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Centre for Bioscience Learning Guide Series

Student Research Projects: Guidance on practice in the Biosciences

This page brings together the ten case studies from Student Research Projects: Guidance on Practice in the Biosciences and nine additional case studies on the theme of student research in the biosciences, all are available to download individually in pdf format.

Also available from this page will be any additional material which accompanies the case studies, for example, assessment schemes, module handouts and example projects.

Links will be made live as the case studies and accompanying materials become available.

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Case studies from the guide:


1 Traditional laboratory projects using tried and tested methodology create room for experimentation
N.J. Chaffey

2 Overseas field-based projects: linkage to undergraduate expeditions
J.R. Downie

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Analyses in Biology: an analytical alternative to traditional research projects
Helen James

4 Mentoring scientific minds through group research projects: maximising available resources while minimising workloads
Momna V. Hejmadi

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Lab handout


5 Designing challenging 'dry' bioinformatics projects: exploiting public databases of genetic and post-genomic plant science data
Carol Wagstaff

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6 Commercial projects for final year students
Mary F. Tatner and Anne M. Tierney

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7 Final year projects in communicating science
Dan Lloyd

8 Implementing the Undergraduate Ambassadors Scheme (UAS) as a final-year project option
Martin Broadley

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Module description


9 A virtual laboratory for bioscience e-learning projects
Carol Wakeford and Ian Miller

10 Research for real - an intensive honours research project
Mark Huxham

 

Additional case studies of student research provision in the biosciences


Preparing students for research: teaching research skills at level 2
S.N. Davies and M.A. Cotter

Streamlining allocation and assessment of traditional final year research projects across multiple undergraduate degree programmes
Alison M. Gallagher, George McKerr and Chris I. Gill

Final year education projects
Ruth Grady

Student (and staff) Research in Environmental Biochemistry
H. Latham and L. Jervis

Projects marrying advanced technical skills and scientific controversy
D.J. Murphy

How to do research with second-year undergraduates: a research-based field course
Tom Reader

Group research projects: a framework for providing research experience for students
Jane L. Saffell

Promoting Undergraduate Student Conference Attendance Has Benefits for All!
Ian J. Turner

Bridging the gap to final year laboratory projects: a Level 2 Research Skills module
Kay H. Yeoman

Citing the case studies

All the above case studies were published in 2008.

For the 10 case studies published in the guide, please cite as section within an edited book, for example:

Chaffey, N.J. (2008) Traditional laboratory projects using tried and tested methodology create room for experimentation. In Student Research Projects: Guidance on Practice in the Biosciences, Luck, M. pp38-40. Leeds, UK: Centre for Bioscience, The Higher Education Academy.

For the additional case studies, please site as a web resource, for example:

Murphy, D.J. (2008) Projects marrying advanced technical skills and scientific controversy. Available at www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/ftp/TeachingGuides/studentresearch/murphy.pdf

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