| 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 |
Why is this unit important?
The placement will provide the student with experience of research in an industrial company (eg. pharmaceutical or biotech) or a research institute.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
This unit allows the student to apply their knowledge and gain experience in the workplace.
This unit provides an opportunity to refine and exercise a highly transferrable set of skills including collaboration, self-awareness, self-reflection, self-management; research; analysis, critique and evaluation.
An overview of content
Students will work in an industrial industry setting and will write up a project report for assessment.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
The student will gain experience of working in a commercial laboratory, institution or research institute. They will also gain experience of a collaborative project work, and in analysing research and/or industry relevant data.
Students will develop the communication and other transferable skills considered important by many employers.
Learning Outcomes
All learning occurs on the placement. Students will work full-time on a placement under the management of a placement supervisor. The Unit Director will keep in regular contact with the student throughout the placement and will visit the student or engage in an online meeting. The student’s Personal Tutor will also stay in touch during the placement year.
Task which helps you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative)
Students will be asked to host a placement visit (either in person or virtual) and provide feedback to the Unit Director or other designated individual. The feedback will outline plans for project work and strategies for completing this in the placement environment.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative)
The student will prepare a Project Report based on the work carried out during the placement; this will be submitted to the Unit Director at the beginning of the final year. Students will be assessed by the placement supervisor and this might involve submission of interim internal 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 if there are exceptional circumstances) 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. The student will give an oral presentation of the project and will be then asked a series of questions in the Viva. The assessment 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 in year 4 ahead of the examination board for TB-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:
When an assessment does not go to plan.
If the student has Exceptional Circumstances a resubmission of the project report and a second Oral Presentation and Viva may be allowed at the discretion of the Faculty Board of Examiners.
If the student fails the Placement unit, the mark would be noted on the transcript for the placement year, but the student will transfer back to the cognate BSc programme, without the Study in Industry component contributing to the BSc degree.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. PANM20004).
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.
