Generic Research Skills

• Credit value: 15 credits at Level 7
• Convenor: Professor Michael Thomas
• Assesment: a 10-minute presentation on the dissertation background and research question (100%)

This module will provide you with background skills necessary for successful completion of a major research project and more generally for a career in scientific research.

Indicative module content

• Introduction to school and college facilities
• Conducting a literature review
• Using library resources, electronic databases and web search tools
• Time management and project planning
• Writing an effective research proposal
• Dissertation organisation and writing
• Presenting a conference poster/talk
• Submitting a journal article
• Media skills
• Exploitation of research
• Intellectual property rights
• Small group teaching methods
• Funding research and career development
• Ethics of psychological experimentation and using subject panels
• Using experiment control software