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This module offers an introduction to the scholarly study of television as an audio-visual medium and cultural practice. By the end of the module you will be familiar with a number of key themes, critical approaches and theoretical debates within television studies, as well as having developed skills in the critical textual analysis of both fictional and factual television programming. The module is primarily concentrated on theories of television as a medium and its specific audio-visual forms, but we will also touch on questions of ideology, circulation and reception. While drawing on some examples from other national contexts, the primary focus of the module is the British and US television landscapes. Similarly, while the module provides some basic knowledge of certain specific histories of the television medium, and may include screenings of some older programmes, the main focus is contemporary television.

This module offers an introduction to the scholarly study of television as an audio-visual medium and cultural practice. By the end of the module you will be familiar with a number of key themes, critical approaches and theoretical debates within television studies, as well as having developed skills in the critical textual analysis of both fictional and factual television programming. The module is primarily concentrated on theories of television as a medium and its specific audio-visual forms, but we will also touch on questions of ideology, circulation and reception. While drawing on some examples from other national contexts, the primary focus of the module is the British and US television landscapes. Similarly, while the module provides some basic knowledge of certain specific histories of the television medium, and may include screenings of some older programmes, the main focus is contemporary television.

Narrative non-fiction is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary writing. After many years of being seen as having lower artistic status than fiction, a hugely diverse range of memoir, autofiction, essay collections, and historical writing has drawn a great deal of popular and critical attention – and has decisively shifted perceptions of writers who don’t work by making things up. The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Svetlana Alexievich (2015) and Annie Ernaux (2022) is a powerful confirmation of this. Texts such as Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts and Jesmyn Ward’s The Men We Reaped have been hugely influential on writers of both non-fiction and fiction.

This module will offer you the chance to explore the world of narrative non-fiction, looking at the ways it is explanatory (often in literary journalism), exploratory (usually in memoir), and sometimes polemic (in personal essays) while at the same time looking at when each of these modes of thought are encompassed across the forms on narrative non-fiction. At the same time, you will learn how to construct a “true” story – a piece of narrative non-fiction – by looking at the fundamental techniques of telling a true story and how it steals from the craft of fiction, using ideas of character, voice and plot in order to bring these stories to life. We will also study how to conduct research (through interviewing, immersion, for eg.) and publish creative non-fiction.

Narrative non-fiction is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary writing. After many years of being seen as having lower artistic status than fiction, a hugely diverse range of memoir, autofiction, essay collections, and historical writing has drawn a great deal of popular and critical attention – and has decisively shifted perceptions of writers who don’t work by making things up. The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Svetlana Alexievich (2015) and Annie Ernaux (2022) is a powerful confirmation of this. Texts such as Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts and Jesmyn Ward’s The Men We Reaped have been hugely influential on writers of both non-fiction and fiction.

This module will offer you the chance to explore the world of narrative non-fiction, looking at the ways it is explanatory (often in literary journalism), exploratory (usually in memoir), and sometimes polemic (in personal essays) while at the same time looking at when each of these modes of thought are encompassed across the forms on narrative non-fiction. At the same time, you will learn how to construct a “true” story – a piece of narrative non-fiction – by looking at the fundamental techniques of telling a true story and how it steals from the craft of fiction, using ideas of character, voice and plot in order to bring these stories to life. We will also study how to conduct research (through interviewing, immersion, for eg.) and publish creative non-fiction.

Narrative non-fiction is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary writing. After many years of being seen as having lower artistic status than fiction, a hugely diverse range of memoir, autofiction, essay collections, and historical writing has drawn a great deal of popular and critical attention – and has decisively shifted perceptions of writers who don’t work by making things up. The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Svetlana Alexievich (2015) and Annie Ernaux (2022) is a powerful confirmation of this. Texts such as Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts and Jesmyn Ward’s The Men We Reaped have been hugely influential on writers of both non-fiction and fiction.

