Unit name | Study in Industry Project (M level) |
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Unit code | PHPHM0012 |
Credit points | 60 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Helyer |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This unit comprises the project component of the Year in Industry, during which the students are directly involved in an approved research project in Industry supervised by a senior staff member of the external organisation and approved by the School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, as appropriate. The student is a full-time employee of the sponsor company and is subject to the employer’s standard terms of employment, including all secrecy agreements agreed between the company and the University of Bristol. Students will be expected to undertake academic project planning and review tasks in line with company policy; these will be reviewed formally by the industrial supervisor and the academic tutor.
By the end of the unit:
Guided and self-directed project work; research seminars; research group meetings and where appropriate, attendance at external professional conferences.
Selected original research papers from the scientific literature