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Engineering

Students will independently plan, organise and manage effective research in order to acquire new knowledge of a self-selected project. This module is designed to prepare and enable students to produce a research report that justifies the selection of a Major Project. It represents the culmination and consolidation of the student's research within their chosen project area

Outline Syllabus:The module is composed of an initial series of lectures and workshops/seminars including: • Problem identification and project selection criteria. • Reading and effective note taking. • Literature searching. • Evaluating technical literature and other sources of information • Harvard referencing and Endnote. • Qualitative and quantitative evaluation methods. • Critical thinking and analysis. • Presenting data. • Academic writing and communicating understanding of existing research in respect of a chosen area. • Academic writing. Structuring and formatting academic reports. Students are also encouraged to keep meticulous records and work diaries of their progress with the Major Project as a reflective practice technique to facilitate referencing and referral at the time of writing the project.

Module Overview:
Students will independently plan, organise and manage effective research in order to acquire new knowledge of a self-selected project. This module is designed to prepare and enable students to produce a research report that justifies the selection of a Major Project. It represents the culmination and consolidation of the student's research within their chosen project area.

Additional Information:UN Sustainable Development Goals This module includes content, which relates to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals This project module allows students to select a global first order problem and develop a user-centred solution within a suitable design domain. As such, this module has the capacity to cover a large range of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.