The aims of this module are to reinforce students' skills in designing and interpreting statistical tests and using statistical software and to introduce the methods and theory for the design and analysis of social science and humanities research.

The aim of this module is for students to design, conduct, analyse and report an original empirical study within their chosen field/pathway.

The main aim of this module is to define and critically examine key concepts and theories that help understand how media and communication are involved in shaping our sense of identity, belonging and community. It will have a particular focus on the changes brought by digital media in constructing hierarchies of belonging and the forms of inclusion and exclusion that are linked to these.

Through lectures, classroom discussions and practical tasks students will focus on a range of cultural and social identities including gender, class, ethnicity and sexuality and examine the impacts that different communication technologies (press, cinema, radio, television, social media) have had on the representation and evaluation of groups across time. Through this, students will be able to appreciate both the changes prompted by digital communication as well as the persistence of old forms of representation, discrimination and exclusion.

The module is designed to introduce students to research methods that are applied for the analysis of media and communication content and output, both on traditional as well as on new, digital platforms. Apart from providing the students with critical overview and discussion of strengths and weaknesses of these methods, both quantitative and qualitative, the module enables them to explore their practical application in adjacent workshops.

The main aim of this module is to define and critically examine key concepts and theories that help understand how media and communication are involved in shaping our sense of identity, belonging and community. It will have a particular focus on the changes brought by digital media in constructing hierarchies of belonging and the forms of inclusion and exclusion that are linked to these.

Through lectures, classroom discussions and practical tasks students will focus on a range of cultural and social identities including gender, class, ethnicity and sexuality and examine the impacts that different communication technologies (press, cinema, radio, television, social media) have had on the representation and evaluation of groups across time. Through this, students will be able to appreciate both the changes prompted by digital communication as well as the persistence of old forms of representation, discrimination and exclusion.

This module aims to examine crime, deviance and social change through a sporting lens. It will engage with the key theoretical approaches within the social sciences that can act as a framework for understanding more practical examples of crime, deviance and social change in sport.

The aims of this module are:

to develop a critical appreciation of the theory and practice of managing big data and its significance for business in the global environment

to develop an awareness of the skills required for managing big data in different sectors

to understand how big data can be used to address real world issues

to understand how business opportunities can be identified and exploited using big data and big data analytics

to explore the range of software tools available for managing large data sets.

The aims of this module are to develop the skills which allow the student to:
- understand relevant economic concepts and tools and their relevance to environmental sustainability and net zero
- identify and assess how complex economic, regulatory, engineering, institutional and environmental factors influence the potential feasibility and likely success of government policies, commercial strategies, and technologies aimed at improving sustainability and achieving net zero.
- develop report writing and presentation capabilities in preparation for future employment, with a focus on making underlying complex analysis understandable to the target audience.

The aims of this module are:

• to provide students with theoretical underpinnings of social processes in sport
• to provide students with practical knowledge and skills in relation to evaluation of social processes in sport, including coach-athlete relationships, group dynamics, team cohesion, leadership, organisational culture, and safeguarding.

This module aims to examine crime, deviance and social change through a sporting lens. It will engage with the key theoretical approaches within the social sciences that can act as a framework for understanding more practical examples of crime, deviance and social change in sport.

The aims of this module are to examine and translate evidence relating to mental health and exercise in athlete and other populations.

The aims of this module are:
- To provide students with theoretical underpinnings of social processes in sport
- to provide students with practical knowledge and skills in relation to evaluation of social processes in sport, including coach-athlete relationships, group dynamics, team cohesion, leadership, organisational culture, and safeguarding

The central aims of this module are to: (1) develop a diversity of perspectives to examine the contemporary financial system; and (2) critically consider the relations between the global financial system and climate change.

Climate services is a growth industry involving the translation of climate science into usable formats that support high-consequence decision-making, operating rules, and design of long-lived assets, despite deep uncertainty about the future. The aim of this module is to understand diverse sources of climate risk information and, through practical exercises, learn to implement appraisal frameworks used to operationalise climate science, within complex institutional, ethical and governance landscapes.

This module addresses the ways in which social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat are changing the ways in which political actors, citizens, and journalists interact with each other, advance their goals, and exercise power. We will engage with contemporary arguments and debates about the democratic implications of social media by drawing on state-of-the-art theory and cutting-edge research, as well as case studies of relevant contemporary events and controversies.

The module will enable students to understand how social media are used by citizens, political actors, and journalists to access, distribute, and coproduce content that is relevant to public affairs and provide opportunities for political learning, persuasion, mobilization, and engagement. It will use both theory and empirical research to shed light on how social media are enhancing and hindering practices and structures of citizenship and democratic politics.

The module is designed to introduce students to research methods that are applied for the analysis of media and communication content and output, both on traditional as well as on new, digital platforms. Apart from providing the students with critical overview and discussion of strengths and weaknesses of these methods, both quantitative and qualitative, the module enables them to explore their practical application in adjacent workshops.

The module is designed to introduce students to research methods that are applied for the analysis of media and communication content and output, both on traditional as well as on new, digital platforms. Apart from providing the students with critical overview and discussion of strengths and weaknesses of these methods, both quantitative and qualitative, the module enables them to explore their practical application in adjacent workshops.

The aim of this module is to understand policy options and their economic impacts on Sustainable Development, with a focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and adaptation policy in the energy sector.

Climate services is a growth industry involving the translation of climate science into usable formats that support high-consequence decision-making, operating rules, and design of long-lived assets, despite deep uncertainty about the future. The aim of this module is to understand diverse sources of climate risk information and, through practical exercises, learn to implement appraisal frameworks used to operationalise climate science, within complex institutional, ethical and governance landscapes.

The aim of this module is to understand policy options and their economic impacts on Sustainable Development, with a focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation and adaptation in the energy sector.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to domains of strategic communication in the real world in which professional parties, such as crisis negotiators, politicians, and healthcare practitioners, must provide information, make decisions, persuade, and influence others in real time for a range of purposes. The module will explore social interactional research approaches to investigating and understanding what constitutes effective practice, and how communication shapes engagement and behaviour through case studies and recorded live interactions. Students will learn the theory and methods of conversation analysis and how to apply it to diverse settings with the overall aim of understanding and improving the effectiveness of communication in these situations.

The module is designed to introduce students to research methods that are applied for the analysis of media and communication content and output, both on traditional as well as on new, digital platforms. Apart from providing the students with critical overview and discussion of strengths and weaknesses of these methods, both quantitative and qualitative, the module enables them to explore their practical application in adjacent workshops.

The aims of this module are for the student to:

•  to gain a comprehensive and critical understanding of qualitative research design principles as applied to sport and exercise research;
• to gain a critical understanding and appreciation of the philosophical, ethical and stakeholder issues which underpin qualitative research, and how this affects qualitative research design;
• to critically review and communicate how different qualitative research designs inform understanding in sport and exercise research generally and in their particular field of study;
• to gain a critical understanding of how to apply rigor checks in qualitative research;
• to examine and analyse phenomena appropriately in accordance with research design.

The aim of this module is to consider both traditional and advanced approaches to ethnographic research. By exploring recent debates and innovations in ethnography alongside practical sessions on adapting ethnography for contemporary challenges and applied settings, the module will equip students with a detailed knowledge of the methodological concerns underpinning ethnographic fieldwork allowing them to integrate ethnographic principles into their own qualitative research projects.