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Campus development 6 Swansea life 24 Welfare and disability support 40 Welcome / Croeso Careers and employability 10 Students’ Union 28 Types of degree 42 How to apply 12 Sport 30 Maps 132 Fees and finance 14 Accommodation 34 History and heritage 136 We have been equipping students for exceptional Buom yn darparu myfyrwyr ar gyfer llwyddiant Our international community 18 Where to eat 36 Alumni 138 personal and professional achievement since 1920. personol a phroffesiynol rhagorol ers 1920. Mae 22 38 Index 140 Our long history of working closely with industry ein hanes hir o weithio’n agos gyda diwydiant yn Study and work abroad Library facilities ensures that our degrees meet employers’ needs, sicrhau fod ein graddau yn diwallu anghenion and that our world-class research has a real impact cyflogwyr, a bod ein hymchwil safon fyd-eang on the health, wealth, culture, and well-being of our yn cael effaith wirioneddol ar iechyd, cyfoeth, society. We also provide an award-winning student diwylliant a lles ein cymdeithas. Rydym hefyd yn experience and unrivalled location, so it should rhoi profiad rhagorol i fyfyrwyr a lleoliad diguro, come as no surprise that generations of students felly ni ddylai synnu neb fod eu cyfnod yn Abertawe have found their time in Swansea to be both life wtedi cyfoethogi eu bywydau a’u gyrfaoedd. and career-enhancing. Dangosodd ganlyniadau Ymarferiad Asesu The results of the Research Assessment Exercise Ymchwil 2008 yn glir fod y Brifysgol yn darparu 2008 showed unequivocally that the University arweinyddiaeth ymchwil rhyngwladol o ansawdd is providing high-quality international research uchel a bod y momentwm yr ydym wedi’i ennill fel leadership and the momentum we have gained un o brifysgolion mwyaf uchelgeisiol y DU a arweinir as one of the UK’s most ambitious, research-led gan ymchwil wedi ein gwneud ni’n ddewis prifysgol universities has made us a natural university of naturiol i nifer fawr o ôl-raddedigion talentog. choice for a great many talented postgraduates. Mae datblygiad yn parhau’n gyflym. Y llynedd, The pace of development is continuing. Last year, derbyniodd academyddion Abertawe £43 miliwn Swansea academics received £43 million research o incwm grant ymchwil. Mae’r lefel yma o grant income. This level of research activity on weithgaredd ar y campws yn fwy na llawer o campus exceeds that of many larger universities brifysgolion mwy ac yn sicrhau amgylchedd and ensures a stimulating environment for sy’n ysgogi ar gyfer gwaith ôlraddedigion. Fodd postgraduate work. However, this has been bynnag, cyflawnwyd hyn heb aberthu’r awyrgylch achieved without sacrificing the friendly and cyfeillgar a hamddenol a fu bob amser yn nodwedd relaxed atmosphere which has always o “brofiad Abertawe”. characterised the “Swansea experience”. Fel myfyryiwr ôl-raddedig, byddwch yn aelod As a postgraduate student, you will be a valued gwerthfawr o’n cymuned academaidd. Anogwn chi member of our academic community. We encourage i gymryd rhan ym mhob agwedd o fywyd y brifysgol you to be involved in all aspects of university life and a helpu llunio’r amgylchedd heriol y mae ein to help shape the challenging environment in which hymchwil ac ysgolheictod yn ffynnu ynddo. Courses our research and scholarship flourishes. Credaf ein bod wedi dod o hyd i’r cydbwysedd Accounting, Finance and Economics 44 English 76 Modern Languages, Translation and I believe that we’ve struck the right balance of cywir o addysgu ac ymchwil gwych i gyd-fynd American Studies 46 Geography 80 Interpreting 112 excellent teaching and research, matched by a ag ansawdd bywyd ardderchog. Gobeithiaf y superb quality of life. I hope you’ll join us. byddwch yn ymuno â ni. Biosciences 48 Gerentology and Ageing Studies 84 Physics 116 Business Management 52 Health Sciences 86 Politics, International Relations, Gender Childhood and Young People 54 History 94 and Development Studies 126 Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology 58 Law 98 Psychology 122 Professor Richard B. Davies Yr Athro Richard B. Davies Computer Science 60 Mathematics 102 Social Work and Social Policy 124 Vice-Chancellor Is-Ganghellor Criminal Justice and Criminology 64 Media and Communication Studies 104 Sport and Exercise Science 126 Cymraeg 66 Medicine 106 War and Society 128 Engineering 68 Welsh 130

11 Take a virtual tour of the campus and check out some of our facilities:

www.swansea.ac.uk/virtual-tour

A proud history an exciting vision

As a postgraduate student at Swansea University, you’ll Our collaborative research links with industry are among be part of a vibrant community that thrives on exploration the best in the UK, and our long history of working closely and discovery, and you’ll join researchers and academics with multinational organisations ensures that our These are exciting times for Swansea University, as we who are making a real impact on the health, wealth, postgraduate programmes equip you with practical “continue to progress towards our aspiration of being one of the culture, and well-being of our society. skills that meet employers’ needs.

In the latest (2008) Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) Research informs all academic and student-based activities top 200 universities in the world and our immediate goal of Swansea achieved the highest growth in world-leading across the University and a research culture characterised and international-quality research activity of any university by its vitality is pivotal to the future of the institution. becoming a top-30 research-led university in the UK by 2017. in the UK, with more than 90% of our academic staff By developing the University’s research portfolio, classed as research active, confirming our position as ” attracting and retaining the most talented researchers a truly research-intensive university. and postgraduates, and by working within and across Studying in a research-intensive university means that you disciplines, Swansea will continue to address the current and will benefit from the knowledge and skills of internationally future challenges that confront Wales and the wider world. Open Days renowned academics, many of whom lead their field. swanseauniversity Swansea Uni Now we stand at a critical point in our development as 12th November 2014 we move towards our centenary in 2020. Our new Our Academic Colleges house research clusters that bring Swansea University Swanseauni together research institutes, private companies, the public Bay Campus, opening in September 2015 is among 4th March 2015 and the third sector, and which build our capacity to lead the most exciting and ambitious projects in the UK higher 2nd June 2015 in new and emerging areas. education sector for decades. www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate Tel: +44 (0)1792 295358

2 3 Inspirational teaching and learning

We believe that learning should be as enjoyable We already use a wide range of methods and technologies, such as it is stimulating and challenging. as scenario simulations, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, and social networking, as well as delivering interactive lectures using Great Benefiting from our world-class research audience response systems known as “clickers”. minds don’t Our academic staff are research-active, which helps to keep our teaching alive, relevant and up-to-date. Being taught by You’ll also make regular use of our Blackboard virtual learning think alike the people who have written key texts for your course can be environment, which facilitates online learning and teaching. Through particularly memorable and inspirational. It also means that you Blackboard, you’ll have access to course materials, handouts, and learn about new theories and technologies as they are being lecture notes, as well as shared areas for group work, online developed and put into practice. discussions, and exchanging ideas with your fellow students. Our Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching was established Innovative learning and teaching in 2009 to provide the strategic advice and direction necessary to We’re always looking for innovative ways to add value to your ensure that we continue to offer an excellent learning experience, learning experience by using best practice to enhance the quality and that we make the most of emerging teaching technologies. of our teaching and giving you more opportunities to let us know what you think of how you’re taught.

The University’s development as an internationally recognised, research-intensive institution has been made possible through a commitment to nurturing an environment where scholarship thrives and where research can flourish.

4 5 Bay Campus Travelling to the Investing for a Bay Campus • 5 minutes from major UK roads The Bay Campus is a 65 acre, brand new • 10 minutes from train station brighter future development on the eastern approach into Swansea, • 15 minutes from Singleton Park Campus right on the beach! Students from the College of • Linked in to existing transport network – local, regional and national bus links Engineering and the School of Management • Campuses linked by National will be based here from September 2015. Cycle route 4 • Campus shuttle bus linking two The Singleton Park Campus and the Bay Campus will be closely linked in campuses every 15 minutes order to grow the strong Swansea University identity, maintain the outstanding student experience and support the ever-increasing, multidisciplinary research undertaken across the University.

Collaborative Research Facilities Campus Facilities What does • High-tech research laboratories • Auditorium seating 800 the Bay Campus • Innovation Hub and Engineering • Extensive catering provision mean for students? Manufacturing Centre co-locating industry • Mini market, launderette, cash points and College of Engineering research • Recreational sporting facilities • University and industry staff • Students’ Union facilities working together in shared space • Materials Research Centre – home of • Social spaces, offices, meeting rooms • Interaction with industry SMART. Materials testing centre to include • Beach access and beautiful public spaces testing for Rolls-Royce of new and existing • WiFi, internet access, and library • Industry development in shaping materials that are used in the aerospace with computers curriculum, projects and student and aero engine industries placements Student Residences • Global multinational companies • The Energy Safety Research Institute • Residences for 900 students mixing with local small to medium focuses on the safety issues surrounding • Standard, premium, twin and wheelchair the development of existing energy sized enterprises – increasing accessible rooms employability prospects processes, as well as safe deployment • One and two bed flats available and integration • Collegiate style buildings built around • Collaboration across all HEIs Academic and Teaching Provision internal courtyards and FEIs in Wales in developing a skills pipeline • College of Engineering • Social spaces on ground level of blocks • School of Management • Kitchen and catering facilities • Links with other industry, academic • Brand new lecture theatres and government supported ‘technology • Seminar and tutorial rooms centres’ in the UK • High-tech teaching and research laboratories • Library 6 7 Campus Development

Sept 2010 Sept 2012 Jan 2014 Sept 2015 On-going Refresh of Fulton House, Construction starts on First students move refurbishment of new shops and cafés open Data Science Building on into Bay Campus Singleton Park Campus on Singleton Park Campus Singleton Park Campus

April 2013 Sept 2015 2020 Start of work on Bay Campus University Centenary Bay Campus Opens – dual campus, in a park, by a beach

JunE 2014 2016 – 2018 First buildings completed Further development on Bay Campus of Bay Campus

Aug 2013 Steelwork on College of Engineering erected Nov 2011 on Bay Campus 2015 – 2020 Institute of Life On-going development of Science 2 opens on Singleton Park Campus Singleton Park Campus

Bay Campus – actual foundations May 2013 The Abbey, Singleton Park Campus Great Hall, Bay Campus Engineering Central, Bay Campus

88 9 Building your international networks Thinking about your future Swansea University’s Alumni Association ensures that you can stay closely connected to the University long after the applause of your graduation ceremony has faded. Our Helpdesk is based in the Library, and to us about our early stage funding and The sooner you start planning All our graduates automatically become life members of the Association, a warm, we have extensive information resources to business planning support to help ahead, the better prepared you’ll welcoming community of graduates united by their experiences of studying in Swansea. help you plan your future. Careers Advisers graduates to establish their own business. be to grab the job opportunities The Association is a vibrant network of over 60,000 active members who are Swansea University you want. This section will tell you are available Monday to Friday for working at every level in industry, commerce, sport and the public sector. has been awarded more about how we equip you guidance on any careers related issue, Making your degree relevant around the world for career success. and you’ll also find our website helpful: There is a growing community of international alumni, meaning that you will a 4 star rating for Employers in the UK understand the value find like-minded friends and colleagues wherever you are in the world. Our alumni employability Our long history of working with of a degree from a British university, but if www.swansea.ac.uk/careers regularly tell us that they benefit professionally and socially from relationships they have business, industry, commerce and the you decide to work in Europe or further forged through the Association. Many are actively supporting the next generation of public sector enables us to add real Keeping track of afield, how can you be sure that your students in the UK and overseas, helping them to decide what to study and how the value to your education. your development degree will be recognised no matter Swansea experience can have a life-changing impact on their careers. The Careers team works alongside our where in the world you end up? We listen closely to employers when they tell academic staff to provide personal us what skills and experiences they demand When you complete your studies, you’ll Through the Alumni Association, you can keep up-to-date with the latest University development planning for all students, of their graduate employees, and we tailor receive a Diploma Supplement, which news, attend reunions, and keep in touch with your friends using our social networks. ensuring that your employability is our courses to make sure that you gain the provides a detailed description of the For information about our Alumni Association, please visit: continuously improved throughout your professional and high-level skills that will nature, level, context, content, and status time at Swansea. www.swansea.ac.uk/alumni enable you to thrive in today’s increasingly of your course. It highlights the intellectual competitive world. Many of our courses are We’ll help you to identify and develop and practical skills you have acquired, accredited by professional bodies, offer a variety of skills that will enable you to enabling employers to see at a glance project placements with industry, and give make the most of your time at university, what you have achieved. you the opportunity to apply your knowledge and to get what you want from your Swansea was the first university in Wales in a practical setting. After all, developing career. You’ll then create and maintain to introduce the Diploma Supplements, your academic skills and love of scholarship an e-portfolio that documents the skills which have been developed by the is just one part of what we do. We’ll also you acquire, the personal qualities you European Commission. They are not a encourage you to gain as much practical develop, and the experiences that bring substitute for your CV, but they certainly experience as possible. your CV to life, from your involvement with add value to it. sport and societies, to the more formal We also pioneered the GO Wales work roles you might undertake in job placement scheme, which helps students Discovery – Student placements and volunteering. to find employment with local small- and Volunteering Swansea medium-sized companies, as well as public Do you want to gain valuable Stimulating entrepreneurship sector organisations, giving you the chance interpersonal, leadership, social, and Whilst you’re at Swansea you can take to improve your skills and career prospects. enterprise skills at the same time as helping advantage of many opportunities to other people to fulfil their potential? Careers and Employability Service learn and practise key business and If you are undecided about what you want entrepreneurship skills. You can: Discovery is a registered charity that has been established for over 40 years. It has to do after university, don’t worry. Whether • take part in seminars and workshops to hundreds of student volunteers who get you are interested in jobs, further study, learn from inspirational guest speakers involved with a wide range of projects voluntary work, or taking a year out, our from the private sector trained advisers are on hand to give you across the City of Swansea. • attend a masterclass to see how the the support and information you need. most successful entrepreneurs run and Discovery’s student-led initiatives bring new We can help you to: grow their businesses experiences and opportunities to some of • develop a portfolio of relevant skills, the region’s most disadvantaged groups, As a student, you’ll also have access to knowledge, and practical experience and help our students to appreciate and Did you know? Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), a • gain maximum benefit from job enhance their own personal development. The Careers and Employability Service is externally credited not-for-profit organisation active in over placements and vacation work For more information, please visit: by the Matrix quality standard for information, advice and 1,500 universities in 47 countries. SIFE guidance services. As part of Information Systems Services, • find term time jobs and other focuses on market economics, success www.swansea.ac.uk/discovery it has also received the Customer Service Excellence Award, opportunities to develop your skills skills, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, the Government’s customer service standard. • complete job applications and prepare environmental sustainability, and business for interview ethics. Getting involved could give your • secure suitable employment or further career a real boost. And if you’ve got a study opportunities after graduation great idea for a new venture, you can talk

10 11 How to apply

The quickest and most efficient way to apply for one Taught degree applications: of our postgraduate programmes is to apply online. Once we have received all the necessary supporting This way, you can also track your application at documentation, we aim to notify you of our decision (or issue an invitation for interview) within 10 working days from the date we each stage of the process. However, if you prefer, acknowledge receipt of your application. you can download a paper application: Research degree applications: www.swansea.ac.uk/applyonline We aim to make a decision within 4 to 6 weeks, depending on the additional information we require (for example, further details Postgraduate Admissions Office of your research proposal). Swansea University Singleton Park Interviews: Swansea The majority of programmes do not require an interview as part of SA2 8PP the selection process. If an interview is required, the purpose and format will be communicated to you by the College so you know Tel: +44 (0)1792 295358 what to expect and what role this plays in the overall selection Email: [email protected] process. Some courses (specifically English Language and Literature) require candidates to provide additional written A Welsh language application form is available on request. work to supplement an application. Non-Standard Application Process Please note that formal offers are only made by the University’s Some courses have different application processes. Please visit the Admissions Officer, following recommendations from the relevant A full list of English language requirements can be found at: website to find out the application process for your chosen course: academic department. Your offer letter will contain full details of www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/ the terms and conditions of the offer. If you are a candidate for Open Days www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply englishlanguagerequirements full-time study, you will also receive details of how to apply for Our Postgraduate Open Days will give you a feel for campus When we receive your application, our Admissions Tutors will: University accommodation. You may also like to know that the University has its own life and what you can expect from the Swansea experience. • make sure that you meet our entry requirements, as well as If you do not meet the precise conditions of our offer, your English Language Training Service (ELTS). Our Open Days for 2015/16 entry are: any other medical and non-academic requirements application may be reconsidered in light of available vacancies, www.swansea.ac.uk/elts and it may still be possible to confirm your place. • check that you have the experience and skills necessary Wednesday 12th November 2014 to study the subject If your application is unsuccessful, and you think we’ve got it Dates and deadlines Wednesday 4th March 2015 • look for evidence of your commitment and motivation, wrong, you can ask us to reconsider your application. Some of our departments have fixed closing dates for their taught and pay attention to your achievements Contact the Admissions Office for further details. programmes and/or research degrees. Please see the individual Tuesday 2nd June 2015 • take into account your references course entries for further information. We recommend that you submit What do you need? your application as early as possible, and preferably before 31 July • make sure that any resources and learning opportunities www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/open-days To study a postgraduate programme at Swansea you will normally for taught Master’s courses, in the year you wish to start your studies. you may require are available need an appropriate Honours degree or higher degree from a UK We will acknowledge receipt of your application via email university, or an equivalent qualification. Please see the course Enrolment within two working days. listings for full entry requirements. Information about the enrolment process will be sent to you in advance of the start of your studies. Enrolment for taught Our Admissions Policy If you have a disability, medical condition, or a specific learning Notes for international students programmes usually takes place in late September. Enrolment The University welcomes applications and enquiries from all people difficulty, we may ask the University’s Disability Officer or Director for We welcome applications by prospective students from around for research degrees takes place in late September, January, regardless of age, race, ethnic or national origin, religious or Occupational Health to interview you so we can be sure that we the world, and we are happy to advise you on whether your April and July. are able to give you the support you need throughout your studies. qualifications are suitable for entry to the course you would like to political beliefs, gender, sexual preference, marital status, family study. Please email us at: postgraduate.admissions@swansea. Please note that all students are required to comply with responsibility, and physical or sensory disability, unless these Following consideration by Admissions Tutors in the Academic ac.uk for further details. the University’s enrolment procedures and observe the activities are unlawful or contrary to University policy. Colleges, you will be informed whether: University’s General and Academic Regulations – please see: The University treats all applicants on their individual merits and • you are to be offered a place If English is not your first language you will need to submit www.swansea.ac.uk/registry 8 www.swansea.ac.uk/registry welcomes applications from candidates with a range of qualifications. • you are to be invited for interview evidence of a good command of English before starting your programme of study. • we are unable to offer you a place

You will receive either a conditional or unconditional offer from us, or we will inform you that we are unable to offer you a place. We will notify you of our decision by email.

12 13 Fees and Finance – funding your future

We commit to a significant If you would like more information on Swansea University Master’s Scholarships investment in postgraduate the fees payable for your particular Available to UK/EU students wishing to Great education. In 2013/14 over programme, please contact the Student pursue full- or part-time Master’s or one Finance Office on: year research programmes. In 2014 each minds don’t £5.5 million in scholarships award was worth £3,000 towards fees Tel: +44 (0)1792 602700 think alike and bursaries were available to (pro-rata for part-time). Email: [email protected] study postgraduate courses at Swansea University Alumni Bursary Swansea University. If you are self-financing your studies, Our Alumni Bursary is open to UK/EU you may arrange to pay your fee in graduates of Swansea University (including Over 250 Master’s scholarships were instalments. For details about how to pay those expecting to graduate) with at least awarded in 2014. Our Swansea your fees, please contact the Finance a 2:1 Honours degree. All taught master’s University Master’s Scholarships (UK/EU Department on: students) and International Excellence degrees (LLM, MA, MSc), the full Legal Scholarships (International students) alone Tel: +44 (0)1792 295001 Practice Course (taught entirely at are available to up to 150 well-qualified Email: [email protected] Swansea University) and the Graduate students across all academic schools. Diploma in Law are eligible. In 2014 Funding the bursary was worth £4,500 towards Scholarships and bursaries become As well as the scholarships and bursaries tuition fees. available throughout the year and we that Swansea University provides, advertise them on our website. You can postgraduate funding is available from International Excellence Scholarships be the first to know about funding numerous organisations, including In recognition of the high calibre of many opportunities we offer by visiting: research councils, government international students choosing to study at departments, industry and charities. Swansea University and to reward www.swansea.ac.uk/ Competition for this funding is often intense academic excellence, we have launched postgraduate/scholarships and we recommend that you start looking the prestigious International Excellence as early as possible. Many postgraduate Scholarships for postgraduate taught  Following us students fund their studies through ‘portfolio courses. These scholarships are open to @SwanseaPostgrad funding’ in which they gather funds from a students from a range of non-EU countries. variety of sources. Examples of the types International Alumni Postgraduate Like us of funding available include: www.facebook.com/ Bursary Scheme SwanseaPostgrad Research studentships Students from non-EU countries who have These are available to students wishing to successfully completed an undergraduate Tuition fees pursue full-time research studies in selected or postgraduate taught degree at Tuition fees are dictated by your year subject areas. These studentships can Swansea University will be considered of study, the type of course you are cover the UK/EU tuition fee level and for a bursary (dependent on subject area) undertaking and your country of domicile. provide an annual maintenance grant. towards postgraduate tuition fees. The You will be asked to pay your fees, or scheme is open to eligible candidates show evidence of sponsorship, before or Some of our research studentships are applying for a taught or research degree during enrolment. funded by Research Councils UK (public at Swansea University. bodies that fund academic research within College and Department scholarships You will find the tuition fees detailed for the UK). There are seven Research and bursaries the degree you wish to study at: Councils, and each offers studentships to Many of our academic Colleges and support postgraduate study. The funding is Schools also offer additional scholarships  www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate advertised by the University and you apply and bursaries for taught and research /fees-and-funding/fees directly to the University. The Admissions Did you know? programmes. Tutor for your programme should be able You can find alternative funding sources on our website at: Tuition fees are subject to annual to provide further information about this www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-and-funding/alternativesourcesoffunding increases and the new rates are funding if it is available. published on our website as soon as they become available. www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-and-funding/alternativesourcesoffunding

14 15 Professional and Career Development Loans (PCDLs) PCDLs are offered by a small number of high street banks for students on taught master’s degrees. You may be able to borrow between £300 – £10,000 and the Government pays your interest while you study.

For further information, please visit:

www.direct.gov.uk/pcdl

Charities, Foundations and Trusts A large number of charities, foundations and trusts, award funding for postgraduate study. Details can be found in The Grants Register (published by Palgrave Macmillan) and The Directory of Grant Making Trusts (published by the Charities Aid Foundation), both of which should be available in your university careers service and local library.

Earn while you learn There are plenty of part-time jobs to be found in and around Swansea, and our careers team has information on a wide range of opportunities for temporary and part-time work, as well as summer placements and internships. For further information, please visit:

www.swansea.ac.uk/careers

Money advice and support The Money Advice and Support Office provide guidance on all areas of student funding, including:

• grants, loans, bursaries and welfare benefits • helping you to manage your money • supporting care leavers • hardship funds • helping you to draw up a realistic budget • debt advice

Tel: +44 (0)1792 606699 Email: [email protected]

Support for care leavers We administer and deliver the Care Leavers Support Package, a comprehensive range of measures to help care leavers settle in and focus on their studies. A £500 Bursary is available to Care Leavers at postgraduate level, should the relevant criteria be met. Our commitment to student support is recognised by the Buttle UK Quality Mark for Care Leavers in Higher Education.

Swansea University Hardship Fund Where you can provide evidence that you have made adequate provision to cover your tuition fees and living costs but have encountered unforeseen difficulties, you can apply for a grant from the Swansea University Hardship Fund.You can apply to the Fund at any point during the academic year, including the summer vacation. The Fund is discretionary and means tested, it is available to all UK and EU students.

International Crisis Fund We have also established a small fund to provide emergency assistance for international students who face financial difficulties not anticipated at the start of the course, and not within their control.

16 17 Our International Community

Since its foundation in 1920, Developing your language skills Affordable, comfortable housing Swansea University has If you think you need to improve your Swansea enjoys a lower cost of living embraced opportunities to English language skills before starting your than many parts of the UK, and this studies, or if you need support with the includes the cost of our accommodation. think globally. The vibrant mix English language while studying with us, Our residences offer a range of single, of nationalities and cultures our English Language Training Services en suite rooms and shared houses, on campus greatly enriches (ELTS) offers a range of British Council providing independent living in a our learning and teaching accredited programmes to help you relaxed, community environment. All our environment. achieve your academic goals. accommodation gives you access to the wireless network, and a telephone and We offer: We understand the type of support our internet connection point. Residence tutors • a full-time, year-round English language international students need to help them are on hand to offer practical advice and programme for students who need to settle into student life in a new country. assistance out of hours. improve their language skills before Swansea’s International starting their studies Our accommodation commitment Student Advisory Service If you accept your offer of a place to study As an international student at Swansea • an English for University Studies with us by 30th June, you’ll be guaranteed University, you (and your family) will programme that focuses on general a place in University residences. benefit from the information, advice and English language skills, exam support offered by our International preparation, and English for academic For more information about the range of Student Advisory Service (ISAS). purposes. It also introduces you to British accommodation available, see page 34. culture and studying in the British Higher You can use ISAS as a resource centre to Education system Supporting your faith find out about issues such as working in The campus-based Chaplaincy Centre is • free academic English support the UK, driving, healthcare, and obtaining provided by a team of six chaplains from classes for all enrolled full-time visas to travel to other countries, or just to the Anglican (Church in Wales), Baptist, international students. keep in touch with other international Greek Orthodox, Methodist, Roman students in Swansea. ISAS can also For further information, please contact the Catholic, and United Reformed Church. help you if you need to extend your English Language Training Services (ELTS): They work together to support the spiritual UK student visa. life of the University community, regardless Tel: +44 (0)1792 295391 Welcoming you to the UK of race, status or faith. For further information, please contact the Email: [email protected] We run a Meet and Greet service from London’s International Student Advisory Service: or visit the website at: We’re one of the few universities in the UK Heathrow Airport, and provide all new international students with a full orientation programme to help Tel: +44 (0)1792 602000 to have a mosque on campus, and we www.swansea.ac.uk/elts them get to know the University, Swansea, and the Email: [email protected] were proud to win the UK’s Best Mosque region. There’s more information about our support or visit the website at: Provision award from the Federation of Islamic Students. for new students at: www.swansea.ac.uk/isas www.swansea.ac.uk/international

Data sources: PTES Benchmarking 2014

Swansea develop learn 89% Success 87% 89% You’re 81% 84% of students agree that their course of students agree that their of students find their hired of students feel better prepared of students agree that their has enhanced their academic ability research skills have developed course intellectually for their future career as a course has challenged them during their course stimulating result of their course to produce their best work

18 19 International College Wales Swansea

International College Wales Swansea (ICWS) is part The Pre-Master’s programme will: of the global Navitas Group, an internationally • help you develop fundamental knowledge and an understanding recognised education provider with the knowledge of the basic principles relevant to your particular degree and resources of staff in more than 50 different • help you develop numerical techniques, research methodologies colleges and campuses worldwide. and ICT, presentation and communication skills • help you develop your intellectual and practical skills building to ICWS offers academic pathways in partnership with Swansea a set of transferable skills that will support you in your onward University that lead to undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. academic studies/careers and decision-making Our unique approach to education transforms international students • ensure you have attained the prescribed level of interdisciplinary into Swansea University graduates and lifelong learners. Innovative language competence courses are delivered by highly qualified teachers in a modern, dynamic environment, supported by our friendly support team. Master’s The Master’s degree is stage two of the postgraduate pathway, Postgraduate Pathways and is taught by Swansea University. A postgraduate pathway is a single course comprising two stages The ICWS postgraduate pathway is designed for students who: of study. Successful completion of both stages leads to a Master’s • Require additional English language training degree from Swansea University. • Come from an academic background different to that of the UK Pre-Master’s and do not meet university direct-entry requirements This is stage one of the postgraduate pathway. It is one or • Have been away from studies for a period of time two semesters long, depending on your chosen pathway. This • Are looking to fine-tune skills already gained during programme is available in the areas of; Engineering, Health and their undergraduate studies or employment Child Development, Business Management, Accounting and Finance, and Computer Science. Designed to prepare international students who have not qualified for direct entry to Swansea University Master’s degrees, the Pre-Master’s programme allows you to adjust to the rigorous research and independent study The language of instruction at ICWS is English. To attain entry into the postgraduate pathway you must be able to demonstrate you requirements of a postgraduate degree. have a suitable level of English proficiency. You can do this by obtaining one of the results shown in the table below.

Postgraduate Pathway Course Duration IELTS (minimum requirement)

Stage 1 2 or 3 semesters 5.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill) with Pre-sessional semester (depending on programme) Pre-Master’s Stage 1 1 or 2 semesters 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each skill) University Pre-Master’s (depending on programme)

We also accept Pearson’s Test of English – Academic, or other For further information, and for details of the academic entry equivalent qualifications. Please contact our Admissions Office requirements and tuition fees, please contact ICWS: at: [email protected] for further details. Tel: +44 (0)1792 602888 Email: [email protected] If you do not meet the English language requirement for direct www.swansea.ac.uk/icws entry to your chosen pathway, you can receive the required amount of English language tuition (up to a maximum of three semesters) to prepare you for successful entry at a later date. You can start an English Language course in October, January, April or June. The English language training is provided by Swansea University’s English Language Training Services (ELTS).

www.swansea.ac.uk/elts

20 21 Go Further

Study and Work Abroad We have teaching and research links with more than 100 As more and more businesses recruit from a partner universities around the world, from Europe, Asia global pool of talent, we’re finding new ways and Australasia, to North and South America. Many links have been established by individual Academic Colleges and to help you stand out from the crowd, no Departments, so you should speak with your Department to matter where in the world you’re from, and we discuss the opportunities that are available to you. encourage all our students to take advantage of opportunities to gain experience of new Check out all our international opportunities at: countries and cultures. www.swansea.ac.uk/gofurther

Studying and working abroad: • rewards you with an international outlook that employers value • helps you to gain confidence and become more self-reliant • gives you the independence and initiative that will give you the best possible start to your career

Working abroad Meet our student bloggers You may be able to arrange your own paid or voluntary Experience living and studying in Swansea. work placement overseas. In principal, we are happy to studentblogs.swan.ac.uk support all opportunities to gain international experience, but the placement will need to be approved by the year Programmes and destinations vary year on year. Some abroad coordinator for your course. Placements in most examples of recent programmes are shown here. Please see parts of Europe may also be eligible for support from the the website for current details: Erasmus programme. www.swansea.ac.uk/summerprogrammes Summer programmes Erasmus Mundus Master’s degrees Swansea University has developed a portfolio of summer Erasmus Mundus is the EU programme that offers programmes in conjunction with overseas partners to suit scholarships to allow students to follow Master’s or Doctoral every taste. Our summer programmes offer students the programmes at two or more European universities, leading opportunity to gain valuable experience abroad during the language and culture at one of our For further information about any of to the award of an internationally recognised joint, double Study Chinese – in China summer holidays on structured, educational and fun trips. partner universities. these opportunities, please contact the or multiple degree. Swansea University is a partner in two We offer students the opportunity to These programmes are suited to those students who are not International Development Office: Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree schemes, in learn Mandarin Chinese alongside able to go abroad as part of their degree, or for those who Even if you can’t commit to the China Computational Mechanics, and Journalism, Media their degree. If you choose to take the Tel: +44 (0)1792 606850 prefer to spend shorter periods away. trip, we recommend that you sign up extracurricular language classes in and Globalisation. for the language classes. China has a Email: [email protected] Current programmes include study, work and volunteer Swansea, you may also have the chance strong influence on the global economy, programmes in Africa, America, Asia and Europe. www.swansea.ac.uk/international/ to spend up to four weeks in China so being able to speak the language opportunities/study-and-work-abroad during the summer, studying Chinese We have sent hundreds of students abroad over recent will boost your job prospects. years. They have had life changing experiences which they are happy to share with you through their pictures, videos, and blogs.

22 23 Your Journey of Discovery Cafes, culture – and breath-taking countryside

– continues right here Modern and cosmopolitan with its waterfront For leisure and entertainment, local venues include the LC2, development, café quarters and thriving student home to the Boardrider, the world’s first deep water standing population, Swansea is also steeped in tradition, wave machine. The 20,250 seat Liberty Stadium is home to culture and character. Swansea City FC and The Ospreys rugby team, and also hosts major pop and rock concerts. Whether you’re living on or off campus, you’re always within easy reach of the City’s great leisure facilities and And if you love film, look no further than Swansea’s buzzing nightlife. Choose from a variety of pubs, clubs and state-of-the-art 12-screen Vue cinema and the Odeon Cinema bars on Swansea’s famous Wind Street, enjoy the social complex, which also houses a ten-pin bowling alley. atmosphere in the vibrant and popular Uplands area of the City, or soak up a more earthy vibe in one of the many excellent live music venues – you’ll soon feel a part of Swansea’s social scene. Study & live by the sea

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YOU’LL ALSO FIND... NOTHING IS TOO FAR AWAY There’s a frequent bus service, an extensive network of traffic-free cycle paths, and good coach, rail, and motorway connections THE CITY CENTRE AND QUADRANT THE TOWER When you choose to continue your university Our campus lifestyle fosters a welcoming, cosmopolitan SHOPPING CENTRE Wales’ tallest building community that offers something for everyone. Then there’s – and a pub at the top! SWANSEA’S FAMOUS education, you’re embarking on a new adventure Home to a wide range of independent retailers our location, which gives you the best of every world: and a career-enhancing experience. and major high street stores. UNDERCOVER MARKET we’re situated in rolling parkland on the majestic three-mile Unbeatable for fresh produce and We believe that postgraduate study at Swansea should be sweep of Swansea Bay, and within easy reach of the local seafood an inspiring experience which offers great rewards. Our bustling city of Swansea. taught courses and research programmes are carried out ALL THE MAIN SUPERMARKETS in a dynamic, challenging and intellectual environment When you choose to study at Swansea University, you not Tesco, Co-op, Lidl and with the support and guidance of leading academics. You only become part of an ambitious, research-led institution but you also benefit from living in the one of the UK’s most Sainsbury’s are closest to the THE MARITIME QUARTER will have opportunities to be part of developments in your University in the City Centre field and contribute to projects that break boundaries and naturally beautiful regions. It’s no wonder many of our A breezy venue for marina scenery, sailing, lead discovery. graduates choose to stay here long after their studies. exhibitions, pubs and places to eat

24 25

Swansea CAMARTHENSHIRE “GARDEN OF WALES” Out and about

You’ll discover that Swansea and the Gower encompass the best of all worlds, balancing exciting city living with a Swansea Our Bay Campus is situated natural paradise just a stone’s throw from your front door. Our Singleton Park Campus is right on the beach on the situated in acres of tranquil parkland CITY CENTRE sweep of Swansea Bay

THE GOWER Worm’s Head PENINSULA 19 miles of dramatic and picturesque coastline at Rhossili – is ideal for the great escape when you need HALF AN HOUR AWAY a break from lectures and the library voted “the most romantic place to see a sunset in the UK” by readers of Country Living magazine MUMBLES the fishing village of Mumbles on the southern tip of Swansea Bay is a real gem – chill out in one of the popular village pubs or sample some award-winning local ice-cream Three Cliffs Bay FIFTEEN MINUTES AWAY reached the finals of ITV’s “Britain’s Best View” If you want to venture off campus, you can: The surrounding area is also worth exploring. Within just a few miles you’ll find: • visit the Dylan Thomas Centre, which hosts an annual Dylan Thomas Festival, regular poetry evenings and • Carmarthenshire – the “Garden of Wales” performances that are open to all • “Waterfall country” – the Vales of Afan and Neath • make the most of Swansea’s Grand Theatre’s Arts Wing, a • the wild, mountainous beauty of the Brecon Beacons popular comedy and jazz venue, with two exhibition areas, some of the UK’s best surfing is clean, award-winning beaches a rooftop bar and café, and a 120-seat performance space • medieval castles and historic monuments just around the corner, and the – including five “Blue Flag” • explore the National Waterfront Museum, which preserves • Singleton Park houses the annual “Escape in the Park” beaches – that have featured in new 360 watersports centre is Wales’ rich industrial and maritime heritage, or Wales’ just a short walk from campus national television campaigns oldest museum, the Swansea Museum, which houses treasures from Swansea’s past

26 27 Your Union: Working for you

Swansea University’s Students’ Get involved Supporting you Union will be at the heart of your The Students’ Union has over one hundred Your safety and well-being is paramount. student experience from the societies and sports clubs. From amnesty The Students’ Union runs an advice centre and aikido to real ale and rowing. You’re offering guidance on matters such as moment you arrive until the day bound to find something that matches your finance and housing, consumer protection you graduate. interests, and you’ll certainly get the and course-related difficulties. People view student life in different ways support you need to be involved in Day nursery but everybody agrees on one thing: it’s practically anything you can think of. Based in a convenient location on what you make it. You can be confident Getting involved in societies can also Campus, the Students’ Union Nursery that the Union work hard to represent boost your employability: the skills you provides professional childcare at your voice, give you the opportunities gain from running events, organising subsidised prices for students. The Nursery you need, and ensure your safety and people, holding positions of responsibility, can offer places to children aged three welfare as a student. They also bring or managing budgets will add real value months to eight years of age. students together through the excellent to your CV. You could also represent your social calendar you’d expect of such a fellow students as a Course Representative. Tel: +44 (0) 1792 513151 vibrant community. Again, you will gain valuable skills that Email: [email protected] employers will recognise. When you become a student at Swansea Into sport? University, you automatically become a Social Swansea Sport forms a massive part of the student member of the Students’ Union, which is Do you like the sound of regular great experience at Swansea and has lots to The current sports clubs that affiliated to the National Union of nights out in the heart of Swansea City’s offer for anyone wanting to get involved Students. The Union is student-led and has the Students’ Union offers are: clubbing district? How about an Annual for fun or for competition. a strong track record in bringing students Summer Ball and a Christmas Snowball, together on the issues that matter. There is a Sports Officer and a highly as well as organised theme nights and dedicated administration team working to sports nights? Swansea Student’s Union is Make yourself heard fulfil the needs of all sporting students. This big on giving you a good time whether it’s The Students’ Union has seven full-time is coupled with the fantastic facilities that aikido american football a night on the town or in our on-campus elected officers and a number of volunteer the University has to offer. part-time elected officers to represent you nightclub, or relaxing in our student bars archery badminton and coffee shops, you’ll find a venue to at every level, from University committee Currently we have over 40 teams suit your mood. basketball body boarding meetings to national demonstrations. competing in the BUCS (British University and Colleges Sports) league on a boxing canoe cheerleading You will also have plenty of opportunities www.swansea-union.co.uk Wednesday, travelling all over England, to get your voice heard through our Scotland and Wales, and a further cricket equestrian football fortnightly newspaper Waterfront, the Ents 30-40 clubs competing in regular BUCS Get magazine, our website and our very own fencing golf hiking hockey tournaments and events. radio station: jitsu judo karting karate involved www.xtreme.org kickboxing kitesurfing lacrosse lifesaving mountain biking mountaineering We do so much to make sure you love your Student life in Swansea. Whether you get involved in our subject rep system, our clubs or societies, or even becoming netball pool rowing rugby a part time officer it’s a great place to be. As a Union we work towards ensuring league rugby union running everyone can have their voices heard so if you have a project or campaign idea you can get in touch and work with us. We’re here to welcome you to Swansea, support sailing snowriders squash you through your studies and make sure you make memories to last a lifetime. sub aqua surf swimming Ceinwen Cloney, President, tae kwon do tennis triathlon Swansea University Students’ Union ultimate frisbee windsurfing

28 29 Think Sport...... Think Swansea Get Here at Swansea we pride ourselves on our dedication and commitment to sport and active involved living. The University’s sports department ‘Sport Swansea’ encompasses all areas of sport and recreation, welcoming every level of sporting ability.

Swansea is the Welsh Capital for Sport and Swansea University is proud to be a true sporting university. Whether you devote your life to sport or enjoy a recreational approach, Swansea University encourages sporting activity at every level.

Our unparalleled natural environment and state-of- the-art facilities make Swansea the obvious choice for fitness and well-being alongside your studies.

Our facilities were instrumental in helping athletes to achieve their dreams at the London 2012 Olympics, and beyond. We have strong links with the GB Swimming squad who use our facilities for training. Swansea City FC and professional rugby regions, the Ospreys and the Scarlets, also have training bases with us.

I moved to Swansea for the degree programme as much as for the facilities, but of course it was ideal to be so close to the“ Wales National Pool Swansea. The University was really supportive in helping me to balance my studies with training and competing.

Swimmer Liz Johnson struck Gold at the Paralympic Games in Beijing. She graduated from Swansea in Business Management and Finance in 2007

30 31 Varsity The Welsh Varsity Challenge is the biggest student Many students have gone on to represent and event in Wales, and is the second largest of the gain contracts with semi-professional and British Varsity Games, behind the Oxford/ professional clubs on the back of great Cambridge game. Varsity sees Swansea and performances in the Welsh Varsity match. Sport – set your goals... Cardiff Universities competing in over 25 different sports, from basketball, rowing, golf, and hockey Previous teams fielded by Swansea University to fencing, squash, and ulitimate frisbee. The have included Welsh internationals Alun-Wyn For students who take their sport seriously, it’s always refreshing to find competition culminates in the showpiece rugby Jones, Richie Pugh and Dwayne Peel. To date, a university that shares their commitment and ambitions. But we’re just match, which in 2014 took place in front of a Swansea has won eleven of the sixteen Varsity crowd of 15,000 at the home of Welsh rugby, rugby matches, drawing once. as serious about promoting sport for all – whatever your level. the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. www.welshvarsity.com

Beach and Watersports Our £20 million Sports Village is home to: Located on the foreshore, at the very heart of • Wales National Pool Swansea • multipurpose sports hall Varsity is always a massive Swansea Bay, 360 Beach and Watersports offers a – a 50-metre pool and 25-metre • rugby pitches variety of sporting activities and training opportunities fixture attracting superb support “warm-up” pool • football pitches from“ University students and alumni. including kite surfing, paddle boarding, kayaking, • fully equipped UniGym with over beach volleyball and more. This, together with the • cricket squares Swansea’s successful record to date Wales National Pool and our coastal environment, 80 fitness stations • tennis courts shows the passion and preparation means Swansea has one the best water sports • indoor training centre that the University shows at each offerings of any British University. • all-weather pitches • climbing wall Varsity fixture. • five-a-side courts • physiotherapy suite and sports • lacrosse pitch massage facilities Rugby Player Alun-Wyn Jones • eight-lane athletics track Wales, British and Irish Lions, Ospreys, and Swansea graduate 32 33 Make yourself at home

When you choose to continue Living in the Student Village Finding the perfect private your studies with a postgraduate Approximately two miles from campus is the sector home qualification, selecting a course Hendrefoelan Student Village. The Village If you’d prefer to live off campus, you’ll be provides self-catering accommodation and pleased to know that there’s a good supply is just one part of choosing the shared facilities in flats and houses of of quality private sector student houses and place where you will live, study, varying sizes. If you choose to live in the flats in Swansea. Our letting agency, and call home. Village, you will have your own room at an Student Accommodation Services (SAS) affordable rate that compares favourably manage an online, searchable database, Postgraduate accommodation is provided with private sector accommodation. Studentpad, which allows you to locate on a fixed, 51-week basis at four available student housing in the area and residences: Bay Campus, Caswell The Student Village is mainly home to is an invaluable tool that takes the effort out Residence on Singleton Park Campus, undergraduate students, but a designated of house-hunting. Beck House in the nearby Uplands area, area for postgraduates offers rooms in flats and at Hendrefoelan Student Village. sharing kitchen and bathroom facilities. Applying for accommodation We are also able to offer some designated Student life at the Village is sociable, Apply for accommodation online as soon postgraduate flats on a 40-week tenancy supportive and you will benefit from: as you have an offer of a place to study at the Student Village. • The Wonky Sheep, the on-site bar at the University. Living on campus • a convenience shop For full details about our residences, and Living in one of our student residences • a regular bus service during term-time** the support we can provide to help you A home on either Singleton Park or Bay Campus • hard surface sports pitch settle in quickly, please visit our website at: puts you right at the centre of university from home Due to exciting new University www.swansea.ac.uk/accommodation life. Areas have been set aside for developments; residences information postgraduate students– ideal for helping about Hendrefoelan Student Village will or contact Residential Services: you to settle into student life quickly and change over the 2015/16 academic Tel: +44 (0)1792 295101 easily. Self-catering accommodation year. Please check our website for Email: [email protected] comprises fully-furnished, en suite rooms up-to-date information. in flats of eight students, sharing a kitchen House Hunting and dining area. Family accommodation New postgraduate students looking for at Beck House private-sector accommodation can attend Campus facilities include: We have a number of family flats at our our summer House Hunting event. This • Shops designated quiet residence, Beck House, two-day event is dedicated to helping • Bars approximately a mile from campus in the postgraduates find both housemates and • Restaurants popular student area of Uplands. Due to shared accommodation in Swansea. • Launderette the 51-week tenancies, Beck For details see: accommodates mainly postgraduate www.swansea.ac.uk/ In addition, Singleton Park Campus has: students. Beck has standard rooms with postgraduate/househunting What will I be charged? • University health centre shared bathrooms and en suite rooms in • Dental surgery flats with shared kitchens. For couples and The rent you pay will depend on the residence and room you choose. You may also like to check out our online • Post Office families, there are self-contained flats that database of private accommodation: Residence Type of Room Weekly rent* • Book shop comprise one, two, or three bedrooms, • Taliesin Arts Centre a sitting room, kitchen and a bathroom. www.swanseastudentpad.co.uk/ Student Village Standard £82 – £87 • Bank Accommodation Singleton Park Campus En suite £120 – £125

Bay Campus En suite £123 – £133

Key points to note about our residences: Beck House Standard £90 – £95 • our rooms have free wireless internet access En suite £105 – £115 • rooms are single occupancy only (exception being Beck House family flats and a small number of twin rooms on the Bay Campus) Family Flat £150 – £177 • adapted rooms are available for students with special requirements, including wheelchair users – contact the Disability Office for further information Private housing Standard £60 – £75 (excludes utility costs) • a regular bus service during term-time • Welfare Wardens in residence • 24/7 launderette facilities **Local bus fares apply *Accommodation fees shown are the 2014/15 fees and intended as a guide only. Please refer to the website for up-to-date information. 34 35 Swansea was the first Fairtrade university in Wales. Where to eat “You’ll find Fairtrade products in all our catering outlets, which is helping to secure better prices, decent working We operate a range of catering • The Venue (Fulton House) – serving • Café Glas (Institute of Life Science) conditions, and fair terms of trade for farmers and Look pasta, meat, and fish dishes, freshly – Starbucks® coffee shop that also outlets on both campuses. Each workers in the developing world. out for our has a distinctive image and style prepared salads and vegetables, hot does excellent speciality cakes and cold desserts and our budget of food, from light lunches and • Callaghan’s (James Callaghan theme busting daily meal deals ” baguettes to traditional British building) – Starbucks® coffee shop • Fusion Café (Fulton House) – with a mouth-watering selection of fayre, Indian, Mexican, Spanish nights serving traditional and healthy speciality breads served with and Chinese meals, and tempting breakfasts, hot and cold food and contemporary fillings pasta dishes. drinks all day long. Look out for • Costa@Emily Phipps (Hendrefoelan) Fusion’s popular theme nights All our outlets have a choice of vegetarian – offering a wide selection of hot options. Look out for our theme nights, • Taliesin (Taliesin Arts Centre) and cold foods with a selection of Welsh food festival and our version of – Delicious homemade pizza, pasta, speciality coffees and cold drinks Ready Steady Cook! So, when you’re fed ploughman’s lunch, locally made quiche, • Costcutter – a well-stocked up of cooking and washing up, head for: sandwiches and wraps as well as supermarket right at the heart homemade soup, specialty coffee and • Blas (Fulton House) – serving freshly of Singleton Park Campus handmade cakes prepared noodles, speciality filled There will be a range of brand new breads and a great selection of salads • Costa@Café Hoffi Coffi (Library) catering facilities on offer at the Bay and beverages – a great place to unwind with Campus. Please visit our website for your friends over a coffee and a • JCs (Fulton House) – our new gastro updates: delicious muffin pub menu with all the traditional favourites cooked to order www.swansea.ac.uk/ campus-development

Catering with a Conscience Did you know? Swansea was the first Fairtrade university in Wales. The University’s Flexible Diners Card is a You’ll find Fairtrade products in all our catering simple, no fuss way of paying for your outlets, which is helping to secure better prices, decent working conditions, and fair terms of trade meals in any of our catering outlets. You can for farmers and workers in the developing world. top up the card at any time, and your credit We’re committed to using locally sourced produce is valid for the whole academic year. wherever possible, ensuring local sustainability for the region’s businesses. We also grow our own herbs which are picked and used daily. We’re approved by the Vegetarian Society, and have been awarded the highest level in food safety which is fully endorsed by the Food Standards Agency. For more information, including our Sustainability and Fairtrade policies please visit our website at:

www.swansea.ac.uk/catering

36 37 Library and Information Centre

Located in the heart of the campus, our library building contains a wide range of resources to help you get the most out of your studies. For further information, please visit our website at: longest opening hours of any OPEN university library in Wales 450 for you to use whenever www.swansea.ac.uk/iss PCs the Library is open

opening during exams 24 hrs and the Summer term Over 800,000 books, journals and newspapers and other open for over 110 h r s printed materials, as well as videos, dvds and a wide range of software applications. a week during term time, including Sundays

We currently provide: • one-to-one support to connect your • a range of silent and group • in-depth advice and guidance from laptop or PC to our wireless network study areas friendly and helpful staff • self-issue and self-return facilities to • dedicated facilities for students • photocopiers, scanners, and printers save you time with special needs • courses on how to make best use of our services and resources

Learning resources Our student network gives you: You can be confident that you’ll get great service – we’re one of a small • free Internet access number of university libraries and ICT services in the UK to have • a personal email account and filestore achieved the Customer Service Excellence award. • access to the online library catalogue The library is managed by Information Services and Systems who • the opportunity to renew and reserve books on loan also manage the IT network that you will use throughout your time at • access to thousands of electronic journal articles Swansea, including the wireless network that covers most buildings on the Singleton Park Campus, and all our student accommodation • a facility to search networked information databases (including Hendrefoelan and Beck House). • an easy way to keep in touch with tutors and other students

The campus computer system is linked to the outside world via the • access to Virtual Learning Environment (BlackBoard) high-speed JANET network. In many respects, we’re at the forefront of • easy access to administrative functionality exploring the capability of such networks to deliver multimedia, video, including enrolment and other technologies that are increasingly integral to modern teaching • dedicated postgraduate study area and learning practices.

If you have your own laptop you can connect it to the University’s Swansea University wireless network. We also have around 100 laptops available to loan. has been awarded a 5 star rating for facilities There are over 1,800 PCs for student use at Swansea University. That’s a ratio of roughly one PC for every six students.

38 39 Professional support, Medical facilities Your faith Taking care of your welfare when you need it There is an NHS medical practice and a The campus-based Chaplaincy Centre is We’ve put in place a wide range of dental surgery open to students on provided by a team of six chaplains from Whether you have a general enquiry, a specific Before you apply, you should: measures to ensure that you receive the campus. If you live in University the Anglican (Church in Wales), Baptist, • contact the staff at the Disability Office well before you submit support you need throughout your studies. accommodation, you will need to register Greek Orthodox, Methodist, Roman problem, or you just need to talk things through, the with a Swansea General Practitioner Catholic, and United Reformed Church. Student Services reception is a good place to start. your application to let us know what you are thinking of studying In particular, we: and what your particular needs might be. We can explain how within two weeks of arrival. They work together to support the spiritual • work with you to tailor a flexible We offer a ‘one-stop-shop’ to provide all students the University will support you, and can arrange for you to have life of the University community, regardless programme of support appropriate to If you are not living in University with the information, advice, and support they need. a private, exploratory tour of the campus of race, status or faith. your needs accommodation, we advise you to register with a GP in Swansea when We’re one of the few universities in the • declare your disability, condition, or specific need as early as • can organise notetakers, mentors, Disability Office you arrive. UK to have a mosque which is located possible – there is space on the UCAS form to provide relevant readers, and specialist tutors Supporting our disabled students information. If you would prefer not to submit information in this on our Singleton Park Campus, and we If you have a disability, medical condition, or other specific need, • liaise with the Examinations Office or way, please write directly to the Disability Office Wellbeing Services were proud to win the UK’s Best Mosque there is no reason why your university experience should be any your teaching department if you need As a student, you may find it quite Provision award from the Federation of different from anyone else’s, and we welcome your application During the application cycle, you may be invited for an informal additional time or support to complete challenging to manage the new pressures Islamic Students. to study at Swansea. meeting with the Disability Office staff. This will give us an assessments and stresses associated with University opportunity to assess your needs and plan for your admission, and • have a team of specialist tutors, who whilst adapting to lifestyle and Ensuring equality of opportunity you will be able to judge for yourself whether Swansea is the right provide information and advice, as well environment changes. Wellbeing Services Swansea University is a cosmopolitan, place for you. as tips on study skills and relaxation supports students experiencing distress campus-based community that encourages • have a purpose-designed Assessment arising from psychological, emotional or applications from students from all Centre that offers a comprehensive mental health issues and is available to backgrounds. As a student, you can be service to identify and assess your support you at any point in your confident that you live and study in an needs academic journey. Services offered educational environment that supports include: initial drop-in sessions to talk equality of opportunity for all, and that • can help you to apply for funding over your concerns; groups and you will not be subjected to any form of from your local funding body or other Did you know? workshops (e.g. presentation anxiety); discrimination or harassment. We require organisations The Department of Student Services has support with mental health issues and our staff, students, and suppliers to Most buildings on our fairly flat and counselling. Many students who have cooperate in order to help promote been accredited as meeting the Matrix compact campus are modern and previously experienced mental health equality. We adhere to the Equality Act Quality Standard for information equipped with ramped access, lifts, and difficulties have found it helpful to contact 2010 which requires us to eliminate advice and guidance services. accessible toilets. Tactile paving has been the Service as soon as possible after their unlawful discrimination and to promote the laid on all major paths, and a significant arrival on campus. equality of opportunity and good relations number of study bedrooms in the campus between people of different groups. The support offered is flexible and residences have been adapted for designed to suit your particular needs. students with mobility difficulties. Fire You may want someone to liaise with your Other services alarms for the hearing impaired have GP or Community Mental Health Team or • Facilities for the visually impaired are exceptional. We offer also been installed. with your Academic College/School to mobility training and the Swansea University Transcription help ensure you have any reasonable and Centre can provide materials (in the main European languages) Get in touch appropriate adjustments made. It might be in a range of formats, including Braille, audio, large print, For more information about the support helpful for you to attend a workshop or to electronic text and tactile diagrams for disabled students. on offer, contact the Disability Office: engage in counselling to explore The Centre is one of only five university-based transcription particular concerns or issues. In certain services in the UK, and the only one in Wales Tel: +44 (0)1792 602000 Fax: +44 (0)1792 295090 situations you may be offered a • Students with personal care needs are advised to contact Email: [email protected] professional mentor to help you achieve the Disability Office to discuss their requirements your full potential. The Service offered is www.swansea.ac.uk/disability-office confidential, friendly and professional. • The University’s library has a team of subject librarians on hand to help you to get the most out of your studies, and offers a Tel: +44 (0)1792 295592 “fetch from shelf” service, face-to-face reading, and specialist Email: [email protected] IT facilities www.swansea.ac.uk/wellbeing • Every PC on the University network gives you access to specialist software, such as Inspiration Mind Mapping software, and Text Help Read and Write Gold for students with specific learning difficulties. We also have copies of SuperNova for visually impaired/blind students

40 41 RESEARCH DEGREES Which research degree? EngD: The Engineering Doctorate prepares Our Degrees Research degrees are academically The University offers a number of Engineering students for research and rigorous programmes that demand in-depth research degrees, including: technology leadership careers in industry study of a topic for a sustained period of and is fully supported by the Engineering TAUGHT DEGREES To qualify for a Postgraduate Diploma, In addition, conversion-style PhD: PhD students undertake supervised time. The award of a doctorate or other and Physical Sciences Research Council. Postgraduate taught degrees are students must pursue 120 credits, or 60 courses – available in Law, research over three to four years full-time or research degree recognises the patience The EngD is a four-year scheme consisting academically more demanding than credits for a Postgraduate Certificate Management, Computer Science six to seven years part-time. Research is and commitment of successful candidates, of one year of taught modules followed undergraduate programmes. They require (Specific regulations apply – please note and Engineering – are open to then presented in the form of a thesis of not the high-level skills they have gained, and by an industry-linked research project. a higher level of self-directed learning that not all programmes offer these exit graduates of any subject. more than 100,000 words. The thesis their ability to present original research that For further information, see page 72. and are awarded to students who qualifications). must demonstrate the student’s capacity to Can I study part-time? furthers understanding of the subject matter. demonstrate advanced understanding of pursue original research and should Choosing a programme Master’s, Postgraduate Diplomas MD: In addition to the PhD, the School of a particular subject. Master’s degrees are represent a distinct and significant The University offers a range of and Postgraduate Certificates can Research students will normally undertake Medicine offers the postgraduate degree delivered through a combination of contribution to the subject. The first year of postgraduate taught degrees, including normally be studied on a full-time or some training in research methods before of Doctor of Medicine (MD) through taught modules and assessed coursework, registration for a PhD is a period of official the MA, MSc, and LLM. Students can part-time basis in a wide variety of embarking on their programme of supervised research within individual and there is an expectation that students probation, requiring departmental pursue postgraduate courses in the same subject areas. You are encouraged to research. They will have an academic research groups. will complete an in-depth research project supervisor who will advise and support the assessment before the candidate is subject as their undergraduate degree contact the academic department in DProf: Typically four years full-time, or dissertation. direction of their research for the duration allowed to proceed. or, in many cases, outside it. Many of question before applying. six years part-time, a Professional of the degree, and a co-supervisor will Taught Master’s degrees are generally the University’s postgraduate courses are MPhil: may be completed in two to three Doctorate is a research degree structured provide additional support as required. modular in structure, meaning that multidisciplinary in nature, allowing years’ full-time study (four to five years around a particular area of professional students follow a series of taught students to cross boundaries between Choosing a research topic part-time). Candidates are required to practice. You will follow a programme of modules worth a total of 180 credits. traditional subject areas and to follow Research degrees, especially at MPhil submit a thesis of up to 60,000 words directed study, including periods of 120 credits are gained from taught courses outside their first degree subject. and PhD level, are very different from and assessment is in the form of an oral approved professional/industrial practice modules, and 60 credits from the undergraduate and taught Master’s examination (viva). Subject to academic and training, together with a programme dissertation. programmes as there is no defined list of requirement, there may be opportunities for of research. Assessment includes a thesis students to upgrade from the degree to of up to 80,000 words. Taught Master’s programmes often courses to choose from. MPhil and PhD Is a postgraduate taught degree right for me? Yes, if you want to: PhD during the course of their studies. include research and methodology degrees can be pursued on any academic The degree ensures that the candidate’s topic, as long as the College/School you skills courses and specific departmental • Prepare for a research degree MA/MSc/LLM by Research: Typically one profession and workplace interconnect are applying to has the expertise to guide training courses, which are essential • Acquire new and specialised skills year full-time, two to three years part-time. throughout the whole programme, so that and supervise your study. research conducted is relevant to their for students at Master’s level and • Enhance your career prospects This is an individual research project those wishing to go onto higher own practice and workplace. • Develop your subject knowledge of your first degree subject You should normally identify a topic area written up into a thesis of 30,000 words. degrees. Additional specialised within which you would wish to work and • Study an entirely new subject MRes: The aim of the MRes (Master of Can I study part-time? training courses are also available discuss this with the Admissions Tutor for Research) is to provide relevant training to Part-time study is possible for UK and during the academic year. the subject area before making a formal acquire the knowledge, techniques and EU students, but you are encouraged to application. Even if you have a more understanding needed for a professional contact the Academic Department in developed research proposal in mind, career, or for progression to higher question before applying. Part-time study we recommend that you approach the academic studies, normally a PhD. The is not possible for international students. relevant Admissions Tutor for advice. MRes is achieved through a combination Assessment through the Potential applicants are partnered with of taught modules (worth 60 credits) medium of Welsh potential supervisors at an early stage. and a research thesis which presents the You may present research work in This chemistry is vital to ensuring: outcome of a significant research project the Welsh language if your supervisors (worth 120 credits). • that you receive the advice and are able to oversee work through the guidance you need to decide whether medium of Welsh. or not a research degree at Swansea University is right for you • that the supervisor is enthused and motivated by the topic • that you move smoothly into an Is a Research degree right for me? Yes, if you want to: appropriate research group • Pursue a career in academia or research (where applicable) • that you complete and write up your • Explore an individual topic in depth research within the required timeframe. • Acquire extensive and specialised research skills • Enhance your career prospects

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Accounting, Finance and Economics The Department has strong ties with the OSTC, CFA Institute, Find out more… Institute of Financial Services, CIMA, ACCA, and ICAEW. Contact: Admissions and Recruitment Team The School of Management offers a suite of programmes in Accountants (ACCA) accreditation. As a result, our programmes Our students benefit from the School of Management’s Email: [email protected] accounting and finance areas. There are programmes for will help fast-track your career in accountancy or finance by state-of-the-art facilities which include a Trading Simulation Tel: +44 (0)1792 295106 students with any undergraduate degree and programmes giving you exemption from key professional examinations. Room, Enterprise Suite, Harvard-style group work room and for students who have already studied accounting and/or extensive IT facilities equipped with the latest hardware and www.swansea.ac.uk/som The Department’s academic staff combine international research finance at undergraduate level. a range of specialist software. expertise with a wealth of industry experience which includes Many of our modules can offer professional accreditation, China Telecom, Dell, Ernst and Young, Standard Chartered Bank, including the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants G4S, WS Atkins, Costain, Skanska and Deutsche Bank.

(CIMA) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accounting, Finance and Economics

Taught Courses Modules typically include: Modules typically include: a strong practical perspective closely trading or financial analysis. It will equip Research Programmes • Principles of finance • Corporate finance related to the world of finance, facilitating students with an advanced understanding Entry requirements • Financial accounting • Financial modelling a sound understanding of finance and of the principles and techniques of Entry requirements MSc Accounting and Finance; Finance • Financial modelling • International financial markets associated areas. international finance, development, trade MPhil: Normally a first or upper and Business Analytics; Financial • International financial markets • Quantitative methodologies and banking, knowledge of the activities second-class degree in Economics or Modules typically include: Management; Management (Finance): • Management accounting • Corporate governance and ethics of financial markets and financial Finance or a related subject. A 2.2 Honours degree or above • Corporate finance • Financial statement analysis institutions in advanced and emerging in any subject. The three programmes above feature • Financial econometrics PhD: A Master’s degree in Economics • Quantitative financial analysis economies, and an appreciation of the significantly enhanced taught contact time to • International financial markets and or Finance or a related subject. MSc Finance; International Banking • Principles of law for accounting role of risk management in complex allow students to complete a conversion to institutions and Finance; Financial Forecasting and finance organisations. English language requirement accounting or finance in a single year. • Derivatives and risk management and Investment; Investment IELTS 6.5 (minimum of 6.0 in each • Contemporary issues in finance Modules typically include: Management: A 2.2 Honours degree Finance and Business Analytics MSc FT component) or Swansea University Management (Finance) MSc FT • Empirical finance • International financial crisis and or above degree with significant Designed to pair the key areas of finance recognised equivalent. This programme is part of our MSc accounting or finance content. and business analytics, this programme bank regulation Management suite of programmes. It is Financial Forecasting and Investment English language requirement takes a data driven approach to analysis of • Risk management in banking designed for students from any background MSc FT IELTS 6.0 (minimum of 6.0 in each financial, market and organisational • Investment banking who are interested in general management This programme focuses on the key areas • Corporate finance component) or Swansea University information. In addition it covers the key Economics MPhil/PhD FT / PT but with a particular focus on finance. of financial analysis, forecasting and recognised equivalent. principles of finance, financial modelling • International financial markets investment, and students will benefit from Finance PhD FT / PT and financial markets and equips students to Modules typically include: and institutions the School of Management’s state-of-the- We invite applications from well-qualified work in the data driven areas of finance • Marketing art Trading Simulation Room which will Investment Management MSc FT candidates whose research interests Programmes for students from any and financial management. • Operations management give them the opportunity to acquire This programme focuses on finance and correspond to our areas of research background • Human resource management Modules typically include: practical, hands-on experience. Taught investment management. This programme expertise. • Principles of finance These programmes are ideal if you are • Business analytics by experienced finance professionals with will prepare students for CFA Level • Principles of corporate finance Please visit the research pages of our website looking to move into a career in an • Data mining a wealth of industry experience, this One professional qualification. accounting or finance related area. They for links to our research sections and centres: • Quantitative financial analysis Programmes for students with an programme will enable an accelerated Modules typically include: all cover the basics of finance and the • Financial modelling accounting or finance background start to careers in finance and investment. • Corporate finance www.swansea.ac.uk/som/research-faculty quantitative methodologies related • International financial markets • Financial econometrics to the accounting and finance area. These programmes are designed to enhance Modules typically include: • International financial markets Financial Management MSc PGDip FT your undergraduate study and accelerate • Investment banking Accounting and Finance MSc FT • Economics Designed for students from any background your career. Entry to these programmes • International financial forecasting • Derivatives and risk management Designed specifically to enhance who are interested in moving into a career in requires a study background in accounting or • Empirical finance • Equity and bonds employment prospects by offering students finance, this programme combines the finance however, it need not necessarily be • International financial markets and • Corporate governance and ethics the opportunity to acquire an advanced and academic theory of finance with a strong a degree with ‘Accounting and Finance’ in institutions • Asset management in-depth understanding of key accounting practical perspective closely related to the the title, but could be economics, business • Corporate finance and finance topics. Graduates of this world of finance, facilitating a sound studies or any general programme with • Financial reporting and statement programme will possess an advanced significant accounting or finance content. analysis understanding of finance and associated Scholarships and bursaries knowledge of key tools and techniques areas. Graduates will also have developed FT Finance MSc FT International Banking and Finance MSc We offer a range of funding opportunities in accounting and finance, financial a sound understanding of the role and Designed for graduates who are seeking a This programme is aimed at graduates for both taught and research degrees. modelling, and financial and importance of accounting information in specialist programme to enable an accelerated who wish to acquire a solid foundation in management accounting. the financial management of complex www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ start to a career in finance, this programme international banking and finance which organisations. scholarships combines the academic theory of finance with will prepare them for careers in banking,

44 45 American Studies

Understanding the forces that have moulded and continue to In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 30% of staff research shape America helps us to make sense of our contemporary was judged world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*). world. The comparative study of the history and culture of the United States addresses themes such as immigration, democracy, slavery, imperialism, multiculturalism, religion, the economy Find out more… and, more recently, terrorism. These issues do not just concern Email: [email protected] the past; they are directly relevant to the world we live in. www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities

Research Programmes Our extensive library holdings support our research needs. A particular strength is the Allan Milne Collection of approximately Entry requirements 3,000 works pertaining to the American Civil War, which was Normally a 2.1 Honours degree, or higher degree, gifted to American Studies in 2010 and continues to grow. One of or an equivalent qualification. the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom, the Milne Collection is English language requirement particularly varied and boasts an impressive assemblage of primary IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) and secondary source materials that document many social, or Swansea University recognised equivalent. political, economic and military aspects of mid- to late-nineteenth

century American history and politics. American Studies Research Institute for Arts and Humanities American Studies MA by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT The Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH) supports two We welcome proposals for postgraduate research projects major Research Centres, including the Callaghan Centre for the that complement staff research interests. Study of Conflict, Power, Empire. The Callaghan Centre produces Research Strengths world-class research in the areas of conflict and security, empire and Staff research interests cover the core disciplines of American postcolonialism, ‘digital’ war, and conflict and culture. It also Studies: literature, history, politics and film. Particular research manages major Research Council funded projects, and promotes strengths include: collaboration between scholars, policymakers and cultural providers.

• American politics and government RIAH also supports a wide range of research groups, which provide • US foreign policy a focus for specialist projects, postgraduate research, grant • US “War on Drugs” applications, seminar series, and contact with external partners. • The UN and international drugs policy • Surveillance and urban America Research groups include: • The American Civil War • CECSAM, the Centre for the Comparative Study of the Americas • The American South • GENCAS, the Centre for Research into Gender in Culture and Society • The impact of war on American society For further information about RIAH, visit: • Hollywood film and American society www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/riah • American ethnicity and multiculturalism • African-American literature and culture All American Studies research students belong to the Graduate • The Harlem Renaissance Centre in the College of Arts and Humanities. The Centre provides • The American West pastoral as well as administrative support and is also responsible • American crime fiction and film noir for research skills training and support, and facilitating a lively • Contemporary American literature intellectual environment for the College’s postgraduate research • Silent cinema and popular culture community of 200 students. • Representations of the Vietnam War www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre American Studies is involved in collaborative research projects with several universities across the United States and there is a programme of visiting speakers from Britain and the USA. Staff Scholarships and bursaries have written and edited book-length studies of American literature, We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught and popular culture, modern poetry, war and memory, labour leaders, research degrees and recently have attracted significant funding political processes and philosophy. from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to offer postgraduate scholarships.

www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships 46 47 Biosciences renewable energy). In the most recent Research Assessment Find out more… Exercise (RAE) in 2008, 75% of Swansea’s research in The diverse aquatic and terrestrial habitats on the nearby well as our unique Swansea Lab for Animal Movement Email: [email protected] Biological Science was judged to be of international quality. Gower Peninsula and Brecon Beacons make Swansea an (SLAM) visualisation and tag construction facilities. Tel: +44 (0)1792 295720 excellent place to study Biosciences. The Department also has a number of strong links with All academic staff in Biosciences are active researchers and the www.swansea.ac.uk/biosci external organisations that benefit our students through The Department of Biosciences provides state-of-the-art department is home to world class biologists including Professor collaborative research and placement opportunities. These facilities including: our coastal research vessel the Rory Wilson (Chief Scientific Advisor on National Geographic’s organisations include: Bat Conservation Trust, Bristol Zoo, RV Noctiluca, a new £4.2 million suite of laboratories, the Great Migrations and inventor of state-of-the-art animal tags to Chester Zoo, National Trust, Natural Resources Wales, Zoology Museum, greenhouses, growth rooms, aquaria and monitor animal behaviour), Professor Tariq Butt (bio-control of Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Wetlands Trust, £2 million Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research (CSAR) as insect pests) and Professor Kevin Flynn (algal biotechnology and Zoological Society of London and more.

Taught Courses Research Programmes Facilities: Dedicated Bioscience labs recently benefitted from salmon to condors and honeybees. We welcome students who a £4.2 million renovation programme including a specialist want to develop projects around such species and wish to get Entry requirements Entry requirements molecular ecology lab. specialised training in whole organism biology. Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or above in Biosciences Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or a master’s degree Marine Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture or related subject. in Biosciences or related subject. Facilities: Fieldwork represents a major component of our whole From developing new techniques in fish husbandry and rearing organism research. Work is undertaken within the UK, throughout English language requirement English language requirement of commercially important aquaculture species, to research in IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in each component) IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in each component) Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe. food and fuel security, low carbon technologies, and climate or Swansea University recognised equivalent. or Swansea University recognised equivalent. Wildlife Diseases and Pest Control change. Specialist research training can be provided on a Research focused on developing natural agents and solutions for diverse range of temperate to tropical aquatic organisms, the control of wildlife diseases and invertebrate pests that impact Environmental Biology: Conservation and Resource Biosciences MRes FT / PT inhabiting marine to freshwater environments. on food security and human and animal health. Research training Management MSc FT / PT Biosciences Biological Sciences MPhil/PhD FT / PT Facilities: A custom-designed £12.5 million coastal research provided in disease detection methods, disease management, The programme focuses on the relationships between living We invite applications from highly motivated and suitably qualified vessel and the £2 million unique Centre for Sustainable Aquatic and the socioeconomic benefits of pest control. organisms and the terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments, candidates to undertake postgraduate research on our MRes Research (CSAR) with a 750 m2 controlled environment building coupled with the interactions that result from natural and Facilities: Bioscience molecular labs. Biosciences (one-year programme FT ), MPhil (two-year including a separate primary quarantine facility, ozone-sterilised anthropogenic processes. You will benefit from advanced training in o programme FT ) or PhD (up to 4 year-programme FT ). water intake and discharge, centralised 12-27 C programmable The Arthropod Behavioural Lab monitors insects using the interpretation of local and global environmental issues, field and air and mixed fresh/salt water supply, light intensity and conventional video-cameras as well as animal-attached sensors theoretical aspects of biology and ecology and analytical skills. MRes students undertake three taught modules in the first term, photoperiod regimes. including ‘Core Science Skills and Research Methods’ that all first such as accelerometers. Modules include: year postgraduate researchers undertake. Mathematical and Statistical Ecology • Core science skills and research methods Research and skills that complement the full range of our The major component of all our postgraduate research degrees is • Conservation of aquatic resources academic expertise, from theoretical investigations of ecosystem Scholarships and bursaries the research thesis, where students gain in-depth knowledge in our • Ecosystems complexity, pattern formation and animal movement, to practical We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught and specialist areas of expertise: • Environmental assessment and management agricultural applications and the operation of micro-algal research degrees. Recently we have attracted funding from • Geographical information systems Behavioural and Movement Ecology biotechnology. organisations such as the Natural Environmental Research • Remote sensing of the changing environment Behavioural ecology in its broadest sense is the study of Council (NERC), the Economic and Social Research Council Facilities: Computing facilities include high-end graphics • Research project in environmental biology: conservation adaptations, and we aim to understand the role of the social and (ESRC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research workstations, high-speed network links and access to high and resource management ecological environment in structuring the properties of animal Council (EPSRC). www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships performance computer facilities through links with HPC Wales. movement at the level of individuals, groups, and populations. Population and Community Ecology Facilities: The new £1.35 million Swansea Lab for Animal Combining experimental and theoretical approaches to develop Movement (SLAM) incorporates an electronic wall (3x4m) and our understanding of how species interactions with their computer cluster for high-speed processing and visualisation of data. environment (including other species) generate spatial-temporal SLAM also designs and produces state-of-the-art animal tags to study biodiversity patterns. Study systems include coastal ecosystems, how organisms move and interact with their environment, with disease control, conservation, and the impact of structured dedicated fish and arthropod behaviour labs. environmental variation on community dynamics. Evolutionary and Molecular Biology Facilities: A dedicated marine mesocosm lab, insect laboratory, Understanding the diversity of life from a molecular perspective. CSAR facilities (see above) and the Welsh coast on our doorstep. We use the latest genetic and genomic techniques to address key questions in ecology, behaviour and conservation from an Whole Organism Biology evolutionary perspective in a range of non-model organisms, from Our staff include world-leading experts on a range of organisms fungi to plants and animals. from fungi to crabs, penguins to turtles, baboons to otters, and

48 49 Great Minds Professor Kam Tang, Biosciences

Professor Tang is an aquatic scientist with keen interests in Plankton Ecology and Biogeochemistry.

He is a senior member of the University’s Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research (CSAR), a centre of excellence founded in 2003 with support from the European Union, Welsh Government, and “Science is an adventure and Swansea University. the real fun of any Equipped with fully programmable re-circulating adventure lies in its aquaculture systems, CSAR is designed for applied uncertainty. Exploring the Global Turtle Tracking research on a diverse range of aquatic organisms, mysterious ocean, studying Researchers at Swansea University, working with from temperate to tropical and marine to the invisible, unravelling colleagues in Australia and the Seychelles, have recorded the longest migration for a green sea turtle freshwater environments. nature’s secrets – what more using GPS tracking attached to its shell. Plankton, which include viruses, bacteria, can a scientist ask for?” One of eight turtles tracked by satellite was found to have phytoplankton, protozoan and metazoan zooplankton, travelled 3,979 km, from the Chagos Islands in the Indian not only constitute the bulk of the aquatic biomass and Ocean, to the coast of Somalia in east Africa. the foundation of the aquatic food web, but also The team was investigating the effectiveness of marine protected drive most of the biogeochemical processes in the areas in reducing declines in ocean biodiversity. water column. Endangered green turtles breed in the Chagos Archipelago protected area, which covers 640,000 km around the isolated islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean. His work involves field sampling, experimentation A green turtle, underwater and in the Chagos islands with a GPS tracking and modelling, and he is particularly interested in The researchers followed eight nesting turtles for over a year. system attached to its shell. interdisciplinary research. They found seven migrated to distant foraging grounds outside the protected area and only one remained inside it after the “Our study helps determine the location of His areas of expertise include Plankton Ecology, breeding season had finished. these important habitats, and highlights the Microbial Ecology, Pelagic Processes and Professor Graeme Hays from the College of Science said: Biogeochemistry. “The message is that networks of small protected areas need need to protect seagrass meadows, and make to be developed alongside larger ones, so species which a network of small marine protected areas migrate over long distances can stay in safe zones for as much time as possible.” (MPAs). The results of this research help us Nicole Esteban, a Swansea University Biosciences researcher, understand locations of foraging grounds of added: “Green sea turtles are an iconic species. They forage in seagrass meadows which are being depleted because of green turtles in the wider Indian Ocean.” pollution and other man-made causes.”

50 51 Business Management

room and extensive IT facilities equipped with the latest The School of Management offers a suite of taught China Telecom, Dell, Ernst and Young, Standard Chartered hardware and a range of specialist software. programmes which are specifically designed to enhance Bank, G4S, WS Atkins, Costain, Skanska and Deutsche Bank. employability. There are programmes for students with any We have strong ties with the CFA Institute, Institute of Financial undergraduate degree who now wish to study management Services, CIMA, ACCA, and ICAEW. and programmes for students who have already studied Find out more… Our thriving postgraduate student community is drawn from business or management at undergraduate level. Email: [email protected] around the globe and our students benefit from the School of Tel: +44 (0)1792 295106 The School’s academic staff combine international research Management’s state-of-the-art facilities which include a Trading expertise with a wealth of industry experience which includes Simulation Room, Enterprise Suite, Harvard-style group work www.swansea.ac.uk/som

Taught Courses The MSc Management is available as a generalist programme Programmes for graduates who have already Research Programmes which gives you the freedom to pick from a range of optional completed study in the field of business or management: modules in your second semester. Entry requirements Engineering Management MSc* Entry requirements MSc Management: A 2.2 Honours degree or above in MPhil: Normally a first or upper second-class degree The MSc Management is also available with specific named A unique opportunity to combine both business and engineering any subject. in Business Management or a related subject. Business Management pathways that allow you to specialise in the named area and to propel graduates into management level rates in global MSc Marketing and Strategy: PhD: A 2:2 Honours degree will feature on your final degree certificate. For 2014 entry, businesses. This specialised programme is designed to extend A 2.1 Honours degree or above in a relevant area. with marketing and strategy modules OR significant Applicants without a Master’s degree will be required to the pathways on offer are: understanding of management issues in a technology work experience in a marketing or strategy field. complete an MSc in Social Research Methods. environment. MSc Engineering Management: A 2.2 Honours degree • Marketing – focused on the challenges of global English language requirement or above in engineering or a cognate subject. marketing activities Modules typically include: IELTS 6.5 (minimum of 6.0 in each component) English language requirement • Finance – for students interested in financial aspects of • Modern control systems or Swansea University recognised equivalent. MSc Programmes: IELTS 6.0 (minimum of 6.0 in each management • Management processes • Optimisation and reliability component) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. • Human Resource Management – focused on the challenges • Managing finance Business Management MPhil/PhD FT / PT of leadership and managing a global workforce • Advanced manufacturing technology The research interests of the School of Management are • Entrepreneurship – for students interested in the dynamics focused within three academic departments. We offer a suite of programmes in business and management. We of starting their own business Marketing and Strategy MSc • Marketing, International Business and Strategy Section have divided these programmes into two groups – programmes for Taught by experienced marketing and strategy professionals • Operations and Supply Management – focused on • Management Systems Section students with any undergraduate degree who now wish to study with a wealth of industry experience, this programme combines managing global operations and supply networks • Section of Accounting, Finance and Economics management, and programmes for students who have already academic theory with a practical perspective that closely reflects • International Management – considers contemporary studied business or management at undergraduate level. true to life business issues and situations. The programme has management practice in a global setting All programmes are highly flexible with a large range of optional only two compulsory modules (advanced marketing and Scholarships and bursaries • International Standards – focused on the role of international modules and offer a fast track into the top tier of modern business advanced strategy). Students then have total freedom to design We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught and standards (such as ISO) in quality improvement or policy organisations. their own programme from a range of optional modules. research degrees. www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships • Business Analytics – to equip students to work in the era Modules typically include: Programmes for students with any undergraduate of ‘big data’ • Sales force management background: • E-Business – investigates the challenges and opportunities • Strategic brand management of global information systems networks and e-commerce Management MSc FT • Strategic pricing decisions We offer this programme as a one year conversion course to • International Management Consulting – for students interested • Strategic relationship marketing management. It covers core management concepts such as in moving into a career in management consulting • Marketing in emerging markets international marketing, operations management, global strategy, • Sports Management – for students who would like to focus • Corporate social responsibility and social marketing finance and human resource management. The programme also on a leadership role in a sports organisation • Market research, analysis and decision making includes an academic skills module that covers issues such as • Business-to-business marking strategy Students have the freedom to change pathway up until the end research methods, presentation skills, group dynamics and • Advertising and promotions strategy of the first semester so you can try different areas of management employability support. • Digital and social media marketing before picking a final specialisation (students should register on • Strategic marketing planning the general MSc Management). • Entrepreneurship • Project management • International management consulting • Business analytics

* Subject to final validation

52 53 With our research into the health disciplines demonstrating The College of Human and Health Sciences has state-of-the-art Children and Young People outstanding quality in originality, significance and rigour, facilities for realistic workplace experiences, including: a students can be assured our taught courses are informed by the clinical and technical skills resource centre; simulated clinical latest findings. Research students will be immersed in the practice facilities; bioscience practice rooms and specialised Drawing on cutting edge research, the College of Human and promoting high quality, applied research that gives a voice to the dynamic and supportive research culture needed for their studies. psychology laboratories. We also have access to many Health Sciences is bringing about real-life benefits for the young person. Staff have strong links with a range of international different facilities and further equipment at organisations health care, social care, voluntary and private sectors, networks and similar university departments in Europe and around Our recent research collaborations include: Economic and that we work closely with, such as the NHS. ultimately leading to improvements for children, parents, the world, and are committed to productive interactions and Social Research Council (ESRC); City and Council of practitioners, managers and policy makers. dialogue with front-line policy makers and practitioners. Swansea; Autism Speaks; British Medical Association; National Institute for Social Care and Health Research; and Our Centre for Children and Young People’s Health The most recent Research Assessment Exercise in 2008, revealed Find out more… Asthma UK. These collaborations have been crucial in and Well-being facilitates rigorous multi and interdisciplinary that 70% of our research carried out in this field was of Email: [email protected] ensuring research informs, and is informed by, the wider research and evaluation from birth through to early adulthood, international or world-leading quality. Through continuous health and social care environment. Tel: +44 (0)1792 606677 with the central theme of health and well-being. The Centre is investment in research infrastructure and by expanding staffing www.swansea.ac.uk/humanandhealthsciences dedicated to enhancing the lives of children and young people levels, we aspire to expand on our achievements to date.

Taught Courses Children and Young People Applicants may also be asked to attend an interview. Entry requirements: inequalities’, acknowledging the importance of preventative Applicants normally require a relevant Honours degree (2.2 or action for children and young people. Consequently, the Entry requirements Applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring above) in a related discipline (for example childhood studies, importance of child health is integral to strategy in Education, Please see individual course details. Service (DBS) Check (previously known as a Criminal Records education, psychology, sociology, mental health), or its Social Care and Preventative Services. English language requirement Bureau, or CRB, Check) or a Swansea University accepted equivalent. Applicants unsure as to the suitability of their For all full-time taught programmes: IELTS 6.5 (with a equivalent for international students. An understanding of the importance of child health, the many qualifications should contact the admissions tutor. minimum of 6.0 in each component) or Swansea University factors that affect it and the evidence behind policies to promote recognised equivalent. Developmental and Therapeutic Play MA, PGDip, PGCert FT / PT Applicants who do not have an undergraduate degree, must it is therefore relevant to not only all those working directly with Play is integral to Children’s Services in the UK and beyond. This have significant relevant work experience. In these cases the children but for those based in wider policy, governance and scheme offers an exciting opportunity to study children’s play at an admissions tutor will assess the appropriateness of this experience research development. This programme would thus increase Childhood Studies MA FT / PT advanced academic level, combining demanding theoretical work in relation to the programme. employment and career opportunities for students in a range of Childhood Studies explores how children develop from birth, how with fieldwork experience and sophisticated reflection. The child, health and policy related careers. programme considers how the environment and social interactions Applicants may also be asked to attend an interview. they acquire the ability to learn and think for themselves, and how Modules typically include: support children’s growing repertoire of play skills, with a particular Applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring their development is influenced by their families and the communities • Issues in child public health emphasis on the inherent value of children’s self-directed play Service (DBS) Check (previously known as a Criminal Records they live in. It explores topics from broad historical, psychological, • Child public health experiences. We consider the potential of play to support health, Bureau, or CRB, Check) or a Swansea University accepted and sociological perspectives and examines the rights of the child in • Childhood illness reference to the UN Convention. care and development across multiple contexts. Inclusive play equivalent for international students. practice, observation, assessment and being able to identify when • Childhood nutrition and growth The Master’s in Childhood Studies is designed for a wide range of further professional assistance may be required are considered. Child Public Health MSc/PGDip/PGCert FT / PT Entry requirements: professionals working with children. A broad range of topics are Students are taught by well-published academics and practitioners This course will explore the evidence base underpinning Applicant entry requirements for the MSc Child Public Health covered and students are encouraged to critically reflect on their specialising in the field, and the quality of teaching and supervision child public health policy in the UK. Examining health issues for will be an Honours degree (usually 2:2 or above) or practice and address theory and research relevant to their own is such that student work has resulted in journal articles, conference children aged 0 – 11 years such as perinatal health, nutrition equivalent qualification. interests. presentations and book chapters. and immunisations, it will highlight the importance of child health, not only as a concept of illness, but as affecting wider long term Candidates with non-standard entry requirements may be Modules typically include: Knowledge about developmental and therapeutic play is relevant to educational, social and emotional development. admitted on the basis of relevant work experience or professional • Understanding and observing child development professionals working with children in recreational, health, clinical, qualification with requisite approval. Two years relevant • Children’s rights and safeguarding children and young people educational and social care settings. Graduates have gained Students will critically evaluate the multitude of factors that employment experience in local authorities, health, private and • Child health employment across a range of children’s services in the UK and influence child health and the role of multidisciplinary voluntary organisations and industry will be considered relevant. • Research methods overseas (e.g. family co-ordinator for the prison service, therapeutic professionals, policy makers and government in child health Entry requirements: play specialist within a domestic violence team, local authority child promotion and governance. The programme will emphasise the Research Programmes Applicants normally require a relevant Honours degree (2.2 or development officer, child life specialist in Qatar, play specialist importance of the early years upon future child and population above) in a related discipline (for example childhood studies, in Dubai). health and consider the public health policies and interventions Entry requirements established to promote and enhance this. Child Public Health is a education, psychology, sociology, mental health), or its equivalent. Modules typically include: MPhil: Normally an Honours degree (2:1 or above) in current strategic priority and improving child health is central to Applicants unsure as to the suitability of their qualifications should • Understanding and observing child development a discipline related to the chosen specialty, or a relevant, government policy both nationally and in Wales. The National approved postgraduate qualification. contact the admissions tutor. • Perspectives on play Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity • Therapeutic work with children PhD: Applicants would normally have, or be studying for, Applicants who do not have an undergraduate degree, must have Services (DoH, 2004) highlights the significance of physical a Master’s degree. significant relevant work experience. In these cases the admissions • Play theory and practice health, mental health and emotional well-being during childhood English language requirement tutor will assess the appropriateness of this experience in relation to • Research methods in having long term consequences on child health, well-being IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component) the programme. and life outcomes. Similarly, the Welsh Governments’ Core Aim or Swansea University recognised equivalent. 3 policy strives to ‘promote better child health, while reducing

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Children and Young People, MPhil/PhD Health Psychology FT / PT Focussing on cutting edge research to Health Psychology, MPhil/PhD FT / PT understand how behaviours: influence We invite applications from well-qualified individual’s decision making; help push candidates whose research interests the boundaries of the promotion and correspond to our areas of research maintenance of health; affect the prevention expertise. These are focused around the and management of illness; and play a part following research groupings: in vulnerability and health risk. Health and Welfare Research students are looking at the Investigating the facets of health and welfare psychological mechanisms that underpin facing children and young people in today’s health behaviour motivation, and developing Childhood and Youth Studies society such as public health challenges, interventions to encourage children, young health care provision, child abuse and people and pregnant women to engage in neglect, learning disabilities, play and healthy lifestyle behaviours including homelessness. physical activity and eating behaviour.

Student researchers are currently investigating topics such as children’s free Scholarships and bursaries play choices in the school and home, teaching approaches within the Foundation We offer a range of funding opportunities Phase, and looked after children. for both taught and research degrees. Recently we have attracted funding for Child and Youth Identity postgraduate study from organisations such Exploring the interactions between young as ESRC and Swansea and Carmarthenshire people as individual agents, their social County Councils. environments (school participation, entry to the workplace) and wider social structures www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ that inform their individual biographies and scholarships life-opportunities.

In particular, the ways in which these structures and discourses inform the individual identities of young people, sexuality and age, and the ways in which ‘youth’ is represented in popular discourse are of interest. Applications are welcomed in youth studies, youth participation and gender and sexuality studies. Child Development The learning and development of children is affected by numerous factors from the very early years through to later adolescence. Ways in which the effect of these factors can be monitored is in the play of children. For example; spontaneous play following trauma; children’s perception of play; play and learning within educational environments. Our researchers are welcoming applications across this field, including in the use and impact of ICT on development.

56 57 Classics, Ancient History the ancient world and shed light on the ancient civilisations Find out more… that have shaped our modern world. Taught and Egyptology Email: [email protected] At the heart of our Singleton Park Campus is the Egypt Centre, a two-storey gallery displaying over a thousand Ancient Research ‘To be ignorant of what took place before you were born is ancient civilisations of Egypt, Greece and Rome are the Egyptian objects dating back from before 3,500BC to AD500. Email: [email protected] to remain a child forever’ (Cicero). From the epics of Homer source and root of most of our modern culture and thought. www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities and Virgil to the first novels, from Egyptian magic and In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 25% of staff Greek mythology to the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle Programmes in Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology at research activity was judged internationally excellent (3*) or world leading (4*).

and the growth of Christianity, from Egyptian kings and Swansea University encompass language and literature, history and Egyptology Classics, Ancient History Athenian democracy to the fall of the Roman Empire, the and culture, archaeology and art, to explore every aspect of

Taught Courses • The City in the Greco-Roman world Research Programmes Staff research interests cover the core and plays an integral role in teaching and • Romance refracted and novels renewed disciplines of culture, religion, language, research. The Centre hosts monthly Entry requirements • Explorers, travel and geography Entry requirements literature, history, and archaeology. research seminars. Normally a 2.1 degree, or equivalent, in an Arts, Humanities, • Greek and Roman magic Normally a minimum of a 2.1 Particular research strengths include: Other facilities or Social Sciences subject. • Word, metaphor and allegory degree (or equivalent) in Classics, • Ancient Egyptian Religion The University library is stocked with English language requirement Ancient History, Egyptology, or original texts, literary and documentary, IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) Ancient Narrative Literature MA FT / PT related subject areas, or an • Ancient Egyptian Kingship Ideology or Swansea University recognised equivalent. This MA focuses on the narratives of the ancient Greeks, Romans appropriate Master’s degree. • Egyptian Temple Texts of the Graeco- and subscribes to a wide range of and Egyptians, both fictional and factual, in a variety of literary English language requirement Roman Period (‘Ptolemaic’) general and specialist periodicals. Online forms, including the novel, epic poetry, mythology, historiography IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of • Gender in Ancient Egypt access to external bibliographies and and biography. The programme introduces students to the key 5.5 in each component) • Ancient Egyptian Demonology citation indexes is available. Resources Ancient Egyptian Culture MA FT / PT or Swansea University concepts of literary and cultural theory connected with narrative and • Ancient Narrative Literature include: JSTOR, Dyabola, Thesaurus The MA Ancient Egyptian Culture studies the material culture and recognised equivalent. encourages them to explore new ways of reading ancient texts. As • The Ancient Novel Linguae Graecae, Patrologia Latina and language of ancient Egypt. Egyptology at Swansea University well as some of the classics of ancient literature, it also examines • Plato and Platonism Teubner Latin texts online, and the enjoys an invaluable asset in its purpose-built Egypt Centre, which some less familiar texts that articulate the stories of sections of the • Greek Tragedy Gnomon database. houses about 3,000 objects from ancient Egypt. This impressive ancient population marginalised by gender and social status. • Ancient Technology and important collection illustrates more than 4,000 years of Ancient History MA by Research, All research students in Classics belong to • Archaeology of Roman Egypt human development from the prehistoric to the early Christian MPhil, PhD FT / PT the Graduate Centre in the College of Modules on the course typically include: • Graeco-Roman Urbanisation era and plays an integral role in our teaching. These programmes allow in depth study Arts and Humanities. The Centre provides • Narrative theory and genres • Greek Social History (Archaic to into the history, culture, or archaeology of pastoral as well as administrative support Modules on the course typically include: • Ancient Greek or Latin language Hellenistic) • Being Greek under Rome: Greek literature and culture the classical world, from Mycenaean and is also responsible for research skills • Understanding ancient Egyptian culture • Historiography in the Imperial Period Greece to the fall of the Roman Empire. training and support, and facilitating a • Reaching the public: museums and object-handling • History and Archaeology of Asia Minor • Romance refracted and novels renewed lively intellectual environment for the • Reading academic German Classics MA by Research FT / PT • History of Late Antiquity • Word, metaphor and allegory College’s postgraduate research • Middle Egyptian Study into the languages, literature, • Imperialism in Egypt and the Near East • Text and narrative in Greco-Roman Egypt community of 200 students. • Advanced Egyptian language modules philosophy, and culture of the Classical • Roman Republican and Imperial History • Explorers, travel and geography • Private life in ancient Egypt world, from Homer to the later Roman • Roman Military History www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre • Greek and Roman magic • Ramesses III: empire, invasion, and conspiracy Empire, and the reception of the ancient KYKNOS: Centre for Research • Ancient Egyptian and Ptolemaic Queens world in modern culture. Classics MA FT / PT in Ancient Narrative Literature FT PT The MA Classics studies Greek and Latin language, literature, and Scholarships and bursaries Ancient History and Classical Culture MA / Egyptology MA by Research, KYKNOS (Greek for Swan) is a civilisation. The MA allows students to develop their reading skills in A range of postgraduate scholarships This MA allows students to study a broad range of topics related to FT PT collaborative venture between Swansea MPhil, PhD / and bursaries are available. the history and culture of the classical world, from the Mycenaean two ancient languages and to apply them to the study of a selection and Trinity Saint David (Lampeter). Study into the history, archaeology, For details, please visit: world to the later Roman Empire. The range of options allows of some of the most important literary texts from the ancient world. The Centre stimulates, coordinates, religion, languages (all stages of the www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate students to specialise in history or literature, or to combine study and promotes research on the Modules on the course typically include: ancient Egyptian language, including /scholarships of the two. narrative literatures of antiquity. • Narrative theory and genres Demotic and the hieroglyphic Modules on the course typically include: • Ancient Greek language or texts Graeco-Roman temple texts), literature, The Egypt Centre • Research methodologies in ancient history and classical culture • Latin language or texts and culture of ancient Egypt, including The Egypt Centre on Singleton Park • Ancient Greek or Latin language • Romance refracted and novels renewed the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Campus is an invaluable asset, housing • Explorers, travel and geography around 3,000 objects from Ancient • Being Greek under Rome: Greek literature and culture in We invite applications from well-qualified • Word, metaphor and allegory Egypt. The collection illustrates more than the imperial period candidates whose research • Greek and Roman magic 4,000 years of human development, from • The army in the Roman Empire interests correspond to our areas the prehistoric to the early Christian era, of research expertise. 58 59 Computer Science internationally excellent. High profile researchers include Find out more… Professor Harold Thimbleby whose book ‘Press On’ won the Email: [email protected] American Publishers’ Association best book award in There are also integrated programme development environments Tel: +44 (0)1792 602022 The Department of Computer Science provides computer science. The department has the 12th highest such as Visual Studio and Netbeans; the widely used Microsoft state-of-the-art facilities including fully networked percentage of world-leading researchers in any computer www.swansea.ac.uk/compsci Office Package; web access tools and many special purpose laboratories running Windows and Linux and a project science department in the UK. laboratory containing specialised equipment. Laboratories software tools including graphical rendering and image support a wide range of software including programming manipulation tools and more. The department also has strong links with multinational languages Java, C# and the .NET framework, C, C++, companies including IBM, Nokia, SanDisk, Philips, Affinity In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008, Haskell and Prolog. Software and Sourcebits. 70% of the research submitted by the Computer Science Department was judged to be world-leading or

Taught Courses • Programming in C and C++ interest to you if you have substantial relevant experience gained to ensure that it keeps pace with the rapid developments • Relational and object-oriented database systems from working in a computer related environment for some time in Computer Science. Entry requirements • Software testing and are looking to update or broaden your knowledge. Modules typically include: Normally a 2.2 honours degree or above in Computer • Writing mobile apps Modules typically include: • Programming in Java Science or related subject (for MSc Computer Science degree • Writing web and web service applications any degree other than Computer Science is required). • Distributed object oriented programming • Computer system concepts • High performance computing in C/C++ • Software engineering principles English language requirement Advanced Computer Science specialising in Human-Computer • Design patterns and generic programming • Software concepts and efficiency Computer Science IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or Interaction MSc FT / PT Swansea University recognised equivalent. For new ideas and technologies to be adopted, they have to be • Programming in C and C++ • Research methodology useful and usable for real people in real situations. This specialist • Interactive systems design High Performance and Scientific Computing MSc FT / PT pathway in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) teaches you to go • Software testing The MSc in High Performance and Scientific Computing is for beyond simply building new software and hardware, to evaluating • Writing web and web service applications Advanced Computer Science MSc FT / PT you if you are a graduate in a scientific or engineering discipline how they would be used, and how they can be improved. On the MSc in Advanced Computer Science course you will be Advanced Computer Science specialising in Visual Computing and want to specialise in applications of High Performance thoroughly prepared for a career in IT or related industries. The Modules typically include: MSc FT / PT computing in your chosen scientific area. During your studies you course is for you if you are a Computer Science graduate or • Interaction technologies: hardware and devices This specialist pathway in Visual Computing will provide you with will develop your computational and scientific knowledge and if you have gained experience of computing and programming • Interaction technologies: lab and field work comprehensive training in Computer Graphics, Computer Vision skills in tandem helping emphasise their inter-dependence. On in a different first degree. Willingness to work hard and an ability • Data visualisation (including Medical Image Analysis), and Scientific Visualisation. the course you will develop a solid knowledge base of high to problem solve are equally important for this MSc. • Interaction technologies: seminars and readings On the course you will be provided with a unique opportunity to performance computing tools and concepts with a flexibility in All students take modules in Research Methodology and Project • Interactive systems design acquire essential skills in these subject areas that prepare you for terms of techniques and applications. You will take core Planning before undertaking an individual project over the summer. • Mobile interaction design further studies and research in academia or research and computational modules in addition to specialising in high development in industry. performance computing applications in a scientific discipline Modules typically include: Advanced Computer Science specialising in Safe and Secure that defines the route you have chosen (Biosciences, Computer Systems MSc FT / PT Modules typically include: • Artificial intelligence applications Science, Geography or Physics). You will also be encouraged • Computer vision and pattern recognition • Computer vision and pattern recognition The course will provide you with key knowledge in the area of to take at least one module in a related discipline. • Data visualisation • Concepts of programming languages Computer Safety and IT Security. You will learn different skills and • Graphics processor programming Modules typically include: • Critical systems knowledge in a range of application domains. • High performance computing in C/C++ • Graphics processor programming • Data visualisation Modules typically include: • Interaction technologies: hardware and devices • High performance computing in C/C++ • Design patterns and generic programming • Critical systems • Interaction technologies: lab and field work • Operating Systems and Architectures • Distributed object-oriented programming • Software testing • Interaction technologies: seminars and readings • Software Testing • Embedded systems • Embedded systems • Programming in C and C++ • Programming in C/C++ • Graphics processor programming • Modelling and verification techniques • Partial Differential Equations • High performance computing in C/C++ • Logic for computer science Computer Science MSc FT / PT • Numerics of ODEs and PDEs • Interaction technologies: hardware and devices • Writing web and web service applications The MSc in Computer Science course is for you if you are a • Software Engineering • Interaction technologies: lab and field work graduate from one of a wide range of disciplines and are • Data Visualisation • Interaction technologies: seminars and readings Advanced Computer Science specialising in Software Technology looking to change direction or because of the needs of your • Interactive system design MSc FT / PT chosen career, require a solid foundation in Computer Science. • Logic for computer science The Specialist pathway in Software Technology has been running Over the duration of the course you will study a variety of • Mobile interaction design since 2003 and is for you if you are a Computer Science graduate modules taught by academic staff that are part of internationally • Modelling and verification techniques or have gained some experience of computing and basic renowned research groups. The course is also regularly updated • Operating systems and architectures programming in your first degree. This programme will also be of

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FT PT Research Programmes Computer Science MSc by Research MPhil/PhD / Human-Computer Interaction MSc by Research FT / PT Entry requirements Theoretical Computer Science MSc by Research FT / PT Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or a Master’s degree in Computer Science or related subject. Visual and Interactive Computing MSc by Research FT / PT

English language requirement We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise or Swansea University recognised equivalent. focused around the following research groupings: Visual and Interactive Computing Group Computing and Future Interaction Technologies MRes FT / PT Since 1992 when it was first established, the group has grown The MRes is taught by the Future Interaction Technology (FIT) Lab, to an internationally visible team, which currently consists of 6 within Computer Science. The FIT Lab’s mission is to explore academics, 8 researchers, 14 PhD/MPhil students and 5 and apply Advanced Computer Science to make interaction associated staff members. The group follows an ambitious and technologies dependable, enjoyable and effective. Interaction curiosity-driven programme to develop new algorithms and technologies include mobile devices, the Web, Web 2.0, implants, methods, as well as advanced software techniques and tools, home TVs, microwave cookers, ticket machines, navigational aids, for computer graphics, visualisation and interactive systems. etc. Further, we aim to work on grand challenges, like improving Logic and Computation Group safety in health care, or developing technology to reach the millions Computer Science One of the largest groups of theoretical computer scientists in the and help us live more effective and sustainable lives. UK, with a big research programme involving many international Modules typically include: collaborators. Over the past forty years, Swansea theoreticians have • Mobile interaction design made fascinating and pioneering discoveries in the theories of data, • Interactive systems design algorithms, processes, programming languages, specification • Interaction technologies: hardware and devices languages, reasoning and system verification. • Research project in human-computer interaction Future Interaction Technology Group Logic and Computation MRes FT / PT The group through the FIT lab has substantial funding from the On the MRes in Logic and Computation you will learn about EPSRC and is a vibrant community consisting of a large number of advanced techniques in logic and their applications in research Research Assistants, PhD Researchers, visitors and faculty staff. problems in computer science. You will receive an elite education of direct relevance to research and development problems in contemporary information and communication technology (ICT). Scholarships and bursaries We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught and Modules typically include: research degrees. Recently we have attracted funding from • Critical systems organisations such as the Engineering and Physical Sciences • Concepts of programming languages Research Council (EPSRC) for postgraduate studentships. • Artificial intelligence applications • Design patterns and generic programming www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships • Research project in logic and computation

Visual Computing MRes FT / PT An MRes is ideal preparation for following a career of research or specialism within the area of study. In particular the MRes in Visual Computing seeks to prepare you for further research in the areas of Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Medical Imaging, and Scientific Visualisation.

Modules typically include: • Computer vision and pattern recognition • Data visualisation • Graphics processor programming • Research methodology • Distributed object-oriented programming • Interaction technologies: hardware and devices • Research project in visual computing 62 63 in the fields of offender rehabilitation, sex work, sex offenders Criminology at Swansea you will be offered a mix of generic and youth justice. We are also a UK recognised centre for the research training (in, for example, qualitative and quantitative Criminal Justice and Criminology training of Doctoral students and we welcome enquiries from methods) and subject specific research training where we focus those wishing to pursue advanced degrees. on applying research methods to criminological enquiry. The Department of Criminology provides an environment in one or more research methods modules from the MSc in Social ESRC Wales Doctoral Training Centre which academic and intellectual development flourishes. As Research Methods. Criminology at Swansea University has won a coveted place well as providing strong support to research students, the Students will also gain the knowledge and skills to prepare them for in the national network of training centres accredited by the Department is also committed to enhancing their employability. Find out more… a wide range of careers in the Criminal Justice System and related Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the Wales Doctoral Training Centre. The Wales DTC is a consortium Taught Students will have the opportunity to learn about crime, organisations. The Department provides a student-centred learning of leading universities which was launched in February 2011 with Email: [email protected] the criminal justice system and cutting edge themes in environment at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and our a multi-million pound award from ESRC. The DTC was established Tel: +44 (0)1792 295768 criminological debates from leading experts in the field. We staff are accessible and focused on delivering an engaging to promote excellence in postgraduate training in Wales. It forms specialise in the application of criminological knowledge to the programme of study. Research part of a national network of 21 accredited Doctoral Training workings of the Criminal Justice System and this is strongly Email: [email protected] The Department of Criminology is home to the Centre for Criminal Centres across the UK judged by the ESRC to deliver truly excellent reflected in the exciting range of diverse and cutting-edge Tel: +44 (0)1792 295313 Justice and Criminology, a dedicated and highly rated research postgraduate training provision. A central feature of the Wales Criminal Justice and Criminology modules on offer. You will also have the option of choosing centre which specialises in applied criminological research mainly DTC is the research training provision offered to students. In www.swansea.ac.uk/law

Taught Courses Modules typically include Research Programmes • Crime, drugs and alcohol Scholarships and bursaries Entry requirements • Gender, crime and criminal justice Entry requirements A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries is available. Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or above, or a minimum of • Applied criminal justice MPhil: Normally an appropriate Honours degree (2.1 For details please visit: two years relevant professional experience. Applicants who • Understanding crime or above or an equivalent qualification). www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships have a lower second class degree may also be considered • Youth justice PhD: Normally an appropriate Honours degree (2.1 and should contact the admissions officer for more information. • Understanding policing or above or an equivalent qualification). English language requirement • Criminal justice system in England and Wales English language requirement IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in each component) or • Sexual abuse and exploitation of children IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in each component) Swansea University recognised equivalent. • Ethics and philosophy of social research or Swansea University recognised equivalent. • Quantitative methods • Qualitative methods Applied Criminal Justice and Criminology MA FT / PT • Case Studies in applied social research Criminology MPhil/PhD FT / PT The Department of Criminology at Swansea University has run a • Data visualisation We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose successful MA in Applied Criminal Justice and Criminology since research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise 1997. The MA focuses mainly on the application of knowledge to Career Prospects focused around the following research group. the operation of the criminal justice system, reflecting the policy/ Enhancing your career prospects whilst studying on this course, you practice orientation of members of the staff team. will have a wealth of opportunities to take advantage of in order to Research Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology boost your CV and form important employment links for the future. The Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology, established in Taught over one year full-time or two years part-time, it offers you: You will have the opportunity to take up a four week internship in 1994, is a focus for criminological research in the College of Oklahoma, USA in Counter-terrorism and Criminal Justice as well Law and for collaboration with other Colleges at Swansea, • an up-to-date and high quality programme which includes some as a number of voluntary opportunities with local agencies in the universities and other partners. of the most important theory and research in criminal justice and surrounding area. You will also be able to take part in the range of The strategic vision of the Centre is to generate new applied criminology employability related activities that are arranged throughout the year criminological research-based knowledge, to promote the • an opportunity to develop your ability to apply criminal justice by a dedicated Careers and Employability tutor. Our graduates collective and individual research interests of Centre staff through and criminological knowledge to research and the operation have gone on to work in a variety of criminal justice agencies collaborative (often inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional) and of the criminal justice system including the prison service, the Home Office, Youth Offending partnership working, to conduct externally funded applied Teams and the Probation Service. • an opportunity to develop and apply research methods criminological research of international excellence and to knowledge and skills increase the international recognition of the Centre and its staff in this respect. • enhanced employability for those wishing to pursue a career in the criminal justice system and for those interested in an Staff in the Centre are research active and have research academic or research career interests in a wide range of areas including: community-based supervision, offender management, cyber-terrorism, sex work, youth justice policy and practice, substance use, and sex offender policy and treatment.

64 65 Cymraeg Yn ôl yr ymarfer asesu ymchwil Cewch y cyfle i ymuno â’n Seminar Dylai cymwysterau a phrofiad yr diweddaraf (RAE 2008), Gymraeg sy’n rhan o Ganolfan Richard ymgeisydd amlygu ei allu/gallu ieithyddol, roedd 95% o ymchwil uned y Gymraeg Burton. Fforwm amlddisgyblaethol yw ond gellir trafod hyn mewn cyfweliad. yn y Brifysgol o safon ryngwladol neu hwn sy’n rhoi llwyfan i ymchwil ein staff Great Minds Gellir llunio traethawd ymchwil yn uwch, ac roedd 65% o’r ymchwil o a’n myfyrwyr, ac rydym yn cyfrannu at Gymraeg neu Saesneg ac mae modd i safon 3* (rhagoriaeth ar raddfa nifer o raglenni seminar a chynadleddau Yr Athro Tudur Hallam, Adran y Gymraeg fyfyrwyr ôl-raddedig ddilyn cyrsiau ryngwladol) neu safon 4* (safon sy’n yn y Brifysgol. iaith pwrpasol. arwain at ryngwladol). Professor Tudur Hallam, Welsh Department

Mae ennill gradd bellach yn y Gymraeg Mae ein holl waith addysgu a drwy astudio unrhyw elfen o iaith, chyfarwyddo’n dibynnu ar arbenigedd y Am fwy o wybodaeth… llenyddiaeth, hanes neu ddiwylliant modern staff ymchwil ac rydym yn cydweithio â Robert Rhys: Cymru yn cynnig profiadau cyffrous ac sefydliadau eraill. Mae arbenigedd y Ebost: [email protected] amrywiol. Mae’n meithrin dealltwriaeth ac staff yn cynnwys amrywiaeth o Dechreuais weithio yn Adran y Gymraeg, Professor Hallam joined the Welsh Department at ysbryd creadigol wrth i ni chwilio am ffyrdd agweddau ar brosiectau iaith, Non Vaughan-Williams: Prifysgol Abertawe yn 1999. Fe’m penodwyd Swansea University in 1999 and was appointed Ebost: [email protected] newydd a gwreiddiol o ddehongli diwylliant llenyddiaeth a hanes Cymru, y i Gadair y Gymraeg yn 2011. Professor of Welsh in 2011. Cymru a’r iaith Gymraeg a chyfrannu atynt. cyfryngau ac ysgrifennu creadigol. www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities Fy mhrif feysydd ymchwil yw barddoneg a His main areas of research are poetry and chreadigrwydd mewn perthynas â’r iaith creativeness in relation to the Welsh language, Cyrsiau Dysgu Rhaglenni ymchwil Gymraeg, ei llenyddiaeth a’i drama. Ymhlith fy its literature and drama. Publications include nghyhoeddiadau mae Canon Ein Llên a enillodd Canon Ein Llên, a volume examining the Gofynion i Ymgeiswyr: Gofynion i Ymgeiswyr: Wobr Goffa Ellis Griffith yn 2009, ‘Ennill Tir’, development of the Welsh literary canon, which Gan amlaf, gradd Anrhydedd 2.1 neu uwch yn Gan amlaf, gradd Anrhydedd 2.1 neu uwch yn y Gymraeg y Gymraeg neu bwnc cysylltiedig. Gellir ystyried profiad neu bwnc cysylltiedig ar gyfer y graddau uchod. Disgwylir i yr awdl fuddugol yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol won the Ellis Griffith Memorial Prize in 2009, perthnasol ochr yn ochr â phortffolio o waith diweddar hefyd. fyfyrwyr PhD fod eisoes yn meddu ar radd MA, ond yn 2010, Saunders y Dramodydd (2013), a Ennill Tir, the prize-winning ode at the 2010 Gallu ieithyddol: cysylltwch â ni ar bob cyfrif i drafod hyn. rhagymadrodd a chasgliad o gerddi yn Beirdd National Eisteddfod, Saunders y Dramodydd Cymraeg Dylai cymwysterau a phrofiad yr ymgeisydd Bro’r Eisteddfod: Sir Gâr (2014). Rwy’n (2013) and an introduction and collection of amlygu ei allu/ gallu ieithyddol, ond gellir trafod hyn mewn cyfweliad. Cymraeg – MA drwy Ymchwil/MPhil/PhD cyd-olygu’r gyfres, Ysgrifau Beirniadol. poems for Beirdd Bro’r Eisteddfod: Sir Gâr (2014). Gwahoddwn geisiadau gan ymgeiswyr cymwysedig sydd â He is also the joint editor of Ysgrifau Beirniadol. diddordebau ymchwil sy’n cyfateb i’n meysydd rhagoriaeth Ar hyn o bryd, rwyf yn paratoi darlith a Cyfieithu Proffesiynol MA ymchwil ni: chyhoeddiad dan nawdd yr Academi Brydeinig, Professor Hallam is currently preparing a lecture Dyma’r radd berffaith ar gyfer y rhai sydd am weithio ym maes • Llenyddiaeth ar draws y canrifoedd ‘“Curse, bless, me now”: Dylan Thomas and and publication under the title ‘“Curse, bless, me cyfieithu. Mae’n tanlinellu pwysigrwydd sgiliau gramadeg ac • Ysgrifennu Creadigol Saunders Lewis’. Hefyd, rwyf newydd dderbyn now”: Dylan Thomas and Saunders Lewis’, funded ysgrifennu da a defnyddio meddalwedd cof cyfieithu. Bydd y cwrs • Damcaniaethau Llenyddol grant ymchwil gan y Coleg Cymraeg by the British Academy. He also recently received yn ystyried cyfieithu ar gyfer y cyhoedd, dull mwy technegol o • Technegau a thechnoleg cyfieithu Cenedlaethol i ysgrifennu e-lyfr o’r enw a research grant from Coleg Cymraeg gyfieithu ar gyfer arbenigwyr, yn ogystal â chyfieithu ar y pryd. • Dwyieithrwydd a chynllunio ieithyddol Llawlyfr Meistroli’r Gymraeg. Cenedlaethol to write an e-book: Llawlyfr Defnyddir amrywiaeth o dechnegau i ddatblygu safonau cyfieithu, • Cymraeg i oedolion a chaffael iaith gan gynnwys profiad gwaith. Mae’r cyfuniad o gyfieithu gyda • Ieithyddiaeth Gymdeithasol Meistroli’r Gymraeg. thechnoleg cof a datblygu meistrolaeth ieithyddol trwy adborth yn • Diwylliant yn y Cymoedd “Beth sy’n fy nghyffroi? Rhannu’r gaffaeliad mawr i raddedigion. • Drama, ffilm, animeiddio, darlledu a chyfryngau digidol Gymraeg a’i gwychder ag eraill.” “What excites me? Sharing the Welsh Mae’r rhaglen yn cynnwys: yng Nghymru, y Deyrnas Unedig ac America language and its magnificence • Modiwlau cyfieithu uwch ym meysydd addysg, iechyd cyhoeddus a’r gyfraith, lle rhoddir y pwyslais ar safon eich cyfieithu personol with others.” • Modiwl am gyfieithu ar y pryd o dan gyfarwyddyd cyfieithydd Ysgoloriaethau a bwrsariaethau proffesiynol Rydym yn cynnig amrywiaeth o gyfleoedd ariannu ar gyfer graddau a addysgir a graddau ymchwil. Mae ein myfyrwyr wedi cael eu • Modiwl am dechnoleg cyfieithu, lle byddwch yn dysgu sut i hariannu yn y gorffennol gan Gyngor Ymchwil y Celfyddydau a’r ddefnyddio gwahanol gyfarpar cyfieithu sy’n cyfieithu ar y pryd Dyniaethau yn ogystal â sefydliadau Cymreig fel y Coleg Cymraeg • Nifer o fodiwlau eraill am ddamcaniaeth a defnyddio cyfieithu, Cenedlaethol ac Ymddiriedolaeth Pantyfedwen. ochr yn ochr â’r cyfle i ddysgu iaith newydd www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships • Cyfle i greu cysylltiadau gwerthfawr gyda chwmnïau cyfieithu ac i gael cyfnodau o brofiad gwaith

66 67 into ‘power stations’ through the use of functional coatings, development, working in partnership with such blue chip Engineering and a low cost biosensor capable of diagnosing a range of companies as TATA, Rolls-Royce, Airbus, BAE Systems and HP. health conditions. As a student you can expect to benefit from close working Swansea University’s College of Engineering is currently method, recognised as one of the top 100 discoveries and relationships with industry experts and in many cases, gain As a postgraduate student you will have access to research- ranked top in Wales and 8th in the UK according to the most developments in UK universities to have changed the world. valuable experience through industrial placements. enabling facilities housed in each of the College’s recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008 with A strong multidisciplinary ethic is reflected in the research internationally recognised research centres, including 73% of research produced by academic staff classified as activities of the College’s internationally recognised research state-of-the-art laboratories, multimedia suites, advanced world-leading (4*) or of internationally excellent (3*) quality. Find out more… centres together with collaborative work with industry that has computing technology and excellent postgraduate study rooms. Engineers at Swansea pioneered the development of led to breakthrough technologies. These include an artificial Email: [email protected]  The College has developed some of the University’s strongest numerical techniques such as the revolutionary finite element lung, a hi-tech diabetes blood glucose monitor, turning buildings Tel: +44 (0)1792 295514 links with industry at a Wales, UK, and International level, and has established itself as a leader in engineering www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering

Taught Courses Modules typically include: Communication Systems MSc FT / PT provided with training in the development of new software • Complex fluids and flows On this course you will be provided with an in-depth for the improved simulation of current engineering problems. Entry requirements • Ethics, safety and regulation understanding of the technology and architecture of computer The Erasmus Mundus course is accredited by the JBM. MSc: Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or above. • Entrepreneurship for engineers communications, photonics and telecommunication networks, Modules typically include: English language requirement • Colloid and interface science wireless telecommunications and related wireless information • Numerical methods for partial differential equations IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) • Communication skills for research engineers technologies. The course includes the essential element of • Finite element method or Swansea University recognised equivalent. • Water and waste water engineering modern optical communication systems based on single • Continuum mechanics • Membrane technology mode optical fibres from the core to the access, evaluating • Computational solid mechanics • Environmental analysis and legislation bandwidth-rich contemporary approaches. Aerospace Engineering MSc FT / PT • Finite element in fluids • Optimisation and reliability This course prepares students for the design, analysis, testing and You will also be introduced to technologies underlying the • Computational structural mechanics and dynamics

• Desalination Engineering flight of the full range of aeronautical vehicles, including propeller- • Computational wave propagation • Ceramics compressions and transmission of digital video over networking driven and jet-powered planes, helicopters and gliders. • Extended finite element method and level set techniques • Polymers: properties and design platforms, gain knowledge on the channel models and associated Students on the course will gain hands-on experience through impairments that typically limit the performance of wireless systems, • Multi-scale structural analysis access to one of the world’s most advanced engineering flight Civil Engineering MSc FT and learn to design optimum digital communication receivers for • Materials modelling for numerical simulations simulators housed within the College of Engineering. The course is In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008, some basic communications channel models. This course is • Numerical techniques for partial differential equations in fluids accredited by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Civil Engineering at Swansea ranked second in the UK for research accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Computer Modelling and Finite Elements in Engineering the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), and the Institution of quality, with research produced by academic staff classed as Modules typically include: Mechanics MSc FT / PT Engineering Designers (IED). world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) research.. • Network protocols and architectures We have long been at the forefront of computational research, Modules typically include: The course provides training in civil engineering analysis and • RF and microwave and have gained a significant international profile as one of • Aerospace materials engineering design, particularly in modelling and analysis techniques. You will • Signals and systems the key international centres for research and training in • Advanced aerodynamics be provided with practical computer experience through the use of • Digital communications computational mechanics and engineering. Using mathematical • Advanced airframe structure computational techniques, using modern software, to provide a • Optical communications modelling as the basis, computational methods provide • Composite materials solution to a range of current practical civil engineering applications • Wireless communications procedures which, with the aid of the computer, allow complex • Finite element computational analysis enabling you to apply the approach with confidence in an industrial • Software for smartphone problems to be solved. This course provides a solid foundation in • Flight dynamics and control context. This course is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators • Optical networks computer modelling and the finite element method in particular • Numerical methods for partial differential equations (JBM). The JBM is composed of the Institution of Civil Engineers • Communication skills for research engineers and utilises the expertise of academic staff to provide high-quality (ICE), the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE), the Chartered postgraduate training. This course is accredited by the JBM. Chemical Engineering MSc FT Erasmus Mundus Computational Mechanics MSc FT Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT), and the Institute of Modules typically include: The course is built upon the wide range of research in chemical This is a two-year postgraduate programme run by an Highway Engineers (IHE). • Computational electromagnetics engineering at Swansea University and covers specific areas of international consortium of four leading European Universities, • Reservoir modelling and simulation advanced chemical engineering as well as the complex regulations Modules typically include: namely Swansea University, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya • Solid mechanics that are found in the engineering workplace. The research project • Finite element computational analysis (Spain), École Centrale de Nantes (France) and University of • Finite element computational analysis provides an opportunity to work with a member of academic staff in • Advanced structural design Stuttgart (Germany) in cooperation with the International Centre • Advanced fluid mechanics a specific area of research and may also involve collaboration with • Fluid-structure interaction for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE, Spain). • Computational plasticity industry. The course is accredited by the Institution of Chemical • Entrepreneurship for engineers You will have a choice of specialisation (i.e. fluids, structures, • Fluid-structure interaction Engineers (IChemE). • Computational plasticity • Numerical methods for partial differential equations aerospace, biomedical) by incorporating modules from the four • Nonlinear continuum mechanics • Computational case study Universities, and will gain a general knowledge of the theory • Computational fluid dynamics • Reservoir modelling and simulation of computational mechanics, including the strengths and • Dynamics and transient analysis • Dynamics and transient analysis weaknesses of the approach. You will also be able to undertake • Computational case study a computational simulation in an industrial context, and be • Communication skills for research engineers

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering MSc FT / PT Materials Engineering MSc FT / PT Nanoscience to Nanotechnology MSc FT / PT for Computational Engineering, including a state-of-the-art This course is designed for students who have already completed an Materials Engineering underpins almost all engineering applications. This course covers a broad range of subject areas, from the latest multi-processor super computer with virtual reality facilities and undergraduate degree in the field of Electrical Engineering or in a Swansea University has key research strengths in materials for semiconductor fabrication technology through to biological and high-speed networking. This course is accredited by the JBM. similar relevant engineering or science discipline. aerospace applications and steel technology. Students will be medical applications, with the emphasis throughout on Modules typically include: provided with the depth of knowledge and breadth of abilities to characterisation and control of materials at the nanoscale. You will develop specialist skills aligned with the College of • Finite element and computational analysis meet the demands of the international materials industry. Engineering’s research interests and reflecting the needs of the You will benefit from facilities within the £22 million Centre for • Numerical methods for partial differential equations electronics industry. You will have access to industry-standard The course provides training and experience in a broad range of Nanohealth at Swansea which includes a state-of-the-art • Solid mechanics equipment, such as a scanning tunnelling microscope for atomic topics including; metallurgy and materials selection, modern nanotechnology laboratory suite (500m2), housing cutting-edge • Advanced fluid mechanics scale probing or an hp4124 parameter analyzer for power devices methods used for engineering design and analysis, the relationship fabrication and characterisation facilities. This course is • Dynamics and transient analysis used for simulation, implementation and communication. This course between structure, processing and properties for a wide range of accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). • Communication skills for research engineers is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). materials, materials and advanced composite materials, structural Modules typically include: Communication Systems MRes FT / PT factors that control the mechanical properties of materials, and Modules typically include: • Strategic project planning This programme gives you the chance to study in an environment modern business management issues and techniques. This course is • Communication skills for research engineers • Communication skills for research engineers with international recognition for the advancement and accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining • Energy efficient electronics technologies • Colloid and interface science dissemination of knowledge communication and photonic (IOM3). • Advanced power electronics and drives • Probing at the nanoscale systems. In addition to taught modules, you will complete a • Wide band-gap electronics Modules typically include: • Wide band-gap electronics substantial research project involving independent research • Power generation systems • Composite materials • Soft nanotechnology linked to an industrially relevant problem. • Modern control systems • Communication skills for research engineers • Nanoscale structures and devices Modules typically include: • Signals and systems • Simulation based product design • Nanoscale simulation • Network protocols and architectures • Digital communications • Aerospace materials engineering • Principles of nanomedicine • Signals and systems

• Optical communications • Structural integrity of aerospace metals • Bio-nanotechnology Engineering • Digital communications • Probing at the nanoscale • Materials recycling techniques • Nano(geno)toxicology • Optical communications • RF and microwave • Ceramics • Software for smartphone • Wireless communications • Environmental analysis and legislation Research Programmes • Communication skills for research engineers • Optical networks • Polymers: properties and design • Nanoscale structures and devices • Physical metallurgy of steels Entry requirements Environmental Management MRes FT / PT MPhil: Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or a Master’s degree. Through this degree, you will gain a solid understanding of the Electronics Technology for Sustainable Energy MSc FT / PT Mechanical Engineering MSc FT / PT MRes: Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or above in relevance, development, and implementation of environmental We have an international reputation for electronics research for This stimulating and rewarding programme is designed for a subject relevant to the area of research. management processes. Great emphasis is placed on obtaining energy and advanced semiconductor materials and devices. This candidates who have already completed an undergraduate degree English language requirement the practical skills necessary for working in environmental course places strong emphasis on state-of-the-art electronics for and who want to further their knowledge before entering IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) management, with almost two thirds of the course marks coming energy efficient devices and power electronics and also covers employment. It will equip students with the ability to make informed or Swansea University recognised equivalent. from the research project. Many of the projects will be based in renewable energy generation technologies. Exciting new judgements on the most appropriate way to solve a range of industry or in governmental organisations, which enhances the developments such as plastic electronics, energy harvesting, solar mechanical engineering problems, providing graduates with relevance of the research undertaken. This course is accredited cells and biofuels are discussed, and recent developments in excellent career prospects. Computer Modelling in Engineering MRes FT / PT by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). nanotechnology are highlighted. This course is accredited by the The course covers the development of mechanical engineering tools, This MRes is suitable for those who are interested in gaining a Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Modules typically include: methods and techniques for problem solving, the ability to formulate solid understanding of computer modelling, specialising in either • Environmental engineering practice Modules typically include: an adequate representation of sets of experimental data, the use of structures or fluids. On this course you will have access to • Communication skills for research engineers • Communication skills for engineers these tools and techniques for real world applications. The research excellent computing facilities within the Zienkiewicz Centre • Optimisation and reliability project is of high industrial relevance. This course is accredited by • Advanced power electronics and drives the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). • Probing at the nanoscale Modules typically include: • Energy efficient electronics technologies • Optimisation and reliability • Soft nanotechnology • Condition monitoring and plant operation • Wide band-gap electronics • Composite materials • Power generation systems • Strategic project planning • Modern control systems • Simulation based product design • Environmental analysis and legislation • Advanced fluid mechanics • Modern control systems

70 71 Engineering Great Minds • Power generation systems Aerospace Engineering MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD FT • Materials recycling techniques Professor Hilal is addressing one of the most important problems of the Chemical Engineering MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT • Environmental analysis and legislation 21st Century – how to provide clean freshwater for all. Civil Engineering MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT As Director of the Centre for Water Advanced Technologies and Materials Engineering MRes FT / PT Desalination and Water Re-use MSc by Research FT / PT Through this course you will gain the depth of knowledge and Environmental Research (CWATER) he is leading research in areas including Electrical and Electronic Engineering MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD breadth of abilities to meet the demands of the international FT / PT Water Treatment, Desalination, Membrane Technology, Engineering materials industry. You will be provided with training and experience Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy and Fluidisation Engineering. in a broad range of topic areas within the Materials discipline, Intelligent Wireless Networks for Health Care MSc by Research FT PT which are linked to the College of Engineering’s main research / He is also Editor-in-Chief of Desalination, the International Journal on the strengths of aerospace materials, environmental materials and steel Materials Engineering MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT Science and Technology of Desalting and Water Purification. technology. This course is accredited by the Institute of Materials, Mechanical Engineering MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT Professor Nidal Hilal, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). Seawater desalination using membrane technology is poised to become an Medical Engineering MSc by Research FT / PT Engineering important way of providing more freshwater in many regions of the world. Modules typically include: Membrane Technology MSc by Research FT / PT • Communication skills for research engineers The technology involved is an emerging area. Micro Sensors and Actuators MSc by Research FT / PT “Less than 0.5 percent of • Aerospace materials engineering Professor Hilal is the co-author of four major books: • Materials recycling techniques Nanoelectronics MSc by Research FT / PT the water that covers our • Atomic Force Microscopy and Process Engineering by Elsevier • Environmental analysis and legislation Nanotechnology MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT planet is fit for human • Membrane Modification: Technology and Applications by CRC Press • Physical metallurgy of steel Simulation Driven Product Design MSc by Research FT / PT • Boron Separation Processes by Elsevier consumption. If we can find Steel Technology (STRIP) MRes FT / PT Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine MSc by Research FT / PT • Membrane Fabrication by CRC Press a way to provide clean,

Engineering Doctorate EngD FT / PT Engineering Our EngD projects are defined by our long standing industrial Visit our College of Engineering research website for more The books aim to encourage innovative solutions to these issues. safe water for everyone, sponsors and address operational requirements identified by these information on: In 2005 he was awarded the prestigious Kuwait Prize of Applied Science. we will improve the companies. Projects are focused on our established areas of • Our world-class strategic technology centres engineering expertise. This was the first time the award, known as the “Arab Nobel Prize”, life-chances of billions.” • Our thematic research centres and groups was made to an academic at a UK university. We are a leader in developing new manufacturing processes and • Our current research areas and projects products, such as functional coated steel. Our research in this area is www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/research led by the SPECIFIC project, in collaboration with Tata Steel.

Research into advanced, structural materials is undertaken in conjunction with the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre (UTC) Scholarships and bursaries Harnessing energy in Materials based at Swansea. These projects are funded by the A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries are available. EPSRC Strategic Partnership in Structural Metals for Gas Turbines. The SPECIFIC (Sustainable Product Engineering www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships Centre for Innovative Functional Industrial Coatings) We offer EngD programmes in the research areas of functional project is a five year venture led by Swansea coatings and advanced manufacturing. University and Tata Steel.

www.swansea.ac.uk/engineering/engd It aims to transform buildings into ‘power stations’ by using functional coatings on steel and glass to enable energy capture, storage and release and will create ground-breaking, clean, safe, renewable energy applications that will be industrialised and available commercially, within the life of the project.

These innovative products will revolutionise the construction sector – with the strategic ambition to generate over one third of the UK’s total target renewable energy by 2020; reducing CO² output by 6 million tonnes per year; and creating new jobs in high-value manufacturing.

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Dr Ben Evans is CFD modeller on the BLOODHOUND project. He at 1,000mph is studying the car’s aerodynamics to understand how it will behave. { } His computational models have influenced BLOODHOUND’s design, including its front wheel configuration, the shape of the nose, and the jet engine intake.The CFD modelling continues to be one of the The BLOODHOUND Supersonic Car (SSC) aims Swansea University’s primary role in the dominant tools used to develop the surface geometry of BLOODHOUND. to increase the current land speed record by over BLOODHOUND project has been the development 30% to 1000mph. The science and engineering of the pioneering Computational Fluid Dynamics adventure is the vision of current land speed record (CFD) technology used to aerodynamically design holders Sir Richard Noble and Wing Commander the THRUST SSC. That CFD technology has since Andy Green, whose THRUST SSC took the record been further refined and customised to address to 763mph. BLOODHOUND SSC’s ambitious and specific challenges in science, engineering and maths. Engineering

www.bloodhoundssc.com

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English at Swansea University has been a respected centre newspapers and major reviews. Applied Linguistics at All teaching is informed by staff research activity and for research into medieval, renaissance and eighteenth- Swansea has a world-wide reputation for research into Swansea has long-established strengths in all major Find out more… century language and literature for over 90 years. vocabulary learning and testing. aspects of the subject Taught

Today it is equally renowned for expertise in Applied In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 60% of staff research Email: [email protected] area. An exciting programme of research seminars, Linguistics, Gender Studies, Welsh Writing in English, activity was judged ‘internationally excellent’ or ‘world leading’, conferences and performances makes the Department Research twentieth and twenty-first century literature and Creative and 100% of the research environment and peer esteem a stimulating and sociable place to study. Email: [email protected] Writing. Many of the staff are sought as experts appearing indicators were of international standard. www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities on radio and TV, and write regularly for broadsheet

Taught Courses • Communicative language teaching • Gender and humour in medieval and early modern Europe Wales, whilst also addressing that literature’s political, • Vocabulary: teaching and learning • ‘The Unsex’d Females’: women writers and the French revolution gendered and literary dimensions. Entry requirements • Corpus linguistics • Women writing India Modules typically include: For the MA in English Literature and the MA in Welsh Writing • Classroom teaching practice • The romantic sublime • Study and research skills in the humanities in English, normally a 2.1 Honours degree or above in • Interpreting • Modernist writing in London, Paris and New York • Research practice (in Welsh writing English or a related subject. • The modernist novel: James Joyce in English) For the MA in TEFL, normally a 2.2 (average of 55% or Creative Writing MA FT / PT • Lost in Europe: history, biography, ideology through the • Dylan Thomas and the idea of above) or relevant teaching experience. The MA in Creative Writing is a unique programme offering short Twentieth Century (1914-89) Welsh writing in English For the MA in Creative Writing, normally a 2.2 (average integrated teaching in literary and performance writing. A • Women writers of the 1940s • Locating Wales: comparative perspectives of 55% or above) and a short portfolio of written work prize-winning staff of professional writers provide core teaching in • Angela Carter • Women writing modern Wales is required. fiction, poetry, non-fiction and drama, and guide students in finding • Neo-Victorian mutinies: gender and racial trauma in individual pathways in the major genres of contemporary writing. • ‘American Wales’: writing the transatlantic English language requirement neo-Victorian fiction (and film) • Welsh identities: literature and nationhood IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or Students on this course benefit from visits by representatives from the worlds of arts and publishing. Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) MA FT / PT

Swansea University recognised equivalent. IELTS 6.5 with a English Swansea University has one of the longest-established TEFL Research Programmes minimum of 6.0 in writing is required for the MA Teaching Modules typically include: English as a Foreign Language. IELTS 6.0 is required for the training and education centres in the UK and is internationally • Writing fiction Entry requirements MA Chinese-English Translation and Language Teaching. known for excellence in research on vocabulary. The course is • Writing poetry MA by Research/MPhil/PhD: Normally a 2.1 Honours Students enrol in September each year. designed to give prospective teachers of English as a Foreign • Writing for stage degree or above in English. PhD programmes in Applied or Second Language a better understanding of the theory and • Creative non-fiction and travel writing Linguistics: An MA in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, practice of English language teaching today, and to prompt TESOL/ELT/TEFL, or a related discipline, and experience • Nature writing FT PT reflection on participants’ own practices as teachers. of empirical research, is normally required. Chinese-English Translation and Language Teaching MA / • Screenwriting The MA in Chinese-English Translation and Language Teaching • Writing for radio (radio drama) Modules typically include: English language requirement IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in writing and is specifically designed for Chinese students and aims to equip • The art of short story • Vocabulary: teaching and learning 5.5 in each component) or Swansea University them with languages-specific knowledge and skills in both • Writing the self • Describing language recognised equivalent. translation studies and applied linguistics. In particular, • International dramaturgy • Discourse analysis for language teaching it attempts to situate the broad area of translation studies in • Communicative language teaching English Literature MA FT / PT the specifically targeted context, translating between English • Second language acquisition This MA offers students a wide range of options in English studies and Chinese. The MA also addresses the issue of non-native • Computer-assisted language learning Applied Linguistics MA by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT and draws on the individual research expertise of members of staff. speakers as English teachers. The programme covers applied • Young language learners The Department welcomes applications from students wishing to As well as choosing modules from the MA in English Literature, language studies, translating and teaching English or Chinese as a • Research methods for ELT pursue graduate level research in applied linguistics, particularly students can select modules in any combination from other specialist second language and is attractive not only to prospective students • Methods for classroom teaching topics in language teaching methodology, second language MAs offered by the Department, such as the MA in Welsh Writing but to Mandarin teachers to develop appropriate knowledge and • Professional reflective practice acquisition, and vocabulary learning, teaching and assessment. skills in applied linguistics theory and practice. The programme has in English and the MA in Creative Writing, as well as literature two unique pathways, Translation and TEFL (Teaching English as a modules from other MA programmes taught in the College of Arts Welsh Writing in English MA FT / PT Creative Writing MPhil/PhD FT / PT Foreign Language) and Translation and TCAL (Teaching Chinese as and Humanities. The MA in Welsh Writing in English is a unique programme Swansea offers a ground-breaking postgraduate creative writing programme led by tutors of world-class stature. The course will an Additional Language). Modules typically include: taught as part of the work of CREW (The Centre for Research into provide you with a wide spectrum of skills and a research • Study and research skills in the humanities the English Literature and Language of Wales). The modules offer Modules typically include: dialogue across the genres, from the worlds of poetry and long • Research practice (in English) students innovative contexts in which to explore the emergence • Chinese language studies fiction to those of stage drama, screenwriting, creative non-fiction • Fin’ amor and marriage in the medieval English secular lyric and development of the English language and literature of • Chinese-English translation theory and practice and travel writing. The creative writing PhD will involve you in a • Gender trouble: the medieval anchorite and issues of wombs • Advanced translation (English to Chinese) three-year experience of close mentoring with a writer-teacher and tombs

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distinguished in the genre in which you write. You will also benefit Centre for Research into the English Literature and Scholarships and bursaries from the rich interchange of knowledge within the University’s Language of Wales (CREW) A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries is Creative and Media Writing Research Group. Acknowledged as the international leader in this field of literary and available. Please visit: cultural study, CREW has developed an extensive programme of FT PT English MA by Research/MPhil/PhD / teaching and research. Scholarly work ranges across a wide www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships Research in Swansea’s Department of English Language and number of disciplines, including cultural history, visual culture, Funding may also be available from the Arts and Literature is collaborative and interdisciplinary. PhD programmes are transatlantic connections, postcolonial studies and medieval studies. Humanities Research Council. offered through the following University Research Centres, supported The Centre has a vibrant postgraduate research community. Unique by the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH): resources available include the diaries of Richard Burton and the papers of Raymond Williams. Scholarly work ranges across a Language Research Centre (LRC) number of disciplines and includes: The LRC draws together academics and postgraduate researchers from across the University to create a global hub for single, • Cultural history multidiscliplinary empirical research into language data and • Visual culture processes. The principal mission is to facilitate cutting-edge applied • Transatlantic connections research across a range of domains (education, government, health, • Postcolonial studies finance, translations) and perspectives (lexical, morpho-syntactical, • Gender studies discursive, stylistic, computational, historical). The Centre encompasses a wide range of fields that share a common focus on The Centre for Research into Gender and Culture in Society Great Minds applied research into language. These include: (GENCAS) GENCAS is an interdisciplinary research body working within the Professor Lorenzo-Dus is the Director of the Language Research • Second language acquisition College of Arts and Humanities at Swansea University. The Centre • Computer assisted language learning brings together staff and postgraduate students from across the Centre and Chair of the International Association for the Study of • Cognitive psychology of language University who conduct research into gender, enabling members Spanish in Society. • Discourse analysis to share their expertise and work collaboratively. • Pragmatics She specialises in discourse analysis, media discourse, and • Sociolinguistics The Centre hosts conferences, symposia and workshops, providing English (cross-cultural) pragmatics. She has recently concluded a major • Historical linguistics a stimulating environment for PhD students. • Language teaching and assessment Scholarly work spans a range of disciplines including: research project on media communication and memory: ‘Conflicts • Lexical studies of Memory’ funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council • Morphology • English language and literature • History, classics and Egyptology (AHRC), and is currently involved in a project on cross-cultural • Psycholinguistics Professor Nuria Lorenzo-Dus • Media studies and cross-gender communication with the University of Valencia, Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research (MEMO) • Modern languages English funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. MEMO provides an active and supportive intellectual environment • Translation studies for academic staff and postgraduate students whose research is • Medicine and midwifery She is an editorial board member for journals, Memory Studies focused on the historical period from Late Antiquity up to and • Business studies including the Early Modern period. The significance of MEMO as a and Spanish in Context. Her published work includes studies Students are encouraged to attend the regular research seminars Centre for Medical Humanities has been recognised by the and lectures run by the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities under the titles of: Role-plays and the Assessment of Oral Proficiency Wellcome Trust through a series of prestigious research funding (RIAH) and the conferences and regular seminar programmes held awards on projects in the following areas: in Spanish; Gender and politeness: Spanish and British by the research centres and groups throughout the year. undergraduates’ perceptions of appropriate requests, and Up close • Wales, England and the Marcher Lands: borders and cultural All research students belong to the Graduate Centre in the College exchanges and personal: The Narrativisation of Private Experience in Media of Arts and Humanities. The Centre provides pastoral as well as • Social, spiritual and cultural identities administrative support and is also responsible for research skills Talk. She has published numerously and is the editor and author of • Gender, religion and systems of belief training and support, and facilitating a lively intellectual environment four chapters in Spanish at Work, Analysing Institutional Discourse • Topography, space and place for the College’s postgraduate research community of 200 students. • Health humanities: histories of medicine and the body across the Spanish-speaking World. • Medieval towns and cities: urban and rural cultures www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre • Natural philosophy and history of ideas • Language and multilingualism

78 79 Our internationally active research staff and large community sensing applications; specialist laboratory suites for stable Geography of postgraduate researchers create a dynamic and isotope ratio analysis; tree ring analysis; extraction and inspirational environment in which to study. You will also identification of organic compounds; pollen extraction and We are recognised as one of the foremost global centres for Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council; British benefit from our exceptional facilities, including: a powerful analysis; rainfall simulation; tephra analysis; soil and teaching and research in human and physical geography. Antarctic Survey; Engineering and Physical Sciences Research workstation for all Earth Observation postgraduates; IBM sediment characterisation. In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008, 95% of Council; European Research Council; the Hadley Centre; the ‘Blue Ice 1’ and ‘Blue Ice 2’ supercomputers, the latter research in Geography was judged to be of international International Organisation for Migration; Leverhulme Trust; containing 600 cores and 1.2TB memory distributed over 50 quality while 60% of our research in Geography and National Geographic; NASA; National Science Foundation; nodes with 33TB data storage, used mainly for climate and Find out more… Environmental Studies was rated as world-leading (4*) or Natural Environment Research Council; the Royal Society; UK glaciological modelling; a computer laboratory with 10 Email: [email protected] internationally excellent. Our recent research has been and Welsh Governments; UNESCO. high-performance 12 core Linux workstations with more than Tel: +44 (0)1792 295106 funded by various organisations including: 50TB of cross mounted data storage for Earth Observation

delivering software tools for advanced GIS and remote www.swansea.ac.uk/geography

Taught Courses Modules typically include: We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose Social Theory and Urban Space Group • Modelling earth systems research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise Research interests: advancing theoretically informed Entry requirements • Climate change focused around the following research groupings: understandings of space and spatiality, with particular Normally a 2.2 Honours degree in an appropriate • Geographical information systems reference to modern and postmodern cities. Environmental Dynamics Group subject. • Satellite remote sensing Research interests: Understanding environmental variability English language requirement • Environmental assessment and management throughout the Quaternary and the effects of future climatic IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) • Core science skills change; regions especially sensitive to environmental change Scholarships and bursaries or Swansea University recognised equivalent. • Ecosystems (tropical, cold and wildfire-prone); interactions between climate A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries are • Programming in Java change, human disturbance and catastrophic events. available. • Principles of environmental dynamics Environmental Dynamics and Climate Change MSc FT / PT • Climate science and policy Glaciology Group www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships

This inter-disciplinary course places particular emphasis on the Research interests: glaciology and the cryosphere, specialising Geography ] scientific basis behind regional and global climatic change, and Research Programmes in understanding the processes that regulate glacier dynamics, limitations of models and data collection techniques. You will calving, flow instabilities and surging, and fast glacier flow. develop extensive knowledge of the current scientific issues Entry requirements underpinning environmental change and ecosystem dynamics, Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or a Master’s degree. Global Environmental Modelling and Earth Observation Group (GEMEO) and the practical problem solving, ICT, and communication skills Research-training recognition for human geography Research interests: using satellite and airborne remote sensing required for a successful career in the environmental service applications is desired. data, surface observational data, land-surface models and industry, regulating bodies or academia. English language requirement IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) ecosystem models to understand the response of the biosphere Modules typically include: or Swansea University recognised equivalent. to variations in climate. • Core science skills Migration, Boundaries, and Identities Group • Principles of environmental dynamics Research interests: the social and political construction of place, • Climate change Human Geography MPhil/PhD FT / PT nationalism and nationhood; relationships between international • Satellite remote sensing Physical Geography MPhil/PhD FT / PT migration, globalisation and the conceptualisation of place; • Environmental assessment and management geographies of exclusion, particularly as these relate to issues of • Ecosystems Earth Observation MSc by Research FT / PT race, gender and childhood. • Programming in Java Environmental Dynamics MSc by Research FT / PT • Modelling earth systems Glaciology MSc by Research FT / PT • Geographical information systems Global Environmental Modelling MSc by Research FT / PT • Climate science and policy Global Migration MSc by Research FT / PT FT PT Geographic Information and Climate Change MSc / Media Geographies MSc by Research FT / PT This course provides cross-disciplinary training in the scientific Social Theory and Space MSc by Research FT / PT basis of GIS, satellite remote sensing and earth system modelling alongside aspects of climate change. The course places particular Urban Studies MSc by Research FT / PT emphasis on the technical aspects of GIS and earth observation as well as the past, present and future global and regional environmental and climatic change.

80 81 Great Minds Professor Tavi Murray, Geography

Professor Murray is head of Swansea’s Glaciology Group, and a deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor. In 2007 she was awarded the Polar Medal by the Queen for outstanding service to polar research.

A world authority in glaciology, Tavi Murray is at the forefront of “I am equally moved by research that informs the debate on one of the most pressing the unearthly greens that issues of our time: climate change. characterise the aurora She is particularly interested in glacier flow and instability. playing in the sky above With her colleagues in the Glaciology Group, she studies the the glaciers and the dark extent to which glaciers contribute to rises in global sea level, blues that surround the now and in the future. The group uses techniques including full moon over the sea ice. geophysics, numerical modelling and remote sensing. Current I have seen glaciers field projects span the Arctic, Antarctic and most of the world’s shrinking in places I have glaciated regions. returned to year-on-year.” Her work has taken her to Greenland, the Arctic, especially Svalbard in Norway, and the Antarctic. Several of her projects Animal movement research were awarded funding by the Leverhulme Trust. The Swansea Laboratory for Animal Movement For 2014-15 Tavi Murray holds a Royal Society Leverhulme Trust (SLAM) investigates animal movement in its broadest sense, using individual-based Senior Research Fellowship to further her research. At Swansea approaches to examine the role of the she is responsible for maximising the wider impact of research. environment in structuring the properties of animal movements and ultimately, distributions. Until this year she was director of SURF, Swansea University Research Forum, which aims to foster links and collaborative SLAM specialise in obtaining data using new techniques to access information from particularly work between researchers in different subjects. intractable species such as jellyfish, sea turtles, penguins, sharks, whales and sloths.

82 83 Our recent research collaborations include: Age Cymru; Gerontology and Ageing Studies Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); Older Scholarships and bursaries People’s Commissioner; National Institute for Social Care and We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught Health Research; Arts and Humanities Research Council The trend toward an ageing population requires a concerted Network, set the Centre apart from others in the UK, and place and research degrees. Recently we have attracted funding (ARHC); Leverhulme Trust and the Welsh Government. These application of a multidisciplinary scientific endeavour through it at the cutting edge of research into ageing. for postgraduate study from organisations such as the collaborations have been crucial in ensuring research collaboration between scientists in a variety of disciplines, ESRC, Care and Repair and City and County of Swansea. The most recent Research Assessment Exercise in 2008, revealed informs, and is informed by, the wider health and social e.g. physical science; engineering; IT; social, human and www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships that 90% of the research carried out in this field was of care environment. health sciences. international or world-leading quality. Through continuous The Centre aims to ensure that its research activity is The Centre for Innovative Ageing, based in the College of Human investment in research infrastructure and by expanding staffing Find out more… translated into economic growth in commerce and industry, and Health Sciences, is at the forefront of interdisciplinary work levels, we aspire to expand on our achievements to date. Email: [email protected] as well as providing practical solutions for an ageing on gerontology and ageing. It houses a unique cluster of Tel: +44 (0)1792 606677 With our research into gerontology ageing demonstrating population in both the private and public sector. It provides researchers and lecturers who contribute to postgraduate training. outstanding quality in originality, significance and rigour, students an exceptional training ground for researchers and www.swansea.ac.uk/humanandhealthsciences Gerontology and Ageing Studies The Centre hosts the Older People and Ageing Research and can be assured our taught courses are informed by the latest postgraduates, attracting some of the finest students from Development Network, and the Wales Stroke Research Interest findings. Research students will be immersed in the dynamic around the world. Our PhD programme also forms part of Group. Its strong national and international links, and its links with and supportive research culture needed for their studies. the ESRC Doctoral Training Centre for Wales, a pan-Wales the Wales Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research collaboration to train top-level social scientists.

Taught Courses Research Programmes Entry requirements Entry requirements MPhil: Normally an Honours degree (2:1 or above) in A 2.2 Honours degree or its equivalent and evidence of a discipline related to the chosen specialty, or a relevant, recent academic study. Great Minds approved postgraduate qualification. English language requirement PhD: Applicants would normally have, or be studying Professor Burholt is Professor of Gerontology and Director of the Centre IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component) or for, a Master’s degree. for Innovative Ageing (CIA) in the College of Human and Health Sciences. Swansea University recognised equivalent. English language requirement IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component) Since taking up her position in 2008 the CIA has expanded from four Gerontology and Ageing Studies MSc/PGDip/PGCert FT / PT or Swansea University recognised equivalent. to 34 members of staff. It is one of the most prestigious gerontology Hosted in an internationally renowned research centre, MSc research centres in the UK. Gerontology and Ageing Studies benefits from lectures delivered by Gerontology and Ageing Studies MPhil/PhD FT / PT subject leaders both domestically and from around the globe. The Over the last five years, Professor Burholt has worked on and led research programme shifts the central focus of ageing from the medical Social Policy MPhil/PhD FT / PT projects worth approximately £8 million. Her research focuses on older model to one that encompasses a range of disciplines including We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose people’s attachment to people and places and she has published more research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise. psychology, sociology and demography, therefore viewing ageing than 40 papers and book chapters on rurality, loneliness, support as a positive experience. These are focused around the following research groupings: networks, intergenerational relationships, ethnicity and migration. We provide opportunities for work placements within local NGO’s Gerontology and Ageing Studies Professor Vanessa Burholt, (non-Governmental Organisations) as well as opportunities to The College leads the way for research on the civic and social Professor Burholt’s research is conducted within local, national and Gerontology study abroad at one of our partner institutions in Alberta, Canada. engagement and participation of older people, and the disruption international contexts. For example, recent research focuses on the closure of this engagement by personal and structural factors. Our interests of care homes in Wales, developing well-being through socially engaged Modules typically include: also encompass the influence that the natural and built–up visual arts for people with dementia and intergenerational relationships • Population ageing and policy environment has on the ageing population, as well as care • Perspectives on ageing provision for the older person across such areas as social care, and support networks of older South Asians comparing elders living • Foundations in research health care, residential care, palliative care, chronic conditions, and in the UK, India and Bangladesh. • Health and ageing falls and their prevention. Results of her research have been used to improve the quality of life and Candidates with non-standard entry requirements are welcomed Students are currently exploring topics such as loneliness in later life, promote the welfare of older people. Professor Burholt is a research and may be admitted on the basis of relevant work experience or and the impact of lifestyle on cognitive function in later life. professional qualification with requisite approval. Two years relevant member on the National Partnership Forum for Older People in Wales, Social Policy employment experience in local authorities, health, private and and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Studying contemporary social issues and policies in today’s society voluntary organisations and industry will be considered relevant. from both national and international perspectives. Within this field current student research projects include bereavement and social policy in later life, and the use of housing adaptations to facilitate policy.

84 85 With our research into the health disciplines demonstrating The College of Human and Health Sciences has state-of-the-art Health Sciences outstanding quality in originality, significance and rigour, facilities for realistic workplace experiences, including: a clinical students can be assured our taught courses are informed by and technical skills resource centre; simulated clinical practice the latest findings. Research students can be further assured that facilities; bioscience practice rooms and specialised psychology they will be immersed in the dynamic and supportive research laboratories. We also have access to many different facilities Drawing on cutting edge research, the College of Human and Our researchers are continually working to tackle the challenges culture needed for their studies. and further equipment at organisations that we work closely Health Sciences is bringing about real-life benefits for the facing the health care system, from biomedical studies to service health care, voluntary and private sectors, ultimately leading with, such as the NHS. organisation, workforce practices and public health through to Our recent research collaborations include: Public Health to improvements for patients, users, practitioners, managers policy and ethics. Wales; European Union; Amgen Europe; Ministry of Defence; and policy makers. GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals; British Medical Association; The most recent Research Assessment Exercise in 2008 revealed Find out more… National Institute for Social Care and Health Research; As a forerunner in the field, the College is well-placed to that 70% of the research carried out in this field was of Email: [email protected] AstraZeneca; Wellcome Trust and the Welsh Government. These respond rapidly to changes in the delivery of care, whilst also international or world-leading quality. Through continuous Tel: +44 (0)1792 606677 collaborations have been crucial in ensuring research informs, establishing links with the main service providers in Wales, such investment in research infrastructure and by expanding staffing and is informed by, the wider health care environment. www.swansea.ac.uk/humanandhealthsciences as the NHS. levels, we aspire to expand on our achievements to date.

Additionally, you will develop your knowledge and skills with regard Taught Courses Modules typically include: Funding to your role as a researcher, educator, manager and leader. • Foundations in research This programme is funded through health and social service • Infection control theory employers and you should seek agreement for nomination to allow Entry requirements Modules typically include: Please see individual course details. • Clinical decision making you to access this programme (see entry requirements below). • Foundations in research • Advanced practice: leadership and management English language requirement • Clinical assessment and diagnostic skills Entry requirements • Infection control strategy, policy and practice For all full-time Health Science taught programmes: IELTS 6.5 • Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology The requirements for AMHP training include that all candidates (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component) or Swansea • Advanced practice and education Health Sciences • Advanced practice: management and leadership (who must be social workers, nurses, psychologists or University recognised equivalent. • Advanced practice and education Entry requirements occupational therapists) be registered with their professional Normally a relevant Honours degree (2.2 or above) and body, have at least two years’ post qualifying experience, Entry requirements PT evidence of recent academic study, OR at least two years’ together with relevant experience of working with people with Advanced Critical Care Practice MSc Normally a 2.2 degree or its equivalent in a relevant subject. experience as a first level health care professional. Applicants mental distress. They should have the support of their employer Advanced Critical Care Practice will prepare experienced nurses However, students do not necessarily require an initial degree in also need to be registered as first level health care professionals and access to appropriate learning opportunities. Interested and other appropriate health care professionals, in collaboration order to undertake the MSc Advanced Practice in Health Care. At with possession of a good professional portfolio. Please note: health and social service staff should make initial contact with with the local health service, to become highly skilled and least three years’ experience as a first level health care professional that because of the clinical nature of this course, applicants will the Agency Liaison Person from their Local Authority to seek knowledgeable practitioners. The programme will draw on the skills is required. and knowledge of those who contribute to the established MSc need to be working in clinical practice and the support of their agreement for nominations. Advanced Practice in Health Care and will also share the core Applicants also need to be registered as first level health care manager is essential. Candidates should also have either a Bachelor’s or Master’s clinical modules of that programme. professionals with possession of a good professional portfolio. Please note: Advanced Practice in Healthcare – Infection Control degree or in exceptional circumstances, where this academic Please note: that because of the clinical nature of this course, Entry requirements is not open to international applicants. requirement is not met, applicants must satisfy the Director of the applicants will need to be working in clinical practice and the Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or above in a relevant subject. Programme that their experience and qualifications equip them support of their manager is essential. Students must be working in ICU or in a critical care area, with at Approved Mental Health Professional PGCert FT to undertake postgraduate study. This can be evidenced by, for least five years’ post-registration critical care experience and have Students may be required to undertake prerequisite studies that The only course of its kind in Wales, this programme of study is example, a relevant Post Qualifying Award. Candidates who do the full support of their line manager and consultant who will act as could include the Foundations in Physiology and Health Assessment for those intending to become Approved Mental Health not hold a degree may be required to attend for interview. a mentor. module. All applicants will be profiled to consider any equivalent Professionals (AMHPs). It has been introduced to meet the new Please note: This programme is not open to international prior learning. roles and responsibilities for professionals working with Please note: Advanced Critical Care Practice is not open to individuals who are considered for, and who become subject to applicants. international applicants Please note: Advanced Practice in Health Care is not open to compulsory hospital admission and/or treatment and aftercare Blood Component Transfusion PGCert PT international applicants. introduced in the Mental Health Act 2007. The programme has Advanced Practice in Health Care MSc/PGDip PT This programme has been developed in direct response to a recently been re-validated by the Care Council for Wales and is This student-centred postgraduate programme is one of only ten in Advanced Practice in Health Care – Infection Control MSc/PGDip PT request from the ‘Better Blood Transfusion Team’ in the Welsh designed to meet the key competencies required by the Welsh the UK to be accredited by the Royal College of Nursing. It enables This degree is aimed at qualified health care professionals who Blood Transfusion service. It provides an accredited programme Government and the key skills considered by the experienced health care professionals from varied clinical work with infection risks and communicable diseases, as well as for non-medical practitioners wishing to gain the necessary Care Council for Wales to be appropriate for the role. backgrounds to develop their skills and knowledge to an advanced those who would like to widen their knowledge and develop their knowledge and skills to enable them to provide authorisation for level of practice. practice in infection control and public health. Developed in Modules typically include: blood component transfusion, within their own clinical area, as conjunction with the NHS, it is the only postgraduate-level infection • Values based practice and ethical decision making in mental independent practitioners. The programme is consistent with current thinking on advanced prevention and control course operating in Wales. health services practice and complies with both the competencies provided by the Modules include: • Policy and law in mental health services Royal College of Nursing, 2012 (RCN) and their high standards Students will learn how to approach the subject critically, evaluating • Principles of safe practice in clinical transfusion management • Understanding mental health and mental distress of course delivery. You will develop your critical and creative and promoting progressive practices and sound patient care in the • Advancing your practice • Professional decision making and partnership in the mental thinking skills in relation to clinical practice to an advanced level. work place. health services

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Entry requirements experience may also be considered where Applicants must have either: Entry requirements Modules typically include: Entry requirements A minimum of a 2.2 Honours degree, or an appropriate for non-standard entry. • An appropriate degree or its equivalent Students need to be qualified in speciality • Philosophy, ethics and health care Applicants should possess either a 2.2 equivalent recognised qualification. Relevant from an approved institution (preferably with experience of caring for neonates. • The boundaries of life degree from a recognised university or Applicants must be registered practitioners experience may also be considered where 2:1 or above) and evidence of recent • Introduction to law and health care awarding body, or equivalent working in a community related role. Please note: Enhanced Neonatal Care is appropriate for non-standard entry. academic study • Patients, professionals and the law qualifications, or have professional not open to international applicants. Please note: Community and Primary Health • Mental health, mental capacity and qualifications in a relevant field of work or Applicants must be: • A professional qualification and a Care Practice is not open to international the law have at least two years’ relevant work • working in a clinical area where there is a minimum of two years’ relevant work Enhanced Professional Practice MSc/PG applicants. experience. recognised clinical need for non-medical experience and responsibilities considered Dip/PGCert PT Entry requirements This programme is an academic award authorisation of blood component Education for the Health Professions MA/ by the University to be acceptable for the Applicants should hold either a relevant Infection Prevention and Control PGCert developed to enable health and social transfusion PGDip/PGCert PT purposes of postgraduate admission degree (usually of grade 2:2 or above) or PT care professionals undertaking work- have a period of professional experience • in a position to take responsibility for the The role of the health care educator in the Please note: Registered nurses and midwives This programme is the only one of its kind based learning and practice development in a relevant field. If you would like further decision to transfuse, or not, and authorise clinical setting is complex: complex in terms seeking to achieve either Practice Teacher available in Wales. The programme is to gain academic credit for their learning. information on entry requirements or have transfusion in all potential clinical of combining teaching activities with clinical (Stage 3 of the NMC (2008) Standards for taught by expert practitioners, policy This is a work-based modular programme. a query regarding your eligibility please scenarios within their specific clinical commitments and complex in terms of Supporting Learning and Assessment in makers from the Welsh Government and don’t hesitate to contact us. discipline contextualising the activities within different Practice (SLAiP)) or Teacher status (Stage 4 Please note: Enhanced Professional leading professionals in the field and programmes, professional requirements and Practice is not open to international provides a sound foundation for all • supported by their line manager, and of the NMC (2008) SLAiP) must be able to Health Care Management MSc FT / PT individual learners’ needs. applicants. infection prevention and control have identified a clinical mentor for demonstrate that they have developed their The MSc Health Care Management assessment and support practitioners. You will develop your This programme has been designed own knowledge, skills and competence Modules typically include: course is designed to enhance and

knowledge in three core areas: Patient Health Sciences Please note: This programme is not open specifically to meet the needs of the health beyond registration i.e. registered and • Starting your professional development develop the skills of people working in care practices and health care systems; to international applicants. care professional engaged in education in worked for at least two years, and gained • Personal practice development portfolio health care who want to develop their microbiology and infectious diseases; the clinical and/or academic setting who additional qualifications that will support • Policy influences on your practice understanding and knowledge of Community and Primary Health Care epidemiology and applications of would like to broaden their understanding of students (NMC 2008). • Assessing your current practice management and leadership. It is Practice MSc/PGDip/PGCert PT research. educational processes and practice and Please note: Education for the Health • How the evidence base can help you provided in a research-based environment This programme provides a flexible develop their careers in the field of Professions is not open to international change your practice and has a particular emphasis on This course is taught at our St David’s Park opportunity for practitioners wishing to professional health care education. The applicants. • How can I make a change in practice? assessing evidence for what is effective, campus, in Carmarthen. enhance their leadership, research and course has been granted approval by the • Advancing your own practice with a focus on economic evaluation and Modules typically include: educational expertise within community Nursing and Midwifery Council for a Enhanced Neonatal Care PGCert PT • Teaching and learning in practice research-based evidence. The provision of • Infection control theory and primary health care. Students will be recordable teaching qualification, and are The Postgraduate Certificate in Enhanced optional modules permits students to tailor Entry requirements • Infection control strategy, policy encouraged to explore and reflect on their seeking accreditation for Fellowship of the Neonatal Care enables staff to improve their their studies to their particular interests. All applicants need to be in employment and practice own community and primary health care Higher Education Academy and Membership skills within this specialised clinical in the health and social care sector. An The programme also aims to develop an practice with the potential for contribution of the Academy of Medical Educators. environment which facilitates improved Entry requirements appropriate degree or its equivalent from appreciation for examining the evidence to the development of innovative, cross- patient care and increased staff knowledge An appropriate degree or its equivalent Modules typically include: an approved institution (preferably 2:2 or of good management so it can be put into disciplinary research outputs. and competence. (preferably 2:2 or above) and evidence of • Teaching and learning for the health above) and evidence of recent academic practice in a context where health care is Modules typically include: recent academic study is required. professions’ educators As part of this course clinical staff in neonatal study is required. increasingly integrated with social care. It Applicants also need to be registered as • Working in community practice • Teaching and learning for practice units within the All Wales Neonatal Network is taught by research-active staff from a Alternatively, evidence of undertaking first level health care professionals with • Working with individuals, families and teachers (AWNN), deliver an in-house programme of range of disciplines. Continuous Professional Development possession of a good professional communities • Designing and evaluating your teaching study known as the NEST programme with at least two years experience and Modules include: portfolio. Alternatively applicants may have • Working in community mental health • Assessment and feedback (Neonatal Enhanced Skills Training possession of a good and relevant • Theoretical perspectives for managing at least two years experience as a first level practice • Researching educational practice programme). The modules enable students to professional portfolio can be considered. and leading within health care health care professional, with possession of • Starting your professional development • Mentoring and supervision enhance their knowledge and understanding, • Managing and leading in practice a good professional portfolio. • Advancing your own practice • Teaching and learning in practice as well as clinical skills, in areas such as Please note: This programme is not open • Organising health care • Researching your practice – work-based learning venepuncture and blood gas analysis. to international applicants. Please note: Due to the clinical nature • Social, cultural and economic context • Simulation and e-learning Underpinning theory and knowledge pertinent of this course, students need to be Entry requirements of health • Leadership in practice to the care of neonates is demonstrated Health Care Law and Ethics MA PT working in clinical practice. For further A minimum of a 2.2 Honours degree, or an • Politics and policies through the development of a portfolio of This programme provides an opportunity to information on entry requirements or equivalent recognised qualification. Relevant Entry requirements • Evidence and research for health evidence and accompanying narrative. examine the structure and operation of the queries regarding eligibility please Applicants must be either health care management legal system in England and Wales, to look don’t hesitate to contact us. professionals who teach in the workplace, Modules Include: critically at the real life impact of law on • Quality improvement or academics who teach the health • Starting your professional development practice within the health care system, and to • Economic evaluation in health care Please note: This programme is not professions in Higher Education. (Neonatal Practice) do this in the context of an understanding of • Foundations in public health and available for international students. • Enhancing your clinical practice the ethical problems that arise in health care. primary health (Neonatal Practice) • Psychology of health care management 88 89 Health Sciences

Long Term and Chronic Conditions community public health nurses, pharmacists • Management and leadership for Entry requirements services provide treatment for individuals Postgraduate students are exploring a Management MSc FT / PT and allied health professionals to public health practice Normally an Honours degree (2.2 or with physical and/or mental illnesses, or variety of areas within these fields ranging An increasing number of people live with a practice within current non-medical • Public health ethics above) or an equivalent qualification whether they seek to improve the health of from narratives of childbirth to images of long term or chronic condition. They require prescribing legislation. Entry requirements recognised by the University. Registered the population through prevention and disability in the post-war English language support, care and rehabilitation from a wide Entry requirements Normally an Honours degree (2.1 or above) healthcare professionals, or those with health promotion strategies. literature of Wales. range of professionals in health, social and two years’ experience in a position of Applicants normally require an honours or a period of at least two years relevant Recent examples of student research in this Health Policy voluntary care sectors. In addition, effective responsibility in a health or social care degree (2.2 or above) in a relevant subject. professional experience with appropriate discipline include research into patient Exploring the decision-making processes health promotion, prevention, self-care and field relevant to the course, are also qualifications. New graduates and and public involvement, data security in and action plans, especially those self-management will help ensure that such Applicants must be registered on either the eligible to apply. international students are welcome to apply. adopting a ‘policy process’ approach, conditions are avoided wherever possible, Nursing and Midwifery Council register or information systems, and improved methods for evaluating large capital which are put in place to address specific that individuals with chronic conditions the Health and Care Professions Council Public Health and Partnerships in Care MSc Research Programmes expenditures in health care. aims within the health services in the UK maintain as good a quality of life as register. FT / PT and worldwide. Special interests in this possible and people are enabled to safely Public Health and Partnerships in Care Entry requirements Healthcare Studies Applicants need to have a minimum of three area include finance and service and effectively manage their health and addresses the ways in which contemporary MPhil: Normally an Honours degree Pushing forward the boundaries of years post-registration experience, the year contracting, policy implementation studies, well-being. population health needs and policy (2.1 or above) in a discipline related research and evaluation into the full range immediately preceding application to the to the chosen specialty, or a relevant, quality systems and public involvement. demands can be met and put into practice of disciplines which can be found within On this course, students have the opportunity course must have been in the clinical field approved postgraduate qualification. the health care sector. Current and past students have to develop a bespoke programme relevant in which they intend to prescribe. through partnership working; promoting cooperation between partners to develop PhD and DProf: Applicants would investigated subjects such as purchaser to your particular interest and/or speciality, normally have, or be studying for, a Student researchers in this field are Applicants must have the written support joint approaches to factors influencing health provider reforms, national health insurance and will have the choice to take a Master’s degree. developing an outcome measure for use of their employer and be in a position to and the development of integrated system design, the UK private medical Health Sciences dissertation option with novel opportunity by physiotherapy practitioners to manage prescribe following successful completion approaches to service provision and English language requirement insurance sector, and public and patient to draft a paper to be submitted for IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in musculoskeletal conditions, and exploring of the programme. innovative public health interventions. involvement. publication. Modules typically include: each component) or Swansea how the patient experience and All candidates must have a DMP University recognised equivalent. quality-of-life for older people changes Health Psychology • Theory and practice of chronic conditions This programme facilitates the acquisition (Designated Medical Practitioner) who is during the transition from treatment to Focussing on cutting edge research to management of knowledge, understanding and skills registered with the General Medical Council community based follow-up. understand how behaviours influence: an • Foundations in health promotion necessary for working in a wide range of (Please see website for further details) and Health Care Management MPhil/PhD individual’s decision making; help push • Foundations in research leadership and practice roles in public Health Economics DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) FT / PT the boundaries of the promotion and • Health psychology of chronic illness health, community health and social care. Delivering robust and ground breaking clearance. Health Care Studies MPhil/PhD FT / PT maintenance of health; the prevention and • Social aspects of chronic illness health economics research on the Students will have the option to select a management of illness; and vulnerability • Dissertation Health Economics MPhil/PhD FT / PT development and delivery of health care Public Health and Health Promotion MSc/ placement module which will give them and health risk. FT PT interventions and services, by combining Entry requirements PGDip FT / PT opportunity to experience and appraise Health Humanities MPhil/PhD / significant qualitative skills, expertise in Research students are currently looking at Normally an Honours degree (2:1 or This programme is designed to meet the public health and partnership working in Health Policy MPhil/PhD FT / PT needs of health promotion practitioners at practice. The course meets the UK Skills for real-world data mining and analysis, and developing interventions to address the above) or evidence of recent academic Health Psychology MPhil/PhD FT / PT health policy. psychosocial needs of people living with study or period of professional experience in level five and above and the developing Health competencies for Public Health Health Science MPhil/PhD FT / PT a range of chronic illnesses including a relevant field with appropriate experience public health agenda. Research led and Practice and has been part of an ongoing Research students in this area are Mental Health MPhil/PhD FT / PT cancer and heart disease. Other research and responsibilities. practice driven, it explores health promotion project mapping the UK Public Health investigating areas such as the cost is also looking at the psychological as a specialism within public health and Career Framework competencies. Modules Nursing, MPhil/PhD FT / PT effectiveness of clinical pharmacist Non-Medical Prescribing PG Cert PT covers current practice, historical typically include: mechanisms that underpin health Philosophy and Ethics of Healthcare interventions in patients with cardiac Accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery background, and current developments in behaviour motivation, and developing • Foundations in public health and primary MPhil/PhD FT / PT disease, the application of prioritisation Council, General Pharmaceutical Council health and innovation and health promotion interventions to encourage children and health care FT PT methods in an era of disinvestment, and and the Health Professions and Care practice. The course is mapped to the Public Health MPhil/PhD / young people to engage in healthy • Foundations in research the costs associated with the collection Professions Council (HCPC), the Non- National Occupational Standards for the Doctorate in Professional Practice DProf lifestyle behaviours. • Understanding health and social care FT PT and utilisation of allergenic blood. Medical Prescribing programme is designed Practice of Public Health, the Public Health / • Foundations in management and Health Sciences to develop the knowledge, skills and Career Framework and the UKPHR We invite applications from well-qualified Health Humanities leadership Delivering the bioscientific research that competency required to undertake the role practitioner standards. candidates whose research interests The application of the concepts and provides the key evidence base for future • Public health ethics of an independent and supplementary correspond to our areas of research methods of history, literature and the visual changes in medical practice, influences Modules typically include: • Partnership working non-medical prescriber. The programme is expertise. These are focused around the arts to the analysis of health and the structure and delivery of health care • Developing programmes and evaluation • Diversity and difference in health care divided into modules that are credit-rated following research groupings: healthcare. Disability history is a particular systems and health interventions, and • Health protection • Partnership, public health and improves outcomes for patients. and students will be awarded a PGCert in Healthcare Management area of expertise, with an oral history of • Foundations in health promotion epidemiology people affected by the drug, thalidomide, Non-Medical Prescribing on completion. Examining the management, leadership, Currently students are exploring the • Foundations in research currently underway. and improvement of health services, with anti-fungal properties of maggot secretions The PGCert in Non-Medical Prescribing • Public health practice a specific focus on how effectively and the antimicrobial properties of prepares nurses, midwives, specialist • Public health evidence and epidemiology

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invertebrates, and the physiological effects of a cardiac rehabilitation programme on myocardial infarction patients Scholarships and bursaries Great Minds in Kuwait. We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught and Mental Health research degrees. Recently we have attracted funding for Dr Susan Jordan, Taking forward pioneering research across this discipline including postgraduate study from organisations such as Tenovus, the Research Nursing the evaluation of mental health services, and the development and Capacity Building Collaboration for Wales and the National Institute application of social outcome measures. for Health Research. Reader Dr Jordan specialises in medicines’ management, Currently students are looking at evidence based practices in mental www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships health (in particular early intervention services), care co-ordination in adverse events, and biosciences in nursing. forensic mental health care and the influence of service user participation in professional role development. She has written on patient safety, adverse drug reactions, Nursing nurse-led medicines’ monitoring, the impact of medicines on “Our work focuses on Committed to translating research from the ‘bench to the bedside’, breastfeeding success, and clinical trials. ensuring best use of our nursing research addresses the full range of issues across this discipline such as professional working and patient care, the Dr Jordan has briefed the Welsh National Assembly on adverse medicines and can development of new treatments and interventions, and patient and drug reactions at all ages. Her research on nurse-led monitoring make a real difference to carer experiences. has shown the benefits of a structured approach in adult care practice and patients.“

The latest topics being explored by our students include emotion Health Sciences and residential homes for people with dementia. work experiences of children’s nurses whilst caring for life-limiting conditions, and nursing students care towards obese patients. Dr Jordan leads the Medicines’ Management Research team at Philosophy and Ethics of Health Care Swansea University. Medication management is one of five Scrutinising the philosophical, ethical and legal aspects underpinning our current health care theory and practice across the breadth of the essential skill clusters specified by the UK statutory body for the health care disciplines. nursing curriculum. Some of the fields under investigation by students are the diversity of The group was the first to identify the importance of reducing international medical ethics and law, as well as the ethico-legal aspects of doping and anti-doping in athletes. doses of epidural pain relief for improving breastfeeding rates. Public Health These findings were incorporated into NICE guidelines, and Providing an evidence base for public health practice through breastfeeding rates have improved. empirical investigation, audit and evaluation. Her research explores ways in which adverse drug reactions The latest topics being explored by our students include the impact of a structured education package on nurses’ knowledge and (ADRs) can be minimised, without compromising the beneficial practice in HBV and HCV in Saudi Arabia, and health visitors’ effects of medications. understanding of the principles ‘influencing policies affecting health’. The development of guidelines and checklists for minimising ADRs Doctorate in Professional Practice, DProf PT The work-based Doctorate in Professional Practice (DProf) is aimed at associated with anti-psychotic medication is an important area senior practitioners engaged in health and social work. Equivalent to of the group’s work, and has been well-received internationally. the traditional PhD, the DProf is an innovative blend of taught modules and research projects which investigate the students own For example, the West Wales Adverse Drug Reaction profile sphere of professional practice and workplace. It is a six-year developed in collaboration with service users and mental health part-time Doctorate which includes a taught element as part of your research training, where students attend blocks of study in the first clinicians is being used across UK and Holland. two years. The final thesis consists of three coherent projects based on research conducted within the candidates own sphere of professional practice and workplace.

Please note: This programme is open to international applicants.

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History challenges us to understand the past so that we Assessment Exercise 50% of staff research-activity was judged between Britain, Europe and the wider world. Wales provides Find out more… might make sense of the present. It encourages us to think ‘world-leading’ (4*) or ‘internationally excellent’ (3*). The a very strong research focus for many members of staff. Taught about how the past is studied, written about, and Department of History and Classics is strong in cultural history, Email: [email protected] represented, how it has been kept alive for generations, gender history, intellectual history, social and economic history, Research and how it can be preserved for generations to come. the history of borderlands, the history of conflict, the history of Email: [email protected] art and collecting, and the history of maritime empires. The All History postgraduate teaching and research supervision at department is particularly strong in the history of the British Isles www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhamanities Swansea is informed by staff expertise; in the 2008 Research and European history, and several colleagues explore links

Taught Courses Modules on the course typically include: Modern History MA FT / PT • Charters and the documentary records of medieval • Historical Methods and Approaches The MA in Modern History is designed for students who are France and England Entry requirements • New Departures in the Writing of History particularly interested in the study of the modern period and • The Mediterranean world, especially the Crusades, later Normally a good Honours degree (first-class or 2.1) in • Communicating History the emergence of the characteristics of modernity from the medieval Italian society and politics, and the Italian History or a related subject. • From Princely Possessions to Public Museums: A History of pre-modern world. The expertise of Swansea’s modern historians Renaissance, including art history English language requirement Collecting and Display encompasses Welsh, British, European and global history, with • England and Wales in the central and late Middle Ages, IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or • Oceans of History: Themes and Concepts in Maritime and specialisms in economic and industrial history, questions of including the aristocracy and gentry, the Welsh Marches, Swansea University recognised equivalent. Imperial History identity and nationality, imperialism, medicine, politics, sexuality, urban history, law and crime, women and the law, religious • Power, Conflict, and Society in Modern History and sport. Working with materials in the Richard Burton Archive, belief and practice, and education and literacy • Swansea and the Sea, 1791-1898 students also have the opportunity to develop their ability to • Gender and the life cycle in late medieval Europe Early Modern History MA FT / PT present historical research to the wider public. • Medieval frontier societies and borderlands, and concepts The MA in Early Modern History focuses on the period of history Medieval Studies MA/PGDip/PGCert FT / PT of frontiers from the late Roman Empire to the present day that runs from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, and The MA in Medieval Studies draws on the expertise of staff working Modules on the course typically include: Early Modern History encompasses the Renaissance, Reformation and Counter on both medieval history and medieval language and literature. The • Historical Methods and Approaches History Reformation, and Enlightenment. Swansea’s early modernists have MA covers Late Antiquity to the Renaissance, and the British Isles • New Departures in the Writing of History • Most aspects of British history between 1500 and 1800, particular expertise in the European overseas expansion and and France to Italy and the Holy Land. Areas of particular staff • Communicating History especially religious, scientific, cultural and gender history Europe’s ongoing interactions with the wider world; science, expertise include gender, warfare, aristocratic culture, and frontiers • Fascism and Culture • The history of health and medicine in early modern Britain medicine, and scholarship; gender, sexuality, and the body; art, and borderlands. Students have the opportunity to become familiar • The Making of Modern Sexualities, 1650-1800 • History of Disabilities collecting, and travel; and politics and religion. with the medieval heritage of South Wales and the surrounding • Power, Conflict, and Society in Modern History • The Portuguese Empire • Swansea and the Sea, 1791-1898 • The Reformation and Counter-Reformation Modules on the course typically include: region, through work with the West Glamorgan Record Office and the library of Hereford Cathedral and through contact with the • Science, intellectual life, collecting and museums in early • Historical Methods and Approaches FT PT organisations that are responsible for the preservation of Welsh History MA by Research/MPhil/PhD / modern Europe • New Departures in the Writing of History We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose • The social history of early modern sex and marriage • From Princely Possessions to Public Museums: A History of historical sites, Cadw and the Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Movements of Wales. research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise • Crime and witchcraft Collecting and Display focused around the following research groupings: • The Enlightenment, republicanism and international relations • Oceans of History: Themes and Concepts in Maritime and Modules on the course typically include: in the eighteenth century Medieval History Imperial History • Introduction to Advanced Medieval Studies 1: Skills and • The Anglo-Norman ‘Realm’ and the Angevin Empire • People on the Move: The Forging of the Portuguese Overseas Approaches • Capetian France, especially the monarchy, aristocracy, World, 1415-1808 • Introduction to Advanced Medieval Studies 2: Themes and and religious orders • The Making of Modern Sexualities, 1650-1800 Sources • The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade • The Maritime Worlds of the East India Company, 1600-1833 • Arthur: Once and Future King • Venice and the Sea • Fin’Amor and Marriage in the Medieval English Secular Lyric • Gender and Humour in Medieval and Early Modern Europe History MA FT / PT • Gender Trouble: Enclosure and the Medieval The MA in History encompasses a wide range of topics from the • Medieval Languages Middle Ages onwards. The wide-ranging expertise of Swansea • Medieval Manuscripts University’s historians offers the study of British, European, American, • Postgraduate Latin and World History. The MA allows students to explore the history • Saints and Sinners in Christian Late Antiquity of art and culture, empire, gender, politics, religion, sexuality and • The Urban Colonization of Medieval Wales science. Working with materials in the Richard Burton Archive, • Venice and the Sea students also have the opportunity to develop their ability to present historical research to the wider public.

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Modern History The Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH) supports two • Most aspects of Welsh history, especially industrial society major Research Centres, including the Callaghan Centre for the • The cultural, intellectual and urban history of nineteenth-century Study of Conflict, Power, Empire. The Callaghan Centre produces and twentieth-century Britain world-class research in the areas of conflict and security, empire and • Modern international history post-colonialism, ‘digital’ war, and conflict and culture. It also • The United States since 1750, in particular slavery, the South manages major Research Council funded projects, and promotes and the Civil War collaboration between scholars, policymakers and cultural providers. • The economic and imperial history of Britain in the eighteenth RIAH also supports a wide range of research groups, which and nineteenth centuries provide a focus for specialist projects, postgraduate research, • Emigration and urbanisation in the British Isles between grant applications, seminar series, and contact with external the eighteenth and twentieth centuries partners. For further information about RIAH, visit: • The political history of the UK since 1800 www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/riah • Military and society in Europe between 1750 and 1815 Research groups include: • Austrian and German history in the late eighteenth and • The Richard Burton Centre for the Study of Wales nineteenth centuries • CECSAM, the Centre for the Comparative Study of the Americas • Austrian, German and Central European history, especially • MEMO: Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Research in the fields of urban, labour and post-1945 history • Modern economic history All History research students belong to the Graduate Centre in • Quantitative aspects of British economic growth from the the College of Arts and Humanities. The Centre provides pastoral sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries as well as administrative support and is also responsible for • Anti-capitalist and socialist political economy research skills training and support, and facilitating a lively • Policing and police forces in twentieth-century Europe intellectual environment for the College’s postgraduate research • Italian fascism community of 200 students. • Allied Occupation of Italy www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre • Contemporary French and Italian social and cultural history • Memory studies and oral history of twentieth-century Europe • History of protest and activism in the 1960s and 1970s Scholarships and bursaries A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries are available. Funding may also be available from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. For details, please visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships The Richard Burton Archive The publication of The Richard Burton Diaries edited by Chris Williams, former Professor of Welsh History and Director of the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities, has attracted global attention and accolades and revealed a very different side to the world famous actor’s public persona.

The book is a result of painstaking research of the handwritten diaries, which Richard Burton began in 1939 and ended just before his death in 1984, which were donated to Swansea University in 2005 by his wife, Sally Burton.

The diaries, along with other personal papers, are known as The Richard Burton Collection, and today forms a central part of the £1.2million Richard Burton Archives facility at the University’s Library.

96 97 many other instances of widespread diffusion and transfer of Find out more… Law knowledge including staff participation in the editorial teams Taught LLM of a number of major legal journals. All graduate students are Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1792 513516 Research is central to life in the College of Law. We are a research assessed to be world-leading or of international fully supported by the College’s dedicated Law Librarian, with Graduate Diploma in Law vibrant and collegial community of law and social science excellence, and 95% recognised to have achieved the the Law Library holding an extensive selection of legal Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1792 602276 scholars, embracing all strands of legal learning, whether international standard. This breadth of international level materials and online services such as Lexis and Westlaw. Legal Practice Course (LPC) empirical, theoretical, doctrinal or practical. research activity was attained by only 11 of the 67 Law Schools We also encourage our research students to take advantage Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)1792 602374 in the RAE 2008. The resulting first-class research environment Our ambition bore fruit in the Research Assessment Exercise of external research resources through inter-library loans and Research can be seen at first hand in publication in academic journals, in (RAE) 2008, where we achieved the most dramatic improvement use of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1792 602623 books published by academic presses, in the organisation of in research quality of any law school in the UK, with 45% of its international conferences and research seminar series, and in www.swansea.ac.uk/law

Taught Courses International Commercial and Maritime Law LLM FT / PT Modules typically include: providing an effective springboard to a future career in The wide range of LLM degrees offered by the College of Law gives • Admiralty law legal practice, or in education, industry, commerce, finance Entry requirements students the advantage of choice and specialism. For the student • Carriage of goods by sea, land and air or arbitration. LLM: Candidates should have a good Honours degree in who does not wish to specialise to that extent, the College of Law • Charterparties: law and practice • Charterparties: law and practice law or cognate discipline. Candidates with relevant offers a general LLM postgraduate degree (LLM in International • Marine insurance • International trade law professional experience are also encouraged to apply. Commercial and Maritime Law). This general LLM provides • Law of the sea • Law and practice in international banking and commercial GDL: Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or above in any opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge • Oil and gas law payments non-law discipline from a UK or recognised overseas and understanding, qualities, skills and other attributes in both • E-commerce • E-commerce University. Candidates with alternative professional Commercial and Maritime Law by choosing specialised modules • International trade law • International Litigation and arbitration qualifications or experience are also encouraged to apply. from both areas of law. • International litigation and arbitration • Marine Insurance LPC: A qualifying Honours degree in law from a UK or Modules typically include: Intellectual Property and Commercial Practice LLM FT / PT recognised overseas university or a Graduate Diploma in Graduate Diploma Law (GDL) FT • Admiralty law It is estimated that 70% of a typical company’s value today lies in Law/CPE or similar qualification. The Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) is a full-time, 36-week, • Carriage of goods by sea, land and air its intangible assets. Yet evidence would suggest that companies LLM in Legal Practice and Advanced Drafting: intensive course for non-law graduates, or those with appropriate • Charterparties: law and practice do not readily understand the nature of these legal assets nor A qualifying Honours degree in law from a UK or • Marine insurance professional qualifications, wishing to either enter the legal

manage them in an effective commercial manner, such that they Law recognised overseas university or a Graduate Diploma in profession or work in law-relevant employment. No prior • Law of the sea are sometimes described as the ‘hidden assets’ of a business Law/CPE or similar qualification. knowledge of law is required. The course is designed to facilitate • Oil and gas law looking to operate in today’s global market place. Students the acquisition of sound legal knowledge in those areas of law English language requirement • Competition law following this LLM will gain an in-depth legal knowledge of issues which are known as the Foundations of Law, plus one additional IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in each component) or • E-commerce and the practical skills acquired will make them an invaluable Swansea University recognised equivalent. area of legal study. • International corporate law and governance asset to international commercial organisations. The programme • International intellectual property law will not only have an appeal to the aspiring practicing lawyer Successful completion of the Swansea GDL, which is accredited • International trade law looking for a high level career in an international law firm or by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), the Bar Standards • Law of intellectual assets management and transactions International Commercial Law LLM FT / PT multinational company but also for legal advisers to small/ Board (BSB) and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives • Law and practice in international banking and commercial The focus of the LLM in International Commercial Law is on the legal medium sized enterprises. (CILEX), satisfies all of the academic requirements for admission payments and practical challenges arising out of the diverse international to the vocational stage of training as a solicitor, barrister or • Transnational credit and security • Competition law commercial transactions. It offers the opportunity for an intensive but legal executive. • International litigation and arbitration • E-commerce integrated education in different areas of commercial law. The • International corporate law and governance The course is structured as follows: course aims to develop an in-depth and specialist knowledge of International Maritime Law LLM FT / PT • International intellectual property law • The course is preceded by a two-week period of directed International Commercial Law with a view to enhancing graduate The sea constitutes two-thirds of the entire planet and is of • International litigation and arbitration reading on the English Legal System and the principles of legal employability. fundamental importance to human activity, sustaining life, providing • Transnational credit and security scholarship (no attendance required, home study) Modules typically include: commerce and navigational routes and a substantial proportion of International Trade Law LLM FT / PT • A four-week induction period follows, (comprising the whole of • Competition law our natural resources. Taking into account the need to regulate such This programme allows students to focus on specific issues the month of September), which includes lectures and seminars • E-commerce a wide range of sea-related transactions, this specialised LLM has related to International Trade. It places emphasis upon the legal on the English Legal System, Legal Skills, and European Union • International corporate law and governance been developed with a view to providing students with a sound and and commercial issues associated with international sale Law (attendance required) • International intellectual property law relevant body of information and understanding of Shipping Law. contracts, from their formation to the organisation of the • Law of intellectual assets management and transactions The course focuses on various aspects of maritime law, from the • The foundation subjects of Contract, Tort, Public Law, Equity transportation of the goods and resolution of the international • Transnational credit and security different contracts for the carriage of goods to marine insurance, and Trusts, Land Law and Criminal Law are taught by means disputes that may arise. The course is structured to provide • International litigation and arbitration international trade and law of the sea. of a series of lectures and compulsory seminars spanning a solid understanding of international trade law, thereby • Law and practice in international banking and commercial payments two teaching blocks;

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• A further legal subject is studied, by means of a supervised career in law in England and Wales, with an independent learning research project module which facilitates the completion of a drafting project by the student which can then be used to evidence enhanced important Great Minds How to apply legal skills to a potential or existing employer for career starts or GDL: Applications should be made through the Central Professor Dennis Patterson, progression. Applications Board online at: www.lawcabs.ac.uk Law How to apply Legal Practice Course (LPC) FT / PT Apply for the Swansea LPC through the Central Applications Consistent with Swansea University’s innovative approach to legal Board online at: Professor Patterson was appointed Professor of Jurisprudence education, the College of Law was amongst the first to provide the www.lawcabs.ac.uk Solicitors Regulation Authority’s new style Legal Practice Course and International Trade at Swansea’s College of Law in 2007. complying with the updated Legal Practice Course outcomes. This is To upgrade to the LLM in Legal Practice and Advanced Drafting a professional, practical course that will equip you with the vital skills apply directly to the University. He is also the Board of Governors Professor at the School of Law, and confidence for a successful career in law in England and Rutgers University (Camden, New Jersey, USA) and the Professor “My research is a beautiful Research Programmes Wales. The course is consistently rated as excellent by both students of Legal Theory and Legal Philosophy at the European University and external organisations. blend of legal, philosophical Entry requirements Institute (Florence, Italy). The course is staffed by a dedicated team of friendly and supportive MPhil/PhD: As a minimum candidates are normally and policy issues. If we can professionals with extensive experience of legal practice. We required to have an excellent Master’s degree, preferably Professor Patterson writes in the fields of commercial law, figure out the mental in law. Exceptional performance at undergraduate level operate with first-class teaching facilities and a dedicated will be considered. trade law and legal philosophy. His book, Minds, Brains correlates for brain activity, practitioner Resource Room with full network access to extensive electronic legal practitioner resources. Students at Swansea English language requirement: and Law (OUP, 2013) (with Michael Pardo) is the first full-length many interesting issues in law IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in each component) participate in the Swansea Pro Bono Law Clinic run by law students treatment of philosophical issues in law and neuroscience. can be seen in a new light.” under the supervision of qualified local practitioners and have the or Swansea University recognised equivalent. advantage of valuable networking opportunities and work Professor Patterson has been awarded Senior Research grants experience placements supported by the course team. Law MPhil/PhD FT / PT from the Fulbright Commission, Humboldt Stiftung, and the Stage One – Core Practice Areas Candidates may be admitted to the MPhil scheme in the first American Council of Learned Societies. He was elected to • Business law and practice Law instance with a subsequent opportunity to upgrade to the PhD • Property law and practice serve at the REF 2014 Law Sub-Panel. scheme subject to academic progress. • Criminal and civil litigation • Wills and administration of estates We welcome applications from well qualified candidates whose His fields of research include Wittgenstein and the Philosophy • Professional conduct and regulation research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise, of Language. Current projects include The Guilty Mind: A Study • Solicitors accounts which focus around the following research groupings. of the Role of Neuroscience in the Defence of Insanity; • Practice skills of interviewing and advising, advocacy, The Centre for Global Legal Priorities (CGLP) drafting and writing and practical legal research and Transnational Law: A monograph on the normative Environmental and energy law; public international law and Stage Two – Vocational Electives international relations; European Union law; comparative law; dimensions of transnational law. • Advanced commercial law and legal theory. • Business leases Sefydliad Hywel Dda/Hywel Dda Institute • Employment law and practice Public and constitutional law with a Welsh dimension. • Advanced criminal practice • Family and child care law and practice The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL) • Personal injury and clinical negligence International commercial, shipping, admiralty and trade law; carriage of goods; marine environmental conservation. How to apply LPC: Full-time course applications must be made through the Central Wales Observatory on Human Rights of Children and Young People Applications Board online at: www.lawcabs.ac.uk Children’s and young people’s rights.

Part-time course applications to be made directly to the University: Centre for Criminal Justice and Criminology www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply Please see page 64.

LLM in Legal Practice and Advanced Drafting The LLM in Legal Practice and Advanced Drafting combines the Scholarships and bursaries Swansea Legal Practice Course, a professional practical course that A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries are available. develops important practice skills and confidence for a successful www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships

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In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008, 40% have been employed by a wide range of organisations including: of research submitted by the Mathematics department was AXA, BA, Deutsche Bank, Shell Research, Health Authorities, Zurich judged to be world-leading or internationally excellent Financial Services, Local Government and others. Great Minds making it the strongest in Wales. Dr Elaine Crooks, The Department of Mathematics places a strong emphasis on Find out more… Mathematics developing graduate employability and this is evidenced by Email: [email protected] the fact that 94% of our graduates are in full-time employment or further study within six months of graduating. Graduates Tel: +44 (0)1792 295720 Associate Professor, Dr Crooks specialises in Nonlinear www.swansea.ac.uk/maths Partial Differential Equations (PDE), with particular interests in singular limits of elliptic and parabolic systems and in travelling waves for reaction-diffusion-convection systems. Taught Courses Stochastic Processes: Theory and Application MRes FT / PT The MRes in Stochastic Processes is delivered through optional Singular limits are fascinating and ubiquitous, not only Entry requirements modules for the taught element followed by a large research project arising in conjunction with biological and physical “For me, mathematics is the Normally a 2.2 Honours degree in Mathematics or that contributes to the field in an explicit way, rather than merely related subject phenomena such as spatial segregation of species in language of the world. applying existing knowledge. English language requirement population dynamics, or phase separation, for example, but Seeing physical or biological IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) Topics typically include: or Swansea University recognised equivalent. • Financial mathematics also being mathematically deep and powerful. phenomena reflected in • Lévy processes and more general jump processes mathematical structures is • Stochastic infinite dimensional analysis Her work on PDE has led to an interdisciplinary Mathematics extremely beautiful and Mathematics and Computing for Finance MSc FT / PT collaboration with animal movement ecologist Dr Luca The MSc Mathematics and Computing for Finance course has been Mathematics MSc by Research FT Börger in Biosciences, Swansea, looking at modelling the rewarding.” designed to meet the growing demand for specially trained Mathematics MPhil/PhD FT / PT mathematicians to work in the world’s financial markets and We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose speed of spread of biological populations and finding out insurance. On the course you will study different elements of both research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise what can affect the rate of this spread. mathematics and computing in addition to developing your focused around the following research groups: communication and presentational skills through a project you will Algebra and Topology Group Dr Crooks is also a member of the KEA research group, undertake. You will be fully supported to ensure that your project is best suited to support your future career plans. Areas of interest include: Noncommutative geometry; categorical which has developed a flexible toolbox of robust geometric methods in algebra and topology; homotopy theory and methods for image and data-processing and for Modules typically include: homological algebra and others. • Black-Scholes Theory computational geometry tasks. This is in conjunction with • Discrete time financial mathematics Analysis and Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Group academics at the University of Nottingham and the National • Itô Calculus and stochastic differential equations Areas of interest include: Reaction-diffusion and reaction-diffusion- University of Tucumán in Argentina. • Lie groups and lie algebras convection equations and systems; Navier–Stokes equations in fluid • Numerical analysis dynamic; complexity in the calculus of variations, Mathematical • Partial differential equations biology and others. • Programming in Java • Stochastic rocesses Stochastic Analysis Group Areas of interest include: Functional inequalities and applications; Research Programmes Lévy-type processes; stochastic modelling of fractal; multifractal and multiscale systems; infinite dimensional stochastic analysis Entry requirements and others. Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or a Master’s degree in Mathematics or related subject. English language requirement IELTS 6.0 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) Scholarships and bursaries or Swansea University recognised equivalent. A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries are available. www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships

102 103 Media and Communication

From traditional print and broadcast media to film and Media and Communication at Swansea has a broad vocational Find out more… television, digital publishing, social networking, and public and international outlook that reflects the challenges of our Taught relations, the media increasingly defines the way we interact media-rich world. Email: [email protected] with our society. It shapes the way we see ourselves and In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 35% of staff Research others, and can be a powerful tool for social change, Email: [email protected] research activity was rated world-leading (4*) or good or bad. internationally excellent (3*). www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities

Taught Courses comparative study in the field of journalism and Erasmus Mundus Journalism, Media and Globalisation MA FT Media History, Theory and Technology communication studies. This group combines research at the nexus between media

This two-year, truly transnational degree provides a solid Media and Communication Entry requirements history, theory and technological change, addressing key issues Modules typically include: foundation for analysing and reporting global changes. Building Normally a minimum of a lower class BA Honours degree in the emerging global digital world. The group seeks to develop • Global media on journalistic skills, the degree offers a unique combination 2.2 (with an overall average of 55% or above). a critical understanding of networked digital media and online • Comparative journalism of journalism, media studies and the social sciences. An English language requirement social practices and their social, economic and political • Conceptual issues in the theory and practice of social sciences international consortium of universities and media outlets work IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or dynamics in order to inform academic research, wider policy • Development and communication closely together to run the Mundus Journalism programme. Visit Swansea University recognised equivalent. issues and public debates. The relationships between media • Risk reporting the website for more information: technology, cultural form and the shift from ‘atoms to bits’ are • The digital edge www.mundusjournalism.com addressed through a range of innovative methodological • Thinking about digital media Communication, Media Practice and Public Relations MA FT / PT approaches together with a focus on placing these developments • New media technologies, society and politics Research Programmes This programme offers syllabus-based practice in professional, within a historical and social context. • Digital publishing contemporary media skills, taught by industry professionals with • Documentary making Entry requirements Media and Communication also benefits from research groups academic backgrounds. The programme allows graduates to add • Political economy of the media PhD: Normally a good Honours degree (first-class or 2:1) exploring gender, technology, war, and global journalism, and valuable and desirable professional media skills for careers in • Online journalism and an MA in a relevant field. incorporates work on moral panics and media and identity in business, public and media relations, broadcasting, advertising and MRes or MPhil: A good Honours degree. small nations, with particular reference to Wales. marketing and they also allow industry professionals to acquire new Digital Media MA FT / PT English language requirement All research students in Media and Communication belong media skills and qualifications that will enhance their continuing This programme offers an innovative, interdisciplinary and IELTS 6.5 (minimum of 5.5 in each component) or professional development. multidisciplinary approach to contemporary technology and new Swansea University recognised equivalent to the Graduate Centre in the College of Arts and Humanities. media, drawing upon expertise in Media and Communication The Centre provides pastoral as well as administrative support Modules typically include: Studies to examine some of the key issues confronting twenty-first and is also responsible for research skills training and support, and facilitating a lively intellectual environment for the College’s • Visual communication and media design century global societies through a dynamic programme that Digital Media MPhil/PhD/MA by Research FT / PT postgraduate research community of 200 students. • Video documentary making combines theoretical and applied perspectives. Students will be Media and Communication Studies MPhil/PhD FT / PT www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre • PR, branding and promotion encouraged to apply media theory, political and social theory, and • Digital journalism research tools in analysing and understanding digital media, We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose • Media practice in context as well as learning about key historical policy and practice research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise • Global media dimensions of new media. focused around the following research groupings: Scholarships and bursaries • Thinking about digital media A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries are Modules typically include: • Comparative journalism World Cinema available. Funding may also be available from the Arts and • Thinking about digital media • The political economy of the media This group brings together substantial expertise in the history, Humanities Research Council. • The digital edge • The digital edge theory and reception of World Cinema and is engaged in a • Conceptual issues in the theory and practice of social sciences For details, please visit: variety of provocative analyses of films, filmmakers, movements • New media technologies, society and politics www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships Comparative Journalism MA FT / PT and film-watching communities and nations in relation to history, • Global media The MA in Comparative Journalism provides a cross-cultural literature, philosophy, new media and politics. • Comparative journalism approach to journalism in the twenty-first century. It is aimed at those • Political economy of the media interested in developing their knowledge and understanding of the • Development and communication role of contemporary global society, and exploring how journalism • Digital publishing is evolving in the ever-changing communication environment • Documentary making characterised by digital technologies. The course provides students • Online journalism with essential knowledge of how journalism is practiced in different cultures worldwide as well as responding to their interest in

104 105 research facility, the Institute of Life Science (ILS), was independently ‘NHS in a lab’ facility; the Centre for Improving Population training and development through our existing powerful, judged as international or world-leading. The 2012 UK Health Health through E-Health Research (CIPHER), a new Medical robust, state-of-the-art data linkage and data access facilities. Medicine Research analysis shows that Swansea was the fastest growing Research Council Centre of Excellence for E-Health; High Collaborations include: Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University medical school in the UK between 2005 and 2010. Performance Computing (HPC) in collaboration with IBM and (ABMU) Health Board; the Biotechnology and Biological The College of Medicine is one of the UK’s leading centres for Fujitsu; and the Centre for NanoHealth, a £22 million open We adopt an interdisciplinary approach to translational Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); Research Council UK medical research. We are committed to innovative health and life access R&D facility dedicated to the advancement of health medicine from basic laboratory science to health care delivery, (RCUK); the Medical Research Council (MRC); Economic and sciences research and are able to offer outstanding postgraduate care through the application of nanotechnology. underpinned by health informatics, mathematical modelling, opportunities in medical training on our fast track graduate-entry Social Research Council (ESRC) and Welsh Government as world-class supercomputing and mass spectroscopy. programme and in scientific training, encompassing experimental The College is also home to the EPSRC UK National Mass well as numerous national and international research links. Postgraduate students will have access to outstanding laboratory science and health services. Spectrometry Facility, which offers comprehensive mass and clinical research facilities in the £100 million Institute of Life spectrometry services for university research groups The strength of our research was emphasised by the results of the Science (ILS). The ILS has outstanding laboratory and clinical throughout the UK. The newest research council facility is the Find out more… most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in 2008, with research facilities as well as a Clinical Research Facility MRC Centre for Bioinformatics housed in ILS1 and opening in Email: [email protected] 87% of staff assessed as producing research of international quality incorporating jointly-located clinical trials and imaging suites April 2015. Finally, scheduled to open in Summer 2015 is the Tel: +44 (0)1792 513486 or above, placing us seventh in the UK rankings. In addition, working in close collaboration with the NHS and Siemens; Data Science Building which will create a world-class centre www.swansea.ac.uk/medicine 90% of research conducted within the College’s flagship medical Health Informatics research laboratories including the in administrative data and eHealth research, innovation,

• Proteomics Proposed course modules: Taught Courses Clinical Science (Medical Physics) MSc PT • Pharmaceutical This programme builds on an existing collaboration with the NHS • Health data science and scientific computing in healthcare Entry requirements • Environmental and forensic analysis in providing the primary route for attaining the professional title of • Health data manipulation See individual courses. • Medical and life sciences Clinical Scientist in the field of Medical Physics. • Analysis of linked health data English language requirement • Metabolomics, lipidomics and bioactive lipids • Machine learning applications in health data The programme is accredited by the NHS and provides the • Health data visualisation IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 in each component). Entry requirements academic component of the Scientist Training Programme for • Advanced analysis of linked health data Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or above in a science subject. medical physics trainees, within the Modernising Scientific Careers • Health data analysis dissertation Applied Analytical Science MSc/PGDip FT / PT framework defined by the UK Department of Health, and offers Autism and Related Conditions MSc/PGDip/PGCert FT / PT World demand for mass spectrometry and chromatography has students the chance to specialise in either radiotherapy physics or Entry requirements Autism is a spectrum of lifelong conditions that present various Medicine grown at an unprecedented rate, with qualified graduates in radiation safety. This Master’s degree is only suitable for trainees Candidates with two years of relevant employment are challenges for those people affected and the services in place to short supply and highly sought after. sponsored by an NHS or an equivalent health care provider. welcomed, as well as graduates of a relevant discipline with provide care and support. This course is for doctors, nurses, allied an Honours classification of 2.2 or above, or an equivalent The unique combination of industry participation and course content health staff, educators, social care professionals and psychologists Modules typically include: recognised qualification. will provide you with a vocationally-relevant qualification with who wish to develop their understanding, skills and leadership in the • Introduction to clinical science invaluable training and experience sought in the UK and worldwide. management and care of people with Autism. • Medical imaging Health Informatics MSc/PGDip/PGCert FT / PT • Nuclear medicine and diagnostic imaging Government policies, professional bodies and European Modules typically include: The Master’s in Autism and Related Conditions, which is also • Radiation protection strategies have all made explicit reference to the need for • Mass spectrometry – basics and fundamentals available at Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate • Radiotherapy physics healthcare staff with health informatics education and training to • Separation science and sample handling level as well as on a part-time basis, is a unique training and • Research methods keep in line with new developments and the changing nature of • Data analysis and method development development programme leading to a postgraduate qualification for • Advanced radiotherapy new technology. • Professional management of laboratory practice those professionals who are seeking to advance and specialise their • Specialist radiotherapy • Proteomics knowledge and practice in Autism. This programme is designed for healthcare professionals and • Advanced radiation safety • Pharmaceutical those who want to increase their knowledge and skills in health Modules typically include: • Specialist radiation safety • Environmental and forensic analysis informatics, and is accredited by the UK Council for Health • Diagnosis and assessment • Medical and life sciences Entry requirements Informatics Professions (UKCHIP). • Living with Autism and related conditions • Metabolomics, lipidomics and bioactive lipids Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent in engineering • Management of Autism and related conditions Modules typically include: • Dissertation: MS experimental project or the physical sciences. • Neurodevelopmental conditions and behavioural analysis • The health informatics professional Entry requirements • Childhood and adult services Health Data Science MSc/PGDip/PGCert FT / PT • Communication systems Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or above in a science subject. • Legal and policy considerations Healthcare, with an already established strong relationship • Data quality and secondary uses • Research based dissertation or work based reflective portfolio with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), is • Information systems and technologies Applied Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LCMS) continuously expanding the knowledge forefront as new • Knowledge management PGCert FT / PT Entry requirements methods of acquiring data concerning the health of human • Health technologies and telecare This course is suited to professionals with several years experience in Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate beings are developed. • Dissertation analytical sciences, requiring an update to their skills. The course is subject. There is also provision for admission that takes into account 60 credits with students selecting four out of the five modules below: previous experience. If you do not have an undergraduate degree Processing this data to extract valuable information about a Entry requirements you must have significant relevant work (or other) experience, which population (epidemiological applications) or the individual Candidates with two years of relevant employment are has been assessed as appropriate by the Admissions Selectors. (personalised healthcare applications) is the work of health data welcomed, as well as graduates of a relevant discipline with scientists. Their work has the potential to improve quality of life an Honours classification of 2.2 or above, or an equivalent on a large scale. recognised qualification.

