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Through completion of this module, students will learn to:
1. Develop manageable research topics in respect of projects or dissertations
2. Develop effective strategies for literature searching, selecting and utilising open-access and subscription-based resources where appropriate
3. Critically evaluate research work and scholarly papers in their discipline(s) to produce high quality literature reviews
4. Recognise the impact of ethical issues on academic research, in order to make ethical decisions in their own research practices
5. Apply strategies to manage research data effectively and ethically at each stage of the research data lifecycle.
6. Critically reflect on their own understanding and practice of research
6 topics, covering essential learning about the research process are planned:
1. Developing a research topic;
2. Literature searching and evaluation;
3. Critical academic literacy;
4. Research ethics part 1;
5. Research ethics part 2;
6. Research data management.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 25 |
Specified Learning Activities | 20 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 80 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: The module will comprise a range of self-paced online learning activities and e-resources. | Unspecified | n/a | Pass/Fail Grade Scale | Yes | 100 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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Repeat | Within Two Trimesters |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Dr Andrew Browne | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Marta Bustillo | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Suzanne Guerin | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Claire McGuinness | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr Andrew Woods | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |