Research Skills for Postgraduate Careers

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Knowledge and Understanding

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

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

Cognitive Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

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.