Advanced Practical Training

CHEM30620 Advanced Practical Training 40 Full year Undergraduate Level 3 Carl Poree Unit coordinator Roshila Moodley Unit coordinator Department of Chemistry 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 20.0 <div>The unit provides training for employability in industry and research. Semester 1 provides a common training ground of experiments across the broad spectrum of chemistry topics and acts as a stepping stone from first- and second-year laboratories. Semester 1 experiments are generally split into two parts; the first part will enable a practice of fundamental skills with the second part being open-ended and an opportunity to develop planning, creativity and critical analysis. Semester 2 will provide time for group research projects, focussing on a key area of chemistry as chosen by the research group. Research groups will work with a member of academic staff to develop project aims and deliver against these aims. The CHEM30620 course will develop skills in employability including communication skills, reporting to a professional standard, research skills, creativity, planning work with milestones, budgeting, risk assessment, allocating work amongst team members and working as a team to achieve shared objectives.</div>  <div>The unit provides training for employability in industry and research. Semester 1 provides a common training ground of experiments across the broad spectrum of chemistry topics and acts as a stepping stone from first- and second-year laboratories. Semester 1 experiments are generally split into two parts; the first part will enable a practice of fundamental skills with the second part being open-ended and an opportunity to develop planning, creativity and critical analysis. Semester 2 will provide time for group research projects, focussing on a key area of chemistry as chosen by the research group. Research groups will work with a member of academic staff to develop project aims and deliver against these aims. The CHEM30620 course will develop skills in employability including communication skills, reporting to a professional standard, research skills, creativity, planning work with milestones, budgeting, risk assessment, allocating work amongst team members and working as a team to achieve shared objectives.</div>  After completing this unit you will be an independently functioning researcher able to:<ul><li>Review existing research to decide upon a sensible, safe and effective programme of work;</li><li>Plan lab work with research milestones, appropriate budgets and risk assessments;</li><li>Contribute to a research team, agreeing work allocations with team members, sharing research ideas and outcomes;</li><li>Work safely and professionally, embodying the attitudes and behaviours of a professional chemist;</li><li>Communicate effectively to the benefit of other team members;</li><li>Manage and share datasets and other research outcomes;</li><li>Report your findings to a professional standard, evidencing integrity and consistency;</li><li>Select appropriate techniques for a given process based on analysis of the system or compound;</li><li>Evaluate the outcomes of experiments and decide what course of action to take based on that outcome.</li></ul> On successful completion of the course students should be able to: After completing this unit you will be an independently functioning researcher: able to make critical judgements regarding experimental techniques, to select appropriate techniques for a given process based on analysis of the system or compound, to report your findings to a professional standard, evidencing integrity and consistency, to work as part of a team to develop aims, plan activities and deliver against shared objectives. <div> The CHEM30620 course will develop skills in employability including communication skills, reporting to a professional standard, research skills, creativity, planning work with milestones, budgeting, risk assessment, allocating work amongst team members and working as a team to achieve shared objectives.</div>  The course includes three distinct activities: 1) Group Project Planning & Preparation – taking place during semester 1, 4 weeks of time dedicated to group work, specific tasks involved in planning for the group projects (such as risk assessment, budgeting and ordering), transferable skills and task management. This section is supported by a 2 hour workshop, online resources, weekly meetings with the project supervisor and an additional meeting with technical staff. 2) Laboratory Experiments – taking place during semester 1, 8 weeks of experiments. Each practical runs over two laboratory weeks. Students complete four practicals in total, chosen to reinforce existing skills and introduce new ones required for research projects. 3) Group Project Work – during semester 2 you will have 8 weeks dedicated to carrying out your group research project. 3 Report 30% 6 Project output (not diss/n) 10% 7 Oral assessment/presentation 30% 9 Set exercise 30% <div> </div>Feedback is provided in the following ways:Weekly, formative feedback discussions will take place with GTAs and academic staff during laboratory activities, as well as in project supervisor meetings.A formative feedback session with a member of academic staff will follow the first semester one practical.Written feedback will be provided on laboratory reports submitted during semester one, and on the group project planning document.In-person feedback on the research project will be provided at the group poster presentation, alongside written feedback on both the poster and the individual research project report. CHEM10600 Practical Chemistry Pre-Requisite Compulsory CHEM22600 Practical Chemistry Pre-Requisite Compulsory Pre-requisite units: CHEM10600, CHEM22600Co-requisite units: CHEM30211 Core Chemistry 3 CHEM30311 Core Chemistry 2 CHEM30312 Core Chemistry 4 CHEM30411 Core Chemistry 1 N <div>Individual experiments and research projects will prescribe specific reading from the relevant literature which will include journal articles, textbooks and patents. In addition, general information can be found in texts such as: Vogel, A.I., Tatchell, A.R., Furnis, B.S., Hannaford, A.J. and Smith, P.W.G., 1989. Vogel’s textbook of practical organic chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, pp.1023-1024. Pass, G., 2013. Practical inorganic chemistry: preparations, reactions and instrumental methods. Springer Science & Business Media. Lewars, E., 2003. Computational chemistry. Introduction to the theory and applications of molecular and quantum mechanics, p.318. Harris D.C., 2016. Quantitative Chemical Analysis, 9th Ed., W.H. Freeman, pp. 667-712 Miller J.H., Miller J.C., Miller R.D., 2018. Statistics and Chemometrics for Analytical Chemistry, 7th Ed., Pearson Education</div>  Practical classes & workshops 240 0 402 Assesment details:Assessment task 1:<ul> <li>Executive reports on teaching lab experiments (four reports, one per experiment, to be submitted over the course of semester one) </li> <li> Length :11 pages maximum (6 pages report + 5 pages supporting information) per report  </li> <li>Weighting within unit (if relevant): 40%     </li></ul>Assessment task 2:<ul> <li>Group project planning document</li> <li>Weighting within unit (if relevant): 10%</li></ul>Assessment task 3:<ul> <li>Individual project report</li> <li>Length:15 pages maximum</li> <li>Weighting within unit (if relevant):25%</li></ul>Assessment task 4:<ul> <li>Group poster presentation and dataset submission</li> <li> Length :A0/A1 poster and discussion with academic staff. Dataset – experimental data collected during semester two, length and content is project-dependent</li> <li>Weighting within unit (if relevant): 25%     </li></ul>