Independent Research Project for the MSc Stem Cell for Regenerative Medicine. Students will work on a specific project within a research led laboratory with an academic supervisor and often a PhD or PDRA supervisor; supervisors will be assigned in semester 2.

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Written research project between 4,000-6,000 words (50%)

Oral presentation (20%)

Supervisors report (30%)

The research project aims to synthesise and apply knowledge that has been acquired throughout the programme on a topic relevant to stem cell engineering for regenerative medicine and discuss its findings.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Critically assess and summarise the literature in the area of the research project relevant to Stem Cell for Regenerative Medicine

■ Evaluate and identify an appropriate research question, demonstrating an understanding of existing theoretical or empirical knowledge

■ Critically evaluate methods in the literature and choose those appropriate for data collections and/or analysis

■ Plan and carry out an independent research project

■ Critically analyse and interpret research data

■ Present a critical discussion of the work and its relevance to the research area

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.