To give students a good grounding in a range of RF devices including the fundamentals of device physics, RF circuits, system architectures and noise measurement techniques. The knowledge of impedance matching, stability and noise figure for amplifier circuit design learnt by the students will be consolidated with a full-day computer simulation exercise where students will perform RF amplifier design tasks using the industry standard software package Keysight ADS.

This module focuses on sociolinguistics – the study of language in society. Language is not only a system, with structures, patterns and...

This module focuses on sociolinguistics – the study of language in society. Language is not only a system, with structures, patterns and ‘rules’, it is also a tool for communication. It is through language that we define ourselves and others, signal our identities and membership of particular communities. The language we use can reveal much about where we were born and live, our age, gender, ethnic identity, level of education and socio-economic status. Sociolinguistics provides a ‘toolkit’ with which we can understand the complex relationship between language and society: in the module we will explore both the theoretical and the practical aspects of language use. We will examine examples and case studies of language in a social context, drawing on a sociolinguistic approaches, categories and terminology.

Aims: The aim of this module is to study the determinants of economic growth, as well as explanations for the current wide disparity of income levels across...

Aims: The aim of this module is to study the determinants of economic growth, as well as explanations for the current wide disparity of income levels across countries.

Suitable for: Final year Economics (L100 / L101 / L102) students. Also available to final year Econ/Geog (LL17) & Phil/Econ (VL51) students.

Prerequisites: students must have taken ECON0013 and ECON0016 (or equivalents).

Assumed knowledge: Students coming into the course should understand the core concepts and methods of microeconomics and macroeconomics at the level of ECON0013 and ECON0016 (or equivalents).