Graduate Research School
Module Programme
Module Programme
The Programme will run as follows in 2011/12 (Semester 1)
The following sessions are mandatory elements of the module and all students enrolled on the module are expected to attend these sessions:
| Date | Start time | End time | Room |
Session |
Session presenter(s) |
| Tue 27 September 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | EEG050 | Research Degree Processes | John-Paul Wilson |
| Thu 29 September 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | PL1002 | Building your bibliography I: Using the library, online resources & databases | ILS |
| Tue 04 October 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | PL1002 | Reference Management Software - RefWorks | ILS |
| Thu 06 October 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | PL1002 | Building your bibliography II: internet resources and keeping-up-to-date | ILS |
| Tue 11 October 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | EEG050 | Reading & Writing Strategies | John-Paul Wilson |
| Thu 13 October 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | EEG020 | Writing Your Thesis | John Newbury & John-Paul Wilson |
| Tue 18 October 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | EEG050 | Structuring Your Thesis | John Newbury & John-Paul Wilson |
| Thu 20 October 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | EEG020 | From Research Question to Research Design | John-Paul Wilson |
| Tue 25 October 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | EEG050 | Project Planning | John-Paul Wilson |
| Thu 27 October 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | CC008 | Good Research Practice | John-Paul Wilson |
In addition, in order to complete the module, the student should identify a minimum of 4 of the sessions below which are most appropriate to their research degree programme. This decison should be made in discussion with yoru Director of Studies. It may be possible to replace one of the sessions below with another training session if this is more appropriate but this must be discussed with the module leader John-Paul Wilson:
| Date | Start time | End time | Room | Session | Session presenter(s) |
| Tue 1 November 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | EEG050 | Getting the most out of your supervisors | John-Paul Wilson |
| Thu 3 November 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | EEG027 | The Viva | John-Paul Wilson |
| Thu 10 November 2011 | 17:00 | 18:30 | PLG011 | Time Management | Jan Francis-Smythe |
| Thu 24 November 2011 | 9:00 | 13:00 | TBC | Research Ethics | Jan Quallington & John-Paul Wilson |
| Tue 13 March 2012 | 17:00 | 18:30 | EEG020 | Transfer | John-Paul Wilson |
| tbc | Theoretical Frameworks: Actor-Network Theory | Nick Evans | |||
| tbc | Theoretical Frameworks: Semiotics, Structuralism & Post-Structuralism | John-Paul Wilson | |||
| tbc | Theoretical Frameworks: Winch, Kuhn and the Social Sciences | John-Paul Wilson | |||
| tbc | Research Methods: Archival Research | Suzanne Schwarz | |||
| tbc | Research Methods: Non-statistical analysis of questionnaire data | Nick Evans | |||
| tbc | Research Methods: Surveys | Dominic Upton | |||
| tbc | Introduction to Data Management | tbc |