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London is truly a global city. An international centre of culture and art, business and finance, education and research and tourism: the city is also home to people from all over the world who help shape and characterise its diversity. Despite its status as a global city, London must also be understood as an ordinary city; one of the hundreds of large cities around the world where people negotiate their daily routines of living, working, travelling and sharing space with others. â¶Ä¯Ìý

Student communities are an important resource for the city of London. As urban citizens and the skilled working-class of tomorrow, students keep the city lively and diverse; they bring about social innovation and cultural change. The coexistence and interaction of different student populations within London is one of the driving forces of contemporary urbanisation. Universities, as embedded institutions within cities, are also fundamental agents of urban transformation. Universities are simultaneously important to the development of knowledge economies as well as significant contributors to the development of the cities in which they are embedded. â¶Ä¯Ìý

This module will use London as a springboard to explore ways that contemporary cities are being theorised, experienced and understood, as well as to explore the role that students and universities play in contemporary urbanisation processes. It will introduce you to a range of interdisciplinary themes within urban studies and provide you with the opportunity to encounter and learn from what cities have to offer, as well as the contradictions they produce. Consideration will be given to how cities are conceptualised in and througha range of diverse socio-spatial and cultural dynamics and practices. A key aspect of life in global cities is the internationalisation of higher education and student participation, and you will be encouraged to reflect on your own experiences of London both as a student and as an urban citizen. â¶Ä¯Ìý

You have all experienced ‘the urban’ in some way and these personal experiences and reflections form important foundations for learning on this module. Whether you are from London, the UK or anywhere else across the globe, this course will give you the opportunity to think critically about cities, your place as students in cities as well as your own relations to, and place within, an increasingly urbanised world. Ìý

Teaching delivery: Ìý

The module is a 3-week intensive module, run at the beginning of Term 3. You will be expected to be on campus for three days of each week. Learning will take place through lectures, seminars, reading and discussion tasks as well as weekly fieldtrips. Your final assessment will be a multi-media portfolio, providing you with a creative and academic platform to explore and reflect on what you have learntÌý during the module as well as your experiences of living, learning and being a citizen in this city. Ìý

Indicative Topics: â¶Ä¯Ìý

Each day, the module will draw on different themes through which to understand urban theories, processes and practices. Ìý

• S1:ÌýDefining the City, Defining the Urban Ìý
• S2 :ÌýSpace, place and scale Ìý
• S3 :ÌýGlobalisation / Global cities and Ordinary cities Ìý
• S4 :ÌýEveryday Life and Urban Consumption â¶Ä¯Ìý
• S5 :ÌýArchitecture and the city Ìý
• S6 :ÌýCulture and the Creative city Ìý
• S7 :ÌýNeighbourhood change and Gentrification Ìý
• S8 :ÌýTransnational urbanism and Multi-ethnic London Ìý
• S9 : Community, inclusion, and exclusion Ìý

Module Aims and/or Objectives: Ìý

• introduce students to key academic theories, frameworks and concepts so as to better understand contemporary cities, and in particular the range of educational experiences in them; Ìý
• enable students to critically reflect on and apply urban and educational theories and concepts to London and to their own cities; Ìý
• engage students around the social, economic, cultural, educational and political dynamics that shape London and its urban life; Ìý
• provide students with the opportunity to learn about London and to understand the complexities and diversities contained within the contemporary city; Ìý
• support students through the development of a multi-modal portfolio that provides them with a platform and creative learning tool to reflect on their learning and experiences.Ìý

 Recommended readings: Ìý

There are 3 core texts that students will need to engage with over the module:Ìý

• Brennan, J. and Cochrane, A., 2019. Universities: in, of, and beyond their cities. Oxford Review of Education, 45(2), pp.188-203.Ìý
• Chatterton, P., 2010. The student city: an ongoing story of neoliberalism, gentrification, and commodification. Environment and Planning A, 42(3), pp.509-514.Ìý
• Russo, A., van den Berg, L. and Lavanga, M., 2003. The student city. Strategic Planning for Student Communities in EU Cities. Rotterdam: Routledge.Ìý Ìý

In addition, during the module, we will work with excerpts from key urban texts, amongst them:.ÌýÌý

• Amin, A. and Thrift, N., 2002. Cities: reimagining the urban. Polity Press.Ìý
• Cloke, P., Crang, P. and Goodwin, M., 2013. Introducing human geographies. Routledge.Ìý
• Hall, T. and Barrett, H., 2012. Urban geography. Routledge.Ìý
• Hubbard, P., 2017. City. Routledge.Ìý
• Jayne, M., 2005. Cities and consumption. Routledge.Ìý
• Latham, A., McCormack, D., McNamara, K. and McNeill, D., 2008. Key concepts in urban geography. Sage.Ìý
• Robinson, J., 2002. Global and world cities: a view from off the map. International journal of urban and regional research, 26(3), pp.531-554.Ìý

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