Research Skills - BIO00066M
Module summary
In this module students will engage actively with the contemporary literature in an area of bioscience that supports their research project. This will involve two complementary activities: a ‘journal club’ presentation and a short literature review to highlight the state of the art of their scientific project in order to justify the research aims/hypotheses to be tested. Students will be assigned an academic mentor depending on their project topic who will facilitate discussions on critical analysis of published literature while the student’s project director will lend support for the project justification activity.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
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| A | Semester 1 2024-25 |
Module aims
The aim of the module is to enable students to engage actively with the contemporary literature in an area of bioscience that supports the research project work they are conducting. This will involve two complementary activities:
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Students will develop the skills to comprehend, interpret and evaluate scientific studies so they are able to deliver a ‘journal club’ presentation that summarises and critiques a research publication.
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Students will develop writing skills to concisely review the literature in a scientific topic relating to their research project.
Module learning outcomes
Students will have in-depth knowledge and understanding of the background literature relating to the topic underpinning the research project they are undertaking.
Academic and graduate skills
Students will be able to:
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Critically evaluate peer-reviewed research literature.
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Synthesise an argument that draws on several (potentially contradicting) sources.
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Communicate scientific research via written and oral presentations.
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Respond to questions and/or defend a point of view relating to the oral presentation of a scientific study.
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 100.0 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Oral presentation/seminar/exam | 100.0 |
Module feedback
Marks for all summative assessments will be made available to you and
your supervisor via e:vision. Feedback will be either individual or
cohort-level, depending on the assessment format. You should take the
opportunity to discuss your marks and feedback with your
supervisor.
For exam-style summative assessment, model
answers will be provided for all questions along with cohort-level
feedback indicating how students answered questions in general. Marks
achieved per question will be added to your script.
For
coursework assessments (eg. reports or essays) you will receive
individual feedback on your work. This will usually be in the form of
a feedback sheet that will include suggestions for further
improvement.
During the teaching of the module you will
receive formative feedback that may be at a whole class or individual
level. Such feedback may include: model answers and discussion of
workshop questions, summaries of performance in practicals, VLE-based
quizzes, individual spoken comments during workshops, individual
written comments on formative work.
Indicative reading
N/A