| Unit name | Cellular and Molecular Medicine Industrial Placement |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PANM20004 |
| Credit points | 120 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Dr. Nicholson |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
Successful completion of appropriate level I/5 units. |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
| Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
The placement will provide the student with experience of research in an industrial company (eg. pharmaceutical or biotech) or a research institute.
The student will:
All teaching occurs at the placement. Students will work full-time (35-40 hours per week) on a placement under the management of a placement supervisor. The Unit Director will keep in regular contact with the student throughout the placement.
The student will prepare a Project Report on the year’s work; this will be submitted to the Unit Director at the beginning of the final year. Students may also be asked to submit interim progress reports.
120 credit points will be awarded for the Unit provided that the student attends to the satisfaction of the Placement Supervisor and the Unit Director (except for good cause), completes and hands in a Project Report and any interim progress reports at the prescribed time, and attains a mark of at least 40% for the unit. The Report (6,000 words maximum, excluding figure legends and references) will be examined jointly by two assessors in the School and will be marked according to the criteria specified for Year 2 (Level 5/I).
The marks for Technical Ability and Industry and Initiative will be awarded by the Placement Supervisor; the others will be awarded jointly by the two assessors. The overall mark should be decided by the end of Teaching Block 1. These procedures are subject to the overall supervision of the School Board of Examiners including the External Examiner.
The marks allocated for the project will be as follows:
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
