Industrial/Research Placement Dissertation

Code

ONCG4028

School

Cancer and Stem Cells

Level

4

Credits

60

Semesters

Full Year UK

Summary

Students undertake a full-time research placement in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries, or in a research institute/university laboratory, either in the UK or overseas 

In this module the student will produce a written report in the form of a dissertation 

Target Students

Honours students (Cancer Science students only)

Co-requisites

Modules you must take in the same academic year, or have taken in a previous year, to enrol in this module:

• Practical Project (ONCG3003)
• Patient Portfolio (ONCG3004)
• Placement Proposal (ONCG4026)
• Current Advances in Oncology (Online) (ONCG4027)

Classes

Introductory workshop (1 hour) Research placement Self-directed study

Assessment

• 80% Coursework 1: 5,000 word dissertation
• 20% Presentation 1: Viva voce examination

Assessed by end of spring semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

1. Intellectual skills  

Students should be able to:

• demonstrate a good understanding of the organisation, administration and reporting of scientific research in their host company/institution 

• demonstrate a good understanding of the practice of research in an industrial laboratory or other commercial environment or in a research institution  

• report and explain in writing and through oral presentation the specialist knowledge and expertise gained during their placement 

• recognise and apply the practical skills gained during the placement to their future career 

2. Professional / practical skills  

• Students should be able to complete a research project and produce a report that explains the aims of the project, the background to the project, the methods used, the results obtained or other outcomes, and the value of the project to their host.  

3. Transferable / key skills

Students should be able to: 

• Communicate complex written information to a non-specialist audience

• Demonstrate self-management in the completion of a written project 

• Show advanced levels of information technology literacy  

Conveners

• Professor Alan Mcintyre