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Unit Summary
Unit type
PG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Pre-requisites
Unit aim
Develops students' ability to disseminate their research findings, including communicating them verbally and in writing appropriate to an identified audience and to promote uptake of research findings in practice.
Unit content
Topic 1: Measuring the impact of research
Topic 2: Translating research into practice
Topic 3: Writing for publication
Topic 4: Conference presentations (oral and poster)
Topic 4: Industry-research nexus
Topic 5: Implications of research – educational implications, further research
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | critically appraise the impact of practice-based research | |||||||
| 2 | create a strategy to translate research findings into practice | |||||||
| 3 | synthesise key literature, research approaches and findings into verbal and written forms that clearly communicate the research outcomes in a manner that is appropriate for the intended audience. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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critically appraise the impact of practice-based research
- GA5:
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create a strategy to translate research findings into practice
- GA2:
- GA5:
- GA6:
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synthesise key literature, research approaches and findings into verbal and written forms that clearly communicate the research outcomes in a manner that is appropriate for the intended audience.
- GA2:
- GA6:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.