Module Content and Indicative Topics

This module builds upon the LCUL0001 Language, Culture and Representation core course from year one (though students are...

The selling and purchasing of goods across territorial borders isan ancient yet sophisticated commercial activity. International trade involves interlocking...

The selling and purchasing of goods across territorial borders isan ancient yet sophisticated commercial activity. International trade involves interlocking contracts, including letters of credit and contracts of sale, carriage and insurance, all of which concern the minds of traders whilst performing this activity forprofit. In pursuit of certainty and predictability in their affairs, traders around the world typically refer to English law in their sale contracts as the governing law.

This module offers a study of the rights and obligations of buyers and sellers under contracts for the international sale of goods, focusing particularly on the English Sale of Goods Act 1979.

This course introduces and applies some key approaches towards analysing qualitative and quantitative data. It is comprised of a series of workshops and online...

This course introduces and applies some key approaches towards analysing qualitative and quantitative data. It is comprised of a series of workshops and online activities which introduce and offer practical experience of a range of qualitative and quantitative research and analysis frameworks. While primarily providing a generic introduction to qualitative and quantitative analysis, the module will also facilitate students' capacity to applies these methods in social science research. A range of qualitative analysis techniques including transcription, grounded theory, thematic analysis, and introducing students to concepts in narrative and discourse analysis methods. The use of qualitative and quantitative software for analysis such as NVivo and SPSS. Foundational concepts and techniques in quantitative research including summarising data, levels of measurement and sampling, confidence intervals and normal distribution as well as data presentation, summarising data, comparing populations. The formulation of hypotheses and hypothesis testing.