The primary goal is to provide students with the practical programming and data analysis skills that are necessary for both their degree course and most careers in physics. Python is used as the introductory programming language, and numerical simulations will be used extensively in order to introduce and illustrate key statistical concepts. The emphasis throughout will be on developing insight, understanding and practical skills, as opposed to the formal/mathematical aspects of programming and statistics. The skills developed in this module will be required in many experimental/practical modules across all physics programmes.
The Physics Skills units develop a range of skills needed by a professional physicist, including facility in conducting experiments and in analysing and reporting their results. Physics Skills 1 runs in first semester and its companion Physics Skills 2 (PHYS1019) follows in the second semester. Classes are held in the first year teaching lab and the teaching rooms in the Physics Building (Building 46). The first semester module PHYS1017 is a prerequisite for PHYS1019.
The primary goal is to provide students with a full academic year of research experience at a world-leading research institute dedicated to quantum science and technology (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan). This will enable our top students to experience the cutting edge of research in their chosen discipline, priming them for a career in the quantum sciences. The emphasis throughout is on developing insight, understanding, and practical skills within the context of a research setting, and supporting students to take a leading role and set their own research agenda.
The sense of hearing is essential for human communication. In this module we investigate the extraordinary capabilities and limitations of the human sense of hearing. Starting with the outer, middle and inner ear, we will investigate the anatomical and physiological functions of the whole auditory pathway up to the primary auditory cortex. At each stage we will discuss potential problems that can lead to hearing loss. We will learn about the psychophysical abilities of normally hearing people and how these capabilities deteriorate in the hearing impaired. We will discuss how signal processing in hearing aids can overcome some, but not all of these limitations. The module is essential for all students learning about audiology, hearing sciences and communication sciences. It is also suitable for engineering students with an interest in acoustics, effects of noise on people, audio or biomedical signal processing as well as for students seeking an understanding of sound perception and speech communication.
Love stories powerfully shape many contemporary cultures. But ‘romance’ has a long and varied history and is not just-another-word for love. Indeed, romance does not always bring us together into a happily-every-after. Romance can be oppressive and divisive, and it can be intellectually challenging. Romance is politically weighted and charged. In this module, we will explore the many ways romance has fuelled both love and more than love, from the late 19th century to now. Our focus will be on narrative fictions that feature princesses and pirates—some of the oldest and still most popular of romance tropes. Through these stories, we will: •examine romance as ‘genre fiction’, as well as the genres of romance: quest, adventure, historical, gothic, young adult, ‘romantasy’, and more. •approach romance as a set of literary strategies deployed across an even wider variety of texts, and sometimes in unexpected places. •consider how fictions of the past 150 years draw upon texts and ideas dating back thousands of years. •analyse the aesthetic, political and economic power of romance.
This module will allow you to safely practice in a clinical environment. Supervised by experienced qualified staff, you will perform tests you have learnt within the programme's unique clinical skills facility base at University Hospital Southampton. The module will provide you with access to a diverse range of patients.
This 6-week placement offers the chance to experience current practice across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, and nearby counties. Most placements are in health or social care settings, but may include private, voluntary or independent sectors. You will be assigned one, or more Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) registered therapists as placement educators. Depending on the supervision model, you may also work closely with a wider team. An Academic Contact from the school's occupational therapy team will support your learning, and meet with you, and your educator at least once during the placement. You will be supernumerary to the service staff. This placement focuses on applying skills developed in the academic programme and beginning to engage with service users and professionals. Supervised by your placement educator(s), you’ll be encouraged to take increasing responsibility, based on your confidence and ongoing assessment. At mid-way and at the end of your placement you will receive a numerical grade across all the domains of assessment. This will help you identify your strengths and areas for development in future placements. However, this placement is PASS or FAIL. Integration of Service Users (SUs) Working closely with service users of various ages, cultural backgrounds, and clinical specialities is key to learning and competency development in health care programmes. This placement links with Level 4 modules, allowing you to apply foundational knowledge to understand how different conditions affect occupational engagement. You will also explore the occupational therapist’s role in enabling users to manage their conditions, re-engage in meaningful activities, and, where appropriate, participate in rehabilitation. Multi-Professional Learning Academic and practice partnerships are central to programme development. As in other Level 4 modules, you will have opportunities to work and learn alongside students from other health professions. This interprofessional experience will support both your academic growth and your personal and professional development. This module includes multi-professional simulated learning experience (STEPS) to help prepare you for practice. You must fully participate in the STEPS programme.
