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Students must be registered on the final year of a Joint Award.

The Project Handbook
Appropriate texts relevant to the project area

The three project modules aim to provide an opportunity for you to undertake a significant project on an individual basis. This module will enable you to develop Project Management and research skills.

You should be able to identify a project suitable to your award. You will write a project proposal detailing the expected deliverables of the project and produce a realistic project plan, taking into account any relevant constraints.

Your research skills will be developed. You will be required to undertake a literature survey to establish the context of your chosen project. You will also need to undertake a technical investigation of the project. Some projects may require data gathering (questionnaires) with analysis of the results obtained. You should critically appraise the results of your research.

You will be required to submit a report detailing the context of the project and the knowledge you have obtained through your research. The report should conform to prescribed standards of referencing.

100% in-course assessment to include:-

Written proposal and project plan (learning outcomes 1 and 2).
Progress report and presentation (learning outcomes 3 and 4).

An important part of the learning strategy is the direct one-to-one supervision of your project by a supervisor. Contact hours for the project as a whole would typically be 20 minutes per week.

The majority of your time will be spent in self-managed learning.