Research Project 2

MEDN66172 Research Project 2 90 Semester 2 Postgraduate Taught Level 6 Eleanor Cheadle Unit coordinator School of Medical Sciences 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 45.0 Research Project 2 is a major part of the research focussed MSc programmes. The duration of the project is approximately 25 weeks of research work, with 3-4 weeks of additional writing-up time. This is a full-time project, and students are expected to spend 5 full days per week working on it with the exception of attendance at other timetabled taught sessions which may still be running in the initial part of the project. The research project may be laboratory or clinically based, a ‘dry’ project (e.g. using epidemiological approaches or bioinformatics), or a combination of these. The location of the project may in some cases be away from the main University campus.  Research Project 2 is a major part of the research focussed MSc programmes. The duration of the project is approximately 25 weeks of research work, with 3-4 weeks of additional writing-up time. This is a full-time project, and students are expected to spend 5 full days per week working on it with the exception of attendance at other timetabled taught sessions which may still be running in the initial part of the project. The research project may be laboratory or clinically based, a ‘dry’ project (e.g. using epidemiological approaches or bioinformatics), or a combination of these. The location of the project may in some cases be away from the main University campus. The unit aims to:<ul><li>Equip students with knowledge and practical skills to pursue a research career focused on medical science or another medically related discipline.</li><li>Develop academic writing skills for the presentation of research.</li><li>Develop oral presentation skills for communication of research.  </li></ul> 0 Other 80% 7 Oral assessment/presentation 20% Other: Research Report - 70%; Research Performance - 10% Formative feedback is provided by a supervisor for the presentation (oral/poster), research performance progress, and a section of the final dissertation report.Summative research performance mark to be given by project supervisor(s).  Summative oral/poster assessment and submitted final project reports will be marked by assessors and detailed feedback given on marksheets returned to students.   MEDN66641 Research Project 1 Pre-Requisite Compulsory N Project supervision 25 0 875