This course provides students with an opportunity to develop generic scientific writing and presentation skills by preparing a 10-minute oral presentation and detailed scientific literature review (approx. 2000 words) on a current research topic in physics or astronomy.

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1) Assessment of oral presentation (50%)

2) Assessment of written report (50%)

(1) To develop critical assessment and communication skills, to a level appropriate for a career of leadership in academia or industry

(2) To employ these skills in preparing and delivering a written report and oral presentation on a chosen research topic.

(3) To encourage students to work effectively, to develop a professional attitude to what they do and to take full responsibility for their own learning.

At the end of the course students should be able to:

(1) Recover, evaluate and summarise the professional literature and material from other sources concerned with a chosen research topic in physics or astronomy.

(2) Prepare an oral presentation summarising the current position in the chosen research topic.

(3) Prepare a written literature review on the current position in the chosen research topic, which should include a critical comparison of material from the sources he/she has identified and a summary of likely future developments.

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