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Module title:	Research Project [Hong Kong]
SCQF level:	11:
SCQF credit value:	60.00
ECTS credit value:	30
Module code:	BMS11607
Module leader:	Mick Rae
School	School of Applied Sciences
Subject area group:	Biomedical Science

Prerequisites

There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

2020/1, Trimester 2, FACE-TO-FACE,

Occurrence:	003
Primary mode of delivery:	FACE-TO-FACE
Location of delivery:	HONG KONG
Partner:
Member of staff responsible for delivering module:	Mick Rae
Module Organiser:

Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach:

A combination of directed study, literature searches, project design (LOs 1&2); data gathering (LOs 3,4&5); data analysis and problem solving, including lectures on use of statistics (LO 3); and report writing (LO 4&6) is used to develop research and professional skills.
Regular meetings between supervisor(s) and student allows student to present data (LO3) and discuss experimental technique (LO5) allowing for feed-forward from academic staff and peers. By its nature, this module links research with teaching, whereby the student conducts an independent piece of research under the expert guidance of a supervisor.
Several key employability skills are embedded and assessed:
a) Project planning and management,
(b) Data acquisition skills and information gathering
(c) Problem-solving skills – as well as project aims and objectives, students are required to address any incidental issues and concerns throughout the duration of the project
(d) Individual initiative and self-motivation,
(e) Numeracy and/or analytical skills,
(f) Presentation and communication skills - assessed in the final reports
(g) IT – students use online literature search engines, data-handling software.
The module is supported by a VLE (Moodle) which is used to provide module resource including direct links to relevant web-based resource, e:submission of all coursework, detailed guidelines and marking criteria, examples of previous submissions. Reflecting the discipline, students use a wide range of technology to accomplish laboratory work, data collection and analysis, and in silico analysis.

Formative Assessment:

Formative feedback is given to the students on drafts of work by project supervisors. In addition students will receive one-to-one feedback directly from their supervisor on a regular basis throughout the project. Students will also be expected to use the feedback given on the assessed project proposal when writing the final dissertation.

Summative Assessment:

Summative assessment comprises submission of a project proposal which assists the student in research design and preparation (submitted in week 8, Trimester 2 and worth 10%; LO1&2), final dissertation (word limit of 10,000) in week 29 worth 75% of the module assessment (LOs 3, 5 & 6). The remainder 15% of the module will be allocated in relation to the performance during the project (LOs 3-5).

Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activity	Learning & Teaching Activity	NESH (Study Hours)
Other	Work based learning	572
Face To Face	Tutorial	8
Face To Face	Project Supervision	20
	Total Study Hours	600
	Expected Total Study Hours for Module	600

Assessment
Type of Assessment	Weighting %	LOs covered	Week due	Length in Hours/Words
Report	10	1&2	8	HOURS= 0, WORDS= 2500
Dissertation	75	3, 5 & 6	29	HOURS= 0, WORDS= 10000
Discussion/Participation	15	3, 4 & 5	29	HOURS= 0, WORDS= 0
Component 1 subtotal:	100
Component 2 subtotal:	0
Module subtotal:	100

Description of module content:

In this module you will conduct an independent piece of research, either as a practical laboratory-based project, or a piece of quantitative or qualitative non-laboratory-based research. This involves design, development and implementation of a programme of research in a particular field of study relevant to your programme of study. You will critically analyse data/information generated, and communicate the outcomes in a written report, which will develop your skills in scientific writing. This will give you experience in summarising information and presentation skills.
This module includes: on-line literature searches, literature review, project formulation, hypothesis generation, experimental desig,. development of practical skills/research technique, data generation/collection and analysis; use of appropriate statistical analysis, evaluation of findings, critical analysis and conclusions, with reference to supporting literature; communication of original research results in a report.

Learning Outcomes for module:

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1: Design, plan and implement a valid research project
LO2: Generate a hypothesis, and devise suitable protocols in order to test that hypothesis
LO3: Analyse and critically appraise experimental data, or metadata
LO4: Exercise appropriate judgement, self-reliance, initiative and time management
LO5: Critically explore solutions to practical problems
LO6: Evaluate, critically reflect and communicate the original research results through the production of a fully referenced report

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