106 107 Medicine

Leadership for the Health Professions MSc/PGDip/PGCert PT Life Science and Healthcare Enterprise with Healthcare including tuition in computer-based modelling, research modern medicine. Improvements in the immediate (damage This unique inter-professional, multi-level, leadership development Services Management MSc/PGDip* methodology and the ethical dimensions associated with control) resuscitation have improved survival, underpinned by programme has been designed primarily for health professionals Graduates will enhance their knowledge of global models of medical research. the lessons learnt from the most effective trauma systems in the healthcare systems; develop extensive knowledge around the developed world. Post-injury reconstructive surgery and actively working in health care, education, research or management. The programme is accredited by the Institute of Physics current health and social care divide with a focus on understanding rehabilitation now offer potentials for recovery which were The course is suitable for doctors, nurses, academic staff and other and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM). health professionals at all stages of their career (including trainees) the challenges and opportunities around procurement. previously inconceivable. Modules typically include: with a leadership or management role or those aspiring to one. Modules typically include: Life Science and Healthcare Enterprise with Informatics • Advanced radiotherapy The programme has been designed specifically for busy working • Trauma: the disease MSc/PGDip* • Introduction to the practice of medical physicists and professionals combining face to face contact days supplemented • The turning point Graduates will develop an understanding and grasp of the clinical engineers by online learning and tutor, mentor and peer support. • Healing and rehabilitation opportunities, challenges and issues, including ethics and privacy • Medical imaging • Regional trauma Modules typically include: related issues, relating to the commercialisation of health, bio and • Nanoscale simulation • Definitive reconstruction • Contemporary issues in health professions’ leadership in-silico informatics in the Life Science Sector. • Physics of the body • Immediate management of burns • Understanding organisations and systems • Nuclear medicine and diagnostic radiology Life Science and Healthcare Enterprise with Medical Manufacturing • Evidence-based health and social care • Developing yourself as a leader and managing performance • Research methods MSc/PGDip • Health research methods and preparation for dissertation • The ‘learning organisation’ teams and groups • Radiation protection Graduates will enhance their understanding of opportunity, • Dissertation • Social, cultural and economic context of health • Radiation physics challenges and routes to market for innovations in medical • Mentoring and supervision • Radiotherapy physics Entry requirements manufacturing and will be introduced to the strategic approach for • Research-based dissertation or a work-based reflective portfolio • MSc research project Candidates must have obtained, or will shortly obtain; the MRCS identifying investment, in-depth research and clinical trials associated (or equivalent for Maxillofacial surgery candidates), ATLS and Entry requirements with manufacturing innovative devices and products in healthcare. Entry requirements must be able to demonstrate a career path in Trauma and This course is suitable for doctors, nurses, academic staff and other Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or equivalent in engineering Orthopaedic, Burns and Plastic or Maxillofacial surgery. health professionals with a leadership or management role or those Life Science and Healthcare Enterprise with Medical Technology or the physical sciences. aspiring to one. Candidates will require at least a 2.2 Honours MSc/PGDip* Applications will include a structured CV and two references from degree or equivalent in an appropriate subject. Nanomedicine MSc/PGDip/PGCert FT / PT Graduates will enhance their knowledge about the novel and consultants in the relevant field of interest. Following shortlisting Medicine emerging techniques in the field of medical technology in the Life This innovative programme combines a multidisciplinary each applicant will be expected to undertake a given short piece Life Science and Healthcare Enterprise programmes* FT / PT Science Sector including nanotechnology, diagnostics, therapeutics approach of nanotechnology and medical science that of written work and attend an interview. This unique portfolio of five Life Science Master’s programmes has and imaging. promises to bring significant advances in the diagnosis, been designed for graduates who wish to develop an enhanced treatment and prevention of disease. Trauma Surgery (Military) MSc/PGDip PT knowledge and skills base in applying life science enterprise and Life Science and Healthcare Enterprise with Reconstructive This course expands upon the MSc Trauma Surgery to include a This course is suitable for graduates with experience in innovation to medicine and healthcare, with a focus on benefiting and Regenerative Medicine MSc/PGDip* Military Surgery pathway, in association with the Academic disciplines of biology, life sciences or engineering who wish to industry and building the research base in the life sciences sector. Graduates will enhance their knowledge about the novel and Department of Military Surgery and Trauma (ADMST), Royal develop their understanding of the application of nanotechnology The programmes are based on an integrated and innovative model emerging techniques, market dynamics and regulatory landscape Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham and associated to medicine and to undergo training in experimental design and of teaching and learning involving a series of master classes in the field of reconstructive and regenerative medicine in the military facilities. delivered by academics and expert witnesses from the life science Life Science Sector including companion diagnostics. experimental practice in a novel research topic. Modules typically include: and health industries in addition to a focused dissertation. Modules include: Medical Radiation Physics MSc FT / PT • Trauma: the disease Modules typically include: • Principles of nanomedicine The course builds on the highly successful research partnerships • The turning point • Regenerative medicine • Critical appraisal and evaluation between the College of Medicine and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg • Healing and rehabilitation • Bionanotechnology • Commercialisation in life science University (ABMU) Health Board, including the Institute of Life • Military operational surgical training • Physiology and disease • Regulations and standards in life science Science and Centre for NanoHealth initiatives, and ongoing • Combat surgery: clinical and logistics • Nanomedicine and therapeutics • Data analysis for health and medical sciences work in Monte Carlo-based radiotherapy modelling and dosimeter • Evidence-based health and social care • Diagnostics and imaging • Translation and trends in disruptive ILS innovation development, body composition, tissue characterisation and novel • Health research methods and preparation for dissertation • Bioinformatics • Medical technology modes of the detection of disease with state-of-the-art CT and • Dissertation • Medical manufacturing • Nano(geno)toxicology MRI facilities. Entry requirements • Reconstructive and regenerative medicine • Research design and ethics • Healthcare management You will gain the necessary knowledge and understanding of • Research dissertation Candidates will have obtained MRCS or equivalent and have ATLS fundamental aspects of the use of radiation in medicine in order and BATLS (Battlefield Trauma Life Support). Applicants will be • Informatics Entry requirements that you are conversant in medical terms, human physiology and pursuing a career in surgical discipline within the military. Trainees Normally a 2.2. Honours degree or above in a biological Entry requirements radiation mechanisms. in Trauma and Orthopaedics will be able to pursue the unmodified science or related subject; Engineering; Physics; Chemistry. Candidates will require at least a 2.2 Honours degree or MSc Trauma Surgery. Military surgical trainees pursuing careers in A direct link to clinical practice is provided through hands-on Trauma and Orthopaedic, Burns and Plastic or Maxillofacial equivalent in an appropriate subject. Trauma Surgery MSc/PGDip PT instruction with equipment used routinely in the hospital setting, surgery will only be considered on recommendation of the Defence This innovative, highly practical and academically rigorous which will prepare you for research in a rapidly changing field, Consultant Advisors from the Armed Forces. The application programme is aimed at those committed to a career devoted to process is then the same as the MSc Trauma Surgery. improving trauma care, one of the most rapidly evolving areas in * Subject to final validation 108 109 Medicine

• Use of an experienced supervisory team Entry requirements Mass Spectrometry MPhil/PhD FT / PT • Pre-hospital care context of clinical medicine, public health, Research Programmes approach to ensure broad support across Candidates will require at least a 2.2 Swansea University has long been • Psychiatry pathology, therapeutics, ethics and a range of needs Honours degree or equivalent in an • Rheumatology psycho-social issues in patient Entry requirements established as a centre of excellence for appropriate subject. • Trauma surgery management. This, together with MRes/MPhil/MSc by Research/MD/ • Emphasis is research-on-practise, mass spectrometry, and hosts the EPSRC a high emphasis on clinical and DProf/PhD: Normally a 2.1 Honours meaning research can be conducted in UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility. Medicine and Life Sciences MRes FT / PT degree or above. place of work Opportunities for undertaking research communication skills, will provide The MRes in Medicine and Life Sciences is Continued Professional Development exist in Medical Mass Spectrometry: you with everything you will need to Applicants for a research degree must Entry requirements a one-year full-time programme (part-time (CPD) opportunities Medical Proteomics, Metabolomics, practise medicine competently and hold an initial degree of a UK university This course is suitable for anyone who option), which provides an ideal The College of Medicine is committed to Analytical Biochemistry, Lipid Metabolism, confidently. or another university approved by Senate wishes to undertake rigorous, practise- opportunity and environment in which to the provision of a structured and Steroids, and Receptor-Ligand Interaction. and would normally have achieved or be focused research into the education of gain practical training in research methods supportive skills enhancement framework Within the College of Medicine, you will predicted to achieve a minimum Analytical Chemistry: Pharmaceutical, health professionals. Trainees are also and to join a thriving research team within for continued personal and professional have access to range of learning and classification of upper second (2.1) or Environmental and Forensic analysis; and welcome. Applicants would normally be Swansea University’s College of Medicine. development, which allows clinicians, teaching facilities on the Singleton Park equivalent. Applicants for a doctoral level Mass Spectrometry, Instrumentation Design expected to have a 2:1 Honours degree or The course has been developed with an educationalists and scientists the Campus, Singleton and Morriston research degree would normally have, and Technique Development. There are equivalent (e.g. MB BCh). emphasis on providing students with a opportunity to undertake Master’s level hospitals, and community based sites. or be studying for, a Master’s degree extensive and modern research facilities research-oriented approach to their education to support their professional These include anatomy, simulation and of a UK university or another university Contact: Dr Phil Newton: for students to be able to conduct their approved by Senate or similar level of learning. Students are able to tailor their roles. With this in mind, the majority of clinical skills laboratories, new teaching [email protected] own research project. qualification. Applicants for the MD studies towards a career in one of the modules offered as part of the rooms and computer and quiet study Professor Andy Grant: programmes detailed above are available spaces specifically for students’ use. degree should normally possess a College’s internationally recognised Medicine MSc by Research MPhil/PhD/ Bachelor of Medicine or Surgery [email protected] as stand-alone CPD courses. research themes: biomarkers and genes, MD FT / PT Entry requirements awarded at least three years prior to www.medicine.swansea.ac.uk devices, microbes and immunity, patient The College of Medicine invites Entry requirements Typically a 1st or 2.1 Honours degree the submission of the thesis. @RiHPE and population health and informatics. applications from well-qualified Candidates will be required to enrol or a 2.2 Honours degree PLUS a English language requirement: This innovative, highly practical and candidates whose research interests as Associate Students and the entry Master’s or other higher degree. IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.0 Life Science and Healthcare Enterprise correspond to the following expert-led requirements are determined by the GCSE Mathematics and English/Welsh in each component). FT PT academically rigorous programme is aimed Medicine MRes / research themes and technology programme that the module belongs to. at grade C or above (or equivalent). This unique life science research at health professionals, life scientists, biomedical scientists, medics and platforms: Contact: postgraduatemedicine@ All applicants will also have to sit the programme has been designed for research swansea.ac.uk for specific requirements. GAMSAT prior to application. Education for the Health Professions graduates who wish to develop an academics who want to increase their • Biomarker and Gene Discovery MRes/DProf FT / PT enhanced knowledge and skills base in knowledge and skills in Medicine and Life • Microbiology, Infection and Please note: These supported research degrees are applying life science enterprise and Sciences. This is a taught research Immunology Collaborative Programmes In order to be eligible to apply for programme designed to give students the aimed at generating evidence for the innovation to medicine and healthcare, • Devices The College of Medicine works in Graduate Entry Medicine, you must: opportunity to conduct Masters-level education of Health Professionals. The two with a focus on benefiting industry and • Patient and Population Health collaboration with other Colleges across be classed as a home student (UK research in a supported environment with programmes allow candidates to either building the research base in the life • Translational Medicine the University to deliver interdisciplinary and European Union citizen). relevant training in research methods and complete a short, Master’s level programme science sector. The programme is based • Informatics programmes, including: For further information please visit: www. their application. The programme is (MRes) or a long, Doctoral Level research on an integrated and innovative model of • E-Health swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/ degree (DProf) in a programme which teaching and learning involving a series of designed in two phases: • NanoHealth Education for the Health Professions medicine/mbbchgraduateentrymedicine combines an initial taught phase with MA/PGDip/PGCert FT / PT master classes delivered by academics Training and application The College also has strong links with supervised research. Please see Health Science section on and expert witnesses from the life science • Taught modules in research methods the NHS and welcomes applications industry. Students will be able to conduct and their application to medicine page 88. Scholarships and bursaries Key features include from candidates with a clinical research their own research project on a single topic and life sciences We offer a range of funding opportunities • Full training and support in a broad interest in: within medicine and Life Science, with • Personalised education and training Medicine – Graduate Entry Programme for both taught and research degrees. range of research methods • Ageing emphasis on the translation and relevant to students’ own research area MB BCh Recently we have attracted funding from • Focused, taught analysis of the evidence commercialisation of the College’s thematic • Accidents • Identification of research questions and The stand-alone Graduate Entry Medicine organisations such as the Economic and base for current practise in health research areas, namely: Biomarkers and • Ambulatory care how they might be addressed Programme (MB BCh) in Swansea is Social Research Council and the Ministry professions education • Burns and plastics Genes, Devices, Microbes and Immunity, unique in Wales, and one of a small of Defence to offer postgraduate Research • Cancer • Supported development of a research and Patient and Population Health and group of similar programmes of medical scholarships: proposal, including literature review, Informatics. • Master’s level research project, focused • Cardiovascular disease study in the UK. It is a fully integrated, www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ methodological approaches and ethical on students research interests and • Diabetes Modules include: innovative, four-year accelerated medical scholarships existing practice • Epilepsy approval degree. We have designed an integrated • Critical appraisal and evaluation • Gastroenterology • Support from an outstanding community medical curriculum, where the basic • Commercialisation in life sciences • Hospital at home of experienced researchers to address biomedical sciences are learnt in the • Regulations and standards in life • Infectious diseases specific training and research needs science research

* Subject to final validation 110 111 Modern Languages, world-leading or internationally excellent – 35% in French, Find out more… 50% in German, 45% in Hispanic Studies, and 40% Taught in Italian. Email: [email protected] Translation and Interpreting All our programmes are designed, with professional input Research Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting from active participants in the language services industry, to Email: [email protected] be as up-to-date and vocationally relevant as possible, with a The Department of Languages, Translation and Staff research interests range from linguistics (descriptive, www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities high proportion of practical, hands-on learning and project- Communication has research-active staff specialising in the historical and theoretical) to a very wide range of topics in based assessment. following languages: Catalan, Chinese Mandarin, French, literature, film and cultural history, to translation and interpreting German, Italian and Spanish. Our taught MAs have a long studies, terminology, literary translation, and translation tools track record of turning excellent general linguists into and technologies. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise practising translators and interpreters. much of our research in Modern Languages was classed as

Taught Courses Studio and Lionbridge Translation Workspace, and offers the team including practitioners and academics; fellow students • Area studies (history of social and political ideas, opportunity to take Trados certification tests without charge. from the relevant areas also participate by role-playing with our propaganda and literary discourse) Entry requirements MA students. Each module is designed to prepare students to • Colonialism and postcolonialism, relating in particular A wide range of other options is available: Normally a minimum 2.1 Honours degree in Modern pass the examinations of the corresponding, widely-recognised to Algeria, Indochina, and Francophone Africa Languages, Translation, Interpreting or a related subject. • Translation history and theory Diploma in Public Service Interpreting (DPSI) offered by the • Dada and Surrealism English language requirement • Linguistics Chartered Institute of Linguists (see www.iol.org.uk/ • Contemporary poetry and the visual arts IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or • Literary translation qualifications/exams_dpsi.asp) and the Metropolitan Recent PhD topic: ‘The Poetics of Play in the Prose of Swansea University recognised equivalent. • Interpreting (see below) Police Test (see www.iol.orguk/metpolice/default.asp). Max Jacob’. • Visual communication and media Design (web design and Translation Technology PGCert FT / PT digital publishing) German The Department offers two linked, highly international taught MA This programme consists of modules drawn from the MA • Audiovisual Adaptation (subtitling, dubbing and audio description) Much of our activity in German is concentrated in the Centre for programmes, in Professional Translation and in Translation and programmes opposite. • Translation Technologies (see opposite) Contemporary German Culture which has produced more than Interpreting. We are proud that the first has been a member of the • Terminology management a dozen PhDs since its foundation in 1993. Current and recent European Commission’s European Masters in Translation (EMT) Research Programmes topics are: ‘Intercultural Encounters in the Writings of Michael Network since its inception in 2010. In the Translation Work Experience module students organise Roes’, and ‘Ambiguous Heroes: Re-visioning the Holocaust and Entry requirements Staff have also been closely involved in the work of the EU-funded themselves into a simulated translation company and, under the Nazism in Hollywood and German Cinema since 1990’. We Normally a minimum 2.1 Honours degree in Modern mentorship of our industry partners, undertake real translation work. Optimale project which is setting out revised standards for the Languages, Translation, Interpreting or a related subject. also have specialists on Germany’s two recent Nobel Laureates, It is also possible to learn a new language from scratch, or pick up training of translators in Europe. The long-standing expertise in For PhD entry a postgraduate qualification is highly Günter Grass (1999) and Herta Müller (2009). In 2014 the translation tools and technologies which forms the core of again a language perhaps neglected since school. Part Two of the desirable. film-maker Andreas Dresen has agreed to be our Director in programme may consist of either a Dissertation, or two Extended our contribution to Optimale is also reflected in the 60-credit English language requirement Residence. The Centre’s focal points include: Postgraduate Certificate in Translation Technology, of particular Translations (one of which may be a Multimedia Project), or a IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or • Women’s writing interest to practising translators looking to update their 13-week Internship, in the UK or abroad, which we will help you to Swansea University recognised equivalent. • Turkish-German and German-Jewish writing technological skills. organise with our extensive range of industry contacts. • German writing from Eastern and Central Europe There is also a two-year variant of this MA designed to be of Translation MPhil/PhD FT / PT Chinese-English Translation and Language Teaching MA FT / PT • Baader Meinhof and the Novel particular interest to students based in continental Europe or The Department has research degree programmes in each of its Please see English section on page 76. • Crime fiction planning to work or study there after their degree. It is compliant language areas and in Translation and Interpreting, as well as Professional Translation MA FT / PT with the EU’s ‘Bologna’ pattern of higher education and so will be being closely involved with the work of the College’s Language Other staff specialisms include: By combining advanced translation work in administrative and fully recognised within Europe. It offers the opportunity of a semester Research Centre. • Ballads and popular culture from the seventeenth century technical domains with in-depth computer-assisted translation in residence abroad. to the present day French technology training, this practical Master’s programme provides • Romanticism, particularly Hoffmann Translation and Interpreting MA FT / PT Areas of expertise include: graduates with the skills and experience to become immediately • Nineteenth century realism, particularly Stifter and Fontane This programme is a variant on the Professional Translation MA with productive in a modern professional environment. In addition to • Medieval literature, especially women writers • Nietzsche an additional emphasis on Public Service Interpreting (including an practical translation and terminology work in one or two language • Rabelais and medicine • The German-language Modernist novel, particularly Broch, introduction to conference interpreting). It is designed to provide pairs, students take a compulsory module in Foundations of • Eighteenth century drama, fiction and literary ideas (including Kafka, Thomas Mann, Musil, and the Canettis. students with a qualification which validates a wide range of Translation and Interpreting, which offers an introduction to relevant Théâtre de la foire, the plays of Marivaux, Diderot) professional skills, and allows them to respond flexibly to the Recent PhD topic: ‘The Literary Dream in German Central Europe, areas of linguistics and translation theory, a presentation by • Women’s writing and gender theory (de Beauvoir, Duras, Sagan) changing challenges of the language services market. Students take 1900-1925: A Selective Study of the Writings of Kafka, Kubin, professionals of key aspects of the language services industry, and • Drama of the twentieth century one or more practical modules on interpreting in Local Government, Meyrink, Musil, and Schnitzler’. practice in methods for researching specialised domain knowledge • Politics and literature (eighteenth, nineteenth and Health Care or Police and Court settings (not all options are and terminology. The other compulsory module, Translation Tools, twentieth centuries) available every year). These modules are taught by a dedicated includes a multilingual website translation project using SDL Trados

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Translation and Interpreting Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting

Italian entitled ‘Memory, Place and Space in Translation’; ‘The Conceptual Semantics of • GENCAS: the Centre for Research Literary-cultural research strengths in Italian Latin America’. Word Formation: A Romance Perspective’; into Gender in Culture and Society are mainly in the twentieth and twenty-first ‘Nominal Compounds in English and their Areas of special interest include: • MEMO: the Centre for Medieval and centuries and include: Translations’; ‘Next-Generation Translation • Twentieth century prose and poetry Early Modern Research Memory Systems’; ‘Use of Translation • Narrative theory and the writings • Women’s writing and feminist theory • CICC: the Centre for the study of Memory in Wales’. of Umberto Eco • Contemporary Spanish American film languages through the medium of Welsh • Fascist cultural policy and censorship • Spanish American nation building The Department benefits from extensive As a PhD or MPhil student you will be • Publishing history • Afro-Latin American Studies library holdings in print and online form. expected to attend research events (such as • Cultural exchange between Italy • Twentieth century Argentine literature All postgraduate students have access to colloquia or weekly seminars) with visiting and the USA. and culture two computer-based language laboratories, speakers from the UK and abroad. • Welsh Patagonia an advanced Translation and Media We also have specialists on vocabulary • Twentieth century Colombian literature computing lab, and a more specialised acquisition and second language learning. and culture Translation Research facility housing the Scholarships and bursaries We are particularly interested in • Twentieth century Cuban literature latest digitisation, corpus analysis and A range of postgraduate scholarships candidates with research interests in one and culture computer-assisted translation tools. and bursaries are available. Funding or more of the following areas: • Wilderness and Eco Literature may also be available from the Arts and All research students belong to the • Second language acquisition in the Humanities Research Council. For details, Current PhD topics: ‘Literal and Graduate Centre in the College of Arts and classroom environment please visit: www.swansea.ac.uk/ Metaphorical Spaces at the Margins: Humanities. The Centre provides pastoral • Language learning and technology postgraduate/scholarships/research Marginalization in Contemporary as well as administrative support and is • Error correction: the use of digital Colombian Literature’; and ‘Witness, also responsible for research skills training feedback in the language classroom Resistance and Memory: The Literary and support, and facilitating a lively Spanish – Spain Legacy of Argentina’s Dirty War’. Research intellectual environment for the College’s Special interests include: supervision is also available through the postgraduate research community of medium of Welsh. 200 students. Politics: www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre • Twentieth century History and Culture Translation and Interpreting • National and Regional Identities in Spain Staff research interests in Translation The Research Institute for Arts and • Constitutional Issues (particularly relating and Interpreting cover a range of Humanities (RIAH) supports two major to the Autonomous Communities) themes, including: Research Centres: the Richard Burton Centre • Catalan Politics and Culture for the Study of Wales, an interdisciplinary • Literary translation forum that focuses on the cultural and Language: • Theatre translation/adaptation historical traditions in the Welsh and English • Learning Spanish bilingually or as a • Translation theory (including non-Western) languages; and the Callaghan Centre for second language • History of translation the Study of Conflict. RIAH supports a wide • Learning Spanish as a heritage language • Comparative translation studies range of other research groups, which • Spanish linguistics and psycholinguistics • Translation and social discourse provide a focus for specialist projects, • Corpus-based translation analysis Spanish – Latin America postgraduate research, grant applications, • Translation and the lexicon Research in this area is conducted through seminar series, and contact with external • Computer-based lexicography and the Centre for Comparative Study of the partners. Those to which researchers in terminography Americas (CECSAM) in collaboration with Languages, Translation and Interpreting • Translation processes: psycholinguistics staff and research students in American contribute include: of translation, translation workflows Studies. The Centre is the leading research • Translation tools and technologies • CCGC: the Centre for Contemporary organization in its field in ales.W It has • Translation visualisation German Culture recently obtained a Regional Seminar • CECSAM: the Centre for the Series Grant from the Institute for the Study Current and recent PhD topics: ‘The Masks Comparative Study of the Americas of the Americas (University of London) of the Poet’ (comparative analysis of which will bring together Wales-based English translations of Baudelaire); • LRC: the Language Research Centre Latin Americanists to work on a project ‘Formulaic Expressions in Computer-Assisted

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The Department of Physics provides state-of-the-art facilities department was judged to be world-leading or internationally media. In 2011 the American Physical Society awarded the Standard Model, for which it has ample access to high- including Low-energy positron beam dedicated excellent. Research in the department is equally split between John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics performance computing resources in the UK and in Europe. instrumentation for the study of positronium, a number of experimental and theoretical physics, and is funded via the UK Research to this group. We also carry out research on continuous-wave and pulsed laser systems, and scanning Research Councils (STFC and EPSRC), the Royal Society, the ultra-cold atoms, ultra-fast lasers and nanotechnology. tunnelling, near-field optical and Raman microscopes. Leverhulme Trust and the European Union. Research in the Theoretical Particle Physics group is focused Find out more… High-performance computing resources are available via In experimental physics, we lead the ALPHA collaboration, on all aspects of particle physics, from collider physics clusters and dedicated supercomputers. Email: [email protected] based at CERN, whose goal is to create, trap and manipulate phenomenology and the Higgs boson to string theory and Tel: +44 (0)1792 295720 In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) in anti-hydrogen. Results of the ALPHA collaboration are regularly black holes. The Lattice QCD group studies the strong 2008, 90% of the research submitted by the Physics published in Nature and featured on the BBC, CNN and other interaction under extreme conditions and physics beyond the www.swansea.ac.uk/physics

Taught Courses Research Programmes The Particle Physics Theory Group is one of the five largest • Holography and physics beyond the Standard Model particle physics groups in the UK, consisting of twelve members • Large-N gauge theories, supersymmetry and duality Entry requirements Entry requirements of staff, and an active and diverse group of postdoctoral officers • Lattice studies of strongly interacting systems Normally a 2.2 Honours degree in physics a science or Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or a Master’s degree and research students. The group is supported mainly by STFC, • Lattice QCD at nonzero temperature engineering subject in physics or related subject. but also has grants from EPSRC, the EU, the Royal Society and • Dense quark matter and the sign problem English language requirement English language requirement the Leverhulme Trust. • High-performance computing IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) The areas of research include: Swansea University recognised equivalent. or Swansea University recognised equivalent. • Integrability and AdS/CFT Scholarships and bursaries • Higher spin holography We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught and FT PT • Dense quark matter at strong coupling and gauge High Performance and Scientific Computing MSc FT / PT Antimatter Physics MSc by Research / research degrees. Recently we have attracted funding from /string duality The MSc in High Performance and Scientific Computing is for Cold Atoms and Quantum Optics MSc by Research FT / PT organisations such as the Engineering and Physical Sciences you if you are a graduate in a scientific or engineering discipline • Quantum fields in curved spacetime Experimental and Theoretical Physics MPhil/PhD FT / PT Research Council (EPSRC) for postgraduate studentships. and want to specialise in applications of High Performance • Amplitudes in gauge and supergravity theories www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships FT PT Physics computing in your chosen scientific area. During your studies you Laser Physics MSc by Research / • Non-abelian T-duality and supergravity solutions will develop your computational and scientific knowledge and skills Lattice Gauge Theory MSc by Research FT / PT in tandem helping emphasise their inter-dependence. Light Pulse Manipulation of Guided Atoms MSc by Research FT / PT On the course you will develop a solid knowledge base of high Nanotechnology Physics MSc by Research FT / PT Great Minds performance computing tools and concepts with a flexibility in terms Quantum Fields and Strings MSc by Research FT / PT and built significant parts of the Swansea is a world leader in positron of techniques and applications. You will take core computational Professor Niels Madsen, Physics Theoretical Particle Physics MSc by Research FT / PT ALPHA apparatus. physics. Professor Madsen is starting modules in addition to specialising in high performance computing Professor Madsen is an experimental a project to use lasers to reduce the applications in a scientific discipline that defines the route you have We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose For this work he was awarded a physicist specialising in work on antihydrogen temperature to facilitate chosen (Biosciences, Computer Science, Geography or Physics). research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise Royal Society Senior Leverhulme fundamental physics with antimatter. a vast improvement in the number of You will also be encouraged to take at least one module in a focused around the following two research groupings in the fields Fellowship in 2010, and the 2011 trapped antihydrogen – a key step related discipline. of Atomic, Molecular and Quantum Physics (AMQP) and Particle He is co-founder and group leader in James Dawson award for Excellence Physics Theory (PPT). the ALPHA collaboration at CERN towards precision comparisons. Modules typically include: in Plasma Physics Research. that was the first group to trap • Graphics Processor Programming The Atomic, Molecular and Quantum Physics Group comprises antihydrogen and observe the first The ALPHA project is trapping “Being an experimentalist • High Performance Computing in C/C++ academic staff, postdoctoral officers and postgraduate research quantum transitions in it. antihydrogen atoms and plans to allows one to put ideas to • Operating Systems and Architectures students. Its work is supported by grants from EPSRC, the EU, The conduct precision comparisons with the test right when they • Software Testing Royal Society, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales and He has been actively involved in hydrogen. According to fundamental • Programming in C/C++ various industrial and government sources. antihydrogen research since 2001, theories the universe should consist of appear. Many ‘mundane’ • Partial Differential Equations playing a substantial role in the The main areas of research are: equal amounts of antimatter and matter. tasks can come together • Numerics of ODEs and PDEs ATHENA team that first formed low • Antihydrogen, positronium and positrons However, only matter has ever been • Monte Carlo Methods energy antihydrogen in 2002. His and lead to insights into • The cryo-EDM experiment observed. One explanation for the • Quantum Information Processing research group at CERN led the the most fundamental • Quantum control discrepancy could be that there is a • Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena effort to implement several key • Cold atom physics small (and unexpected) difference aspects of Nature.” techniques leading to the first • Nano-scale physics and the life sciences between matter and antimatter. antihydrogen trapping and designed • Analytical laser spectroscopy unit • Ultrafast Dynamics, Imaging and Microscopy

116 117 Politics, International Relations, Gender and Development Studies Politics, International Relations,

Gender and Development Studies In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise 20% of Find out more… staff research activity was judged world-leading (4*) Taught or internationally excellent (3*). Email: [email protected] Politics, International Relations, Gender and Development challenges. Whether students have a strong interest in theory, Politics, International Relations, Gender and Development Research Studies are disciplines that have explored different visions the study of government and politics or international Studies at Swansea asks the key research questions that Email: [email protected] for a more just society for thousands of years, and as a relationships these are disciplines that can sustain the we need to address to lead in the development of www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities result are able to address some of today’s most pressing highest standards of social science. international scholarship.

