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Teaching
Teaching will primarily be oriented around the cohort of students on the course. Building cohort affinities among students provides a safe peer-group space that promotes formation of trusted relationships important for peer-to-peer learning and support (e.g., as critical friends and, ultimately, long term professional contacts).
Taught material will take a mixture of formats, including traditional lectures and interactive, discussion-based workshops, blending elements of lecturing, hands-on tutorials, with interactive discussions to stimulate active, critical thinking among students.
| One to one supervision | Students will be supervised throughout their research project. Discussions are provided on a daily basis at the bench and weekly during lab meetings. The supervisor on average will meet with the student every two weeks to discuss progress. |
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| Seminars & classes | Students can attend a variety of core topic sessions, seminars, talks and workshops within CIMR, the Graduate School of Life Sciences and elsewhere in the University. |
| Lectures | Average of 2-3 hours a week. |
| Practicals | Lab-based project over approximately six months. |
| Small group teaching | Students will be taught via lectures in small groups and also via regular lab meetings (1-2 hours a week) within the research group. |
| Posters and Presentations | A poster presentation of the research project will form part of the assessment along with the disseration. |
Feedback
With the exception of bioinformatics, feedback will be provided for each assessed element of the course along with the project plan.
Assessment
Thesis / Dissertation
This course will be partly assessed on a dissertation based on the research project, not exceeding 10,000 words in length.
Essays
This course will be partly assessed by poster presentation on the research project which will be prepared and recorded as a short video (of prescribed duration).
Written examination
a written paper of 2 hours duration
Other
This course will also require:
- a biostatistics assessment
- an oral presentation on a research technique