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PSY-40038 - Module Specification
School of Psychology
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

PSY-40038 - Research Apprenticeship in Psychology
Coordinator: Alexandra Kent Tel: +44 1782 7 33289
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733736

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24

In this apprenticeship module, you will gain valuable experience of working on a research project alongside an experienced research mentor or mentors, and of playing a role in an empirical research project. After completing a skills audit, you will be assigned to research projects offered across the range of expertise in the School of Psychology, with care taken to ensure that the apprenticeship develops or extends your research skills in an area that you have identified. Projects will vary from year to year depending on current staff research, and you might take a number of different roles in the research from designing and preparing research materials through to analysing existing datasets. The module will help you to develop a key range of research skills including learning to follow guidance and respond to feedback and effective communication of research in writing.

Aims
The aims of this module are to provide students with (a) advanced research experience in an area of psychology which extends their research skills, (b) experience working with a directive research mentor, (c) experience in producing clear and effective written work (which may take different forms including full or partial research reports, systematic literature reviews, grant proposals and ethics applications, or other appropriate means as determined by the project leader).

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/psy-40038/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

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Study hours

Students will attend 4 x 2hr workshops designed to support them to effectively manage their project work.
Students will receive 10-15 hours of supervision from their Project Leader. The exact amount of contact with their Project Leader will vary depending on the project but students can expect regular meetings to give them a clear timetable of activities and to review progress.
The module includes 127-132 hours of independent study across the year which accounts for activities such as reading, literature searching/researching, undertaking the research activity, and writing the final report.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Report weighted 100%
Report of research undertaken
Students write up the appropriate part of the research that they were primarily involved with - maximum 5000 words. This may take the form of a full or partial research report, a systematic literature review, a grant proposal or ethics application, or other work that the Project Leader judges appropriate. The work will be prefaced by a short description of the precise role that the student undertook and the key skills they feel they have developed. It will also contain a critical reflection of the student's own learning and development

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024