INDUSTRIAL OR ACADEMIC RESEARCH TRAINING 2 - 2026/7
Module code: CHE3072
Module Overview
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), which is the accrediting body for your degree, now requires that students on accredited Chemistry degrees must undertake a maximum of 30 credits as distance learning during the placement year.
To ensure your degrees are complaint, we are adapting our year 3 assessment strategy, to have one module (30 credits)
for distance learning and two modules (totalling 90 credits) that are assessed at the end of the placement.
Module provider
Chemistry
Module Leader
CREAN Carol (Chst Chm Eng)
Number of Credits: 30
ECTS Credits: 15
Framework: FHEQ Level 6
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Overall student workload
Independent Learning Hours: 295
Captured Content: 5
Module Availability
Year long
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
None
Module content
Indicative content includes: Developing and enhancing career development skills, in particular research skills,
transferable skills including critical evaluation of results and advanced course specific or technical skills through experiential learning. Students are required to prepare and submit a presentation covering, typically, the background/context of the project, the specific aims and objectives, the reporting of the results, analysis of results,
interpretation of results and their implication within the wider context of the research. Students are expected to defend this
work during the viva and answer related questions. Poster and oral presentation as specified by the Department to staff and industrialists at start of final year.
Assessment pattern
| Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Oral exam or presentation | PRESENTATION | 20 |
| Coursework | POSTER PRESENTATION | 20 |
| Oral exam or presentation | VIVA VOCE | 60 |
Alternative Assessment
N/A
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate sufficient skills of the above. Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:
Viva Voce examination 60% [LOs assessed 1, 2, 4]
Oral Presentation 20% [LOs assessed 3]
Poster Presentation 20% [LOs assessed 3]
Formative assessment: None
Feedback will be provided on the students performance and progress in the form of meetings with their visiting tutor.
Module aims
- to critically understand and interpret knowledge gained by carrying out an industrial research project in an industrial or other suitable organisation
- to enhance the level of personal and professional development, with specific relevance to transferable skills and competencies
Learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | ||
| 001 | Have carried out a piece of laboratory work and acquired materials or data that can be critically analysed and written up in a coherent, well-structured presentation, and discussed at viva | CKPT |
| 002 | Present relevant results obtained in a style that is clear and succinct; interpret and critically analyse specific results sensibly | CPT |
| 003 | Design and present a poster; Carry out an oral presentation in a clear, coherent and concise manner | PT |
| 004 | Defend the work at viva | CK |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Methods of Teaching / Learning
The learning and teaching strategy is designed to enable:
-Development of research skills of the students to allow them to
become independent researchers in an industrial or different academic environment.
-Networking in an academic or
industrial setting. The learning and teaching methods include:
- Workplace-based learning, involving day to day practical work and one or more work programmes for which student has a greater degree of personal responsibility.
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
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Other information
Employability - Students will be supported to develop a unique set of individual, interpersonal and professional skills, which are relevant to chemistry and their career ambitions. These skills will equip students with all the tools needed to progress, complete their studies and be employment ready. Within the University's broader education strategy, this module particularly develops students Digital Capabilities. Students will significantly enhance their use of word processing software for report and dissertation writing and the use of scientific databases for research and referencing. The requirement of some significant amount of self-study also helps develop students' Resourcefulness & Resilience.
Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2026/7 academic year.