Research Skills for Postgraduate Careers

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• retrieve and assemble information from a variety of resources
• Speak cogently and persuasively about work you have done
• offer constructive analysis of others’ arguments
• respond effectively to criticism

Cognitive Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• present information and arguments orally in formal and informal settings
• assess a book, journal or other research tool for its quality and relevance to your work
• locate a range of research resources relevant to your field of study
• respond constructively to peers’ work

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• strategies for the selection, development and management of a research project
• good practice in oral presentations in an academic setting
• good practice in academic writing

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• navigate print, archival and electronic research resources
• build a bibliography
• write an abstract of an argument
• present findings orally in formal and informal settings

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.