Module Details

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Title RESEARCH SKILS
Code PHYS491
Coordinator Prof TJ Greenshaw
Physics
Green@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2016-17 Level 7 FHEQ First Semester 7.5

Aims

This module will help students develop the ability to:
  • Perform literature searches.
  • Plan research projects.
  • Explain research projects to both expert and non-expert audiences.
  • Organise a team of people and work as a group.
  • Assess the broader impact of research projects.
  • Present a proposal as a written document ans orally.
 

Learning Outcomes

Experience in carrying out search of scientific literature.

  Communicating research to non-expert audience.


Evaluating the possible broader impact of research.

Writing a scientific case for an assessment panel.


  First experience with some project management tools.


Syllabus

Preparing and presenting the project proposal is an exercise in working within a group structure to produce a scientific proposal that can be presented to a funding body. This will require an understanding of the physics involved, the ability to communicate that physics to lay and expert audiences, an appreciation of the need to plan projects and of some of the tools used in project management.
Groups will be of about 5 students with an academic observer. An initial lecture will be used to explain the proposals and introduce some management tools. A series of meetings with an academic observer will be held to discuss the work on the proposal. The onus will be on the students to organise these meetings, and any further meetings they feel are necessary to organise their work.


Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lecture - Outline of the module

Group Project - Meetings with project supervisors


Teaching Schedule

  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 1
Outline of the module
        12
Meetings with project supervisors
13
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 62
TOTAL HOURS 75

Assessment

EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)
% of
final
mark
Resit/resubmission
opportunity
Penalty for late
submission
Notes
Coursework  15 pages plus JeS fo  50  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project report and JeS form There is no reassessment opportunity,  
Coursework  40 minutes  25  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Presentation There is no reassessment opportunity,  
Coursework  Individual Interview  25  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Interview There is no reassessment opportunity, Notes (applying to all assessments) Project report and JeS forms - this work is not marked anonymously Individual student interview - anonymous marking impossible Presentation - anonymous marking impossible  

Recommended Texts

Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.
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