Postgraduate Course: Science Communication/Public Engagement Placement (BIME11047)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Placement | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | An eight week (one day per week) placement within a science communication/public engagement setting which will involve the completion and evaluation of a science communication/public engagement task. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Not entered
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 1 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
(
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5,
 Formative Assessment Hours 5,
 Summative Assessment Hours 20,
 Other Study Hours 10,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
58 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) | 
not on line distance leanring
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Feedback | 
Feedback will be ongoing during seminar and practical session with summative, written feedback delivered together with summative mark. | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Demonstrate the successful application of guiding principles in science communication and public engagement
 - Reflect on and improve one's own practice
 - Successfully complete workplace tasks
 
     
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Additional Information
| Course URL | 
http://www.sciencecommunication.mvm.ed.ac.uk/ | 
 
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
SCQF  
1.KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING 
2. Practice: applied knowledge skills and understanding 
3. Generic Cognitive Skills 
4. Communication, ICT  
5. Autonomy, Accountability and Working with others | 
 
| Keywords | SCPE,PLACEMENT | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Elizabeth Stevenson 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3258 
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Course secretary | Mr Andrew Le Tissier 
Tel: (0131 6)51 4075 
Email:  | 
   
 
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