2022/3, Trimester 2, Face-to-Face, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | Face-to-Face |
Location of delivery: | SIGHTHILL |
Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Mark Ross |
Module Organiser: | |
Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
Initial face-to-face sessions will focus on project choice and planning, as well as consideration of health and safety issues appropriate to the area of study to enable students to derive a plan of work that is sound, safe and achievable(LO1). Subsequent contact with supervisors is highly individualised, and will equip the student with the skills to utilise appropriate techniques and tools to undertake their research, analyse data appropriately and present the work to appropriate standards of presentation (LO1-5). Although supervision will be provided, much of the module is premised on the active and autonomous engagement of the student in the chosen area of research.The research project is a key vehicle for the development of employability and scholarship skills, notably time management, independence, self-motivation and organisation, synthesis and analysis of diverse information and written and oral presentation skills.
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Formative assessments occur in week 6 of Trimester 1 when students will present their project outline and plan, students will be encouraged to make use of video feedback to develop presentation skills for summative assessment 1. In week 8, students will submit a literature review to their supervisors. A risk assessment and full engagement in the ethics process is also formatively assessed. Ethics forms will be expected to be signed off by supervisors and submitted to the ethics committee by the 1st December, with a final opportunity to submit at the end of January. Failure to comply with any of these formative assessments will result in the students being unable to progress with their project in Trimester 2. Feedback on all the above formative assessments will be provided in Trimester 1 (except where students submit ethics forms in January, in this case, feedback will be provided hereafter).Further feedback will be provided from supervisors during one-to-one meetings, appropriate feedback on the first summative assessment, and additional feedback will be provided on drafts of the introduction and methods sections of the second summative assessment.
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Two summative assessments will take place, the first, a presentation and defence in week 12; and the second, the submission of a report in the style of a journal article (LO1-5). The first assessment in week 12, will be worth 20% of the total grade. It will involve the students to present their research in 5 minutes with the support of an infographic, followed by a 10 minute question and answer session where student have the opportunity to defend their studies.The second assessment to be submitted in week 14, this will be worth 80% of the total grade. This component will entail a 4000 word report in the style of a journal article, or 6000 words for qualitative studies or systematic reviews.
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Lecture | 2 |
Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 570 |
Face To Face | Project Supervision | 22 |
Face To Face | Seminar | 6 |
| Total Study Hours | 600 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 600 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Oral Presentation | 20 | 5 | 12 | HOURS= 0.15, WORDS= 0 |
Final Year Project | 80 | 1,2,3 & 4 | 14 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 6000 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 20 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 80 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |