these challenges and delivers a new set of fundamental knowledge that addresses the changing business structure, relationship, and operational effectiveness from a renewed supply chain perspective. The contents of the module will be the foundation for following modules to complete your degree. The module is delivered through face-to-face lectures, seminars, and online. It is delivered mainly by the University's internal academic tutor, and supported and complemented by contributions from experienced external professionals and academics alike.

Operations Management involves transforming inputs (capital, labour and materials) efficiently and effectively into outputs valued by the end customer in manufacturing or service environments. Logistics is recognised as a key function in meeting market requirements quickly, flexibly and without incurring punitive inventory costs. To be competitive, companies need to manage operations and logistics both internally and externally across their supply chains.

Design is vital to any engineering business’s aim of creating successful products. Design can also be viewed as a systematic and disciplined process. The design process is a framework that engineers utilise to design products. Manufacturing involves the conversion of raw materials into usable products and can be summarised as:- the design and manufacture of products; and using various manufacturing processes, operations and techniques, following an organised plan. Design and manufacturing is interrelated and should not be viewed as separate disciplines. Designed products should meet the design requirements AND be able to be manufactured relatively easily and economically. Effective implementation of design for manufacture requires engineers to have fundamental understanding of materials, manufacturing processes and related operations. In addition, they must be able to assess the impact of designs on; manufacturing process selection, assembly, automation, quality control, tools and dies, cost and sustainability. Management of design and manufacture is complex and as such Computer aided design (CAD), computer aided manufacture (CAM), computer aided process planning (CAPP), computer aided engineering (CAE) computer integrated manufacture (CIM) and product data management (PDM) have become indispensable in management and optimisation of the design and manufacturing process.

Product and service quality are key factors in the success of a business in terms of customer satisfaction, reduction in cycle time and costs, elimination of error and rework and thus improving profitability and competitiveness This module provides the opportunity to learn about the quality management theories and practice and to develop skills in the application of key quality and reliability tools and techniques. The module also develops student knowledge of maintenance methods in order to assess how to optimize product and service availability and introduces the concept of equipment asset management. 

This module aims to enable participants to understand the principles, challenges and opportunities that Big Data offers to technology-led (or engineering) organisations. The focus of the module will be primarily on the management implications, rather than technical specifics of a Big Data architecture and/or analytics (both of which are introduced). Following from this, the module will also focus on the visualisation of Big Data, and of the insights derived from Big Data analytics, to support management decision making in engineering contexts.

This module provides the theoretical grounding for the domain of manufacturing systems and the current practices associated with manufacturing process selection. This requires matching processes to products and the materials that they are made from at different volumes (of sales).
Students will examine models for this and consider the role of intelligent/expert systems in supporting such decision making.

The module will investigate the way in which quality and reliability techniques can be used to guarantee the quality of manufacture. Conventional techniques associated with quality, reliability and maintenance will be introduced and used to quantify and diagnose common issues. The role of embedded intelligence to capture, process and share factory events and the role of data sciences in supporting this will be introduced through class-based exploratory exercises.

The module will deliver students both theoretical and contemporary knowledge of strategy and strategic management within the modern digital era and international context. Students will study concepts, theories, and principles following a vertical top-to-bottom route to develop a critical and in-depth understanding of business strategy, operations strategy, and performance objectives, as well as the connections among them. In addition, students will also build up the capability of analytics based on various resources and data by employing a series of tools at different strategic levels for decision-making in a business. The module will introduce some emerging technologies within Industry 4.0 and some key aspects that companies would consider during strategic analytics and management, including but not limited to digitalization, sustainability, and customization. Students will have opportunities to apply this knowledge and skills by going through the process of strategy formulation and implementation within international organizations via the in-module exercises. They will be asked to work in a team environment on a project to make the strategic decision on meanwhile develop a strategic plan for embracing the new digital technology in the international case company, to enhance the corporate competitive advantages as well as sustainable operations. The module will adopt various teaching methods and approaches to maximize students’ study experience and engagement with both subject knowledge and transferable skills.

This module addresses the financial management of projects. It provides a basic understanding of main financial statements, so that participants can understand and analyse financial information of a business. It also gives an introduction to management accounting concepts and techniques as an aid to effective project financial planning and control. The module introduces the financing of projects, the evaluation of capital investment projects and project risk management.

Asset Management is a coordinated activity within an organisation to realise value from its assets and is a critical driver of business success, contributing to enhanced customer satisfaction, reduced cycle times and life cycle costs. Its main focus is ensuring physical assets deliver required performance reliably, safely, sustainably and cost-effectively across their full lifecycle. In an increasingly digital and data-driven environment, organisations rely on management systems and emerging technologies to improve profitability and maintain competitiveness. Quality management theories and practice underpin the organisational culture and aid longevity and sustainability in business. The concepts of quality and asset management enable business excellence.

This module provides an opportunity to explore contemporary quality management and asset management theories alongside technology‑enabled practices. Students will develop practical skills in applying key quality and reliability tools and techniques supported by modern technologies to identify and mitigate risk and measure quality and reliability performance. The module also expands student knowledge of maintenance methodologies by introducing predictive and prescriptive maintenance concepts powered by Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices, condition monitoring systems, and reliability‑centred maintenance (RCM) frameworks. By examining digital asset management platforms, students will learn how organisations optimise equipment availability, improve system quality and reliability, and manage physical assets through integrated, technology-driven approaches.

Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations Management focuses on how organisations design, coordinate, and manage interconnected processes across international networks to transform resources such as capital, machinery, labour, and materials into products and services valued by customers. It examines how operations are integrated across global supply chains, including manufacturing systems and the use of advanced technologies in production and logistics. Where this module is delivered at an overseas centre the module will be delivered over 1 or 2 weeks.

This module prepares students to lead Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven organisations as informed architects of data-driven decision-making by introducing the modern data landscape, including the infrastructure underpinning large-scale data management, and then moving decisively to how artificial intelligence and advanced analytics methods transform raw data into actionable organisational intelligence. Students will develop fluency across the full analytics pipeline, including emerging generative AI capabilities, anchored in the management and engineering contexts in which these methods are applied.

This module introduces students to Sustainable and Intelligent Product Life Cycle Management (PLM), examining how complex products can be designed, managed and transformed to respond to sustainability requirements, increasing digitalisation and organisational change. It develops critical understanding of life cycle thinking, systems perspectives and circular economy design principles, alongside the use of sustainability metrics, standards and assessment tools. The module critically explores digital PLM architectures, data integration and the application of intelligent and AI enabled technologies to support evidence based decision making across design, manufacture, use, support and end of life phases. Through a combination of lectures, applied workshops and industry informed input, students develop the ability to analyse real world PLM practices, synthesise innovative and sustainable life cycle strategies and exercise independent professional judgement when evaluating ethical, financial and strategic trade offs in complex product systems. This module is delivered over 4 weeks. Where this module is delivered at an overseas centre the module will be delivered over 1week.

This module provides participants with an opportunity to understand change –its drivers, risks, consequences and people’s responses - and develop their personal competences through hands-on experience in a simulated business environment and practice in the use of relevant methods, tools and techniques.

Regardless of size and maturity, organisations today operate in a business environment that continues to grow increasingly complex and demanding of ever higher standards of efficiency, integration and customer service. Change can be both externally and internally driven, thus both skill sets of intelligent, timely reaction to external drivers and proactive planning to prevent organisational drift are critical to the sustained success of any organisation.

Individual competence in implementing change is essential for leaders and managers and this requires a resilient and positive mindset combined with skills in strategy formulation, communication, leadership, influence and the integration of various disparate functions within a complex organisational system. Developing a critical mass of competent individuals contributes significantly to organisational change capability.

This module provides participants with an opportunity to understand change –its drivers, risks, consequences and people’s responses - and develop their personal competences through hands-on experience in a simulated business environment and practice in the use of relevant methods, tools and techniques.

This module will build upon the knowledge of the essentials of project management established by the Project Planning Management and Control module, focusing on the multi-project and programme environment and the influences from the wider organisation.

Organisations are increasingly operating in volatile, uncertain, and complex environments. In order to cope with these changing circumstances, many are using programmes and projects as vehicles of adaptation. Research shows that organisations are investing huge sums of money in programmes and projects, yet the levels of success are often disappointing. It is known that one of the contributing factors to these failures (partial or complete) is ineffective practices in the strategic analysis, planning, and initiation of programmes and projects.

This module will encourage entrepreneurs to view sales as a valuable and necessary aspect of their business, and to embrace the challenge of selling. Selling is an essential element of building customer relationships that is the foundation of all business. Participants will explore the theory of creating sales and then be able to apply the methods and techniques to develop sales propositions appealing to their target customer and representative of the competitive advantage of the goods or services (products) provided by their business.

Participants who are likely to undertake any customer facing business activity, such as face to face negotiations, will benefit from this module. The objectives of the module are to acquire the following knowledge and skills and to be able to apply them in the context of starting their own business.

• Understanding the Market and Customer’s needs
• Developing Sales Techniques
• Develop a Sales Proposition
• Management of Sales and Sales Relationships

This module aims to equip students with advanced statistical knowledge and skills to analyse, model, and solve problems in diverse real-life systems, in particular business scenarios. By developing proficiency in creating and applying statistical models effectively in problem-solving and decision-making contexts, students gain a profound understanding of the applicability of statistical techniques to different problems. The module aims to expand basic tools, enabling students to navigate complexities within data analytics. 

Modern digital marketing practice is as much dependent on a suite of technologies and information systems, as it is on strategies and marketing technique. Commonly these include a mixture of digital and data technologies that underpin each stage of the marketing lifecycle, from initial research through to campaign analysis and customer retention. The utilisation of such data and techniques has become an essential toolkit for implementing and optimising modern digital marketing strategy.

The module is highly participative and will deal with theory, process and practice of the art of personal leadership. Participants will be involved in a structured process of examining their leadership style and effectiveness through critical reflexivity and putting into action their plans for improvement. The theory and process of leadership will be dealt with in as experiential a way as possible. This module will give students an opportunity to embrace cultural transformation and change, be more innovative and agile as well as tap into their inner passion which will be required of every leader in the future!

