This is a practical module in communicating science across different genres of output for different audiences and on different platforms. Students write short news stories, profiles, and reportages for broadsheet newspapers and popular science magazines targeting audiences from educated adults to school children with an interest in science. They write blog posts and produce other kind of content for social media, such as short captioned videos. They interview scientists and present their interviews in writing as well as through podcasting. Issues in the public communication of science are discussed from this practical standpoint. This module is time intensive and requires group work. It rests on the idea that the only way to learn how to write for journalism is to work in career appropriate settings. The assessment for the module is a mixture of formative and summative work. No prerequisites.

To write and present a literature-based report on some aspect of the Geosciences.

The subject area of the Geoscience Report should be relevant to the...

To write and present a literature-based report on some aspect of the Geosciences.

The subject area of the Geoscience Report should be relevant to the individual student's degree programme. Students should discuss potential topics with an appropriate member of staff willing to oversee their progress. Guidance will be given by the module organiser.

This module provides an introduction to the different ways urban space is perceived, represented and experienced across a variety of contexts from architecture...

This module provides an introduction to the different ways urban space is perceived, represented and experienced across a variety of contexts from architecture and geography to developments in literature, cinema and the visual arts. The module’s multi-disciplinary scope and imaginative emphasis is used to encourage and develop reflection on the potential problems and critical possibilities for interdisciplinary learning and engagement in Urban Studies.

The course aims to equip MSc Urban Studies students with the advanced analytical skills, concepts and theories essential for the study of cities in an interdisciplinary context at postgraduate level; and to give students the opportunity to apply these advanced concepts, theories and debates in both general and more specialised contexts.

The course is taught through a series of lectures, seminars and group discussions and activities.