This module will offer you the chance to explore the world of narrative non-fiction, looking at the ways it is explanatory (often in literary journalism), exploratory (usually in memoir), and sometimes polemic (in personal essays) while at the same time looking at when each of these modes of thought are encompassed across the forms on narrative non-fiction. At the same time, you will learn how to construct a “true” story – a piece of narrative non-fiction – by looking at the fundamental techniques of telling a true story and how it steals from the craft of fiction, using ideas of character, voice and plot in order to bring these stories to life. We will also study how to conduct research (through interviewing, immersion, for eg.) and publish creative non-fiction.

Narrative non-fiction is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary writing. After many years of being seen as having lower artistic status than fiction, a hugely diverse range of memoir, autofiction, essay collections, and historical writing has drawn a great deal of popular and critical attention – and has decisively shifted perceptions of writers who don’t work by making things up. The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Svetlana Alexievich (2015) and Annie Ernaux (2022) is a powerful confirmation of this. Texts such as Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts and Jesmyn Ward’s The Men We Reaped have been hugely influential on writers of both non-fiction and fiction.

This module will offer you the chance to explore the world of narrative non-fiction, looking at the ways it is explanatory (often in literary journalism), exploratory (usually in memoir), and sometimes polemic (in personal essays) while at the same time looking at when each of these modes of thought are encompassed across the forms on narrative non-fiction. At the same time, you will learn how to construct a “true” story – a piece of narrative non-fiction – by looking at the fundamental techniques of telling a true story and how it steals from the craft of fiction, using ideas of character, voice and plot in order to bring these stories to life. We will also study how to conduct research (through interviewing, immersion, for eg.) and publish creative non-fiction.

Narrative non-fiction is one of the most exciting areas of contemporary writing. After many years of being seen as having lower artistic status than fiction, a hugely diverse range of memoir, autofiction, essay collections, and historical writing has drawn a great deal of popular and critical attention – and has decisively shifted perceptions of writers who don’t work by making things up. The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to Svetlana Alexievich (2015) and Annie Ernaux (2022) is a powerful confirmation of this. Texts such as Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts and Jesmyn Ward’s The Men We Reaped have been hugely influential on writers of both non-fiction and fiction.

This module will offer you the chance to explore the world of narrative non-fiction, looking at the ways it is explanatory (often in literary journalism), exploratory (usually in memoir), and sometimes polemic (in personal essays) while at the same time looking at when each of these modes of thought are encompassed across the forms on narrative non-fiction. At the same time, you will learn how to construct a “true” story – a piece of narrative non-fiction – by looking at the fundamental techniques of telling a true story and how it steals from the craft of fiction, using ideas of character, voice and plot in order to bring these stories to life. We will also study how to conduct research (through interviewing, immersion, for eg.) and publish creative non-fiction.

The module will provide understanding of current (and future) biophysical products derived from remote sensing data and how they are being used in regional to global scale monitoring of current vegetation function and condition. The module will expose students to a range of advanced data analysis methods to extract quantitative biophysical information from remote sensing data and how to use them as input to ecosystem models. The module will enable students to link these methods and techniques to investigate some of the major societal challenges (e.g. food security through estimation of crop yield) and implications of changes in climatic condition on terrestrial ecosystem.

The module will provide understanding of current (and future) biophysical products derived from remote sensing data and how they are being used in regional to global scale monitoring of current vegetation function and condition. The module will expose students to a range of advanced data analysis methods to extract quantitative biophysical information from remote sensing data and how to use them as input to ecosystem models. The module will enable students to link these methods and techniques to investigate some of the major societal challenges (e.g. food security through estimation of crop yield) and implications of changes in climatic condition on terrestrial ecosystem.

The module will provide understanding of current (and future) biophysical products derived from remote sensing data and how they are being used in regional to global scale monitoring of current vegetation function and condition. The module will expose students to a range of advanced data analysis methods to extract quantitative biophysical information from remote sensing data and how to use them as input to ecosystem models. The module will enable students to link these methods and techniques to investigate some of the major societal challenges (e.g. food security through estimation of crop yield) and implications of changes in climatic condition on terrestrial ecosystem.