This module gives leaders and aspiring leaders what they need to understand and act effectively in a world that is increasingly ‘digital’ and ‘connected’ – recognising the impact this has on existing ‘physical’ assets, and on the ultimate asset of any organisation, ‘people’.

This module shows how leaders develop, facilitate and manage the achievement of the mission and vision via a clear stakeholder focused strategy, supported by relevant policies, objectives, targets and plans implemented through appropriate actions and behaviours that conform to developed values required for long term success, thereby ensuring that the organization’s management system is developed and implemented.

This module aims to equip students with advanced statistical knowledge and skills to analyse, model, and solve problems in diverse real-life systems, in particular business scenarios. By developing proficiency in creating and applying statistical models effectively in problem-solving and decision-making contexts, students gain a profound understanding of the applicability of statistical techniques to different problems. The module aims to expand basic tools, enabling students to navigate complexities within data analytics. 

In an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world, understanding the global business environment is paramount for future leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. The "Global Business Environment and Markets" module delves deep into the multifaceted dynamics that shape international business operations and strategies.

The module aims to examine best practice in Collaborative Working in a Project (and to some extent programme) context. The impact of effective Leadership, Team working, Communication and Stakeholder Engagement will all be explored. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own style of leadership and interaction in order to facilitate their personal and professional development.

Visual computing has become ubiquitous in the modern educational, commercial and industrial landscapes in the use of product design and development, video games, simulation, computer aided education, advertising, digital photography, entertainment and countless other fields. The knowledge of advanced computer imagery concepts and applications based on visualisation and computer graphics are fundamental tools for any technology-led organisation.

This module is being created for the MSc in Games Engineering. It will cover advanced computer graphics concepts and keep students up to date with state of the art methods.

Video game development is one of the most complex software engineering processes, requiring development in a number of wide ranging areas, including but not limited to computer graphics, physics, acoustics, AI, and networking. These typically take the form of sub-systems which can be programmed independently but with a firm understanding of the required specifications and always with sound engineering principles and high performance in mind. This module will provide students with the required set of tools to be able to develop all such subsystems and the right set of engineering practices to be able to integrate them into a coherent whole.

In the majority of cases, video game development makes use of already available software, primarily commercial game engines such as Unreal or Unity, or in-house game engines developed by the company eg ID Tech, Snowdrop, Frostbite, CryEngine. Our students will develop the capabilities of implementing and/or understanding the theoretical and fundamental aspects of how to create such engines from the ground up. However, on occasions they will be asked to use existing engines due to the maturity such engines exhibit in their current form. This module will expose the students to the intricacies of these engines, enable students to develop game engines using them, and help them understand their capabilities and limitations. Based on the previous modules students will be able to develop their own sub systems to replace or extend the systems available in these engines. They will be able to integrate their own and others' developments into a coherent whole. Students will understand the bigger picture of the how game studios run, including the types of documentation produced when making a game, how to evaluate the success of game systems and the game as a whole, roles within a studio and how all these complicated software components are connected in the games development pipeline.

This module equips participants with fundamental knowledge of the managerial and research aspects of gaming. Practical guidance on how to conduct an academically-sound and technically-sound research project by exploring the key elements of good academic and research practice will be provided. It also provides a practical understanding of the major research methods and techniques used in technical project, project planning and business implications. It provides students with an understanding of current game development roles and how their work will be aligned and support such roles.

This module gives aspiring entrepreneurs a detailed overview of the business startup process, including the crucial stage of business modelling within the digital sphere. Digital business modelling will form an important learning component on this module helping students assess how startups create, deliver and capture new value.

Product design is an essential aspect of entrepreneurship because it plays a crucial role in determining the success of a business. Effective product design knowledge can help entrepreneurs create products that meet the needs of their target customers and differentiate themselves from competitors. Design, development and introduction of new products is hence the key to the long term competitiveness and survival of start-ups and corporations.

This module enables aspiring entrepreneurs to critically assess the approaches designed to facilitate innovation in various organizational and managerial contexts, including startup and pre-startup. Participants will learn new concepts to critically evaluate the potential for innovation in corporations and start-ups. There is an emphasis on disruptive technology, its advent and how it has the potential for radical industrial transformation. Participants will learn the tools and methods to design new value propositions with disruptive potential using toolkits optimized for customer jobs-based thinking.

The industry impact project is a student's opportunity to develop their transferrable skills and apply their subject knowledge to work independently and collectively to produce an artefact that resolves an industry-based problem related to their course. To complete the project, students are supported by a coach. A coach is similar to a supervisor in that they provide project guidance, yet a coach will also support the connection between student and industry. For instance, a coach may support students to present a project update to an organisation or company.

This module focuses on the development, growth, and enhancement of individual analytical and research skills for postgraduate cyber security students, subsequently covering issues of academic and ethical rigour and validity in cyber security research activities.

This module will explore the technologies which are necessary for the complex and continually evolving integrated energy systems to cope with the rapidly changing demands of renewable energy systems. Students will use electricity grid and distribution systems simulation modelling software to identify critical performance issues that may arise from the incorporation of renewable energy generation technologies alongside existing generation technologies, and be provided with the necessary knowledge and understanding for them to be able synthesis suitable engineering solutions.

Project engineering competence is essential for professional engineers to succeed in the renewable energy sector. The many evolving technologies rely on “projects” to bring them into practical application within the overall global energy system. This module will not only teach the core principles, tools, and techniques of Project Engineering but will also enable students to develop experience in their application through the use of interactive simulation software. The module will be delivered through a combination of face-to-face lectures, seminars and online guided synchronous and asynchronous learning.

This module provides the theoretical basis and wider context of sustainability and sustainable development within which the subject of renewable energy is located. In particular students will examine and explore the social and business challenges presented by the UN Sustainability Development Goals. It will provide the necessary knowledge and understanding for student to design organisational processes and strategies to address these challenges. The module will be delivered through a combination of face-to-face lectures, seminars and online guided synchronous and asynchronous learning.

This module focuses on human factors (HFs) in cyber security by investigating a range of factors (individual, organisational, societal, and technological) to show how HFs vulnerabilities may impact on cyber security risks.

In this module you will learn about a range of human characteristics (physical, cognitive, social and emotional) as they relate to the strengths and limitations of humans, and how these can introduce errors into cyber security resulting in a successful cyber attack or data breach; aspects of the broader context in which interaction with security takes place, including organisational and societal perspectives on security, will be also covered. Moreover, as the interaction between the human and the system influences human performance relevant to cyber security, you will also learn to evaluate the principal features of HFs in current and planned online secure systems to design security that is usable and acceptable to a range of human actors (e.g., end-users, administrators, and developers) by engaging stakeholders and negotiating security solutions that meet their needs.

Cryptography is an essential tool in modern cyber security. It allows us to protect sensitive information, authenticate users and devices, and enable secure communication over insecure networks. Cryptographic techniques are used in a wide range of contexts, including secure messaging, protecting online transactions, and virtual private networks (VPNs). This module provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts of symmetric-key and public-key cryptography, and their practical applications.

A cyber security incident can have a significant impact on the operational efficiency of a business. There are essential mechanisms and skillset that can be utilised to allow a potential attack against infrastructure to be effectively identified, managed and mitigated in a timely manner.

Increasing the robustness and resiliency of systems against threats and attacks is a key cyber security goal. Although, cyber security practitioners should be involved in system design early enough to design cyber-resiliency into the system, quite often, they are presented with legacy systems designed with little consideration to cyber-security. Notwithstanding, even well-designed systems are prone to cyber-attacks from both organised and ill-organised perpetrators.

This module considers the cyber security consequences of virtualised systems and the opportunities that they offer. Focusing on software containerisation systems such as Docker, and comparing their properties with other virtualisation tools and techniques, the course looks at the trust relationships and the available security controls between the underlying operating system, the container, or other virtualised environment, and the software executing within the container.

This module will enable participants to understand how organizations develop, manage and plan design processes to support policy and strategy and fully satisfy, and generate increasing value for customers and other stakeholders. It considers all aspects of design for excellence (Design for X) including topics such as reliability, design for manufacture and assembly , design for sustainability etc. it also brings in concepts of design for six sigma methodology as an approach to design for excellence. In particular it focuses on the management and reduction of risk as well as capturing customer requirements. It also considers all the factors affecting excellence in design. This module supports and aligns with the execution stage of the EFQM framework.

CBE will introduce students to the philosophy of Business Excellence. By doing so, they will embark on a journey of exploration and understanding of the fundamental concepts that underpin non-prescriptive approaches to achieving sustainable excellence in an organization. Excellence in a business context is a combination of internal excellence in how things are done (enablers) leading to outstanding business performance (results).
Excellence is recognised worldwide through awards such as the EFQM global award, the Baldrige Award and the Deming Award as well as multiple national awards that are based on these.

Modern organizations need to evolve quickly in order to deliver rapidly changing customer requirements, and to achieve levels of efficiency and effectiveness which will generate a sustainable market position. This module is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to contribute to excellence within organizations by reducing waste and variation using robust approaches such as Lean and Six Sigma, and their associated tools. The application of process improvement approaches fits within the 'Execution' section of the model with particular impact in creating sustainable value and driving performance and transformation.

Customer Experience (CX) and Customer Insight (CI) tools and techniques are key to the modern enterprise, particularly for eBusiness and eCommerce companies. At its essence, successful CX & CI is achieved at the intersection of people, process, and technology, each of which represents a key theme of the module:

• People: concerning the business's customers and staff. This aspect includes sessions on customer requirements, the role of staff in influencing customer experience, and the use of digital technologies to manage B2B and B2C relationships.
• Process: a key determiner of successful CX implementations is integrating data collection and analytical techniques with business process. Participants will learn about method of mapping existing CX to generate CI and re-engineering business processes where necessary.
• Technology: the final aspect concerns the technology itself. Participants will be working with industry standard analytical tools and technologies to support CX and CI.

This module covers digital product development using lean, agile management practices and cloud technologies. While seemingly two different/diverse areas, most of today's digital products are developed to run in the cloud due to its inherent flexibility, scalability, and pay-as-you-go model. This module will culminate in a hands-on project developing a new digital product and designing the accompanying cloud architecture.

