COM300.1 Engaged Media: Global Storytelling 

Produce your own podcast, create a correspondent’s content, and generate a journalist’s portfolio in this cutting-edge course which gives you the latest trends in global media in the age of AI.

You’ll meet industry experts from London’s flagship media outlets, learn how to engage audiences, and tell global stories inspired by the best of Britain’s broadcasters, editors, and reporters active in newsgathering in the UK.

DRA351.1 Contemporary British Theatre

Immerse yourself in the best of British theatre right in the heart of London’s famous ‘Theatreland’. Attend world-leading West End shows, experience life as a London theatre critic, get inside the minds of playwrights and directors and peel back the stage curtains to discover the secrets of prop-making and scenic-art in this hands-on introduction to the current London theatrical scene.

From productions, discussions, talks by theatre professionals, backstage tours and a visit to the esteemed Theatre and Performance Department at the famous Victoria and Albert Museum, you will discover what makes a stage production a hit while uncovering London’s rich theatre history as you learn about the capital’s theatre scene in its contemporary context

GEO310/NAT310 Climates of Resistance: Environmental Racism and Collective Action

Explore the realities of systemic environmental inequalities in the multicultural megacity and global eco-hub that is London. Debating pressing issues and reviewing case studies from within Europe and the wider globe, you will:

• make critical UK site visits, including:

  • • the British Museum, round the corner from your classes, as part of a topic on ‘Unravelling Empire’ and colonial UK histories;

    • indigenous memorials, such as Pocahontas’ burial site in Gravesend, just a short train ride from the London center;

    • environmental action projects, such as community gardens – collectively built -to support marginalized communities;

• participate in role plays and collaborative workshops;

• make creative-critical responses through written reflections and visual art;

• innovate your own community campaign, making use of your choice of tools from songwriting to social media.

SPM245 Race Gender and Diversity in Sport Organizations

Contribute to closing the inclusion gap in sports organizations in this wide-ranging, critical survey of race, gender and diversity issues, studying topics such as body image, disability, and LGBTQIA+ identities within sport.

Applying up-to-date research and engaging a range of sports - from athletics to soccer (or ‘football’, England’s number one game), you will critically consider intersectionality and pioneer your own case study inspired by sports lawyers and sports players in the UK who will share industry insights.