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Research and Professional Skills I: Biomedicine (X2101)

15 credits, Level 5

Autumn teaching

This is an interdisciplinary module designed to develop your research skills and employability. You will collect data using a range of laboratory techniques, simulations or online clinical resources, and apply analytical methods to address specific questions related to Biomedicine.

These exercises will equip you with the skills needed in modern academic and business research environments, and increase your competitiveness in the graduate job market.

The module also includes a series of seminars focused on making career choices, preparing application documents and building up your professional experience alongside your studies.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 26 hours of contact time and about 124 hours of independent study. The 5XÉçÇøÊÓƵ may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.