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Critical Approach Approached to Digital Technology, Data and Communications Law (830M3)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn teaching

On this module, you’ll explore the legal, regulatory and societal challenges of the digital age. You’ll study how law interacts with rapidly changing digital technologies – from the internet and social media to artificial intelligence.

You’ll examine:

• key legal frameworks, institutions and policy debates that shape the governance of information, data and digital infrastructures globally
• how law enables and constrains technological innovation
• how legal responses adapt to new risks and opportunities.

Comparing different discipline approaches, you’ll cover how jurisdictions respond to the opportunities and risks of digital transformation. Using recent case studies, you’ll develop the skills to assess:

• regulatory strategies
• gaps in existing frameworks
• and anticipate future challenges.

You’ll also gain the skills to engage with AI regulation, data protection and cybercrime.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 28 hours of contact time and about 272 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.