This module will allow you to safely practice in a cardiac physiology department. Supervised by qualified cardiac physiologists, you will perform and interpret cardiac investigations tests you have learnt within the programme's unique clinical skills facility base at University Hospital Southampton. The module will provide you with access to cardiac patients and complex pathologies.
This module will allow you to safely practice in a cardiac physiology department, working independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team. Supervised by specialist qualified cardiac physiologists, you will perform cardiac investigations you have learnt within the programme's unique clinical skills facility base at University Hospital Southampton.
This 6-week placement offers experience in a range of settings across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, and nearby counties. Most placements will be in health or social care, with additional opportunities in private, voluntary, or independent sectors. You will work with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered therapists, your placement educators, and be supported by an Academic Contact from the school's occupational therapy team, who will make contact with you, at least once during the placement. You will be supernumerary to the staff in the area in which you are placed. Placement 2a and 2b emphasises that you will actively contribute to the assessment and treatment of service users in a specific area of practice. Under supervision, you will manage a selected caseload, taking increasing responsibility as appropriate. Close engagement with service users across ages, cultures, and clinical specialities is vital for learning and assessment of competency within the occupational therapy programme. This placement links with other level 5 modules where specific service user needs and /or treatment are investigated at an applied level. Awareness of service users’ lived experiences, supported by research and practice evaluation, will deepen your knowledge and enhance your self-development. The integration of theory and practice ensures proactive, user-centred care in both academic and clinical work. Multi-professional learning is central to the programme. As in other modules, this placement involves working within interprofessional teams. These collaborative experiences will influence your learning approach and shape your personal and professional development (see learning outcomes).
This 6-week placement offers experience in a range of settings across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, and nearby counties. Most placements will be in health or social care, with additional opportunities in private, voluntary, or independent sectors. You will work with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered therapists, your placement educators, and be supported by an Academic Contact from the school's occupational therapy team, who will make contact with you at least once during the placement. You will be supernumerary to the staff in the area in which you are placed. Placement 2a and 2b emphasises that you will actively contribute to the assessment and treatment of service users in a specific area of practice. Under supervision, you’ll manage a selected caseload, taking increasing responsibility as appropriate. Close engagement with service users across ages, cultures, and clinical specialities is vital for learning and assessment of competency within the occupational therapy programme. This placement links with other level 5 modules where specific service user needs and /or treatment are investigated at an applied level. Awareness of service users’ lived experiences, supported by research and practice evaluation, will deepen your knowledge and enhance your self-development. The integration of theory and practice ensures proactive, user-centred care in both academic and clinical work. Multi-professional learning is central to the programme. As in other modules, this placement involves working within interprofessional teams. These collaborative experiences will influence your learning approach and shape your personal and professional development (see learning outcomes).
This 11-week placement offers experience in a range of settings across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, and nearby counties. Most placements will be in health or social care, with additional opportunities in private, voluntary, or independent sectors. You will work with Health and care Professional (HCPC) registered therapists, your placement educators, and be supported by an Academic Contact from the school's occupational therapy team, who will make contact with you at least once during the placement. You will be supernumerary to the service staff. Placement 3 emphasises making an active and, where appropriate, independent contribution to assessment and treatment. Under supervision, you will manage a selected caseload, taking increasing responsibility as appropriate. Close engagement with service users across ages, cultures, and specialities is vital for learning and assessment. This placement builds on Level 5 and 6 modules focusing on specific service user needs. Awareness of service users’ lived experiences, supported by research and practice evaluation, will deepen your knowledge and enhance your self-development. The integration of theory and practice ensures proactive, user-centred care in both academic and clinical work. Multi-professional learning is central to the programme. As in other modules, this placement involves working within interprofessional teams. These collaborative experiences will influence your learning approach and shape your personal and professional development.
This module will allow you to demonstrate that the knowledge and skills you have gained are consistent with those required for professional registration. Accordingly, you will develop a clinical portfolio detailing you clinical/professional experience gained whilst on placement across a range of cardiac investigations, patients and pathologies.
This module will allow you to safely practice in a cardiac physiology department and in a cardiac theatre environment, working independently or as part of a multidisciplinary team. Supervised by specialist qualified cardiac physiologists, you will perform cardiac investigations and interventions you have learnt within the programme's unique clinical skills facility base at University Hospital Southampton.
Following a values based philosophical approach, the placement experience provides a work-based environment to enable you to apply the theoretical knowledge and skills learnt in academic modules. It aims to develop, consolidate, and enhance the practice knowledge, skills and professional behaviour and performance required for a midwife. Module learning outcomes are tested through a practice based assessment. The practice modules across the programme link with a nationally NMC approved Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement (MORA) whereby all practice activity will be evidenced.
