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What do we know about public opinion and behaviour? And how do we know about it? This module provides an in-depth examination of at least three topics in the broad field of public opinion. Each topic will be led by an expert in the field. For each topic, you will learn about the latest research, the latest methods used to study it, and then implement the methods yourself in computer labs, using specialist software. You will leave the module with a high-level understanding of each topic as well as generalisable skills in quantitative analysis and coding.

The module presumes background knowledge from PAIR2018/3027 but no background or experience in coding or statistics. The module is about application and use rather than comprehensive statistical understanding.

What do we know about public opinion and behaviour? And how do we know about it? This module provides an in-depth examination of at least three topics in the broad field of public opinion. Each topic will be led by an expert in the field. For each topic, you will learn about the latest research, the latest methods used to study it, and then implement the methods yourself in computer labs, using specialist software. You will leave the module with a high-level understanding of each topic as well as generalisable skills in quantitative analysis and coding.

The module presumes background knowledge from PAIR2018/3027 but no background or experience in coding or statistics. The module is about application and use rather than comprehensive statistical understanding.

This module will provide students with both a practical and theoretical insight into the role of a Public Service Interpreter. Beginning with a general introduction to interpreting, it will go on to focus more in depth on the wide range of issues and challenges faced by these cultural and linguistic mediators. In addition to identifying these and deciding how best to resolve them, through lectures and seminars students will also learn how to develop the strategies and skills required – including note-taking and sight translation, as well as honing understanding of verbal and non-verbal communication cues – in this field in order to bridge the gap between Service Users and Service Providers in a range of public service contexts. Alongside this, independent study and practice, in which glossary building will play an important part, will be essential to improvement in students’ interpreting skills. Given the global nature of society today, linguists are increasingly in demand so whether students go on to enter the interpreting profession or not, the heightened awareness of intercultural issues and ability to overcome these fostered by this module will undoubtedly be of use to them.

Please keep in mind completion of Stage 5 in either French or Spanish with English as L1, or completion of English Stage 5 (or equivalent) with French or Spanish as L1 is a pre-requisite for this module.

This module will provide students with both a practical and theoretical insight into the role of a Public Service Interpreter. Beginning with a general introduction to interpreting, it will go on to focus more in depth on the wide range of issues and challenges faced by these cultural and linguistic mediators. In addition to identifying these and deciding how best to resolve them, through lectures and seminars students will also learn how to develop the strategies and skills required – including note-taking and sight translation, as well as honing understanding of verbal and non-verbal communication cues – in this field in order to bridge the gap between Service Users and Service Providers in a range of public service contexts. Alongside this, independent study and practice, in which glossary building will play an important part, will be essential to improvement in students’ interpreting skills. Given the global nature of society today, linguists are increasingly in demand so whether students go on to enter the interpreting profession or not, the heightened awareness of intercultural issues and ability to overcome these fostered by this module will undoubtedly be of use to them.

Please keep in mind completion of Stage 5 in either French or Spanish with English as L1, or completion of English Stage 5 (or equivalent) with French or Spanish as L1 is a pre-requisite for this module.

This module will provide students with both a practical and theoretical insight into the role of a Public Service Interpreter. Beginning with a general introduction to interpreting, it will go on to focus more in depth on the wide range of issues and challenges faced by these cultural and linguistic mediators. In addition to identifying these and deciding how best to resolve them, through lectures and seminars students will also learn how to develop the strategies and skills required – including note-taking and sight translation, as well as honing understanding of verbal and non-verbal communication cues – in this field in order to bridge the gap between Service Users and Service Providers in a range of public service contexts. Alongside this, independent study and practice, in which glossary building will play an important part, will be essential to improvement in students’ interpreting skills. Given the global nature of society today, linguists are increasingly in demand so whether students go on to enter the interpreting profession or not, the heightened awareness of intercultural issues and ability to overcome these fostered by this module will undoubtedly be of use to them.

Please keep in mind completion of Stage 5 in either French or Spanish with English as L1, or completion of English Stage 5 (or equivalent) with French or Spanish as L1 is a pre-requisite for this module.

