The course focuses on the application of different technologies to design, produce and analyse scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine as well as the interaction with cells in vitro and tissues in vivo.

2x 1h lectures per week

2x 2h group presentations per week (starting week 4)

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Written exam: 60%

Written essay: 25%

Oral presentation: 15%

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

Reassessment not possible for written essay and oral presentation

The aims of this course are to:

■ provide students with the knowledge and skills to design and engineer scaffolds for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine;

■ provide students with the knowledge of methods of producing tissue engineering scaffolds;

■ provide students with the skills to assess the interaction of scaffolds with cells and tissues.

■ describe materials used in scaffolds engineering and consideration around sustainability.

■ Discuss and reflect on ethical considerations for applications in tissue engineering.

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

■ Understand the structure of a tissue and its components

■ describe the role of scaffolds in the regeneration of tissues;

■ evaluate the mechanical, biochemical and biological properties of tissue scaffolds;

■ apply the principles of scaffold design for different tissues and different diseases;

■ understand and apply statistical considerations for tissue engineering applications, including ethical considerations;

Students must attend the degree examination and submit at least 75% by weight of the other components of the course's summative assessment.

Students must attend the timetabled laboratory classes.

Students should attend at least 75% of the timetabled classes of the course.

Note that these are minimum requirements: good students will achieve far higher participation/submission rates.  Any student who misses an assessment or a significant number of classes because of illness or other good cause should report this by completing a MyCampus absence report.