How we can reliably know that what we are thinking, what we are perceiving and seeing, and what we understand to be real, is genuinely reflective of something...

Philosophy, Thought and Perception: introduction to reflexivity in education and social science research (EDPS0015)

The objectives of The City and its Relations are to increase knowledge and understanding of the economic, social and spatial processes of urban development in...

The City and its Relations: Context, Institutions and Actors in Urban Development Planning (DEVP0028)

Applied Biology, Systemic Disease and Behavioural Sciences of Relevance to Special Care Dentistry (DENT0116)

This component covers the special interest practicing skills defined in the competencies for Dental Practitioner with a Special Interest. Through supervised...

Special Interest Skills - Primary Root Canal Treatment and the Management of Treatment Failure (DENT0011)

This component covers the special interest practicing skills defined in the competencies for Dental Practitioner with a Special Interest. Through supervised mentoring on a teaching clinic and record keeping and discussion relating to endodontic treatment in external practices, the postgraduate student will gain the confidence and practical skills to deal with pulp therapy, primary root canal treatment and endodontic retreatment cases of moderate difficultly.

The module explores European culture and society through the lens of attitudes towards, and beliefs about, language which characterise the European tradition....

Discourses of perfection: standard-language ideologies in Eastern Europe from historical and areal perspectives (SEES0149)

The module explores European culture and society through the lens of attitudes towards, and beliefs about, language which characterise the European tradition. Discourses of ’national’ ’standard’ languages have permeated thinking about language in the West at least since the Enlightenment. When linguistic diversity is addressed by various non-specialist stakeholders such as policy makers, educators, and interested members of the public, it is generally understood against the backdrop of a conceptual framework which takes monolingualism for granted. In most parts of the world, however, multilingualism is still the norm today, and language is not associated with politically-mediated identities of groups and individuals.

How did it happen that language came to be understood in this peculiar way in Europe?
	What are the pitfalls of framing language as a ’tool’ or ’container’ whose ’content’ can be uncoupled from its form?
By exploring the history of ideas about language, this module pins down the processes through which beliefs about language are transmitted across languages and geographic areas of Europe, typically, from West to East. By the end of the module, students will gain a thorough understanding of the cross-linguistic diversity of attitudes towards language as well as patterns of convergence among them, including ways in which cultural, social, political, and language-internal factors influence ways of talking, and ways of talking about language.