HIS31040 Conference

Academic Year 2020/2021

On this module students will organise a one-day conference to be held in the School of History. The class will have collective responsibility for the planning, scheduling and publicity of the event. Each student will make an individual contribution consisting of a presentation which will be closely related to the subject of their dissertation. The presentations will be then be written up as essays.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students will have gained experience of:
Power-point skills;
Assessing the work of others;
composing Abstracts;
Group work and review;
Preparing and delivering a conference paper;
Event management and team work.

Indicative Module Content:

Week 1: Introduction - the conference and its purpose. Week 2: Power-point Presentation Skills. Week 4: Conference organisation and discussion of sample conference Abstracts. Week 7: Presentation and submission of the Abstract of the conference paper (250 words) and Peer-review of the Power-point slides. Week 9: One-day Conference with 15-minute presentations on their dissertation topics. Week 10: Submission of final paper.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

18

Specified Learning Activities

45

Autonomous Student Learning

45

Total

108

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This is a small-group, seminar-based module. It is taught through a series of two-hour seminars over the course of the semester and concludes with a one-day conference. The seminars are focused upon individual active / task-based learning and peer and group work and review, by means of class debates, discussion, peer assessment exercises and student presentations. Presentation skills are explicitly engaged with via seminars on power-point and oral presentation skills. Team-work skills are developed through group organisation of the conference programme and logistics, and production of a conference abstract booklet. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Co-requisite:
HIS30550 - Research Skills Seminar


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Combined Conference Presentation and Written paper Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

60

Continuous Assessment: Class participation / Abstract preparation / Power-point exercise Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

40


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Peer review feedback - both group and individual - is provided on an ongoing basis in class through group discussion and critique of in-class exercises and during the final one-day conference. Feedback on the end-of-semester Written Paper Assignment is given by appointment in one-to-one meetings.