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On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Articulate the diverse research and publication practices in different research fields
- Identify and recommend platforms for publishing and promoting scholarly work, including traditional and non-traditional research outputs
- Engage in discussions and development of open research
- Explain common copyright and licensing issues related to academic publishing
- Develop impact statements, impact case studies and research-for-policy
- Analyse the purposes, uses and implications of bibliometrics and research assessments
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 The Academic Publishing Landscape
Week 3 Publication Types: What’s Right for You?
Week 4 Preprints, Publishing Agreements, Copyright and Licensing
Week 5 Open Research
Week 6 A Short History of (Evaluative) Metrics
Week 7 Data Analytics and Benchmarking (Scopus Workshop)
Week 8 Peer Review and Research Integrity
Week 9 Impact Statements and Impact Case Studies
Week 10 Research for Policy
Week 11 Social Media for Academics
Week 12 Discussion of Emerging Topics and Critical Issues
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 24 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 41 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 60 |
| Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay: Alternative formats: educational resource, blog post, podcast (approx. 8 mins), or video essay (approx. 8 mins) | Week 12 | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
| Continuous Assessment: Assignments and in-class discussion/presentation | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 50 |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
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