Learning & Teaching

E-LearningScreenshot from the VLE presence of the mythology Level 4 module

All our modules, both undergraduate and postgraduate, are supported by electronic means available through our Virtual Learning Environment. Our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is Moodle and is available to all our students, both residentially and at a distance.

Late Roman tombstone from Caerleon in Wales Through our Virtual Learning Environment, undergraduate students have access to all the teaching material for their modules, including the PowerPoint slides and podcasts of lectures. This means that they can access all teaching material whenever they want, wherever they are. Academic reading is provided via the Virtual Learning Environment for all modules.

Postgraduate students have access to all of the teaching material for their modules, including links to further reading and podcasts and videos relating to module material, through our VLE.

Screenshot from the VLE presence of Greek literature Level 4 moduleThe Virtual Learning Environment also provides our students with the opportunity to discuss and present their opinion and work to their peers through our intensive use of discussion forums and wikis. Particularly for distance-learning students the VLE provides an opportunity to converse and connect with their fellow-students in spite of the physical distance between them.

Screenshot from the vidcasts for distance learning students for MA module available through the VLE


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Students on fieldtrip to the Acropolis, Athens, Greece (2010)


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