The University of Leicester is a leading UK University committed to international excellence through the creation of world changing research and high quality, inspirational teaching. It is consistently one of the most socially inclusive of the UK’s leading universities and its international student population makes up more than 30% of the University community.
The University of Leicester is #236 in the QS Global World Rankings 2022 and continues to rank highly (#51-100) specifically for Media & Communication, which features in the courses offered to IISMA students. It is #185 according to The Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings.
The University of Leicester’s Centre for International Training and Education is home to the Study Abroad Unit (SAU), which is responsible for inbound and outbound mobility programmes, managing 171 direct exchange partnerships with universities worldwide.
The University of Leicester was very proud to host some wonderful and impressive IISMA students in 2021 and the Study Abroad Unit is familiar with the needs of students seeking a short-term, interdisciplinary programme. Leicester is a great choice for IISMA students looking for a semester programme and credits they can transfer home!
Academic: GPA of 3 or above on their studies to date
English Language:
– IELTS: 6.5 no band score less than 5.5
– TOEFL iBT: 90 with reading minimum 18, writing minimum 17, listening minimum 17, and speaking minimum 20
– Duolingo English Test: 110 with no component less than 90
Never had TB/TBC infection
24 September 2023 – 18 January 2024
Applicants
Applicants : 254 students
GPA : 3.01-4.00
TOEFL iBT Score : 109
IELTS Score : 6-8
Duolingo English Test Score : 90-160
Awardees
Awardees : 10 students
GPA : 3.53-3.96
TOEFL iBT Score : –
IELTS Score : 8
Duolingo English Test Score : 140-150
Available Courses
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to describe the principles of marketing and apply them to a broad range of case studies, critically analyse the evolution of marketing theory and practice, explain the role of frameworks in the development of marketing strategies, assess the nature and appropriateness of a market orientation for differing contexts, and identify the importance and approaches to segmentation and targeting
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to understand the nature and key features of the employment relationship and the place of HRM in it, describe the competing perspectives on HRM in terms of their historical and cultural development, define the strategic and operational aspects of HRM that drive business productivity, discuss patterns and trends in aspects of HR practice and reflect on and articulate motivations, strengths and weaknesses of developing one or more transferable skills.
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
– Describe the influence of individual ability and personality on work-related behaviours – Discuss key principles of motivation and job satisfaction
– Analyse the forces affecting group processes and performance
– Assess the advantages and disadvantages of different organisational structures, with particular reference to organisational contingencies
– Examine the culture of an organisation and its role
On completion of this module, all students will be able to:
– Identify the key debates and theoretical perspectives within the areas of media research that study news production.
– Assess the impact of the market logic on every aspect of news production. • Analyse how the internet is changing news production.
– Assess the influence of newsgathering and delivery technologies on the practice of journalism in specific areas such as war, crime and sport.
– Apply the learned theoretical material to specific news stories.
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
– Produce a map with appropriate symbology, colour, scale and representation
– Demonstrate understanding of a Geographical Information System
– Demonstrate understanding about the nature and format of digital data and its representation.
– Demonstrate understanding of the applications of map production and spatial data analysis in a number of thematic areas inhuman and physical geography.
– Demonstrate abilities in the use of IT, numeracy, problem solving and information handling.
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
– Evaluate the decision-making processes and logistic considerations required in the planning and undertaking of an archaeological excavation.
– Implement a geophysical survey and interpret its results.
– Interpret excavated features from an archaeological site.
– Demonstrate how different forms of archaeological evidence are recorded and what information they can provide.
– Identify the value of the long-term chronological perspective in affirming the three pillars of sustainability – economic, social and environmental – and recognise the key cultural contexts within which they can be nurtured.
– Examine historical and contemporary ethics in order to shape and implement a conscientious and informed approach to effecting a sustainable future.
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
– Demonstrate an understanding of some key topics relating to political analysis and approaches to the study of politics.
– Identify and evaluate important empirical and ethical theoretical frameworks in the study of politics.
– Demonstrate skills in writing and research, and academic integrity in their submitted work through appropriate use of academic citation and referencing conventions for the discipline.
– Reflect on and articulate motivations, strengths and experience of developing one or more transferable skills.
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
– Provide an account of the primary focus of International Relations and the debates that have shaped the discipline since its inception.
– Demonstrate an understanding of the core concepts which define contemporary International Relations scholarship.
– Apply these concepts in order to produce rigorous accounts of major trends, dynamics and events within contemporary global politics.
– Critically engage with the assumptions, limits and omissions of these concepts in order to challenge ‘common sense’ understandings of International Relations.
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
– Explain the development of the digital media;
– Differentiate between micro- and macro-level digital media effects;
– Identify and describe key concepts of digital media;
– Identify and describe key concepts of digital media;
– Illustrate understanding of the key concepts of digital media using appropriate social science/media theories
– Apply digital media technologies for academic purposes, such as Skype.
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
– Demonstrate understanding of, and apply concepts relating to, power and privilege, gaining insight into inequality and stratification in modern societies.
– Think constructively about questions of diversity, especially in relation to sex, sexuality, ethnicity and immigration.
– Analyse complex situations where power is exercised, by considering context, social structures, and resources of various types.
– Appropriately access, use, and reference academic resources.
On successful
completion of the module, the student will be able to:
– Critically evaluate Sociological theory relating to the built environment and its relationship with society
– Develop a critical knowledge of urban and rural life through synthesis of sociological, criminological and psychological perspectives.
– Critically examine the issues of managing individual and group identities in a variety of real-world social settings
– Demonstrate a critical knowledge of the nature of the changing built environment, from modernity, through postmodernity, and into supermodernity
– Develop the skills of viewing contemporary society through an increasingly sophisticated sociological lens.
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
– Recognize the variety of research designs and methods of data collection/generation, and critically evaluate their use in different research scenarios
– Demonstrate comprehension of key concepts used in the production and analysis of data – Design small-scale research projects
– Analyse, interpret, and present data
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
– Specify the important role of sensory systems in perceiving and interacting with the world around us
– Identify how the brain governs key perceptual and cognitive functions
– Define how different experimental techniques can be employed to study sensory and cognitive processing
– Communicate how scientific principles can be applied to perceptual operations and to higher-level cognitive functions such as reading.
– Organise, analyse, condense and prioritise information and form judgements on the basis of evidence
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
– Define key ideas in creative computing
– Discuss the relationship between creativity and computing
– Explain the consequences of the relationships between creativity and computing
– Assess the impact of computers on creativity
– Analyse problems and their creative solutions
On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
– Review the nature, status, use, and presentation of material culture in archaeology, including displaying an understanding of academic integrity through appropriate referencing and citation procedures.
– Analyse, sort, and deploy data from workshop activities, online/digital archive, catalogue, collections database searches.
– Conduct research into, and present a group project on an archaeological problem.
– Reflect on and articulate motivations, strengths and experience of developing one or more transferable skills.
On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
– Define key geographical concepts, such as place, space, spatiality, scale and network.
– Discuss how geographers have studied contemporary geographies of globalization.
– Describe geographical identity, difference and inequality at various spatial scales.
– Outline how place, spatiality and networks matter to a variety of social, cultural, economic and political processes that are studied by contemporary geographers.