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BB20075: Professional training placement

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Biology & Biochemistry
Credits: 60      [equivalent to 120 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 1,200
Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: OT 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Professional Training Placement (OT 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
To provide experience of the application of Biological Science and to promote understanding of the principles and practices of working in a professional environment.

Learning Outcomes:
After taking this course the student should be able to:
* To take individual responsibility for a piece of work within an agreed programme;
* To organise a personal work schedule, including setting of targets and objectives;
* To carry out work accurately and to appropriate specifications;
* To undertake work that demonstrates analysis, interpretation and reporting of information.
* To produce a scientific report on the personal work programme undertaken.

Skills:
Learning and studying T/F/A, Written communication T/F/A, Oral communication T/F/A, Numeracy & computation T/F/A, Laboratory skills T/F/A, Information technology T/F, Problem solving T/F/A, Information handling & retrieval T/F/A, Working independently T/F/A, Career preparation T/F.

Content:
The placement period consists of 12 months, undertaken in an establishment, in the UK or abroad. The establishments include government-funded research institutes, commercial research establishments, public health laboratories, agricultural, food science and educational establishments. The placements involve research, laboratory and/or field experimentation, education and/or administrative activities.
Programme availability:

BB20075 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Biology & Biochemistry
  • USBB-AKB06 : BSc(Hons) Biochemistry with Professional Placement (Year 3)
  • USBB-AKB07 : BSc(Hons) Biology with Professional Placement (Year 3)
  • UXXX-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences with Professional Placement (Year 3)
  • USBB-AKB08 : BSc(Hons) Molecular and Cellular Biology with Professional Placement (Year 3)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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  • Postgraduates: .