Courses / Module

• Critically assess and discuss current research findings in Immunology.
• Appraise recent activity in Global health research.
• Interpret scholarly activity in Immunology and Global health for a non-specialist audience.
• Formulate a summary suitable for a specialist academic group.

• Students will attend two research seminars in the Institute of Immunology per month during semester 1 and 2. During these seminars, talks in the areas of Immunology and Global Health will be presented by specialists in their field. An attendance level of 70% is required to pass this module and students are expected to engage actively with the topic of the talk and the speaker. To this end, reading material will be provided beforehand and a question and answer session with the speaker takes place after each talk. For each talk, 2 students will be assigned the tasks of introducing the speaker and chairing the Q&A session, respectively. At the end of each semester, students have to submit a written assignment based on one of the seminars given during this semester. The assignment consists of two parts: 1. An article written for a lay audience (e.g. a newspaper article or a blog), 1000 words 2. An academic summary of the research presented during the seminar, 1000 words. For both parts of the assignment, the student is expected to consult and incorporate appropriate additional sources of information (e.g. research papers, news articles, position papers, interview with the speaker)

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): 22.5%, Assignment 1, academic 22.5%, Assignment 1, lay 22.5%, Assignment 2, academic 22.5%, Assignment 2, lay 10%, participation in seminars’ Q&A sessions

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• Minimum mark of 40% and attendance level of at least 70%.

• BI601, BI602.

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