The Strategic Information Systems Management module is designed to provide students with advanced understanding of how information systems play a pivotal role in shaping and supporting data-driven decision-making and efficient operations within organizations. This module combines strategic thinking with practical insights, preparing students to lead in a digital and data-centric business environment.

This module offers an exploration into the realm of digital retail operations, providing a comprehensive understanding of the critical components that drive success in modern e-commerce. It places a specific focus on the strategic implementation and management of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems as the backbone of operational efficiency. Furthermore, the module will investigate the intricacies of contemporary supply chain management in a digital context, analyse the transformative impact of emerging technologies and continuous innovation, and critically evaluate various outsourcing strategies available for optimising e-commerce operations, including considerations for cybersecurity.

Strategy & Operations Management is concerned with how an organisation deploys its resources over the long-term to help it respond to key questions such as; How should resources which deliver the company's products and services, be deployed to achieve its corporate objectives. These long-term decisions involve areas such as Capacity & Inventory Management, Logistics, Operational Processes, Technology, and Timing/Scheduling. Strategy & Operations Management involves transforming inputs (such as capital, labour and materials) efficiently and effectively into outputs valued by the end customer in both manufacturing or service environments.

In product development, creating a ‘proof of concept’ or ‘Minimum Viable Product’ is essential to secure funding and enable usability testing for refinement. Combining UX and technical design skills ensures products meet user needs and can be manufactured with available technology. The integration of creative and technical expertise allows businesses to produce offerings that users want and can be economically delivered.

The core of value creation is being able to effectively understand and anticipate stakeholder needs and design solutions that address these needs. It is important to be able to apply a range of approaches and methods to understand attitudes, behaviours across the product or project lifecycle to inform design and commercial decisions. You will be taught how to use market insight in tandem with design research to support the definition of user and customer informed value propositions and product requirements.

This module provides the theoretical basis and wider context of sustainability and sustainable development applied to the area of Manufacturing and Materials. Students will examine and explore the social, economic and environmental challenges presented by the UN Sustainability Development Goals. It will provide the necessary knowledge and understanding for student to design organisational processes and strategies to address these challenges.

You will develop and demonstrate leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills by working in mixed-skill teams to tackle industrial problems or sustainability challenges. Through the project lifecycle, they apply leadership, management, and product development practices, gain insight into diverse professional roles, and enhance communication with technical specialists, team members, and stakeholders. This module lays the foundation for systemic problem-solving in the final ‘Industry Impact Project’.

The module will deliver the fundamental understanding as well as the applied aspects of operations, supply chain, and logistics management as well as the sustainability aspect within the international trade and business management context. The module will follow the supply chain flow to introduce the key operational functions including sourcing, making, delivering, and planning and how these functions work together to support the trade and business management. The module will discuss operations management from both the company level and the whole supply network level. Students will develop their understanding of the company operations and its supply network, the relationships between companies within the same network, as well as the multiple roles a company could play within different networks. Another essential part of this module is sustainability. The module will also look into the details of the sustainability aspect including but not limited to the triple bottom line (TBL), Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), Circular Economics, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3Rs) and so on, and embeds these into operations and supply chain management towards closed-loop supply chain and ultimately in support the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

Delivered at key points throughout the academic year, this module provides a strong academic grounding in research methods and insights into the opportunities, challenges, emerging trends, and critical issues within the realm of AI. 

.

Excellent organizations plan and manage asset strategy to align effectively with their overall strategic aims, accounting for current and future needs of the organization, the community and the environment. They are also clear on benefits Industry 4.0 (and Quality 4.0) can bring and utilise these appropriately and effectively in Asset Management (AM) strategies. Students will learn how effective organizations manage their assets, both physical and knowledge based, by participating in interactive lectures and also in group work using business simulations. External experts are invited to present on the module illuminating the students on practical application of contemporary Asset Management and Knowledge Management (KM) approaches. Particular emphasis is put upon those experts adding reflections on sustainability within their sessions.
Students will draw upon the learning from previous core modules thereby increasing their understanding of the interdependencies related to this Asset Management approaches, and how these managed in excellent organisations.

This module introduces the philosophy of Business Excellence. It will take you on a journey of exploration and understanding of the fundamental concepts that underpin non-prescriptive approaches to achieving sustainable excellence in an organization. Excellence in a business context is a combination of internal excellence in how things are done (enablers) leading to outstanding business performance (results).

This module aims to prepare participants for the complex decisions they will make as future leaders. Through various exercises and seminars, participants have the opportunity to explore the decision making process and apply knowledge to solve decision problems in business and management. To this end, you will be introduced to a number of quantitative and qualitative decision making methods and tools, the role of cognition and emotion in decision making, the concept of group decision making as well as various factors that can affect the quality of a decision. The Module aims to continue to relate this content back to the EFQM 2025 model, in particular the decision making processes to support business direction and execution choices against current and future business scenarios.

