This innovative course allows you to explore international issues and events including relationships between states, peoples, social movements and cultural and religious communities. You'll learn about the topics and processes currently shaping our world and  gain a sense of how to make informed choices that have an impact at the local, national and global levels. If you have a keen interest in global affairs and the changing world in which we live, this International Relations course is ideal for you. During this course you'll look at complex situations which are exciting and challenging to analyse. You'll take roles in simulation exercises and try to understand how crises are managed and problems are handled by getting into the minds of different participants. This will build your confidence, give you presentation and advocacy skills, and an understanding across cultural barriers. Throughout this course you will be developing skills for employability. You'll undertake a work placement and you will be actively encouraged to participate in voluntary work.