Students must pass both components of the summative assessment.
Exclusions
Description
The module will enable students to select an area of staff research or interest and develop a research question, identify an appropriate design to answer the research question, and to undertake and present the findings of the project. The selected research question will be appropriate to the aims of the individual student’s programme.A range of opportunities for carrying out projects within existing staff research programmes will be provided.Each student will be allocated a supervisor for their project who will contribute a background of subject and/or methodological expertise.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module students should be able to:
Develop and justify the choice of research question within the context their programme aims
Critically appraise relevant research literature to design a suitable research study to answer the research question
Identify, collect and analyse appropriate data / information (gaining ethical approval if appropriate), demonstrating effective project management
Interpret the findings and critically evaluate the implications of the findings to practice and/or policy
Demonstrate the ability to disseminate the research, its conduct, methodology, results, conclusions and implications at M level through both written and oral means
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Summative assessment: 1. An article based on the conducted research, written for an identified peer-reviewed journal with a Journal Impact Factor that is appropriate for the project, in accordance with the ‘Guidelines for Authors’ of the chosen journal. Marking will be against the M level marking criteria and the ‘Guidelines for Authors’. The word count for the article will be in accordance with the ‘Guidelines for Authors’. This is intended to facilitate dissemination of student work.[70% total module mark] 2. A 5-minute poster presentation of the research with 5 minutes for questions. This is intended to simulate a conference presentation, and facilitate dissemination of student work. [30% total module mark]
NB: students must pass both components of the summative assessment. Reassessment: Repeat of failed component(s).
