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Global Challenges (including Politics and International Relations)

If you are looking to follow a particular subject stream while you are studying with us, see below a list of courses in the same stream across the four weeks, showing possible combinations by week.

10-session courses running over one week are marked * and 10-session courses running over two weeks are marked **

Week 1 9:00-10:30am 

W110Am01 World order under stress** Sir Tony Brenton 10 sessions
W15Am20 Lesser-known stories of the Special Operations Executive Dr Peter Dixon 5 sessions
W15Am21 British politics and political thought, 1600-1800 Dr Graham McCann 5 sessions
W15Am22 An Introduction to English/British legal method Professor Nicola Padfield 5 sessions

Week 1 1:30-3:00pm

W110Pm01 War, peace and intervention** Dr Peter Dixon 10 sessions
W15Pm20 An introduction to the English (and Welsh) criminal justice ‘system' Professor Nicola Padfield 5 sessions

 Week 2 9:00-10:30am 

W210Am01 World order under stress** Sir Tony Brenton 10 sessions
W25Am20 The Making of the Modern Middle East Rupert Wallace 5 sessions
W25Am21 British politics and political thought, 1800 to the present  Dr Graham McCann 5 sessions
W25Am22 Criminal minds? A crash course in explaining crime  Dr Carina O'Reilly  5 sessions
W25Am23 Space: governance, colonisation or weaponisation? Dr Tim Reilly 5 sessions

Week 2 1:30-3:00pm  

W210Pm01 War, peace and intervention** Dr Peter Dixon 10 sessions
W25Pm20 Global transformation: the Western Maritime Empires from emergence to collapse, 1415-1956 Rupert Wallace 5 sessions
W25Pm21 Understanding British politics - what has shaped the system? Dr Carina O'Reilly  5 sessions
W25Pm22 The technology race in Space and Arctic governance Dr Tim Reilly 5 sessions

Week 3 9:00-10:30am 

W310Am01 International development: past present and future** Dr Calum Nicholson 10 sessions
W310Am51 Contemporary War: can law regulate the use of force?* Toby Fenwick 10 sessions
W35Am20 ‘Events, dear boy, events’: intriguing case studies in British political history  Dr Graham McCann 5 sessions

Week 3 1:30-3:00pm   

W310Pm51 Contemporary War: can law regulate the use of force?* Toby Fenwick 10 sessions
W35Pm20 The impact of social media: political, cultural, and historical perspectives Dr Calum Nicholson 5 sessions

Week 4 9:00-10:30am 

W410Am01 International development: past present and future** Dr Calum Nicholson 10 sessions
W45Am20 Making sense of European Union politics Dr Christopher Huggins 5 sessions
W45Am21 Espionage, terrorism and warfare in the cyber era Craig Jarvis 5 sessions

Week 4 1:30-3:00pm   

W45Pm20 Pirates of the cyber eon Craig Jarvis 5 sessions
W45Pm21 Making sense of international migration Dr Calum Nicholson 5 sessions