This module explores all forms of migration and mobilities, considering the reasons people leave their homes to settle elsewhere, experiences of migration, and the ways in which migration and mobility shape individuals and societies. Using the concept of ‘hospitality’, you will consider the experiences of those who move and those they encounter, reflecting on the role of intercultural competence in these interactions and considering case studies such as UK workplaces. You will learn about problematic binaries, such as ‘forced’ versus ‘voluntary’ migration, and ‘refugees’ versus ‘migrants’. You will then explore migration in more depth, using case studies focusing on labour, student, and refugee migration. You will learn about models such as intercultural competence, integration, and culture shock, and the ways in which these have been instrumentalised for political purposes. Adopting a critical approach and learning how to apply critical discourse analysis to a range of texts (e.g. policy documents, newspaper and other media articles, films, and television shows), you will consider intersectional power relations in intercultural encounters, examining how identities are constructed in migration spaces. As well as conferring understandings of migration and intercultural competence, this module will help you prepare for study abroad and/or work-based learning.