Course Catalogue

Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences

Final year projects aim to enrich the student experience, develop research skills, and to promote independent learning and enhance the employability of students.

Outline Syllabus:At the completion of the project students should be able to Work independently or part of a group/team as required to address a particular biomedical science question or topic Be able to search for and critically review the literature in a particular field Develop critical and creative thinking skills (to develop ideas, and perform data analysis and evaluation) Gain experience in the scientific method and develop problem solving skills, e.g. how to design experiments or develop evaluation strategies to test hypotheses. Develop communication skills, including: Write a project report Develop oral presentation skills Liaise with supervisor, other staff, students or the general public as appropriate Acquire project-specific skills (e.g. lab skills, use of software or other technological applications, researching historical sources.

Module Overview:
The research project module will allow you to work closely with one of our academics in the conduction of a research project on a topic relevant to Biomedical Science.

Additional Information:A varied range of projects will be offered to the undergraduate students. As well as the more traditional laboratory based projects alternative approaches to research projects will also be offered including: Systematic Reviews with meta-analysis: a defined, systematic way of undertaking a comprehensive review of the literature, assessing sensitivity and specificity of laboratory testing. Surveys/Focus Groups: Any topic/area, of students, staff or the public. Could investigate public attitudes/knowledge of antimicrobial resistance; Interaction of laboratories and clinicians Bioinformatics/Big data: using bioinformatics tools to mine/interrogate (e.g. genomic) datasets. Analysis and interpretation of large publicly available datasets. Grant proposal: rather than grant proposal as an extension exercise, it becomes the principal output. Sections within it are those in real grant applications to funding bodies e.g. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) or Medical Research Council (MRC.) “Pilot” data comes from previous studies in the supervisor’s lab. Educational Development: creation and evaluation of educational resources for use in undergraduate education. Ideal opportunity for student to re-purpose existing face 2 face practical into online version or create online problem solving or data handling/analysis exercise