PS903-15 Communication, Dissemination, and Professional Issues
Introductory description
It is important for any postgraduate student embarking on a research career both within and beyond academia to receive training in communicating and disseminating their research findings to different audiences. They also need to understand the basics of grant writing, impact, commercialisation and working with the media as well as the nature of job interviews and how to best apply and succeed in these.
Module aims
One aim of this course is to provide general skills in oral, visual, and written presentation. A further aim is to offer guidance to those intending to pursue an academic career in teaching and research in psychology, covering the funding, management, and exploitation of research, and general issues surrounding career development.
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.
The module will cover all aspects of communication in an academic and research focused environment, including conference presentations (posters and talks), publishing (abstracts, journal writing and peer reviewing), grant writing, understanding impact and commercial opportunities, working with the media and getting that first job.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- - Present their work at conferences in poster/spoken format
- - Communicate their work to a wider audience
- - Write about their work in different formats
- - Review the work of others
- - Begin to plan, manage and develop their future research career
Indicative reading list
Reading lists can be found in Talis
Specific reading list for the module
Interdisciplinary
Many of the themes we are covering are relevant to other disciplines including attracting grants, the paper review process, presenting at conferences, applying for a job, commercial opportunities, understanding impact and working with the media
International
Many of these topics -presenting at conferences, writing academic papers and reviewing these, understanding impact etc. have international relevance.
Subject specific skills
Media awareness to develop the public understanding of science
Awareness of the issues surrounding grant and funding applications
Understanding of funding, management, and exploitation of research, and general issues surrounding career development.
Transferable skills
Effective communication at conferences
Effective communication to a wider audience
Ability to successfully review the work of others
Study time
| Type | Required |
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| Lectures | 9 sessions of 2 hours (12%) |
| Seminars | (0%) |
| Private study | 132 hours (88%) |
| Total | 150 hours |
Private study description
private study and preparation for the 3 different types of assessments
Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Students can register for this module without taking any assessment.
Assessment group A3
| Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
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Assessment component |
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| Poster presentation | 33% | No | |
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Production of a conference-style poster and presentation of it |
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Reassessment component is the same |
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Assessment component |
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| Press release to the media | 33% | No | |
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Write a press release based on a recent journal article |
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Reassessment component is the same |
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Assessment component |
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| Oral presentation | 34% | No | |
Reassessment component is the same |
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Feedback on assessment
Summative feedback: Written feedback is provided for each assessment.
Courses
This module is Optional for:
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TIMA-L981 Postgraduate Social Science Research
- Year 1 of L981 Social Science Research
- Year 1 of L98A Social Science Research (Applied Linguistics)
- Year 1 of L98H Social Science Research (Economic and Social History)
- Year 1 of L98J Social Science Research (Economics)
- Year 1 of L98D Social Science Research (Education)
- Year 1 of L98F Social Science Research (Health & Wellbeing)
- Year 1 of L98K Social Science Research (Interdisciplinary Methodologies)
- Year 1 of L98E Social Science Research (Management & Business Studies and Finance)
- Year 1 of L98G Social Science Research (Political Science & International Relations)
- Year 1 of L98B Social Science Research (Psychology)
- Year 1 of L98L Social Science Research (Socio-Legal Studies)
- Year 1 of L98C Social Science Research (Sociology)
- Year 1 of TPSA-C8P4 Postgraduate Taught MSc in Research Methods in Psychology
- Year 1 of TPSS-C8P9 Postgraduate Taught Psychological Research