Leadership for the Learning Community (Leadership) (LCLL0050)

The range of issues and concepts covered include the nature of effective learning both for individuals (adults and children) and organisations, the links between learning and the community and the place of education in its wider economic, political and social context. A key component of the module considers human resource management issues including the systematic planning, implementation and evaluation of recruitment and selection of staff and their induction, appraisal, reward, mentoring and development for improved performance within the workplace. Leaders need to motivate and inspire all who work within the organisation if improvement is to occur. Continuing professional development and the development of a learning community is also crucial. Finally, the module considers using research evidence and data as part of being a learning organisation and participants are invited to develop their research literacy. Please contact the module tutor for more information.

This module explores how our mind conceives and represents linguistic knowledge. The course will concentrate on Morphology and Syntax, that is on the way the...

Introduction to Linguistics and Syntactic Theory (ITAL0004)

This module explores how our mind conceives and represents linguistic knowledge. The course will concentrate on Morphology and Syntax, that is on the way the human mind builds words out of sub-word units like prefixes and suffixes and sentences out of words. We will discover that words and sentences are objects with a complex structure (as opposed to simple strings of sounds and words) and we will examine the most fundamental factors shaping their internal architecture. 

I will use examples from English and Italian, but presume no prior knowledge of Italian, so beginners are very welcome. 

Students will be able to practice their knowledge through weekly exercises, with the corresponding model answers made available on Moodle. 

This module is intended to meet the growing and recognised need that scientific and other technical knowledge must become more integrated in a systematic way...