You will have an opportunity to experience life in an active research laboratory during the 12 week research project in Stage 3. Projects may also be carried out within other department in the Medical school such as Medicine and the Cancer Research Unit. Non-laboratory or computing projects are also available. This research project is often considered by students to be the highlight of the degree programme. Associated with it is a poster evening, at which students present their work in an informal setting accompanied by wine and cheese.
Teaching is through a combination of lectures, small-group teaching and practicals.
Relations between staff and students are relaxed and friendly and there are many opportunities for contact outside the time-tabled teaching sessions. Acquisition of key skills is emphasised throughout the degree programme. A lecture to the First Year students Teaching Assessment Assessment of teaching is carried out by the national Quality Assurance Agency. A project student in discussion with his supervisor Honours Degree Programmes Each of the degrees is run on a modular basis. A single module is worth 10 credits and a total of 120 credits are taken in each year of the course.