MRes Faculty of Medical SciencesInduction and Welcome

Professor Dianne Ford

MRes Degree Programme Director

Introductions and key information

• Professor John Kirby – Dean of Postgraduate Studies

• MRes – overview and general introduction –Professor Dianne Ford, MRes Degree Programme Director

• Dr Jeremy Brown – Chair of MRes examination committee

• Professor Rob Taylor – Senior Tutor – student support

• Professor David Young – Deputy DPD for Research Projects

• George Watkins - Student Union - Representation & Democracy Co-ordinator; Beccie Brennan – MRes students’ representative 2013/14

University Structure

• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences• Faculty of Medical Sciences• Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering

University mission

• to be a world-class research-intensive university

• to deliver teaching and facilitate learning of the highest quality

• to play a leading role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England

Faculty of Medical Sciences

• Institute for Cell & Molecular Biosciences

• Institute of Cellular Medicine

• Institute of Health & Society

• Institute of Genetic Medicine

• Institute of Neuroscience

• Northern Institute of Cancer Research

• Graduate School

• School of Medical Education

• School of Dental Sciences

• School of Pyschology

• School of Biomedical Sciences

Faulty of Medical Sciences aims

• to do world class research in medical sciences

• to deliver teaching of the highest quality in all aspects of medical sciences while providing an excellent all-round student experience

• to develop the Faculty’s collaborative opportunities in the context of translational bioscience and medicine in order to augment the societal outcomes of the faculty’s research and teaching

MRes programmes

• Ageing and Health

• Animal Behaviour

• Biosciences

• Bioscience Research Revelopment and Enterprise

• Cancer

• Cardiovascular Science

• Diabetes

• Epidemiology

• Evolution and Human Behaviour

• Immunobiology

• Medical Genetics

• Medical and Molecular Biosciences

• Medical Sciences

• Mitochondrial Biology

• Molecular Microbiology

• Neuromuscular Diseases

• Neuroscience

• Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

• Systems Biology

• Toxicology

• Translational Medicine and Therapeutics

• Transplantation

Choice of >30 MRes modules

• Ageing and Heallth

• Applied Ethology

• Applied Immunobiology of Human Disease

• Applying the Three Rs to In-Vivo Experimental Techniques

• Bioinformatics Theory and Practice

• The Biological Basis of Psychiatric Illness and its Treatment

• Comparative Cognition: Information Processing in Humans and Other Animals

• The Biological Study of Behaviour

• Biology of Ageing

• Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

• Bioscience Research Development and Enterprise

• Cancer Studies

• Cardiovascular Science in Health and Disease

• Cell Cycle Control and Cell Signallingin Health and Disease

• Clinical Epidemiology

• Current Research Trends in Musculoskeletal Disease

• Developmental Genetics

• Diabetes

• Drug Discovery and Development

• Experimental Medicine and Therapeutics

• Genetic Medicine

• Genetics of Common Disease

• Global Health

• Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine

• Molecular Microbiology

• Neuromuscular Diseases: Bench to Bedside

• Protein Structure and Function

• Sensory Systems

• Scientific Basis of Neurological Disorders

• Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

• Surgical Anatomy

• Systems Biology

• Toxicology

• Transplantation Sciences

MRes students

• ~200 International, EU and UK students

• MRes (1 year)

• MRes/PhD (1+3 integrated studies)

• EPSRC, MRC, CRUK, