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GV2STP: Skills Training and Project Design
Module code: GV2STP
Module provider: Geography and Environmental Science; School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science
Credits: 20
Level: Level 2 (Intermediate)
When you'll be taught: Semester 1 / 2
Module convenor: Dr Jonathan Dale, email: j.j.dale@reading.ac.uk
Pre-requisite module(s):
Co-requisite module(s):
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):
Module(s) excluded:
Placement information: na
Academic year: 2024/5
Available to visiting students: No
Talis reading list: Yes
Last updated: 20 May 2024
Overview
Module aims and purpose
This module enables the development of a wide range of professional skills, including research approaches, project management, career awareness and employability. The main focus for the first part of this module is a team based research project, in which students work closely with an academic mentor to carry out a piece of carefully planned and highly professional research. Students will act as consultants, designing, executing and reporting on a research project that meets the original project brief. They will also gain experience of the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Research Ethics and/or Health and Safety processes as they prepare for their project. In the second part of the module, students will encounter more advanced-level research skills training which they will be required to reflect on as they start to prepare for their dissertations. Students will also receive guidance on CV writing, produce a supporting covering letter, and will reflect on the employability skills they have developed. This element will be supported by the Careers Service.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:
- Design, select appropriate research methods, execute and report on a research project that meets a specific brief;
- Navigate the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Research Ethics and Health and Safety processes;
- Evaluate how their learning and knowledge of skills specific to their preferences and interests enables them to complete a research project relevant to their degree choice;
- Identify and reflect on the typical graduate careers and postgraduate study options open to their degree discipline and how their own strengths and preferences, interests, motivations, and personality these relate to different career options and further study.
Module content
In Semester 1, students will work on their group research projects to gain experience of conduct research and completing a project from conception to dissemination. Students will then work under an academic mentor, who they will meet regularly to design their research project, carry out a short but carefully planned piece of research, and report on this in a professional way. Students will also encounter a range of careers and professional skills development activities. This includes engaging with alumni and employers from their programme and an introduction to the support available from the Careers Service. In Semester 2, students will undertake research training relevant to their degree programme through a series of methods workshops, including advanced-level research skills relevant to their future research activities.
Structure
Teaching and learning methods
Students will encounter a wide range of T&L methods on this module, including seminars and lectures, small group tutorials and peer based learning.聽
Study hours
At least 36 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.
聽Scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Lectures | 8 | 1 | |
Seminars | |||
Tutorials | |||
Project Supervision | 8 | 8 | |
Demonstrations | |||
Practical classes and workshops | 2 | 9 | |
Supervised time in studio / workshop | |||
Scheduled revision sessions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Fieldwork | |||
External visits | |||
Work-based learning | |||
聽Self-scheduled teaching and learning activities | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Directed viewing of video materials/screencasts | |||
Participation in discussion boards/other discussions | |||
Feedback meetings with staff | |||
Other | |||
Other (details) | |||
聽Placement and study abroad | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Placement | |||
Study abroad | |||
聽Independent study hours | 聽Semester 1 | 聽Semester 2 | 听厂耻尘尘别谤 |
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Independent study hours | 82 | 82 |
Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.
Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.
Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.
Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.
Assessment
Requirements for a pass
Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.
Summative assessment
Type of assessment | Detail of assessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of assessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Oral assessment | Pre-recorded screencast presentation | 40 | 10 minutes | In Semester 1, students will produce a Screencast, as a group, that reports on their research project and will include a personal performance review. | |
Portfolio or Journal | Reflective portfolio and proposal | 60 | 3,000 words | In Semester 2, students will produce a portfolio to assess their understanding and ability to apply the information they were taught in skills training and careers sessions. This portfolio will include a dissertation proposal for their Part 3 independent research project. |
Penalties for late submission of summative assessment
The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:
Assessments with numerical marks
- where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
- the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
- where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.
Assessments marked Pass/Fail
- where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.
The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: /cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.
Formative assessment
Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.
Students will be given feedback (both group and individual) on their project by their supervisor across the duration of the project. A dissertation topic selection form will need to be submitted during Semester 2.
Reassessment
Type of reassessment | Detail of reassessment | % contribution towards module mark | Size of reassessment | Submission date | Additional information |
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Portfolio or Journal | Reflective portfolio and proposal | 100 | 3,000 words | During the University resit period |
Additional costs
Item | Additional information | Cost |
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Computers and devices with a particular specification | ||
Printing and binding | ||
Required textbooks | ||
Specialist clothing, footwear, or headgear | ||
Specialist equipment or materials | ||
Travel, accommodation, and subsistence |
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.