Taught Courses Modules typically include: specialise in examining one specific area of the world: the Politics MA FT / PT • Gender and Culture: An Introduction Asia-Pacific. The MA in Politics provides a broad introduction to the study of Entry requirements • Gender and the Social Sciences Modules typically include: politics, covering the structures and processes of contemporary Normally a minimum of a lower class BA Honours degree 2.2 • Women and Politics • Approaches to IR politics. It then allows students to select options that focus on (with an overall average of 55% or above) in a related subject. • Civil Society and International Development • International Security in the Asia Pacific global, comparative and/or British politics as well as political English language requirement • Gender in Contemporary European Culture • Postcolonialism, Orientalism and Eurocentrism theory and philosophy. The degree is enriched by opportunities IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or • Images of Women in European Theatre • Governance: From State Formation to Global Governance (awarded on a competitive basis) for work-based placement Swansea University recognised equivalent. • The Gendered Screen in Europe • Critical Security learning either through the Wales for Africa programme or • Angela Carter • New Media Technologies, Society and Politics placements arranged with government organisations in Wales. • ‘The Unsex’d Females’: Women Writers and the French Revolution • War, Identity and Society Development and Human Rights MA FT / PT • Women Writing India Modules typically include: This MA is a multidisciplinary scheme combining insights from the • The American Way of War • Governance: From State Formation to Global Governance International Communication and Development MA FT / PT fields of development studies, politics/political theory and • Violence, Conflict and Development • Comparative Politics in the New World Order This MA programme focuses on the political economy of global international law. The programme examines the comparatively new • Civil Society and International Development • The Policy Making Process communication, global information and communication structures, interface between human rights and international development. • Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention • Politics and Public Policy in the New Wales examining the economic, technological and cultural pressures that • War, Technology and Culture • Violence, Conflict and Development shape the gathering and processing of global news and Modules typically include: • State of Africa • Critical Security information. Students will obtain a detailed understanding of the • Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention • War in Space • Civil Society and International Development issues and problems involved in using the mass media to promote • Rights Based Approaches to Development • Global Media development, including issues related to nation-building, social International Security and Development MA FT / PT • International Human Rights Law • War, Identity and Society inequality, health and population, and economic growth. Issues of security, violence and conflict have become central to • Approaches to IR • New Media Technologies, Society and Politics • International Security in the Asia Pacific international politics and to development policy and discourse. In Modules typically include: • Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention • Violence, Conflict & Development order to comprehend the modern world, a full appreciation of the • Civil Society and International Development • Critical Security realities of conflict and violence, both theoretical and practice- FT PT • Global Media Public Policy MA / • War, Identity and Society based, has become essential. • Development and Communication The MA provides a solid grounding in the key theoretical • Civil Society and International Development • Approaches to IR Modules typically include: approaches to the study of public policy, and seeks to develop • Governance: From State Formation to Global Governance • International Security in the Asia Pacific • Violence, Conflict and Development the knowledge and skills of those wishing to engage in further • State of Africa • Violence, Conflict and Development • Critical Security academic study. At the same time it focuses on the necessary skills involved in working in a public policy landscape now Gender and Culture MA FT / PT • War, Identity and Society • International Security in the Asia Pacific • Governance: From State Formation to Global Governance increasingly characterised by change and interdependence. This is an interdisciplinary MA scheme taught by Gender specialists • Civil Society and International Development • New Media Technologies, Society and Politics Consequently, it will also develop the knowledge and skills of across the Arts and Humanities – in the subject areas of • Global Media • State of Africa those wishing to, or already, pursuing a career in public policy Development Studies, Political and Cultural Studies, English • Development and Communication • Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention research, policy advice, lobbying, public sector management or Literature, Egyptology, European Languages, History, Media Studies, • Approaches to IR • Rights Based Approaches to Development journalism. and Political and Cultural Studies. If you are interested in gender • War, Identity and Society and gender relations in politics, literature, culture, and history, like • Governance: From State Formation to Global Governance Modules typically include: International Relations MA FT / PT engaging in discussion and intellectual argument, and are excited • War in Space • Governance: From State Formation to Global Governance This MA offers advanced research in International Relations, about the idea of working within and across different subject areas, • State of Africa • Comparative Politics in the New World Order providing students with a detailed understanding of the international this MA is ideal for you. • Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention • The Policy Making Process system, key issues, the crucial actors, and alternative ways of • Rights Based Approaches to Development • Politics and Public Policy in the New Wales analysing and interpreting the subject. With an appreciation of the • Approaching Political Theory: the challenge of democracy global dynamics at work, you then have the opportunity to • Politics in Contemporary Britain

118 119 Politics, International Relations, Gender and Development Studies Politics, International Relations, Gender and Development Studies Great Minds • Continental Political Thought post-conflict reconstruction, international drugs policy, conflict • Violence, Conflict and Development education, and civil wars and genocides. Area specialisms Professor David Bewley-Taylor, • Critical Security include; South-East Asia; the Middle East and Africa Politics • Civil Society and International Development Research Institute for Arts and Humanities • War, Identity and Society David Bewley-Taylor is Professor of International Relations and • New Media Technologies, Society and Politics The Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH) supports two • Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention major Research Centres, including The Callaghan Centre for the Public Policy and founding Director of the Global Drug Policy Study of Conflict, Power, Empire, which produces world-class Observatory (2013). research in the areas of conflict and security, empire and post Research Programmes colonialism, ‘digital’ war, and conflict and culture. RIAH also He has been researching aspects of drug policy for over 20 years supports a wide range of research groups, which provide a focus “It’s quite a buzz to be Entry requirements with his main areas of interest being US drug policy, the UN and for specialist projects, postgraduate research, grant applications, Normally a Master’s degree or a minimum 2.1 Honours involved in negotiations seminar series, and contact with external partners. international drug policy and counter narcotic strategies in degree which has included research training appropriate for within the rarefied the proposed thesis project. Applicants are encouraged to Research groups include: Afghanistan. contact the Department informally to discuss their proposals. • Political Analysis and Governance (PAG) atmosphere of the UN His research was cited at length in the debate in the Uruguayan English language requirement • International Studies, Conflict and Security (ISCAS) and have meetings with IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or senate which led to that country becoming the first in the world to These are complemented by a research centre, the Swansea University recognised equivalent. government officials in the Global Drug Policy Observatory, externally funded by legalise the consumption, production and sale of cannabis in a the Open Society Foundations. regulated market. dusty heat of Kabul. www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/riah It’s incredibly rewarding Development Studies MPhil/PhD FT / PT All research students in Politics, International Relations and Co-authored with Martin Jelsma from the Amsterdam-based FT PT when – even in a small International Development MA by Research / Development Studies belong to the Graduate Centre in the College Transnational Institute, his work was presented as key guidance FT PT way – you see your work International Relations MA by Research MPhil/PhD / of Arts and Humanities. The Centre provides pastoral as well as and evidence in passing the landmark bill. Politics MA by Research FT / PT administrative support and is also responsible for research skills influencing policy Current research includes cutting edge projects on issues such as training and support, and facilitating a lively intellectual environment Professor Bewley-Taylor has written two major research for the College’s postgraduate research community of 200 students. discussions.” ethnic groups and the new China, the politics of public health threats monographs – The United States and International Drug Control, and the rise of cybercrime and cyber security. We welcome new www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre 1909-1997 (Continuum, 2001) and International Drug Control: proposals for postgraduate research projects that complement staff All research students in Politics, International Relations and research interests. Development Studies also have access to the training resources Consensus Fractured (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and Staff research interests cover three broad areas: of the Wales Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral published in a wide range of academic journals. Training Centre. Politics at Swansea is part of both the Politics and • Political and cultural theory: This focuses on political theory and International Relations Pathway and the Language Based Area He was founding Secretary of the International Society for the philosophy related to developments in globalisation, democracy, Studies pathway of the Doctoral Training Centre. Each year there is Study of Drug Policy (2006-7), and is on the Editorial Boards of liberal culture, sovereignty, civil society, religion and new media a programme of conferences and seminars organised in conjunction technologies. Specialisms include; liberalism and its critics, human with Cardiff and Aberystwyth Universities. The International Journal of Drug Policy and the International rights, continental political thought, poststructuralism; and theories Journal on Human Rights and Drug Policy. of gender and masculinity

• Political Analysis and Governance: This focuses on empirical Scholarships and bursaries A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries are studies of government, politics and public policy with a strong available. Funding may also be available from the Arts interest in theory and methods. Specialisms include; comparative and Humanities Research Council. politics, development politics, civic participation in Europe, the For details, please visit: EU, Eastern Europe and political economy, American politics, UK politics, devolution and local government www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships

• International politics and inter-cultural communication: This focuses on the study of various dimensions of conflict, power and empire. Specialisms include; Just War theory, security studies and terrorism, space policy, politics under Empire and in post-colonial states,

120 121 The most recent Research Assessment Exercise in 2008, revealed Our recent research collaborations include: BIAL Foundation; addition, our researchers and students have access to Psychology that 80% of the research carried out in this field was of Autism Speaks; Ministry of Defence; British Heart Foundation; state-of-the-art fMRI brain scanner and EEG facilities. We also international or world-leading quality. Through continuous the NHS; the National Institute for Social Care and Health have an engaging seminar programme involving visiting Psychology at Swansea benefits from extensive laboratory investment in research infrastructure and by expanding staffing Research; Baily Thomas; WORD; ESRC; Leverhulme, and experts in psychological research from across the world. space, excellent facilities, and good links with hospitals and levels, we aspire to expand on our achievements to date. With many charities and private companies who have funded Seminars are open to all, including visitors from other education. The Department is a member of the Welsh our research into the psychological disciplines demonstrating applied work in educational and clinical contexts. These universities and organisations such as local health boards. Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience. outstanding quality in originality, significance and rigour, collaborations have been crucial in ensuring research informs, students can be assured our taught courses are informed by the and is informed by, the wider healthcare environment. With extensive research links with other colleges at Swansea latest findings. University, and with other universities worldwide, Psychology The College of Human and Health Sciences has state-of-the-art Find out more… is a rapidly growing field of research within the College of Research students can be further assured that they will be facilities for realistic workplace experiences including a sleep Email: [email protected] Human and Health Sciences. Encompassed within a thriving immersed in the dynamic and supportive research culture laboratory; computer controlled visual and auditory displays Tel: +44 (0)1792 513023 research environment – that enthuses academic staff, research needed for their studies. for work on perception, attention, memory and language; an officers and students alike – it has achieved international eye movement laboratory and a nutrition laboratory. In www.swansea.ac.uk/humanandhealthsciences acclaim in recent years.

• Coping with chronic disease Applicants who wish to be considered for commitment to a subsequent career in a control in healthy eating. Brain and Behaviour Taught Courses • Psychopharmacology for clinical psychologists non-graduate entry must have a non-graduate research setting is desirable. This research group explores the integration of Learning and Behaviour qualification followed by significant work, or neuroscience and behaviour. One such area Entry requirements Entry requirements This group examines the mechanisms that other experience, which has been assessed as Research Programmes is brain chemistry and the effect of eating, Either a 2.2 or a 2.1 – depending Applicants normally require a minimum of a allow behaviour and thoughts to adapt to on the course, in Psychology or a appropriate for admission. nutrition, and recreational drug use on 2.1 degree in Psychology or a related the environment, and investigates the role related discipline. Entry requirements cognition, mood and behaviour. The interface discipline, or its equivalent. Applicants unsure FT PT MPhil: Normally an Honours degree of learning and memory processes in Research Methods in Psychology MSc / of neuropsychology and brain injury is also English language requirement as to the suitability of their qualifications should (2.1 or above) in a discipline related generating such flexible and adaptive Research Methods in Psychology provides an proving to be of interest highlighting the For all full-time Psychology taught contact the admissions tutor. to the chosen specialty, or a relevant, behaviours. These behaviours promote opportunity to research and learn about a consequences of dyslexia, other reading programmes: IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum approved postgraduate qualification. efficient learning and processing of wide range of topics in psychology; from disorders, and closed head injuries. of 6.5 in each component) or Swansea Research Methods in Psychology and information in a wide variety of contexts, basic learning and cognition, to PhD and DProf: Applicants would Psychology University recognised equivalent. Cognitive Neuroscience MSc FT / PT neuropsychology, and to applied topics in normally have, or be studying for, a across the age range, and even across Postgraduate research being taken forward Cognitive Neuroscience is at the intersection clinical and educational psychology, driven Master’s degree. species. Although adaptiveness and in this group includes substance abuse of cognitive science, brain imaging, and flexibility promote psychological well-being, factors affecting attention, glucose Abnormal and Clinical Psychology MSc by the individual student’s interests, and English language requirement clinical neuroscience. It is one of the most there can also be unfortunate negative metabolism and its effect on cognition FT / PT supervised by experts in the fields. IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in significant areas of contemporary science and effects of these behaviours. The Master’s in Abnormal and Clinical each component) or Swansea and mood, and the role multimodal brain it is beginning to transform our understanding This MSc provides students with high-level Psychology is designed to equip students with University recognised equivalent. imaging has to play in cognitive and of both normal and damaged brain function. training in advanced research methods and Our students are currently exploring an advanced understanding of issues relating to emotional control of behaviour. skills, and offers exciting opportunities to topics such as memory and reading the theory and practice of psychology in health The course will equip you with the skills conduct basic and applied research projects Psychology MPhil/PhD FT / PT in individuals with autism spectrum Evolutionary Behavioural Science care settings. The majority of teaching is necessary for careers in cognitive in a wide range of areas. Students have Health Psychology MPhil/PhD FT / PT disorders, and discriminating processes in This group explores how evolution and the undertaken by psychologists with direct neuroscience, and enable you to acquire gone on to obtain funded PhD. studentships, We invite applications from well-qualified individuals with dyslexia. credo ‘survival of the fittest’ prevails within experience of clinical practice and populations. experience and expertise in experimental our current society, and goes on to influence places on both Clinical and Educational candidates whose research interests Cognition and Perception design, advanced statistical analysis and our continued development and growth The degree does not provide professional Psychology training courses, Research correspond to our areas of research Our work in this field spans research into evaluation of research in different disciplines through the exploration of modern day training for any applied psychology profession Assistant positions and research posts in expertise focused around the following areas such as the perception, identification within cognitive neuroscience. relationships and interactions. but will help prepare students who intend the public and private sectors. research groupings: and processing of static and dynamic visual pursuing professional training in psychology, Modules typically include: objects and events, or the inhibitory Modules typically include: Psychology Applied to Health and Medicine Some student research which is currently and is suitable for graduates who are thinking • Statistical methods processes involved in memory and • Generic research skills Research across this group looks to apply underway is exploring the manipulation of applying for an Assistant Psychologist post. It • Theoretical issues in cognitive neuroscience forgetting in both the theoretical and • Computing skills the principles of psychology to both the of human mating strategies. has an established track-record of assisting • Practical applications in cognitive applied setting. Work is also underway on • Empirical project physical and mental health of the students in their journey to becoming qualified neuroscience the cognitive and neural basis for word • Philosophy of psychology population. Understanding how behaviours clinical psychologists. • Neuropsychology recognition and production, including the • Special research skills develop and influence the decision making Scholarships and bursaries • Generic research skills study of language development in Modules typically include: • Statistical methods of individuals, alongside the cognition- We offer a range of funding opportunities • Special research skills mono-lingual and bilingual speakers. • Qualitative research methods health interface and studies into clinical or for both taught and research degrees. • Eating disorders • Introduction to research programming behavioural change interventions, are Recently we have attracted funding for • Psychosis Entry requirements Student research projects which are currently Entry requirements crucial in protecting the long-term health postgraduate study from organisations such • Personality and sexual disorders A minimum of a lower second-class degree being investigated include topics such as An appropriate degree or its equivalent from an and well-being of the population. as the British Heart Foundation, and the • Clinical neuropsychology (2.2) in Psychology, or a related discipline, is word recognition and production, context approved institution (preferably 2.2 or above) National Institute for Health and Social • Psychotherapy required. For those lacking this qualification, Examples of student research include the effects in perception, and the representation and evidence of recent academic study OR to Care Research. • Statistical and research methods substantial evidence of research in their role of social marketing in the prevention of of colour and shape in memory. be able to satisfy Swansea University entry • Affective and somatoform disorders careers to date is needed. Evidence of a child obesity, dieting and personality in www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/ requirements for non-standard entry. • Applied behaviour analysis athletes, and mindfulness attentional scholarships 122 123 With our research into the social disciplines demonstrating Find out more… Social Work and Social Policy outstanding quality in originality, significance and rigour, Email: [email protected] students can be assured our taught courses are informed by the Tel: +44 (0)1792 606677 latest findings. Research students can be further assured that Drawing on cutting edge research, the College of Human and Training Centre for Wales, a pan-Wales collaboration to they will be immersed in the dynamic and supportive research www.swansea.ac.uk/humanandhealthsciences Health Sciences is bringing about real-life benefits for the train top-level social scientists. social care, voluntary and private sectors ultimately leading to culture needed for their studies. Our researchers are continually working to tackle the challenges improvements for service users, practitioners, managers and Our recent research collaborations include: Age Cymru; facing the social care system across a range of areas, including policy makers. ESRC; Older People’s Commissioner; National Institute for mental health, inclusion, welfare, older people, service Social Care and Health Research; Arts and Humanities As a forerunner in the field, the College is well placed to organisation and workforce practices. Research Council (AHRC); Leverhulme Trust and the Welsh respond rapidly to changes in the delivery of social care, whilst The most recent Research Assessment Exercise in 2008, Government. These collaborations have been crucial in also establishing links with the main service providers in Wales. revealed that 90% of the research carried out in this field was ensuring research informs, and is informed by the wider Our Social Work PhD programme also forms part of the of international or world-leading quality. Through continuous health and social care environment. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral investment in research infrastructure and by expanding staffing levels, we aspire to expand on our achievements to date. Social Work and Social Policy

Taught Courses Social Work MSc FT are also welcome. International applicants also require an Mental Health MPhil/PhD FT / PT IELTS score of 6.5 in each of the four domains, or an As a profession, Social Work is about change and human growth Social Policy MPhil/PhD FT / PT Entry requirements through supporting the social care and welfare needs of individuals, approved equivalent. Social Work and Social Care MPhil/PhD FT / PT Please see individual course details. groups and local communities. All applicants are required to have relevant employment/ We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose English language requirement The MSc Social Work is a two year, full-time programme that will experience, and we would expect applicants to have undertaken research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise. For all full-time Social Work and Social Policy taught prepare students for employment as professionally qualified social previous social care work-experience – as a minimum we require programmes: IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each These are around the following research groupings: workers. It lays the foundation for their continuing professional 210 hours within the last five years. This may involve voluntary or component) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. Mental Health development. It also reflects the key themes of contemporary social paid work in social care with individuals, groups or communities. Taking forward pioneering research across this discipline work in Wales. We will require a social care reference(s) and ordinarily an including the evaluation of mental health services, and the Social Research Methods MSc FT / PT academic reference. Personal statements should demonstrate The programme meets all Care Council for Wales (CCW) development and application of social outcome measures. This is a highly regarded and prestigious programme in social commitment to social work, prior experience and some requirements and is fully approved as a professional social work research methods. It provides advanced training in a range of knowledge of social work in Wales. Currently students are looking at evidence based practices in programme as defined in The Approval and Visiting of Degree research methods used in the social sciences and has ESRC mental health (in particular early intervention services), care Courses in Social Work (Wales) Rules 2012, and operates in All applicants will be required to demonstrate awareness and research recognition. It has been developed to enable students to co-ordination in forensic mental health care and the influence of partnership with five local authorities in the South West Wales understanding of the Code of Practice for Social Care Workers; develop practical research skills and advanced methodological service user participation in professional role development. region: Neath Port Talbot, Swansea, Pembrokeshire, applicants must register with CCW as a student Social Worker expertise (both qualitative and quantitative), instil familiarity with Carmarthenshire, and Ceredigion. There are 20 places on once accepted on to the programme. Social Policy research ethics and governance, and gain knowledge about the programme. Studying contemporary social issues and policies in today’s theoretical research concerns across the full spectrum of social There are a limited number of CCW bursaries available and the society from both national and international perspectives. Within science disciplines. Service users and carers are actively involved in the delivery and social work programme will nominate applicants to the CCW this field current student research projects include bereavement management of the programme and a wide range of guest speakers each year. Further information on the bursaries can be found at: Modules typically include: and social policy in later life, and the use of housing adaptations from social work teams and agencies, and Welsh Government www.ccwales.org.uk/student-funding/ • Research and study skills to facilitate policy. contribute to the programme. • Data collection in context Social Work and Social Care • The ethics and philosophy of social research Research Programmes Modules typically include: Generating new knowledge about the changes affecting the social • Qualitative methods • Theories and perspectives for informing social work Entry requirements care workforce and service provision, including social outcomes, • Quantitative methods • Social work skills and knowledge in practice MPhil: Normally an Honours degree (2.1 or above) in such as quality of life, social inclusion and social capital measures. • Dissertation • Critical practice in child care and law a discipline related to the chosen specialty, or a relevant, approved postgraduate qualification. Our students are investigating topics such as the services for Entry requirements • Ethics and values in social work young carers, multi-agency working within the area of substance Normally an initial degree (usually a 2.2 or above) in one of the • Undertaking and using social work research for practice PhD: Applicants would normally have, or be studying for, a Master’s degree. misuse and the social exclusion experienced by older people social sciences. Enquiries from applicants with an initial degree in a • Dissertation in social work research and evidence for practice in care homes. cognate subject or other relevant qualifications are also welcome. • Critical practice in adult care and law English language requirement Applicants who do not possess these qualifications may be IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 6.5 in each component) Entry requirements or Swansea University recognised equivalent. considered if they have at least two years’ relevant work experience Normally an initial degree (usually an upper 2.2 or above) in one Scholarships and bursaries at a responsible level and can demonstrate the ability to study of the social sciences and GCSE Maths grade A-C or a Swansea We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught within the requirements of the programme. University approved equivalent. Enquiries from applicants with an and research degrees. Recently we have attracted funding initial degree in a cognate subject or other relevant qualifications for postgraduate study from organisations such as the ESRC, Care and Repair, and City and County of Swansea. www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships 124 125 We have international research links and projects with also regularly consult in exercise settings with populations with Sport and Exercise Science universities in Southern and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, chronic disease, including diabetes, cardiac rehabilitation and Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Italy and Austria. renal care. The continued experience and knowledge gained by With our flourishing research environment focussed on elite in childhood obesity and developmental coordination disorder is staff who work with external clients and industry are used within In addition to teaching and research, academic staff are sports performance and exercise health and medicine, undertaken by a number of clinical exercise science staff. our teaching to illustrate the transfer of knowledge from theory actively engaged with applied practice and consultancy in sport Swansea University provides an excellent base for your to practice, bringing sport and exercise science to life. Fundamental links integrating engineering and sports and exercise and exercise settings. Our well-established links include research as a student in sport and exercise science. science research are being developed by the Sports Visualisation organisations and commercial partners such as Diabetes UK, Research takes place within the world-leading Applied Sports, Group who analyse video material to rapidly produce data for the Sugar Bureau, Haemair, Haemaflow Ltd, Play Wales, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg and Hywel Dda NHS Trusts, the Technology, Exercise and Medicine (A-STEM) Research Centre. immediate analysis of sports performance. Recently the Find out more… The two main areas of research are in elite sports performance Engineering Behaviour Analytics in Sports and Exercise (E-BASE) Welsh Rugby Union, the Premier League and Active Swansea. Email: [email protected] and exercise and health medicine. research group was set up to investigate the use of advanced We also work with elite sports teams including UK Sport, sensor and processing technology to quantify training and activity Tel: +44 (0)1792 295514 Significant research in diabetes and health as well as sedentary Scarlets Rugby, Biarritz Rugby, Ospreys RFC, the Welsh Rugby in sport and clinical populations respectively. behaviour, physical activity, fitness, fundamental movement skills Union, WRU 7’s, GB swimming, and GB bobsleigh. Our staff www.swansea.ac.uk/sports-science Sport and Exercise Science Sport

Recent PhD theses include: Research Programmes • The effect of Commando Joes’ school-based military fitness Entry requirements intervention on children’s physical activity levels, behaviour, Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or above in Sports Science attendance and academic achievement or a related subject • Glycaemic, metabolic and hormonal responses to resistance English language requirement exercise in type 1 diabetes IELTS 6.5 (minimum of 5.5 in each component) or • Evaluating the effects of a lifestyle intervention programme in the Swansea University recognised equivalent Carmarthenshire region • Influence of regular antenatal physical exercise on cardiovascular, Sports Science MSc by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT haemodynamic and autonomic nervous system (CHANS) function We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose during and after pregnancy research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise.

Recent MSc by Research theses include: • Caffeine chewing gum and repeated sprint performance: Sleep Scholarships and bursaries vs Non-sleep deprivation We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught and research degrees. • The effects of neuromuscular electrical simulation on recovery in elite football players www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships • Influence of neuromuscular electrical simulation (NMES) on recovery • The reliability and validity of a three-hop test and a three-step test for estimating lower limb peak instantaneous power in men and women • Investigation into skeletal changes in a population of medieval remains found on the warship Mary Rose • The effect of 6 weeks of trampoline therapy on lower body neuromuscular variables in children with developmental coordination disorder • Variation in lower limb neuromuscular variables in sub-elite under 16 rugby union players

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War has been the violent catalyst for change throughout If we are to understand war, however, we must analyse it in all Find out more… human history, from the conflicts of the ancient world to its contexts, from the political, social, and cultural, through to the Taught technological, historical, and military. those of the twenty-first century. It inflicts terrible suffering Email: [email protected] and degradation, yet also evokes and inspires great bravery and heroism. Research Email: [email protected] www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities

Taught Courses Research Programmes Scholarships and bursaries Entry requirements Entry requirements A range of postgraduate scholarships and bursaries are Normally a minimum of a lower class BA Honours degree Normally a 2.1 Honours degree, or higher degree, or available. Funding may also be available from the Arts and 2.2 (with an overall average of 55% or above) in a related an equivalent qualification. Humanities Research Council. For details, please visit: subject. English language requirement English language requirement IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships IELTS 6.5 (with a minimum of 5.5 in each component) or or Swansea University recognised equivalent.

Swansea University recognised equivalent. War and Society

War and Society MA FT / PT War and Society MA by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT The MA in War and Society is a unique degree that explores the We welcome applications from students wishing to pursue graduate most spectacular of historic events. It explores war across a broad level research. The War and Society programme is closely time span – from the wars of the ancient world to the conflicts of connected to the research strengths of the academic staff who are the 21st century – and draws upon the University’s strengths in actively involved in The Callaghan Centre for the Study of Conflict, American Studies, Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology, Power and Empire, which produces world-class research in the Politics and International Relations, as well as Literature and areas of conflict and security, empire and post colonialism, ‘digital’ Media and Communication. war, and conflict and culture. The Centre also manages major Modules on the course typically include: Research Council funded projects, and promotes collaboration between scholars, policymakers and cultural providers. • War, identity and society • War, culture and technology The Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH) supports the • Human rights and humanitarian intervention Callaghan Centre and also a wide range of research groups, which • Collective memories of war in twentieth century Europe provide a focus for specialist projects, postgraduate research, grant • Introduction to advanced medieval studies applications, seminar series, and contact with external partners.For • Critical security further information about RIAH, visit • Venice and the sea www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/riah • International security in the Asia Pacific • Violence, conflict and development All War and Society research students belong to the Graduate • Ghosts of the confederacy: The politics of memory in Centre in the College of Arts and Humanities. The Centre provides the post-Civil War American South pastoral as well as administrative support and is also responsible • New media technologies, society and politics for research skills training and support, and facilitating a lively • State of Africa intellectual environment for the College’s postgraduate research • The American way of war community of 200 students. www.swansea.ac.uk/riah/graduate-centre • Fascism and culture

• War in space

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Gaining a further degree in Welsh by studying any aspect international or higher standard, and that 65% of the research You will have the opportunity to attend seminars run by the Find out more… of the Welsh language, literature, history or modern culture was of a 3* standard (excellence on an international scale) Richard Burton Centre for the Study of Wales. This is a Non Vaughan-Williams: is an exciting and varied experience. It nurtures or a 4* standard (standard which leads international research). multidisciplinary forum which provides a stage for the Ebost: [email protected] understanding and creativity as we search for new and research of our staff and students, and we contribute Robert Rhys: original ways to interpret and contribute to the cultural life All our teaching and research work builds upon the expertise of to a number of seminar programmes and conferences Ebost: [email protected] of Wales and the Welsh language. the research staff and we collaborate with other institutions. The at the University. expertise of the staff includes a variety of aspects on language www.swansea.ac.uk/artsandhumanities The most recent research assessment exercise (RAE 2008) projects, literature and the history of Wales, the media showed that 95% of Welsh research at the University was of and creative writing.

Taught Courses Research Programmes

Entry requirements: Entry requirements: Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or above in Welsh or in a Normally a 2.1 Honours degree or above in Welsh or in a related subject. Relevant experience alongside a portfolio of related subject for the above degrees. It is expected that PhD recent work can also be considered. students already hold an MA degree, but please contact us to discuss any questions. Linguistic ability: The applicant’s qualifications and experience should highlight Linguistic ability: their linguistic ability, but this could be discussed during an The applicant’s qualifications and experience should highlight interview. Research can be conducted through the medium of their linguistic ability, but this could be discussed during an Welsh or English. Students can attend language courses for interview. Research can be conducted through the medium of Welsh learners. Welsh or English. Students can attend language courses for Welsh learners.

Professional Translation MA FT / PT Welsh MA by Research/MPhil/PhD FT / PT Welsh This is an ideal degree for those wishing to work within the We invite applications from well-qualified candidates whose translation profession. It stresses the importance of good grammar research interests correspond to our areas of research expertise: and writing skills and the use of translation memory software. The • Literature across the centuries (early, medieval, early modern, course looks at translating for the public along with a more technical modern, contemporary) way of translating for specialists. A variety of techniques are • Creative Writing used to develop the standards of translation, which includes work • Literary Theories experience. The combination of translation memory software and • Techniques and the technology of translation developing language standards through feedback is a great asset • Bilingualism and linguistic planning for graduates. • Welsh for adults and language acquisition • Sociolinguistics The programme includes: • Culture and place, e.g. culture in the valleys • Advanced Translation modules in the fields of education, public • Drama, film, animation, broadcasting and digital media health and law, where the focus will be on the standard of your in Wales, the United Kingdom and America personal translating • Simultaneous translation, under the direction of a professional translator • A module on translation technology, where you will learn how Scholarships and bursaries to use different programmes We offer a range of funding opportunities for both taught and • A number of other modules in theory and the use of translation, research degrees. Our students have also previously been funded alongside the opportunity to learn a new language by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and Welsh Institutions • An opportunity to gain valuable contacts and work experience and organisations such as the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and with translation companies Pantyfedwen Trust. www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships

130 131 Singleton Park Campus Services / Facilities Academic Registry 2.1 Crèche/Nursery 30 Library & Information Services 7 Residential Services 22 Admissions Office 2 Dental Surgery 23 Marketing 2 Shops 17 Academic Areas Student Residences Alumni Office 2 Disability/Special Requirements Office 3.1 Media Resources 3 Staff Development Unit 13 Adult Continuing Education 11.1 Economics 14 Law 14 Kilvey 19.1 Art Gallery 32 Disability Office – Assessment Medical Centre 17 Student Counselling Service 23 American Studies 4 Engineering 8.1, 8.2 Mathematics 8.3 Preseli 20 Bank 32 and Training Centre 13 Money Advice & Support Office 3.1 Student Support Services 3.1 Aqua Culture 34 English 3 Media and Communication Studies 3 Cefn Bryn 21 Bars 17, 18, 32 Discovery – Student Volunteering 17 Mosque 6 Students’ Union 18 Biological Sciences 9, 9.4, 11.2 French 3 Medicine 12, 33 Rhossili 21.2, 21.3 Bookshop 32 Egypt Centre 32.1 Occupational Health & Emergency Theatre (Taliesin) 32 Business 16 Geography 9 Physics 11.2 Penmaen 22 Cash Points 17, 18, 32 Estates Department 18 Centre 22 Transcription Centre 15 Childhood Studies 11.2 German 3 Politics and International Relations 4 Horton 23 Catering Office 17 Finance Department 1 ORACLE 37 Travel Shop 17 Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology 3 Health Science 11.1 Psychology 11.2 Oxwich 25 Careers and Employability 7 Human Resources 13 Post Office 17 Wellbeing Services 23 Computer Science 8.1, 8.2 Hispanic Studies 3 Social Policy/Work 11.2 Langland 26 Central Administration 2 International Office 2.1 Postgraduate Office 2.1 Criminology 11.2 History 4 Sports Science 11.2, 11.3 Caswell 27 Chaplaincy Centre 17 International Student Advisory Service 3.1 Refectory 17 Cymraeg/Welsh 3 Italian 3 War and Society 4 Conference Office 17 Law Library 5 Research & Innovation Office 8.2

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Swansea University’s Alumni Association divisions of multinational companies, but Through the Alumni Association, you can Our alumni include: • Sylvia Heal MP, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons ensures that you can stay closely connected they are just as likely to be managing the keep up-to-date with the latest University • Annabelle Apsion, actress (2000-10) to the University long after the applause of smaller, entrepreneurial businesses that news, attend reunions, and keep in touch • Professor Ron Bordessa, former President and Vice • Andy Hopper CBE FRS, co-founder of Acorn Computers Ltd your graduation ceremony has faded. drive the economy, or delivering healthcare with your friends using our social networks. Chancellor of University of Ontario Institute of Technology • Rob Howley, Wales and British Lions rugby union international in hospitals, teaching in schools. You may be departing the University, but All our graduates automatically become you’ll always remain an important part of • Professor Y.K. Cheung, distinguished Professor who • Liz Johnson, Paralympic gold medal-winning swimmer life members of the Association, a warm, There is also a growing community of our community. undertook his PhD with eminent Professor Zienkiewicz • Alun-Wyn Jones, Wales and British Lions rugby union welcoming community of graduates international alumni, meaning that you • Liam Dutton, Channel 4 Weather Presenter international united by their experiences of studying will find like-minded friends and colleagues It’s all free of charge – visit: • Richey Edwards and Nicky Wire, musicians, • Simon Jones, Worcestershire and England cricketer in Swansea. wherever you are in the world. Make www.swansea.ac.uk/alumni Manic Street Preachers • Jason Mohammad, television presenter the most of this network. You never know • Dr Lyn Evans CBE, Project Leader, Large Hadron The Association is a vibrant network of what doors may be opened in the for further details. • Colin Pillinger CBE, planetary scientist Collider, CERN 60,000 active members who are working UK or overseas as a result of the twitter.com/Swansea_Alumni • Penny Roberts, former BBC Chief Reporter • Hywel Francis MP at every level in industry, commerce, sport relationships forged through being SwanseaUniversiyAlumniAssociation • The Hon. Pehin Lim Jock Seng, Minister of Foreign and the public sector. They are heading alumni of Swansea University. • Renee Godfrey, champion surfer, television presenter Affairs and Trade II of Brunei Darussalam

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Computing and Future Interaction 80 Nanoscience 68 Spanish 80 A Global Environmental Modelling M Technologies 60 Global Migration 80 Nanotechnology 68 Sport Science 126 Accounting and Finance 44 Management 44/52 Conservation and Resource Management 48 98 Nanotechnology Physics 116 Steel Technology 68 Advanced Computer Science 60 Graduate Diploma Law (GDL) Management (Finance) 44 Creative Writing 76 Non-Medical Prescribing 90 Stochastic Processes: Theory Advanced Critical Care Practice 86 Marine Biology 48 Criminal Justice and Criminology 64 H Nursing 91 and Application 102 Aerospace Engineering 68 Marketing and Strategy 52 Culture and Gender 118 86 Ageing Studies and Gerontology 84 Health Care Law and Ethics Mass Spectrometry 106 Cymraeg 66 86 P T American Studies 46 Health Care Management Materials Engineering 68 86 Physical Geography 80 Teaching English as a Foreign Language Ancient Egyptian Culture 58 Health Care Studies Mathematics 102 D 107 Physics 116 (TEFL) 76 Ancient History and Classical Culture 58 Health Data Science Mathematics and Computing for Finance 102 Desalination and Water Re-use 68 86 Politics 118 Theoretical Computer Science 60 Ancient Narrative Literature 58 Health Economics Mechanical Engineering 68 Developmental and Therapeutic Play 54 86 Psychology 122 Theoretical Particle Physics 116 Antimatter Physics 116 Health Humanities Media and Communication 104 Development Studies 118 107 Public Health and Health Promotion 86 Tissue Engineering 68 Applied Analytical Science 106 Health Informatics Media Geographies 80 Digital Media 104 86 Public Policy 118 Translation 112 Applied Linguistics 76 Health Policy Medical Engineering 72 86 Trauma Surgery 109 Applied Liquid Chromatography Mass Health Psychology Medical Radiation Physics 108 E 86 Q Spectrometry 106 Health Sciences Medicine 106 Early Modern History 94 60 Quantum Fields and Strings 116 U Aquaculture 48 High Performance and Scientific Computing Medicine and Life Sciences 110 Earth Observation 80 94 Urban Studies 80 Autism and Related Conditions 106 History Medicine – Graduate Entry Programme 111 R Ecology 48 Human Computer Interaction 60 Medieval Studies 94 68 V B Economics 44 Human Geography 80 Membrane Technology 68 Regenerative Medicine Education for the Health Professions 86/106 118 Visual Computing 60 Biological Sciences 48 Human Rights Mental Health Professional 86 Egyptology 58 S Biosciences 48 Micro Sensors and Actuators 68 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 68 I Simulation Driven Product Design 68 W Blood Component Transfusion 86 Modern History 94 124 War and Society 128 Electronics Technology for Sustainable Energy 68 Infection Prevention and Control 86 Modern Languages 112 Social Care C Engineering 68 Italian 112 Social Policy 124 Welsh 130 Engineering Management 52 98 Social Research Methods 124 Welsh Writing in English 76 Chemical Engineering 68 Intellectual Property and Commercial Practice N English Literature 76 68 Social Theory and Space 80 Wildlife 48 Childhood Studies 54 Intelligent Wireless Networks for Health Care Nanoelectronics 68 Enhanced Neonatal Care 86 44 Social Work 124 Child Public Health 54 International Banking and Finance Nanomedicine 109 Environmental Biology 48 98 Children and Young People 54 International Commercial Law Environmental Dynamics and Climate 98 Chinese-English Translation and International Maritime Law Change 80 118 Language Teaching 76 International Relations Erasmus Mundus 68/104 98 Chronic Conditions Management 86 International Trade Law Exercise Science 126 112 Civil Engineering 68 Interpreting Experimental and Theoretical Physics 116 44 Classics 58 Investment Management Things you might like to know Climate Change 80 The information we’ve published in this prospectus is intended as a guide for prospective students thinking about studying at F J Clinical Psychology 122 Swansea University in 2015. 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