This module will provide students with both a practical and theoretical insight into the role of a Public Service Interpreter. Beginning with a general introduction to interpreting, it will go on to focus more in depth on the wide range of issues and challenges faced by these cultural and linguistic mediators. In addition to identifying these and deciding how best to resolve them, through lectures and seminars students will also learn how to develop the strategies and skills required – including note-taking and sight translation, as well as honing understanding of verbal and non-verbal communication cues – in this field in order to bridge the gap between Service Users and Service Providers in a range of public service contexts. Alongside this, independent study and practice, in which glossary building will play an important part, will be essential to improvement in students’ interpreting skills. Given the global nature of society today, linguists are increasingly in demand so whether students go on to enter the interpreting profession or not, the heightened awareness of intercultural issues and ability to overcome these fostered by this module will undoubtedly be of use to them.

Please keep in mind completion of Stage 5 in either French or Spanish with English as L1, or completion of English Stage 5 (or equivalent) with French or Spanish as L1 is a pre-requisite for this module.

This module will provide students with both a practical and theoretical insight into the role of a Public Service Interpreter. Beginning with a general introduction to interpreting, it will go on to focus more in depth on the wide range of issues and challenges faced by these cultural and linguistic mediators. In addition to identifying these and deciding how best to resolve them, through lectures and seminars students will also learn how to develop the strategies and skills required – including note-taking and sight translation, as well as honing understanding of verbal and non-verbal communication cues – in this field in order to bridge the gap between Service Users and Service Providers in a range of public service contexts. Alongside this, independent study and practice, in which glossary building will play an important part, will be essential to improvement in students’ interpreting skills. Given the global nature of society today, linguists are increasingly in demand so whether students go on to enter the interpreting profession or not, the heightened awareness of intercultural issues and ability to overcome these fostered by this module will undoubtedly be of use to them.

Please keep in mind completion of Stage 5 in either French or Spanish with English as L1, or completion of English Stage 5 (or equivalent) with French or Spanish as L1 is a pre-requisite for this module.

This module provides an overview of major political, social and economic developments in Russia since 1991, and how they have been informed by a sense of Russian history. After the fall of the Cold War, Russia has found that it is no longer a superpower, and it has struggled to find a world role. The domestic and economic settlement in the country has also seen major changes, and life has changed in remarkable and sometimes dramatic ways for millions of ordinary Russian people. The primary focus on the module is to help us to understand contemporary Russia: lectures and seminars will examine themes and events that can help us to recognize in what ways Russia has changed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. But these debates will be placed in historical context: Russia’s domestic and foreign policy, and changing conceptions of national identity, can only be understood in the context of Russia’s history and the legacy of the turbulent twentieth century.

Both individuals and society attach great importance and value to certain works of art, including poems, novels, films, plays, symphonies, and paintings. Most of us spend a considerable amount of our limited time and resources acquiring, creating, experiencing, or promoting the arts. However, art is in several respects puzzling, even frustrating. It is often difficult to know how to interpret an artwork. Should we consult the artist, learn about his or her life and times, or focus only what is within the frame or on the page? Why do we care about art? Is it for the knowledge it provides, the experiences it affords, or the feelings it invokes? And what exactly is art? What distinguishes an unmade bed in the Tate from an unmade bed in a bedroom? The aims of this module are to introduce you to some of the puzzles which reflection on art raises, to encourage you to think critically about those puzzles and the assumptions which lie behind them, and to give you the tools for resolving them.

Both individuals and society attach great importance and value to certain works of art, including poems, novels, films, plays, symphonies, and paintings. Most of us spend a considerable amount of our limited time and resources acquiring, creating, experiencing, or promoting the arts. However, art is in several respects puzzling, even frustrating. It is often difficult to know how to interpret an artwork. Should we consult the artist, learn about his or her life and times, or focus only what is within the frame or on the page? Why do we care about art? Is it for the knowledge it provides, the experiences it affords, or the feelings it invokes? And what exactly is art? What distinguishes an unmade bed in the Tate from an unmade bed in a bedroom? The aims of this module are to introduce you to some of the puzzles which reflection on art raises, to encourage you to think critically about those puzzles and the assumptions which lie behind them, and to give you the tools for resolving them.