| Unit name | Research Skills and Project Planning |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PANMM0025 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Darryl Hill |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
This unit supports PANMM0022 Extended Research Project and runs alongside it. |
| 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?
This unit will equip students with the skills in project management that they may not have yet experienced. The overarching aim is give the students the skills and confidence to project manage all aspects of their research project.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
This unit supports your Extended Research project and your Literature Review. It will allow students to develop skills in project management including data management planning, risk assessment and mitigation. Students will be able to demonstrate that they can work on long-term projects, setting their own goals and monitoring their own progress.
An overview of content
Teaching will be delivered via lectures, attendance at school led research seminars and participation in group led disccusions.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of this unit
This unit demonstrates real career value, show cases the skills that employers are looking for; project management, risk assessment and mitigation and financial management. Students will develop confidence using digital tools.
Learning Outcomes
1. Use software to manage a research project
2. Prepare a data management plan
3. Describe the project to a lay person
The students will learn through lectures and attendance at school research seminars and facilitated group discussions.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative)
Engagement and use of the project management software will form an ongoing formative assessment with the project supervisor. Students will be expected to attend School research seminars and facilitated discussion groups which will enable further formative programme level assessment.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative)
1. Detailed data management plan (1 page) 30% of overall unit mark
2. A lay summary of the project (200 words) 20% of overall unit mark
3. A technical summary of the project (200 words) 20% of the overall unit mark
4. A "justification of resources" document (1 page) 30% of overall unit mark
When assessment does not go to plan
A student who was not able to take an assessment at the first attempt would get a fresh attempt to pass the same assessment.
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. PANMM0025).
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.
