This interdisciplinary module introduces students to the family as a social institution and a site of personal life across time and place. The module examines...

This interdisciplinary module introduces students to the family as a social institution and a site of personal life across time and place. The module examines critical factors that make and shape families drawing on theoretical and empirical insights from anthropology, demography, psychology, and sociology. Themes include: kinship and family structures; new forms of couple intimacy, sexual and relational diversity; families across cultures; parenting and child development; gender and family life; ethnicity and faith in families; families, poverty and inequality; elder life and intergenerational obligations in families. The module draws on examples from societies and cultures across the world.

History|Russian and East European Languages and Cultural Studies

CENTRAL EAST EUROPEAN HISTORY|RUSSIAN HISTORY|

The course begins with an introduction to the basic skills that are essential for the successful study of history at university. We shall look at how to take...

The course begins with an introduction to the basic skills that are essential for the successful study of history at university. We shall look at how to take notes, use the library, prepare a bibliography, plan an essay and conduct close textual analysis. In particular, we will use primary and secondary sources to consider how the writing of history has been shaped by context and ideology. 

All students will compile a portfolio of tasks they have completed during the course (worth 50% of the final mark) and submit a short essay at the end of the term

This module aims to provide a competent reading knowledge of Polish and basic communicative skills in the language. Students who complete the module...

This module aims to provide a competent reading knowledge of Polish and basic communicative skills in the language. Students who complete the module successfully will be able to assure both potential employers and academic supervisors that they possess the necessary foundation-level Polish language skills to work with original Polish texts and to enable them to undertake study and/or research in Polish. The module provides an intensive introduction to Polish grammar, a knowledge of basic vocabulary, practice in the skills of oral communication in Polish in straightforward situations, translation and information retrieval skills, using Polish texts in Polish and international cultural, political, and social themes. The module is designed for beginners. It requires intensive study including learning and practising independently beyond the contact hours.