This is an interdisciplinary module tackling questions of interest to political science, geography, environment, engineering, and anthropology. Infrastructure...

Power, Politics and Infrastructure (BASC0046)

This is an interdisciplinary module tackling questions of interest to political science, geography, environment, engineering, and anthropology. Infrastructure spans time and space, fills our daily lives but is said to be mostly invisible, especially when it works well. Our world is increasingly bound by transnational logistical networks and complex urban infrastructures, but what are the issues and debates surrounding the politics of infrastructure? Do all infrastructures bind, or do they also entrench segregation and dispossession? If infrastructures can oppress, are they truly as invisible as we assumed?

The course starts with a look at theories of infrastructure and its relation to power before turning to in-depth case study-driven work on roads, shipping and logistics, water and sanitation, failed infrastructures, and even the notion of ‘evil’ infrastructure. Each of the thematic units develops skills and knowledge related to project management, public procurement and tendering, infrastructural financing in the developing world, decarbonisation, debates on surveillance, as well as the geopolitical aspect of infrastructure seen in policies such as China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

This module will provide you with the opportunity to study current standards of practice in research that comply with professional codes and guidelines and...

Research Integrity and Governance (ANIM0010)

This module will provide you with the opportunity to study current standards of practice in research that comply with professional codes and guidelines and with the law. Specific topics will include Good Research Practice, Research Ethics, Patient Consent & Safety, the Human Tissue Act, the Mental Capacity Act, Reproducibility, Standardisation and Information Governance.

You will also engage in role-play and prepare and deliver presentations to tutors and to one another.

As you begin your career in research, this module prepares you to negotiate issues relating to integrity and ethics as applied to their research. It will help you identify how your research engages with and complies with the various related acts, codes and guidelines; you will become familiar with the research regulatory framework.                                                                                                                             

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

1.    Show that you are conducting your research in line with codes and guidelines from regulatory bodies and demonstrate an awareness of how you have done so.
2.    Show you can manage all aspects of your research in a responsible way that meets legal requirements and provides adequate assurance to partner organisations and research subjects.