The NICE guidelines recommend cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) as the best evidenced and most cost-effective treatment for a range of disorders including anxiety and depression. In order to be effectively delivered Clinical Psychologists, should be both knowledgeable and skilled in delivering evidence-based interventions to people with a variety of psychological disorders. This CBT module will provide you with knowledge about CBT theory and application, and will develop your CBT skills in assessment, formulation and treatment. You will also be introduced to third wave CBT approaches for common psychological presentations encountered by clinical psychologists across a range of mental and physical health settings.
This module looks at learning and development and the theoretical models that underpin these. By focusing on core areas of skills development (e.g. language, literacy, intelligence), and considering the role of the adult in reducing cognitive load and in mediating learning, the module ensures that you have a sound underpinning knowledge of typical child and adolescent development, as well as an understanding of how to intervene with children and young people to support learning and development. It runs alongside the Psychology in the Professional Practice 1 and Consultation, Assessment and Intervention 1 modules where the key knowledge and skills are put into practice in your field placements.
This module focuses on atypical development. It will give develop your knowledge, understanding and skills in the identification and assessment of children and young people whose learning difficulties are observed infrequently (‘low incidence’ needs). It will also consider more specialised assessment techniques and provisions required for pupils with major learning needs. This module will also focus on developing your knowledge of appropriate evidenced based interventions to address these needs.
This second-year module will present a broad introduction to the field of cognitive neuroscience. This module will focus on how psychological theories of the mind are informed by neuropsychological and neuroscientific evidence. Topics covered include: hemispheric specialization; sensation & perception; object recognition; attention; action; memory; emotion; language; and cognitive control. This module takes a convergence of evidence approach and to that end students will learn about the mind-brain relationship from research using a variety of techniques including (but not limited to): functional and structural neuroimaging; neurophysiological recordings in animals; electroencephalography (EEG); magnetoencephalography (MEG); brain stimulation techniques; studies of lesions and brain damage; as well as studies from patient and clinical populations. Finally, lectures and assessments will help students think, ask questions, and evaluate scientific evidence like a cognitive neuroscientist.
This module is designed to provide you with an overview of the human cognitive system and its principles of information processing, demonstrating how these have been applied to understanding learning at different educational levels and in different educational domains. It will introduce you to theories and empirical research about how information is perceived, represented and stored in the brain, and how it is used during thinking and communication. It will give you practical experience of using some of the research methods that have been used to develop these theories, and outline how they have been applied to learning in different educational domains.
Cold War is a peculiar conflict. Often seen as a confrontation between the Socialist East and Capitalist West, the Cold War is typically depicted as a bloodless standoff. In such interpretations, the Iron Curtain isolated Western from Eastern Europeans. Trapped in authoritarian, socialist regimes, the latter are depicted as yearning for the USA to break the stalemate and defeat the evil Soviet Empire. Jewish history helps us to shatter such stereotypical interpretations. From the vantage point of both Israel and the diaspora (Jews living outside of Israel), we can see the transnational contacts and conflicts in ways we would not see them from a solely national perspective. By following in the footsteps of Jewish survivors rebuilding their lives on both sides of the Iron Curtain, we can explore a new take on the history of the Cold War.
This module encourages you to see your developing expertise in creative computing in wider interdisciplinary contexts. Through a group project you will collaborate with students and / or practitioners from other disciplines or will be set briefs from professional partners in the creative and cultural industries. The theme for this project will be determined by collaborative discussion and will be a combination of a technical and conceptual challenge. For example, a collaboration with Fashion and Textiles students might lead to projects on wearable computing. Team building and project management will be a key aspect and you will apply and develop your individual interests and skills within the project. This module engages you in research and knowledge exchange projects, using interdisciplinary learning to embed the practice of collaboration within disciplines in WSA. This collaborative project module supports the University’s goal of enabling curiosity, engagement, entrepreneurial and responsible qualities to help you thrive in your future lives and work. The module enables creative collaboration around the concept, design, presentation, promotion and knowledge exchange. The capacity for interdisciplinary, collective work is essential to develop new insights to address shared problems around life quality, sustainability and societal inclusion. The module equips you to problem-solve and form collaborative ideas confidently and professionally, adopting experimental approaches in the Art School disciplines to realise creative responses and managed solutions. Project briefs will take advantage of the learning opportunities afforded by the campus and the local community, enterprise (WSA Exchange), material and social practices labs and digital environments. Thinking of the WSA diverse communities as a ‘living laboratory’ will engage you with learning about how to negotiate to work with others, build relationships, and communicate visually and verbally across disciplines and how this relates to your own discipline and practice.
This module engages you in research and knowledge exchange projects, using interdisciplinary learning to embed the practice of collaboration within disciplines in WSA. This collaborative project module supports the University’s goal of enabling curiosity, engagement, entrepreneurial and responsible qualities to help you thrive in your future lives and work. The module enables creative collaboration around the concept, design, presentation, promotion and knowledge exchange. The capacity for interdisciplinary, collective work is essential to develop new insights to address shared problems around life quality, sustainability and societal inclusion. The module equips you to problem-solve and form collaborative ideas confidently and professionally, adopting experimental approaches in the Art School disciplines to realise creative responses and managed solutions. Project briefs will take advantage of the learning opportunities afforded by the campus and the local community, enterprise (WSA Exchange), material and social practices labs and digital environments. Thinking of the WSA diverse communities as a ‘living laboratory’ will engage you with learning about how to negotiate to work with others, build relationships, and communicate visually and verbally across disciplines and how this relates to your own discipline and practice.
