Research Training and Project Planning module (GE51011)

You will build and develop skills relating to planning, undertaking, and communicating research. You will undertake specific training in effective research project planning.

You will work and be assessed in a group. You will contribute to planning, writing, and reviewing a research funding proposal. Individual competency is assessed by the production of a research project proposal. This will provide an essential planning opportunity for the later research project module.

What you will learn

In this module, you will:

• learn best practice in approaching and planning a research report
• develop transferable, employability, and enterprise skills and attributes
• learn subject-specific practical and intellectual skills

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• understand requirements and best practice in conceptualising and planning a research project
• use your skills to plan, develop, and write a research proposal including organising and costing a schedule of work
• give confident oral presentations and communicate effectively in a variety of written formats

Assignments / assessment

• coursework (100%)

This module does not have a final exam.

Teaching methods / timetable

• lectures
• class discussions
• tutorials

or

A conference-style intensive teaching block. This will include specific sessions covering introductory topics on:

• research planning
• presentation skills
• teamwork
• research ethics.

An open door policy operates for support after the intensive block. There are also timetabled drop-in sessions with the module convenor.