| Unit name | Partner Placement Project |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHYSM0067 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Carrington |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
none |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
none |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
none |
| School/department | School of Physics |
| Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Why is this unit important?
This unit will give you the opportunity to see applications of superconductivity research in a non-academic environment and give you experience of a different research field to your main PhD topic. In most cases the project will be done away from the home institution, so that you will engage with the environment in an industrial or research facility setting.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study
This is a mandatory unit.
Overview of content
This unit will be co-delivered by the Superconductivity-CDT industry and research facility partners, with each student completing a 6-week project with one of them. This will expose you to applications of your research in a nonacademic environment and give you experience of a different research field to your main PhD topic. In most cases the project will be done away from the home institution, so that you will engage with environment in an industrial or research facility setting. For students who are unable to travel, there will be the possibly to conduct the project at the home institution with remote mentoring from our project partners, or a mixture of the two, with visits to the partner depending on circumstances.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
You will have gained experience in interacting with an external employer in the context of conducting a scientific project with them. You will have learnt the value of keeping reliable and comprehensive notes on what you are doing and be able to write a report on your activities.
Learning Outcomes (LO)
By the end of this unit, you will have completed a project with a CDT partner and will be able to:
The unit will run for 6 weeks with students embedded in the partner organisation for the duration. Students will maintain regular contact with the Department CDT through an academic supervisor (member of the CDT) but work in one of our partner organisations under the management of a partner supervisor. Alternatively, the students may complete their project in their home institution under the supervision of an academic member of staff but with regular contact with the partner organisation.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative): There are no specific formative tasks although practice in report writing and note taking are included in other units.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative): Written report, 2500 words along with an assessment of the notebook taken during the placement. (LO 2, 3). LO1 will be assessed by attendance and engagement with the stakeholder. This is mandatory but carries no weighting in the assessment.
When assessment does not go to plan
If you do not pass the unit, you will usually be offered reassessment. The reassessment may not be in the same form as the original assessment but will test the same learning outcomes.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. PHYSM0067).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The assessment methods listed in this unit specification are designed to enable students to demonstrate the named learning outcomes (LOs). Where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, schools will make reasonable adjustments to support a student to demonstrate the LO by an alternative method or with additional resources.
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
