This module enables students to enhance their basic IT skills and further develop research skills through the appropriate use of the Internet.

This module aims to introduce students to the skills required to plan, research, prepare for, write up and deliver a project within their subject area. They have the opportunity to study all aspects of a project related to their particular field of study and to identify and develop a range of skills to enable them to realise the project, from the original concept, the research methods most suited to the topic chosen.

The aims of the module are to provide students with a basic introduction to government and society in the British Isles, including a historical element showing briefly how Britain has changed and developed since 1945. The module further aims to consider external pressure on the government – lobbyists, pressure groups, NGOs and the role of the media and, in its concluding weeks, to consider summing up the state of British democracy in the early 21st century and how Britain relates to, influences and is influenced by the wider world. social and environmental impact and sustainability (depending on the subject area) and reporting their findings both in written form and through a presentation.