The aims of this module are to introduce students to the practice of Digital Storytelling and its underpinning theoretical and methodological foundations. It also aims to familiarise students with a range of participatory storytelling techniques and how to adapt and develop them in a variety of digital environments. It also aims to provide students with real world experience and research to develop a range of creative and analytical skills and encourage critical discussion.

The aim of this module is to enable students to develop their own storytelling practice for performance or other creative contexts. It explores the relationship between story, medium, space, audience, and practitioner, encouraging students to consider how narrative functions across forms. Through creative workshops, students will engage in a supportive and stimulating environment designed to enhance both their storytelling and creative writing skills.

This module provides the multidisciplinary context and learning space to facilitate inter and cross disciplinary research projects. The aim of this module is to give students an appreciation of issues involved in the collection, archiving and analysis of data for research projects. The module takes a hands-on approach, combining textual and theoretical analysis with embodied, practice-led methods.

This module builds directly on the Research Methods for Storytelling module, providing an opportunity to put the methods discovered in the former module into practice. The primary aim is to discover how these methods might influence, extend and enable new practice and scholarship.

This module aims to give students the opportunity to apply their individual and subject-specific learning to the design, delivery and evaluation of a collaborative community-based/industry-led project. It aims to support students in developing their collaborative skills, their individual skills and disciplinary experience as creative practitioners and to understand the challenges and opportunities of working with both academic and non-academic partners on projects. It will also give students an opportunity to develop their skills in self-evaluation and themselves as reflective practitioners.

The aims of the module are to enable students to initiate, devise, develop and successfully complete an original dissertation exploring the ways in which storytelling is understood, researched and performed in global, contemporary and transdisciplinary contexts. Within the dissertation students will demonstrate originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline.

This module offers students the opportunity to combine a traditional dissertation with a practice-based storytelling project. Working individually or collaboratively, students will design and deliver a storytelling project (such as a community storytelling event, digital story series, podcast, exhibition, or site-specific installation) that aligns with their chosen theme, target audience, or area of social or cultural relevance. Emphasis is placed on storytelling as a mode of enquiry, encouraging students to engage with practice-as-research approaches. Students will be responsible for managing all aspects of their project, which should demonstrate a professional level of planning and execution. An accompanying written commentary will provide critical reflection on the storytelling process, its aims, and its impact.