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...This degree scheme turns the traditional story of international relations on its head, to ask: What does international politics look like when we view it from beyond the West?... Learn about: International Politics, International History, Non-western Worlds...
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...for writing across a broad variety of forms and genres. As well as being able to study this as a Single Honours Scheme (W801) you can study it alongside... Learn about: Creative Writing, Theatre Studies, Writing Short Stories...
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...To European Film EL10520 Language, Culture, And Identity In Europe EL10820 Hanes A Diwylliant Ewropeaidd IE10420 Year 2 Core (30 Credits) You must... Learn about: Hispanic Civilization, European Film, Spanish Language...
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...and who do sufficiently well may transfer to the MEng scheme if they want the added advantage of a master's qualification. Course Content Core Modules... Learn about: Unix Tools, Java Programming, Agile Methodologies...
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...Introduction To Management Business Environment Language In Society: An Introduction To Sociolinguistics French Language Advanced German Language Advanced... Learn about: Communication Skills, Skills and Training, Business Environment...
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...Llythrennedd Mewn Plant Ifanc AD20220 Dulliau Ymchwil AD20320 Literacy In Young Children ED20220 Research Methods ED20320 Semester 2 Cultural Diversity... Learn about: Climate Change, Policy issues, IT Development...
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The establishment of Aberystwyth University is one of the great romantic, indeed heroic, stories of modern Welsh history. It was the work of a small group of patriots, led by Hugh Owen, a London Welshman, who sought from the 1850s onwards to raise enough money by public and private subscription to establish a college of university status in Wales. It was almost an impossible ambition. In 1872, the University was opened in a half-finished hotel building on the sea front in Aberystwyth. There were 26 ill-prepared students and a teaching staff of three.The first dozen or so years were a desperate hand to mouth struggle for survival. The generosity of a few individual beneficiaries and organised appeals for support from the ordinary people of Wales, kept the University in being, and, perhaps more importantly, deeply rooted it in the affection of the Welsh people. ...
