CH953-10 Team Development in a Research Environment
Introductory description
This 1st year module is designed to help you develop and enhance your team working and networking skills in a scientific research environment. It is based on a 3-day course where the emphasis is on the role of teams within the research environment in order to create quality outputs. The ways that different personality types interact together will be explored and experienced in practice by solving novel problems in groups
Module aims
This module aims to develop participants’ team-working and networking skills. Scientists rarely work on their own for any extended period of time and it is essential that they are able to work effectively with colleagues and engage constructively with members of their peer group elsewhere. Many of the other key skills will be exercised in a collaborative context and consequently this is one of the primary key skills. It is normally taken in the first year of the three-year programme because much of the certificate training is delivered in the context of working in groups, so it is desirable that this is one of the first modules undertaken. This skills base will enable enhanced collaboration and scientific discovery
Outline syllabus
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.
This module uses experiential learning and thematically develops, through a personal inventory,
impact of self and others in team working, communication skills training and personal
development planning. The intensive course raises awareness of the commercial sector through a
business game simulation and introduces the concept of informal networking as a method of
information gathering and influence. Participants have numerous opportunities to practise
presentation skills on the intensive course. Outdoor problem solving activities provide
experiential material as context for discussion of and participation in small teams. The business
simulation transfers this outdoors learning into a work environment. Language gained from
Myers Briggs personality typing provides a lens through which inter-personal dynamics can be
discussed. The course works on Kolb’s learning cycles, Concrete Experience, Reflective
Observation, Abstract Conceptualization and Active Experimentation.
Attend 3 day intensive course in team working. (4 CATS)
As follow up to the intensive course students will undertake the following:
Personality types: how to recognise them; how they interact with others; consequent group
dynamics ⎯ assessment of own research group personality types and team roles (1 CATS)
Assignment of roles in a group project; successful management/leadership of a group activity (1 CATS)
Group problem solving or group presentation (1 CATS)
Group administration (as agreed with supervisor) (1 CATS)
Networking: why it is essential. How to network: establishment and development of contacts (1 CATS)
Collaborative research and review of own role in the success or otherwise (1 CATS)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- Understand ethical theory, codes of ethics, principles, values in ethics and the range of ethical issues that arise in practice
- Discuss ethical theory
- Be aware of ethical issues applicable to their own research
- Identify and analyse ethical difficulties and dilemma arising in practice, and communicate conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences
Subject specific skills
N/A
Transferable skills
N/A
Study time
| Type | Required |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 10 sessions of 1 hour (10%) |
| Tutorials | 20 sessions of 1 hour (20%) |
| Other activity | 70 hours (70%) |
| Total | 100 hours |
Private study description
No private study requirements defined for this module.
Other activity description
Assessment of own team working in 'home environment', coursework preparation and self study 70 hours
Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You must pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Assessment group A1
| Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
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| Participation in group work | 50% | No | |
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Participation in group work |
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Reassessment component is the same |
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Assessment component |
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| Report or submission | 50% | No | |
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Report or submission |
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Reassessment component is the same |
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Feedback on assessment
Feedback on written work. One to one feedback from tutor
Courses
This module is Optional for:
- Year 1 of TCHA-F1PC Postgraduate Certificate in Transferable Skills in Science
This module is Option list A for:
- Year 1 of TCHA-F1PD The Warwick Postgraduate Award in Transferable Skills in Science
This module is Option list B for:
- Year 1 of TCHA-F1PD The Warwick Postgraduate Award in Transferable Skills in Science