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FDSC40670

Academic Year 2018/2019

PhD Skills (FDSC40670)

Subject:
Food Science
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Agriculture & Food Science
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Ms Julie Dowsett
Semester:
Semester Two
Mode of Delivery:
N/A
How will I be graded?
Pass/Fail

Curricular information is subject to change.

The objective of this module is to provide students with a series of practical techniques to maximise their effectiveness as research students.
This module covers the following topics: the 7 secrets of highly successful research students, turbocharging your writing, planning a PhD, communicating the impact of research, defeating self-sabotage, avoiding procrastination and managing competing demands.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Explain the nature PhD supervision and solve potential supervision misunderstandings
• Implement strategies to maximise writing output
• Demonstrate an understanding or setting realistic PhD goals and expectations
• Apply techniques to minimise distraction and maximise research effort
• Develop a PhD plan detailing regular hours, milestones and accountability.
• Effectively communicate a detailed scientific topic to both scientific and non-scientific audiences.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

24

Autonomous Student Learning

25

Lectures

21

Practical

21

Total

91


Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.



 

Description % of Final Grade Timing
Group Project: Students are required to, in a team-based approach, develop and present a poster describing the steps involved in the effective management of a PhD project which addresses each of the areas described

100

Unspecified

Compensation

This module is not passable by compensation

Resit Opportunities

In-semester assessment

Remediation

No formal written examination. Pass/Fail only.If researchers are unsuccessful at getting a pass they can reapply for a following running of the module.