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Critical Hope in Global Health: From Big Pharma to Local Wellbeing (008ID)

30 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module, we deploy critical hope as a lens to explore global health and local wellbeing, and the role of big pharma across these contexts.

What are the social and economic conditions that weaken health systems? We ask how nations and local communities innovatively negotiate health challenges and access to pharmaceuticals.

What role does big pharma play? What lessons are there for sustainable solutions to health challenges?

Through a series of inspiring case studies from the Global South and North – such as the fight against microbial drug resistance – we explore pathways to sustainable health futures.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 267 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.