Dissemination Practice - PHI00023M

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  • Department: Philosophy
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
    • See module specification for other years: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 2 2023-24

Module aims

To give students experience of all aspects of dissemination of philosophical research including organising a dissemination event; preparing, presenting and defending a paper; challenging work presented by others at a 'conference'; editing conference proceedings.

Module learning outcomes

Subject content

  • The module consists of the whole cohort organising a conference, presenting papers and discussing each others' work and editing the proceedings.
  • The cohort will be split into two teams for the teamwork elements, with one team organising and the other editing.
  • All students will be expected to give a paper at the conference and engage actively in the discussions.


Academic and graduate skills

  • Skills required to organise an academic event
  • The ability to prepare, present and defend a paper
  • The ability to engage constructively in an academic conference
  • The ability to put together a funding proposal


Other learning outcomes (if applicable)

  • Teamwork
  • Constructive criticism

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 40.0
Oral presentation/seminar/exam 10.0
Oral presentation/seminar/exam 50.0

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Oral presentation/seminar/exam 100.0

Module feedback

Students will receive written feedback on the Group Funding Proposal and also on chairing and presenting.

Indicative reading

There is no reading list for this module.