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This module will deepen your theoretical and practical insights into communication through digital media, as well as how these media influence language use. You will gain an understanding of how technological developments since the late-twentieth century have influenced digital media practices and how, in turn, those practices contribute to shaping the modern world. Through this knowledge, you will be able to engage critically with a variety of digital media and discuss the ethical implications of working with digital media.

This module will deepen your theoretical and practical insights into communication through digital media, as well as how these media influence language use. You will gain an understanding of how technological developments since the late-twentieth century have influenced digital media practices and how, in turn, those practices contribute to shaping the modern world. Through this knowledge, you will be able to engage critically with a variety of digital media and discuss the ethical implications of working with digital media.

This module will deepen your theoretical and practical insights into communication through digital media, as well as how these media influence language use. You will gain an understanding of how technological developments since the late-twentieth century have influenced digital media practices and how, in turn, those practices contribute to shaping the modern world. Through this knowledge, you will be able to engage critically with a variety of digital media and discuss the ethical implications of working with digital media.

Digital media shape the world around us, but they emerge from longer histories rooted in specific social, cultural, industrial, and technological contexts. This module will introduce students to these contexts and histories, and provide a critical understanding of the ways in which contemporary forms of digital culture expand and develop our traditional media landscape.

Digital media shape the world around us, but they emerge from longer histories rooted in specific social, cultural, industrial, and technological contexts. This module will introduce students to these contexts and histories, and provide a critical understanding of the ways in which contemporary forms of digital culture expand and develop our traditional media landscape.

The module will introduce you to some of the debates key to understanding digital media in terms of culture, identity and society. You will develop awareness and understanding of current debates around and critical approaches to digital media and representation, with particular emphasis on as gender, sexuality, race, class and disability in relation to the technologies and cultures of digital media.

The module will introduce you to some of the debates key to understanding digital media in terms of culture, identity and society. You will develop awareness and understanding of current debates around and critical approaches to digital media and representation, with particular emphasis on as gender, sexuality, race, class and disability in relation to the technologies and cultures of digital media.

In an evolving digital environment, it is important to understand the processes that are used to develop, create, and distribute digital content. In this module, you will learn to engage critically with digital media within professional communication contexts, and to situate this engagement vis-à-vis broader issues of cultural, social and economic relevance. You will gain practical skills which will aid your understanding of the ways that digital platforms function through an engagement with the principles, tools, and techniques of digital media practice and opportunities to apply your learnings through the development, implementation, and analysis of digital media contexts.

In an evolving digital environment, it is important to understand the processes that are used to develop, create, and distribute digital content. In this module, you will learn to engage critically with digital media within professional communication contexts, and to situate this engagement vis-à-vis broader issues of cultural, social and economic relevance. You will gain practical skills which will aid your understanding of the ways that digital platforms function through an engagement with the principles, tools, and techniques of digital media practice and opportunities to apply your learnings through the development, implementation, and analysis of digital media contexts.

This module provides an introduction to the theory and practice of modern banking, with a particular emphasis on how digital technologies are transforming money, financial intermediation, and the structure of the banking sector. It begins with a foundation in the economics of money and banking, outlining the essential functions of financial intermediaries, traditional bank business models, and the role of banks in credit allocation and investment activities. Students will examine how banks create liquidity and money, and how these functions underpin financial stability and economic growth.

A central theme of the module is the rapid evolution of digital money and digital banking. Students will study the development of digital payment systems, fintech innovations, and the transformation of traditional banking through technology-driven business models. The course provides an in-depth analysis of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), their design choices, policy implications, and potential impact on the monetary system. It also explores decentralised finance (DeFi), blockchain-based financial infrastructures, and how these innovations challenge established banking intermediaries.

Building on this foundation, the module explores the key risks faced by banks—credit, market, liquidity, solvency, operational, and systemic risks—and the regulatory frameworks designed to enhance bank soundness and safeguard the financial system. Issues of bank stability, prudential regulation, and crisis prevention are considered in both theoretical and applied contexts.

The module concludes by examining the broader landscape of financial innovation and the future of banking, focusing on how digital technologies, new forms of money, and data-driven financial services are reshaping competition, regulation, and the architecture of the financial system. Throughout, the course integrates traditional banking concepts with modern digital-finance developments to equip students with a comprehensive and forward-looking understanding of digital money and banking.