This module is designed to provide students from a range of multidisciplinary backgrounds, such as Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Prosthetists, podiatrists and Engineers with the opportunity to explore contemporary issues related to limb loss in a thriving environment bringing together expertise in research, clinical practice and enterprise. This will involve exploring key issues relating to a wide range of current issues facing the delivery of amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation in a wide range of different settings, such as the adult and children services within the NHS, other healthcare organisations within in and outside of the UK, the prosthetics industry, charity settings, Paralympic sport and the military. The module forms part of the MSc Amputation and Prosthetic Rehabilitation pathway within the MSc Health Sciences Programme and is closely linked to a second module amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation specific module called ‘Amputation and Rehabilitation and Prosthetic Use’ (20 ECTS), but can be carried out as a standalone module. This module is likely to attract professionals who are currently working in the field amputation and prosthetic rehabilitation or prosthetic use, or those who would like to move into a career in this area. The module will therefore undertake a flexible route for working professionals and will be taught in one weekly block involving weekend work. The module is currently endorsed by the British Association of Chartered Physiotherapist in Amputee Rehabilitation (BACPAR).
This course will provide students with an understanding of the international, regional and domestic law relating to refugees and migrants and the challenges and policy considerations in its implementation. The course will cover the sources and legal framework of refugee law, in particular the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Refugee Convention) and the 1967 Protocol, with an emphasis on specific aspects, for example the historical context, the definition of a refugee and status determination; the protection regime under refugee law; the non-penalisation on account of illegal entry or presence in accordance with Article 31(1) of the Refugee Convention; the principle of non-refoulement in refugee law and its complementary considerations in international human rights law. After establishing the legal framework, the main focus of the course will be on present domestic and global challenges, which may include for example: offshore processing centres and the examples of Australia and recently the UK with its agreement with Rwanda; the interaction of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 and the Refugee Convention in the UK asylum system; discriminatory immigration practices such as the ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy under the U.S. Trump administration; exploitation of migrants and the link to human trafficking and modern slavery; specific issues relating to maritime migration, including maritime securitisation for border surveillance and search and rescue of migrants at sea; and the problem of climate displacement.
This module aims to equip you with a comprehensive understanding of contemporary marketing practice, with a particular emphasis on ethics, innovation, and social responsibility. Over the course of 12 weeks, you will be introduced to key contemporary themes in marketing practice, including branding, pricing, distribution, and international marketing.
This module aims to equip you with a comprehensive understanding of contemporary marketing practice, with a particular emphasis on ethics, innovation, and social responsibility. Over the course of 6 weeks, key contemporary themes will be introduced, including branding, pricing, distribution, and international marketing. Special attention will be given to how these practices support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically focusing on SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and SDG 13 (Climate Action). Each theme encourages students to consider responsible and sustainable marketing approaches that align with global efforts toward sustainable economic growth and environmental stewardship.
This module is designed to develop knowledge of the critical issues that surround graphic communication. It introduces key ideas and concepts through a review of the social, political and cultural influences that are shaping where the discipline is heading. Using a range of relevant critical texts, case studies, projects and practitioners, you will be introduced to methods and approaches that will inspire you to critically examine contemporary practice and identify and unpack key ideas, issues and concepts. You will communicate your ideas in written and visual form utilising credible and substantiated source materials to add validity to your development of argument and communication.
The module provides an overview of the main security challenges facing the world today. Drawing on classic and contemporary literature from International Relations and other academic disciplines, together with case studies, we consider such questions as: what are the main threats to security today and in the near future? What is the nature of these threats? From what and against whom? How might they be addressed? The module examines these questions in the context of the policy options that may be available. For students enrolled in the MSc International Security and Risk degree, the issue-based approach in Contemporary Security Challenges complements the theory- driven approach in the module Security Theory.
The aim of this module is to familiarise you with several important, but competing, theories of justice, which date from the 1970s onwards. Such theories give guidance on important questions of distributive justice (who ought to get what, when and why?), and provide, to varying degrees, grounds for the condemnation of real-world injustices. On completing the module, you will be expected to have a good understanding of the pros and cons of these theories. You will also be able to apply those theories to several important issues, such as racial or gender-based injustice, and the politics of multiculturalism.
The aim of this module is to familiarise you with several important, but competing, theories of justice. Such theories give guidance on important questions of distributive justice (who ought to get what, when and why?), and provide, to varying degrees, grounds for the condemnation of real-world injustices. It also engages with important methodological debates about how we should theorise about justice, and what status the results of our reflection should be seen as having. On completing the module, you will be expected to have a good understanding of some important recent theories of justice, the various difficulties they face, and the contested methodological territories on which they are staked out.
This module deals with contemporary issues in Ocean and Earth Science. It will develop your presentation and writing skills through directed independent study of two chosen contemporary topics. The topics are provided by the module lead and associated staff, including ‘starting references’ to direct your independent study.
Philosophy is a subject with a long history, but is nonetheless a living subject where research can sometimes progress quickly and where cutting-edge research can overturn centuries of dogma. This module will explore a selection of topics in contemporary philosophy - perhaps recent journal articles or a recent book, perhaps mixed in with ongoing research. In so doing. the module will help you to understand both the subject matter of that contemporary research - whatever it might be - but also to realign your perceptions of what philosophy is and how it is researched today.
The module brings together a range of ideas, subject-matter and methods of making, to expand understanding of the scope and potential of contemporary art practice. There is an emphasis on engagement with issues.
This module provides the context in which luxury brands are constructed and perceived. You will explore a range of historical and contemporary issues affecting luxury, which form the fabric of the idea of luxury today. Areas such as luxury consumption, luxury marketing and management, technology and luxury, and the relativity of luxury, constructs the significance of luxury, and the role and impact it plays within the global business environment. The module will also examine the issues that impact sustainable and ethical luxury and develop strategic luxury management and leadership skills to a high level in a global luxury context. The internal and external factors that have impacted and influenced luxury businesses in the past, present and future will be explored.
The module will focus on the major questions which have been, and are being, asked of Palaeolithic data. These include such issues as language origins, global colonisation, population replacement, and hominin responses to palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental change. We shall explore these in two ways: thematically, showing how each independent research framework contributes to origins research (conducted in the seminars), and site-based, using records from key sites to evaluate the extent and durability of traits in the Palaeolithic (achieved within oral presentations).
The Design process and Innovation module introduces you to the design processes and strategic thinking to survive in a competitive global market. The determination and critical understanding of the market environment from a macro and micro perspective will determine the success of a product or service, considering the product functions, design and quality, the consumer needs, the development of research and innovation and the positioning of the product. Stakeholders are considered, along with the total value creation that feeds into global market share. The module will explore how each are interdependent and how market research impacts on decision making in the process. You will be introduced to key principles and business frameworks that are employed in industry to formulate decisions and set strategic plans in the context of strategic marketing. The competitive landscape is continually evolving and changing so against the macro context you will analyse research studies and market intelligence from live resources to inform your strategic decisions in respect to planning production, design, sales and distribution with resource and budget allocation. Alongside the strategic market planning the product planning is also key. Design Process Module will work through new product development processes from idea generation to product development, testing and launch to full conclusinon of whether a product should be continued or discontinued in the market. Quality Management and intellectual property rights will also be considered to fully comprehend all the elements that make up a products unique selling proposition. As part of this module you will have the opportunity to work in groups and present core ideas and product planning strategies and reflect on successes in your ideas as a Live task. As part of the assessment you will be expected to create professional presentations outlining the full scope of product planning using current market data and creating financial overviews.
This module focuses on sustained engagement with a diverse range of international contexts, organisations, communities and practitioners to explore and evaluate ways of working in the arts and cultural sectors. This module explicitly introduces and explores how established relationships with industry partners from local to international levels underpin the whole programme. Firstly, the University’s arts and cultural organisations, John Hansard Gallery and The Winchester Gallery, are core partners involved in the design and delivery of the programme creating opportunities for you to consistently engage with industry expertise and build long-term relationships. Secondly, the programme’s partner network brings together a diverse range of organisations with specialisms relating to different art and cultural sectors. This module will enable you to identify and interpret different sources and bodies of knowledge and be able to compare and contrast these to create new insights. Engagement with the core partners and programme partnership network ensures that you can navigate, discuss and shape changing sector priorities. This module also establishes and embeds the programme partnership network within the programme to ensure that you are well-positioned and well-connected to pursue live projects, independent research and professional development opportunities. Through this module you will develop the analytical and communication skills required to build collaborative relationships with external partners and be able to understand and evaluate organisational and ethical contexts and priorities.
This module focuses on sustained engagement with a diverse range of international contexts, organisations, communities and practitioners to explore and evaluate ways of working in the arts and cultural sectors. This module explicitly introduces and explores how established relationships with industry partners from local to international levels underpin the whole programme. Firstly, the University’s arts and cultural organisations, John Hansard Gallery and Turner Sims Concert Hall, are core partners involved in the design and delivery of the programme creating opportunities for you to consistently engage with industry expertise and build long-term relationships. Secondly, the programme’s partner network brings together a diverse range of organisations with specialisms relating to different art and cultural sectors. This module will enable you to identify and interpret different sources and bodies of knowledge and be able to compare and contrast these to create new insights. Engagement with the core partners and programme partnership network ensures that you can navigate, discuss and shape changing sector priorities. This module also establishes and embeds the programme partnership network within the programme to ensure that you are well-positioned and well-connected to pursue live projects, independent research and professional development opportunities. Through this module you will develop the analytical and communication skills required to build collaborative relationships with external partners and be able to understand and evaluate organisational and ethical contexts and priorities.
This compulsory module aims to deepen your understanding of historical and contemporary contexts relating to fashion design. You will learn to critically reflect upon and analyse your work within a contextual framework through visual, verbal and written communication. In connection with your studio practice, you will explore theories, rationales and techniques through individual research, seminars and group discussions, thereby developing a greater understanding of colour, material and object analysis.
This compulsory module aims to deepen your understanding of historical and contemporary contexts relating to textile design. You will learn to critically reflect upon and analyse your work within a contextual framework through visual, verbal and written communication. In connection with your studio practice, you will explore theories, rationales and techniques through individual research, seminars and group discussions, thereby developing a greater understanding of colour, material and object analysis, as well as methodologies relating to textile design processes.
This module provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the key salient issues of contract law, focusing on English contract law while drawing insights from comparative and transnational approaches. It comprises 3 parts. The first two parts cover the rules on contract formation and contract terms (in part 1), and how a contract can be ended and remedies for breach (in part 2). Having gained sound foundational knowledge of these important rules and principles of the common law, in part 3 we take a wider perspective to reflect on transnational contract rules and dispute resolution. This comparative view provides students with an insight into different approaches to contract law, as well as an appreciation of the mechanisms for dispute resolution. These latter aspects enable students to gain a more expansive understanding of how English contract law is situated within the global trading sphere. Part 1 (40% of the content) Introduction to contract law, the common law, and the function of contract law. Contract formation. Contract terms and their interpretation. Part 2 (40% of the content) Introduction and overview of remedies for contractual breaches Discharge of Contracts Breach of Contract and its consequences Part 3 (20% of the content) Contract law in wider perspective: transnational, comparative and international approaches Contractual Disputes and Dispute Resolution
This module covers topics in classical and modern control analysis and design with a focus on linear time invariant systems. Fundamental design and analysis in the time and frequency domain are reviewed and developed. The properties of discrete-time systems (computer control) are introduced and the fundamentals of digital control introduced. State-space control analysis and design methods are then explored, including multivariable control and disturbance rejection. As all systems are nonlinear to some extent, this module also introduces the analysis and design for nonlinear dynamical systems. The practical aspects of control design and its digital implementation are also discussed in this module. The module aims to give the student a general overview of instrumentation systems, with particular emphasis on the integration of the various components in a system. There is an emphasis on system design, such that students can design a complete system, from an understating of the measurement requirement to the input to digital systems. It includes an introduction to digital signal processing. The module will require/assume a basic understanding of electronics, to include operational amplifiers and digital electronics. To attend this module, students are expected to have learned and understood classical continuous-time control analysis and design that includes dynamical modelling, transient responses, stability and steady state error analysis and basic PID controller design.