This module explores the impact of digitisation on supply chain management, uncovering how the integration of advanced technologies and analytical tools is reshaping traditional paradigms. The module critically considers the digitisation effort across different industries by expanding on the drivers and barriers of developing uniform data structures for streamlined communication across supply chain entities. Supply chains today generate a large set of data points and information where it becomes quite difficult to develop correlations between the data points for improved decision making. This module focusses on the development of data driven decision making in supply chain management through utilising data analytics to optimise operational efficiency and enhance transparency and resilience.

A finance course for those on Management MSc Programmes to give the necessary financial and accounting knowledge to be able to analyse, interpret, extrapolate and produce financial data.

The Artificial Intelligence for Industry module covers the essential principles and practical applications of robotics and automation, tailored specifically for industrial contexts. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of designing robotic systems, implementing control mechanisms, and leveraging automation technologies to optimise operational efficiency. The module content includes a blend of theoretical knowledge and hands-on experiences, focusing on how these technologies can be applied to enhance productivity and innovation in sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. Through this module, learners will explore the integration of Artificial intelligence with robotics and automation, preparing them for the evolving demands of the industrial landscape.

This module explores the various ethical issues involved in creating and using the Artificial Intelligence technologies. Students will examine how technology, ethics, law, and society interact, aiming to develop long-lasting Artificial Intelligence practices. The course includes theories, real-world examples, and hands-on approaches to make sure Artificial Intelligence systems are built and operated ethically. Students will actively participate in ongoing discussions and learn how to make well-informed and considerate decisions in the ever-evolving ethical field of Artificial Intelligence.

In the context of continuous improvement within AI systems and processes, the utilization of advanced statistical tools, tailored for the dynamic AI landscape, proves instrumental in facilitating progress from foundational enhancements to achieving excellence. This module covers statistical methods essential for effective data modelling in AI. It describes the application of statistical techniques for comprehensive data analysis and interpretation. Additionally, it explores some of the tools for investigating processes, aiming either to solve specific problems or to gain insights that can shape future development and enhancement strategies.

Designed to equip students with practical programming skills for Artificial Intelligence applications, this module provides a strong foundation in Python programming, object-oriented programming, fundamental algorithms, data structures and a practical understanding of SQL databases. The module emphasises hands-on programming in a high-level object-oriented language and equips students with the required skills to develop, implement, and present programming solutions using single-board computers (e.g., Raspberry Pi), along with sensors and databases.

Through this module we offer a holistic exploration into the realms of applied Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining. This module is designed to provide a practical understanding of the entire lifecycle of a data mining project, aligning with the CRISP-DM standard methodology, and incorporating a range of big data analytics tools and techniques. Students will gain hands-on experience in applying and critically evaluating a wide array of machine learning algorithms, including supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning, across various datasets, both structured and unstructured. The module also encompasses the use of AI optimisation algorithms, such as Genetic Algorithms (GA) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), for optimisation tasks a well as delving into big data tools and techniques, including cloud-based big data tools.

Marketing is both an academic and applied discipline and hence this module seeks to provide students with an appreciation of the theoretical, methodological, and practical issues associated with international marketing. Through a combination of online and offline activities it will advance students’ knowledge on key issues around international and global marketing and changes to international/global marketing approaches as a result of emerging digital technologies.

In this module, students will delve into the core intricacies of sustainability and will acquire the skills to apply its fundamental principles into the design of environmentally friendly, economically viable, and socially responsible supply chains.

This module explores the intersection between automotive technology and cybersecurity. The core principles of safeguarding modern vehicles against cyber threats will be explored, covering industry-standard protocols, security infrastructure, and methods for secure communication. Emphasis is placed on real-world applications, allowing students to learn about the cyber security measures implemented in the automotive sector and to confront the challenges faced by industry professionals in this rapidly evolving field.

This project's basis lies in work-based learning (WBL) pedagogy, where academic learning is integrated and assimilated through practical experience in a professional setting. It acts as a bridge between theoretical knowledge and real-world application, allowing students to gain competencies and insights that are directly relevant to their future careers. It is designed to facilitate students' transition from in-class learning underpinned by prevalent theory and supporting empirical evidence in the literature to practical application within a business and industrial context. The ambition is to equip students with a systematic understanding of how conceptual knowledge, emerging insights in their academic discipline and an awareness of market or industrial problems could be brought to bear on a particular business problem. Hence, students will engage in a process to critically evaluate, interpret and contextualize academic knowledge to develop working models, prototypes or other representations of 'solutions' that have the potential to solve an extant work-based problem.

This module entails exploring approaches that are used for redesigning healthcare systems resulting from quality improvements. Informed by various disciplines, module materials will examine a range of approaches to address such priorities as system performance, timeliness of care, affordability, corrective actions necessary to reduce system errors, trade-offs, along with system efficiency and effectiveness.

This module will allow students to explore concepts of health informatics and its applications in the context of operational management. Topics will include examination of approaches for understanding the application and use of technology and its impact on quality systems. Students will gain further understanding of the opportunities and challenges in the application of information technology and its role in harnessing healthcare data and information for operational efficiency and quality improvement.

Decision making is critical to the success of quality improvement in healthcare settings. This module will explore the role of decision making within distributed healthcare systems. It will equip course participants to understand concepts and theories that underpin and facilitate decision making and the impact of decision making on a given health system.

