What makes an agreement legally binding, and why do contracts matter in everyday life?
In this session, we will explore what a contract is and why contracts matter in everyday life. Contract Law sets out the rules for identifying when a set of promises amounts to an agreement and when that agreement should be legally enforceable as a contract.
For an agreement to be legally recognised as a contract, four key elements must be present: offer, acceptance, intention to create legal relations, and consideration. In this lecture, we will focus on these rules governing contract formation, with particular attention to the first three elements: offer, acceptance, and intention to create legal relations.
In the workshop, we will practise the basics of legal problem-solving, applying the principles covered in the lecture to simple real-life scenarios.
Why do countries behave the way they do, and how can different theories help us understand international politics?
This session will explore the major theoretical traditions that scholars use to make sense of international politics, from the dynamics of power to the influence of ideas and institutions. Through carefully chosen examples, the session will consider how international relations theories take different perspectives to interpret real-world events.
What forces shape our world, and how are global challenges managed?
This taster session introduces you to key global issues, from power, diplomacy and international cooperation to the security challenges shaping the 21st century, including war, terrorism, migration, and climate risks.
Through engaging and interactive teaching combining theory with real鈥憌orld examples, you鈥檒l explore the different actors shaping global politics, how competing priorities can create tensions, and how those tensions are managed. You鈥檒l also consider how young people can play a role in shaping a safer, more connected future.
This session is ideal for curious students interested in politics, global affairs, and understanding the forces shaping our rapidly evolving world.
What does it mean to be human in a rapidly changing society?
With the study of social life at its heart, the scope of sociology is almost limitless. The discipline encompasses, for example, family life, education, crime, work, war, religion, capitalism, power, love, the self, the media, to name just a few. Sociology also has an abiding concern with the main markers of social difference in modern society 鈥� class, gender, 鈥榬ace鈥� or ethnicity, age, sexuality and (dis)ability.
This summer school session will consider the future challenges involved in redefining what it means to be 'human' in light of the increasing recognition of not only cultural diversity but also species diversity, as well as personhood claims for artificial intelligence. Through discussion of contemporary sociological ideas and research, you鈥檒l discover how sociologists question assumptions about society and explore some of the complex issues shaping our changing world.
- An introduction to Education
What does it really mean for education to be inclusive?
At the heart of inclusive education is the principle that all learners matter, and matter equally. Yet, thinking critically about difference invites us to reflect on how modern schooling is experienced by children and young people, and how broader social, cultural and political contexts come to shape these experiences.
This summer school session will encourage you to question taken-for-granted ideas about ability by exploring how schools respond to the diversity of children and young people they serve. We will consider patterns of participation and achievement, examine key theoretical perspectives on disability and inclusion, and reflect on the dilemmas that can arise when theory meets practice. Together, we will ask to what extent schools can create genuinely inclusive spaces for learning 鈥� and what this means for children and young people, and the professionals who support them.
What makes a life meaningful, and is meaning the same as happiness or being a good person?
In this session, you鈥檒l explore one of philosophy鈥檚 biggest questions: what gives our lives meaning? You鈥檒l consider different philosophical perspectives on happiness, morality and meaningfulness, and examine whether these ideas always go hand in hand. Philosophers have tended to evaluate life in terms of its levels of happiness and/or moral goodness; but is meaningfulness a distinct category? How can we use the concept of meaningless to evaluate and enhance our own lives and the lives of others?
Through discussion and debate, you鈥檒l learn how philosophers construct and challenge arguments, question assumptions and approach complex ideas from different perspectives.
A distinctive feature of Philosophy at 糖心TV is that it sits in the Social Sciences, reflecting an outward-looking approach that connects philosophical thinking with subjects including law, economics and politics.
