2022/3, Trimester 1, FACE-TO-FACE,
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | FACE-TO-FACE |
Location of delivery: | SRI LANKA |
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Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Janis MacCallum |
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Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
The module will be taught using a number of lectures, tutorials and workshops aligned with your needs inpreparing for the project module in tri 2, and for professional practice. In these, a number of topics will becovered, some of which will be core to this module, and others from which you will be able to choosedepending on your needs for project work and future professional practise. It is anticipated that aproblem-based learning approach will be taken for many of these. Core workshops will ready you forbeginning to work on your project, formatted around both generic research methodology, and useful skillsallied to project work, whilst other workshops will support the assessments and potential futureprofessional destinations or areas of interest (LOs 1, 2). Additionally, a number of employability skills willbe developed in this module, including: Ability to compare scientific and ethical positions; Ability totranslate research findings; Time management, planning; Personal development and reflection; Criticalreading and writing. (LOs 2,3,4)
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The weekly workshops will expose you to various aspects of professional practice which will be relevantboth in your project work and in future work. These will incorporate formative opportunities to discuss andpractise, for example, methodological and ethical aspects of scientific work, as well as aspects ofthinking and planning, risk assessment and quality assurance. This will include opportunities to refreshbasic research methods in class or virtually, and pick up additional advanced research skills. You shouldreflect upon skills developed within prior modules in your programme in order to incorporate appropriateimprovements into your current working practise. Formative assessment opportunities will therefore beintegral to these weekly workshops. Examples of the types of formative assessment which may be usedinclude; critical analysis of an ethics submission document; creation of a group risk assessment for atask; planning a timeline for a research project; writing in a lab book using GLP guidelines; an in-classethical debate. In particularformative work on skills reflection via blogposts which can be academic-, peer- and self-reviewed and workshops to formatively support writing a CV and Cover Letter will be included.
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One component of assessment for this module will therefore be a final submission of grouped blogpostsreflecting on skills and attributes. This will count for 50% of the module marks (LO 1, 2, 3) and comprise3x 500 word blogs (a total of 1500words). The remaining 50% of the module will be assessed viasubmission of a CV and covering letter (1500 words in total) as part of a job application (from a list ofchoices) requiring you to draw from workshop materials, and reflect upon your prior learning and futureprofessional practise. (LO 2, 3, 4).
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 35 |
Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 165 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Reflective Log | 50 | 1, 2, 3 | 11 | HOURS= 00.00, WORDS= 1500 |
Report | 50 | 2, 3, 4 | 13 | HOURS= 00.00, WORDS= 1500 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 50 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 50 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |