This module offers a more advanced training in quantitative research methods within the social sciences. The module is aimed at providing a deeper understanding of the fundamental principles of quantitative analysis, and a solid foundation of knowledge of quantitative methods and their application to data relevant to disciplines across the Social Sciences, particularly Gerontology. You will learn about a variety of regression analysis methods through a combination of online lectures, online exercises using SPSS, assessed coursework, tutorials, and individual study and practice. The module assumes prerequisite knowledge of statistical inferences, bivariate analysis, and SPSS.
The aim of this module is to provide an overview of advancement of quantum devices and technology in line with the development of nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. Students will gain knowledge of basic quantum mechanics and how the quantum mechanics are playing a key role in the state-of-the-art nanoelectronics. Then they will become also familiar with quantum information processing including quantum computing and quantum communication technologies.
The aim of this module is to provide an overview of advancement of quantum devices and technology in line with the development of nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. Students will gain knowledge of how the quantum mechanics are playing a key role in the state-of-the-art nanoscale semiconductor devices. They will become also familiar with devices that can realise quantum computing, quantum communication and quantum sensing. Quantum photonic and optomechanical devices, and quantum materials will be also covered.
Quantum information combines information science with quantum effects in physics to study of how to process and transmit information using quantum systems. This includes quantum computation, quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography. Quantum metrology is closely related, but focuses on using quantum effects to make high-resolution and highly sensitive measurements of physical parameters such as magnetic and gravitational field strengths. The course starts by revising the postulates of quantum theory with a quantum information flavour discussing how to store, process and read information using quantum systems. We will then study applications in quantum communications, quantum algorithms and quantum sensors.
Physical Chemistry is concerned with the application of physics to the study of chemical systems. Through physical chemistry one can understand and predict the behaviour of chemical systems, thereby allowing these systems to be optimised. This module provides a description of the basics of molecular spectroscopy and discusses several molecular spectroscopy techniques by focusing on the information content they provide. The basics of spectroscopy are discussed through quantum mechanical concepts thus building up the understanding of the microscopic world in the framework of quantum theory.
While coherence phenomena have long been familiar in the context of light waves, their manifestation in the context of matter waves is an exciting development of modern quantum science. This course aims to introduce the basic concepts needed to understand Quantum coherent phenomena, and the relevant experiments to probe such properties. We will study classical as well as quantum correlations which can be properties of light and matter. We will start briefly revisiting classical electrodynamics and quantum mechanics. We will then introduce the concept of photon, discuss photon statistics and noise, meet correlation functions and discuss relevant interferometry experiments. We will then discuss non-classical coherent and squeezed states such as Fock states. We will then discuss light-matter interaction as in cavity-QED. Finally, some applications of coherent light and coherent matter may include the discussion of examples such as Bose-Einstein condensation, quantum entanglement as well as selected topics from quantum communications, decoherence theory and quantum computing. The approach in this lecture is rather phenomenological, while still introducing the typical mathematical tools to evaluate coherence and to describe the electromagnetic field in a quantum formalism. We hope that this will provide students with an ideal basis to understand coherent phenomena in all kinds of physical systems and provide an introduction to the field of quantum technologies.
After studying this course students should be able to explain the concept of quantum mechanical wave function and its basic properties, the Schrödinger equation, the concepts of operator, eigenstates and the significance of measurements, and describe the quantum behaviour of systems of many particles.
Early modern England is a period associated with Elizabeth I and the Tudor court, the plays of Shakespeare, blood and violence on the Jacobean stage, the discovery of new worlds, and the persecution of witches and heretics. The diversity and vitality of the literature of this time is represented by the work of celebrated writers, such as Shakespeare and Marlowe, and lesser known writers such as Thomas Dekker and John Ford. You will read tragedies and comedies, sonnets and masques, mythical tales and tales of exploration. To deepen our understanding of the literature of early modern England we need to think about the culture that produced the work. We will explore some of the issues that were fiercely debated at this time – from monarchy to magic – and we will ask questions about how texts contribute to our understanding of England’s past.
In this module, we will investigate and reflect on the various entanglements between Queerness and digital technologies. Drawing from foundational concepts in Queer theory and gender studies scholarship, this module deconstructs and reconceptualises dominant narratives of the digital. Using case studies and practical work, we will learn about the histories of computing form Queer perspectives, critique discourses of inclusion using Queer theories, and reflect on the ways networked technologies have the potential to transform understandings of gender, sex, and sexuality.
MPhys with Industrial Placement (MPhys with IP) complements the existing schemes within Physics and Astronomy, by offering an opportunity to spend approximately six months working on an original, research and development project in an industrial laboratory.
This module will explore the issues of race, racism, racial conflict, and race relations in contemporary Britain and worldwide. Although we will mainly refer to Britain, global examples from Europe, the US, the Caribbean, Africa, and South America will be frequently used. Beginning with colonial discourses of the “racial other”, and focusing on the start of mass colonial mass immigration to Britain in the aftermath of World War Two, this module will examine the various historical, social, cultural, and political forces and processes through which the concept and reality of race have been constructed, shaped, and changed over time. The intellectual rationale of this module is to introduce race and ethnicity both as arbitrary labels that are pinned on people who are “different” from “us”, while also being experienced as “lived” social divisions that impact on and limit people’s welfare, opportunities, and horizons through prejudice, and direct or indirect discrimination. Some key questions and issues that we will be thinking and talking about during this module include: What is race and racism? How/When does race emerge as a concept and a lived reality? Has racism always existed? (Why) is “the other” such a threat? (How) can race be understood as a social division? How does race relate to gender, ethnicity, politics and culture? Is nationalism a bad thing? Are some civilisations/cultures better than others? Is “difference” a good or a bad thing? Do we/can we ever live in a post-racial world? (Why) has multiculturalism failed? Is cosmopolitanism a utopia?
This module will explore the issues of race, racism, racial conflict, and race relations in contemporary Britain and worldwide. Although we will mainly refer to Britain, global examples will also be used. The module will examine theoretical perspectives on race, ethnicity and difference, as well as covering the various historical, social, cultural, and political forces and processes through which the concept and reality of race have been constructed, shaped, and changed over time, and the substantive areas that are experienced as “lived” social divisions that impact on and limit people’s welfare, opportunities, and horizons through prejudice, and direct or indirect discrimination. Some key questions and issues that we will be thinking and talking about during this module include: What are the roots and origins of racism? How are the concepts of race and racism constructed? How can we understand ethnicity? What is the relationship between racial and ethnic diversities and forms of social cohesion? What do flows of migration mean for senses of belonging? What is national unity? What is ‘white privilege’ and how does it intersect with other inequalities? How do right wing movements emerge and how should we respond to them? What racial inequalities are raised and resisted in policing and criminal justice? How can we understand Islamophobia and ‘the war on terror’? What do the increasing incorporation of artificial intelligence in law enforcement and criminal justice mean for race and racism? How do race and ethnicity shape education and health services and with what implications? How do race and ethnicity shape opportunities and barriers in the labour market? What do calls to decolonise knowledge mean for the disciplines and topics that we study in universities?
The student will gain insight on major aerodynamic features associated with vehicle and race car aerodynamics, including aerodynamics of overall car, aerodynamics of major devices, test facilities and experimental methods, test setup, etc. The most important aspects of race car aerodynamics will be covered. Equivalent pre-requisites to those listed must be approved by the Module Leader. Exchange Students must consult the Module Leader before registering for this module.