This module examines the advanced technologies, processes, and strategies that drive modern eCommerce operations and optimisation. It covers a comprehensive range of topics, balancing technical aspects such as data analytics, machine learning applications, and platform architectures with managerial considerations like supply chain optimisation, dynamic pricing strategies, and integration of eCommerce solutions with broader business operations.

This module aims to expose students to the latest big data technologies and analytics techniques. The full big data analytics lifecycle will be covered, from data collection, data storage, data processing, data analysis through to data visualisation. Participants will get the opportunity to develop hands-on experience with the latest technologies within a modern cloud environment, to critically analyse a range of business scenarios, and implement sophisticated big data and digital analytics solutions following the data pipeline.

This module addresses the rapidly evolving landscape of digital business, focusing on strategic implementation and management of digital technologies to drive organisational competitiveness. It explores how businesses can leverage emerging digital trends, advanced analytics, and innovative business models to create value and maintain operational excellence in a globally connected, client-driven environment. 

This module combines elements of Customer Experience (CX), Customer Insight (CI), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to provide a comprehensive understanding of customer engagement in the eCommerce context. Students will learn to leverage digital technologies, data analytics, and customer-centric strategies to optimise the entire customer journey in online retail environments.

Adopting a blended learning approach, the Interdisciplinary Research Methods Module is purposefully designed to meet the complex learning and professional needs of postgraduate students. The module is developed to support students in development of key study as well as research skills. These skills are embedded within the module material signifying to students the importance and interlinking of these skills. This blended module runs asynchronously and synchronously with the student learning journey providing a programme of carefully designed learning activities, materials, and resources. 

This module provides students with the opportunity to investigate and understand the processes of engineering innovation, and the challenges of adopting emerging technologies. Students will be introduced to methodologies to research emerging technologies and evaluate their relevance and applicability to contextual locations. Students will complete a group exercise to create and disseminate a comprehensive technical report and from this the students will prepare an individual proposal which could be the basis of the student's final project/dissertation.

Electric propulsion lies at the core of modern electric vehicles, involving the integration of key subsystems such as tyres, transmission, electric machines, and drive technologies, all of which collectively contribute to the overall vehicle attributes.

The layered architecture of both the vehicle and its propulsion system necessitates the use of appropriate analytical and design tools and methodologies.

From a systems-level perspective, high-level vehicle attributes are significantly influenced by subsystem characteristics, including the sizing and integration of electric propulsion components. At an intermediate level, the performance of the electric propulsion system is closely linked to the functional architecture of lower-level subsystems such as the electric machine, power electronics drive, and control logic.

Therefore, it is essential for engineers and professionals in this field to develop a robust understanding of both vehicle-level performance requirements and the operational architecture of subsystems. They must also be capable of conducting system- and subsystem-level analysis using suitable tools and methods.

Sustainability is a critical dimension of contemporary programme and project management. This module equips learners with the principles, tools, and strategic frameworks needed to integrate sustainability across the full lifecycle of projects and programmes using blended and interdisciplinary learning approach. Moreover, it fosters a systems-thinking approach, enabling the evaluation of environmental, social, and economic interdependencies—including Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) , Circular Economy and Social Development Goals considerations—in shaping value-driven outcomes.

In an increasingly complex, volatile and uncertain environment, organisations and leaders need to continue to improve and enhance their ability to respond to change in order to succeed.
Private, public and third sector organisations use programme management approaches, frameworks and techniques to implement strategy or deliver investment and associated outcomes and benefits in a wide variety of situations and to achieve different organisational objectives. Examples include digital transformation or technological innovation, implementation of sustainability goals such as United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, (UN SDGs), or efficient and effective delivery of change or growth.
This module adopts the lens of programme management as a social practice and form of organisational learning. It utilises programme frameworks, approaches and a variety of associated and related techniques such as systems thinking, design thinking, benefits management, for considering changes requiring significant investment in people, time and resources to deliver outcomes and benefits of value to stakeholders, organizations and society.

This module introduces students to the strategic and practical integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within programme and project management, focusing on the use of AI-supported and data-informed methods to enhance decision-making across scheduling, risk management, cost control, workflow automation and predictive forecasting within Agile and hybrid delivery contexts. It emphasises the application of algorithmic reasoning and data analytics to improve project performance, governance and lifecycle control, while critically examining organisational and digital transformation challenges and ethical considerations, including regulatory compliance, algorithmic bias and accountability. The module foregrounds responsible, transparent and effective approaches to AI-enabled decision-making and digital transformation, and is delivered through a blended learning model to support flexible participation across overseas and part-time centres.

This module introduces the students to the technologies enabling mobile robots to navigate autonomously. It includes locomotion methods such as wheeled and legged, along with probabilistic algorithms used for path planning and decision-making in uncertain environments. Also the integration of sensors for navigation and mapping, and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM).
When this module is delivered on any overseas programme, it is delivered in a 2-weeks block rather than over 4 weeks.

This module introduces students to advanced techniques for modelling, simulation, and optimisation in engineering and manufacturing systems.
When this module is delivered on any overseas programme, it is delivered in a 2-week block rather than over 4 weeks.

