The aim of this module is to develop the skills required to understand and reflect on philosophical arguments and debates, with a focus on key contemporary themes in philosophy. Students will develop a critical understanding of some of the central concepts and topics in contemporary philosophy through examining a range of philosophical debates across multiple philosophical subdisciplines.

The aims of this module are to introduce students to the dominant approaches and their research methods in politics.

The aim of this module is to develop skills in research design, involving selecting of topic and viable research questions, appropriate research methodologies for the research questions selected, sourcing research data and learning how to complete a coherent research proposal.

The aims of the module are for students to:

• Become familiar with economic concepts used to analyse financial markets and financial institutions.
• Gain experience in using financial and economic statistics and case studies relevant to understanding financial markets and institutions.
• Obtain insight into some of the principal current business and policy issues in the financial system, both in capital markets and commercial banking.

The module will develop knowledge and understanding of the history of economic ideas since Classical Economics.

What do you know? What are skills? Where are they going to take you? This module will help you to answer those questions by building on transferrable skills and encouraging you to reflect on your learning. In addition, you’ll learn about the UK job market, and how to negotiate a range of recruitment tasks including decoding job specifications, writing an application, interviews, psychometric tests and the use of AI. Combine these with your degree and graduate with confidence.

The aim of this module is to examine the concept of security through a range of conceptual and theoretical approaches, especially its 'critical' variants. This is done by examining critical frameworks of security and insecurity, at times contrasting with orthodox and mainstream notions.

The aim of this module is to examine some of the main thinkers in the history of political thought.

The aim of this module is to examine the development of the political thought by looking at key concepts, thinkers and movements in the history of ideas.

This module aims to introduce the students to the study of development and to examine the problem of global socio-economic inequality and its relation to politics.

From the animals in Franz Kafka’s short stories to BoJack Horseman, from nature documentaries to viral clips of cats and dogs online, contemporary culture is saturated with narratives and representations of non-human animals. On this module, you’ll be introduced to new ways of critically interrogating these narratives and representations, drawn from a variety of media, analysing them in relation to recent ethical, political, cultural, and philosophical debates concerning our lives with (and even as) animals.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to practical politics through the use of role play exercises.

The aim of this module is to take an intersectional perspective to explore how gender relates to politics, both domestic and international. It explores some of the different ways that sex, gender and feminism have been theorized and framed. As well as how gender shapes and impacts upon phenomena in domestic and global politics such as political representation and leadership; rights and citizenship; sexual violence; reproductive justice; social justice and resistance; conflict and terrorism.

This module examines the philosophical dimensions of some of the most controversial social and political issues of our time, asking what philosophical reflection can offer to these public policy debates. Precise topics covered will vary year on year. But topics that may be covered include questions such as: What are the limits of free speech? Can political violence ever be legitimate? What justifies punishing a wrong-doer? Should hate speech be prohibited? What is our legitimate relationship to animals? How might we legislate on a women's rights as far as birth is concerned?