By emphasising the study of literacy in a multilingual and multimodal world, the module (LCW) will provide students with an opportunity to study literacy as a...

By emphasising the study of literacy in a multilingual and multimodal world, the module (LCW) will provide students with an opportunity to study literacy as a broad and diverse social phenomenon, defined, understood and researched in multiple and shifting ways.  Using a primarily socio-cultural perspective, and located very much within Literacy Studies and approaches based on Literacy as Social Practice (LSP), this module will explore literacy use and learning, life-long (that is, of adults of all ages as well as children) and life-wide (across a range of life domains and cultural contexts). The module will enable students to critically engage with key concepts in the study of literacy in a changing world, including multimodality, multiliteracies and the diversity of literacy practices, as well as to explore a range of different theoretical approaches to understanding literacy.  Students will have opportunities to research and reflect on constructions of power and value in literacy practices, and factors such as gender, home-school discourses and literacy policy that shape literacy lives in different domains. 

This module examines the law of copyright considering significant doctrinal and normative problems. In the digital age, copyright and design law are...

This module examines the law of copyright considering significant doctrinal and normative problems. In the digital age, copyright and design law are increasingly important not only because of the economic significance of the industries that they support, but also because of their profound impact on the shaping of our cultural landscape. The aim of this module is to give students a detailed understanding of the law of copyright in the United Kingdom and the European Union in relation to subject matter such as books, films, computer software, musical works, artistic works and performances. We examine issues and difficulties relating to the subsistence of copyright, as well as its infringement and enforcement.