This module explores advanced concepts in planning and scheduling within manufacturing systems, focusing on the analysis and optimisation of complex production environments. Students will engage with factory simulation models, ERP/MRP systems, and data-driven decision-support tools to evaluate workflows, allocate resources, and develop operational strategies. The module also addresses the integration of human factors, sustainability, and resilience, providing a holistic perspective on managing manufacturing systems in dynamic and uncertain contexts. Through applied projects and case studies, students will develop the skills to generate insights and support evidence-based decision-making in real-world industrial scenarios.
When this module is delivered on any overseas programme, dual degree programme, it is delivered in a 2-week block rather than over 4 weeks.

This module offers a practical, project-based exploration of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be applied to solve challenges in modern industrial settings. The core of the module involves training a machine learning model and deploying it on accessible edge computing hardware. The module will aim to cover the entire workflow from data collection with sensors to intelligent, real-time decision-making.
When this module is delivered on any overseas programme, it is delivered in a 2-week block rather than over 4 weeks.

Even the best manufacturing system design is not effective unless it is operated and managed effectively. Increasingly, factories of the future will incorporate many emerging technologies that take over some of the planning and management tasks currently done by humans, while also enabling more sustainable and resource-efficient operations. This module will introduce conventional Operations Management and then explore the potential impact of digital-technologies on operational decision-making, productivity and sustainability, including their role in reducing environmental impact and supporting responsible use of resources. It will also examine the implications of these developments for inter-firm collaborative or networked production on a global scale, with particular attention to sustainability challenges across international supply networks. When this module is delivered on any overseas programme, it is delivered in a 2-week block rather than over 4 weeks.

This module seeks to provide students with up-to-date and comprehensive insights into the key wired and wireless communication technologies currently in use, as well as those expected to be implemented in future vehicle production. This includes an in-depth exploration of communication protocols, standards, and architectures that enable seamless data exchange within and between vehicles. Additionally, the module will examine emerging trends such as V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication and the role of 5G and beyond in advancing automotive connectivity.

The module introduces key concepts related to Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Through exploring Linear and Logistic Regression techniques, students will embark on learning critical skills to tackle more advanced Neural Networks architectures. Key focus will be made on data management workflow to enhance performance and robustness of ML algorithms. Relevant AI techniques that are widely used in development of automated vehicles and related areas will be explored.

This module addresses the challenges in automated systems and control to enable a smooth transition between automated to autonomous vehicles. It gives insight into how adaptive strategies including machine-learning based methods such as fuzzy logic could be adopted to design intelligent adaptive control systems for improved vehicle autonomy. Moreover, it discusses the challenges in vehicle path planning and decision making considering cooperative control paradigms.

The Intelligent Vehicle Sensors module analyses the main working principles and limitations of automotive sensors, particularly focusing on perception sensors and their relationship with assisted and automated driving functions. The role of sensor modelling and testing is highlighted through all the module, with real case studies and tutorials. Moreover, the module explains what are the main advantages and challenges when combining and fusing the data from different sensor technologies.

In this module, we will focus on the modelling and control of dynamical systems derived from various physical domains, exploring these aspects particularly within the context of electrified and intelligent automotive systems. This includes electric propulsion systems as well as autonomous driving technologies. Learners will develop an understanding of how to model such systems, evaluate their validity for different applications, and design controllers to regulate system outputs effectively.

This module provides participants with essential knowledge related to the MSc Artificial
Intelligence course focusing on managerial and research aspects with the field of Artificial Intelligence. It offers practical guidance on conducting academically rigorous and technically proficient research projects emphasising the importance of adhering to sound academic and research practices. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the primary research methods and techniques applicable to technical projects, project planning and their implications for businesses. Furthermore, the module explores the alignment of student work with contemporary roles in Artificial Intelligence development, highlighting how their contributions can effectively support these roles.
This module is designed to provide students with a solid academic foundation in research methods while offering comprehensive insights into the opportunities, challenges, emerging trends, and critical issues with the realm of Artificial Intelligence.

Introductory module for the Autonomous & Electrified Vehicle Technology (AEVT) course. The content will focus on the motivations for pursuing a policy of creating connected autonomous and electrified automobiles in a sustainable manner.
The module introduces the overarching legislative and regulatory frameworks alongside organisational and strategic approaches of manufacturers in response to the challenge of automotive sustainability.
The module will explore the motivations for the introduction of autonomy and intelligence in the automotive industry: safety, reduced human and economic losses, comfort, reduced environmental impact.
The module will cover layer 1 of the System V: the global, local and personal motivations for electrification in the automotive industry and business organisation and strategy evolving to face the environmental challenge.

The existence of a properly formulated and explicit strategy is essential to ensure the development and success of any business. In engineering organisations, both the business strategy and operations strategy are key elements. Engineering organisations are in a unique and dynamic situation offering various products and services with different market requirements and order winning criteria. The underpinning philosophy and methodology of this module is to present a variety of concepts, models and frameworks, methods and examples of how a strategy for managing an engineering organisation can be formulated and implemented in the engineering industry.
It includes risk management for varied risks, wider business interests, and basic financial literacy.
Where this module is delivered at an overseas centre the module will be delivered over 1 week.