This is a studio practice module. Work with others across the programme and beyond as you continue experimentation towards the further development of technical knowledge, a heightened level of research and critical reflection, and the beginnings of definition of your own particular practice.
This module encourages you to see your developing expertise in graphic communication in wider interdisciplinary contexts. Through a group project, you will collaborate with students and / or practitioners from other disciplines or will be set briefs from professional partners in the creative and cultural industries. The theme for this project will be determined by collaborative discussion and will be a combination of a technical and conceptual challenge. For example, a collaboration with Fashion and Textiles, students might lead to projects on wearable computing. Team building and project management will be a key aspect and you will apply and develop your individual interests and skills within the project. This module engages you in research and knowledge exchange projects, using interdisciplinary learning to embed the practice of collaboration within disciplines in WSA. This collaborative project module supports the University’s goal of enabling curiosity, engagement, entrepreneurial and responsible qualities to help you thrive in your future lives and work. The module enables creative collaboration around the concept, design, presentation, promotion and knowledge exchange. The capacity for interdisciplinary, collective work is essential to develop new insights to address shared problems around life quality, sustainability and societal inclusion. The module equips you to problem-solve and form collaborative ideas confidently and professionally, adopting experimental approaches in the Art School disciplines to realise creative responses and managed solutions. Project briefs will take advantage of the learning opportunities afforded by the campus and the local community, enterprise (WSA Exchange), material and social practices labs and digital environments. Thinking of the WSA diverse communities as a ‘living laboratory’ will engage you with learning about how to negotiate to work with others, build relationships, and communicate visually and verbally across disciplines and how this relates to your own discipline and practice.
In this module, you will collaborate with a research group at WSA or in the wider university, an arts and cultural organisation, or a creative technology practitioner to co-design and undertake a project. You will be supported in identifying and approaching a partner and supported in the exchanging of ideas. Through the co-designed project you will engage with the research or practice of your partner and build on your own creative, technical and research interests and experience. The module's emphasis is on cross-disciplinary collaboration, project development and management, and the evaluation of ideas, debates, methods, skills and resources to collaboratively create new insights.
The objective of this module is to familiarize students with fundamental design practices, concepts, and theories within the context of contemporary Communication Design. Teaching and learning are facilitated through practical workshops engaging with user-centred design and emphasising a concept-prototype-test iterative design approach. Tools and methodologies, including, inter alia, observational research, user modelling, ideation, lo-/hi-fidelity prototyping, and testing methods. Reflecting approaches utilised in commercial studios and a user-centric design philosophy, this module offers students valuable exposure to real-world design in a post-digital world.
This modules complements the knowledge you gained in the "Making Sense of Education Research" module and helps to move you from a consumer of research to a creator of research. In this module you will develop your skills in collecting and analysing data for education research, in particular for your dissertation.
In this module you will be able to examine a variety of organisations involved in social change, such as governmental and non-governmental organisations, voluntary organisations, social movement organisations and charitable organisations. You will be helped to understand how these movements and organisations are located in their historical and spatial context, why people join such organisations, how they are financed and hat effects they have.
Commercial and consumer law is a critical area of market regulation that has evolved significantly over the past decades, particularly with the rise of digital transactions and new financial instruments. This module concentrates on consumer law and credit regulation, areas that are increasingly vital in today's marketplace. The objective is to provide a thorough understanding of the concepts, principles, and rules relating to consumer law and financial regulation. Building on the foundations laid in subjects like Contract Law and Sale of Goods, this module allows students to deepen their understanding of how these areas of law intersect with consumer protection and financial regulation. By integrating these areas, students will gain a good understanding of market regulation, equipping them to effectively address legal challenges in these fields.
In a globalised world dominated by international trade, the governance of commercial relationships and the disputes that arise from them, has become increasingly significant. The conflict of laws – also known as private international law – and civil procedure form a set of legal rules that govern three complex dimensions of international commercial disputes: the court or tribunal that has jurisdiction to hear the substance of the dispute and the avoidance of parallel proceedings, the law applicable to the resolution of that dispute on its merits and the recognition and enforcement of a court judgment or arbitral award. The conflict of laws and civil procedure are a fundamental, increasingly important dimension of the body of legal knowledge and methodological toolset of any practitioner engaged in transnational private contracting and dispute resolution. While historically, the conflict of laws has been predominantly national in its nature, in recent decades it has been subject to considerable harmonisation efforts at the European and international levels. This module will examine and compare the still-relevant English law rules and case law, the European Regulations on jurisdiction and applicable law and European Court of Justice case law, as well as relevant international conventions. This will be done in light of and in anticipation of the consequences of Brexit on international trade and commercial dispute resolution.
