KE3003 - Post Industrial Landscapes of the North East

You will learn through lectures, seminars, field visits, independent learning and directed tasks (such as following up on specific readings recommended in lectures). The lectures will cover key issues, case study material, and exemplars. Directed and independent learning tasks will be set each week to allow you to explore the module material in your own way. A range of media and learning enhancement strategies (e.g. video and audio clips, quizzes, role play etc) will be incorporated into lectures to facilitate and enhance your learning experience.

Students will build a portfolio of work examining the changing North East built from the four field trips, which also permits a formative mode of assessment to let students to track their progress.

At the end of the module you will be assessed by an examination in which you are offered the opportunity to produce an essay related to one of the topics you have explored on the module. This form of examination is designed to encourage you to research, in detail, a selected topic from the module and produce a well-developed account of the subject supported by appropriate evidence in the form of an essay.

Support with from tutors, and one-to-one sessions (via the Department’s open door policy). In addition, tutors will use the module’s discussion board at the University’s eLearning Portal respond to questions via the so that the whole group can benefit. Time will be set aside in lectures to provide opportunities for Q&A on assignments and formative feedback.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. Online reading lists (provided after enrolment) give you access to your reading material for your modules. The Library works in partnership with your module tutors to ensure you have access to the material that you need.

Knowledge & Understanding:
• Recognise the spatial dimensions of major economic, social and political changes that have reshaped the North East landscape over the last three decades and the way in which these changing patterns help create new geographical divisions and inequalities.
• Recognise the ways that policy makers, institutions and other agencies respond to major economic, social and political change through regeneration programmes and other initiatives.

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
• Appreciate the value of a geographical perspective in understanding and interpreting economic, social and political change in the North East region.
• Undertake effective field work through critical observation, research and investigation, and
interaction with experts and practitioners
Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
• Work individually and in collaboration with others.

Throughout the module, working small groups, students will produce multimedia portfolio based on the themes of the fieldtrips as well as the relevant theoretical debates and academic themes. This work will be assessed by staff both formatively through participation in the production process of the portfolio and summatively after the submission, accounting for 40% of the module mark (K&U 1 & 2, I/PS&A 1 & 2, PVA 1)

At the end of semester there will be an Exam (60%) in which you will choose to write an essay on one of the themes covered in the lectures/seminars and fieldtrips. (K&U 1 & 2, I/PS&A 1)

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Over the last four decades, the North East of England has experienced a series of profound changes across its landscapes. This module examines some of the key elements of this reinvention of the North East in the context of an increasingly global economy. Students will develop an understanding of the term “post-industrial” and will consider several aspects of how this process is intertwined with the landscape in terms of human and environmental interactions. The module has a strong focus on experiential learning by way of several day-long fieldwork trips in which students get to observe and thinking critically about contemporary landscape transformation. Students also get a chance to develop their skills working in a group, an essential skill desired by many employers today.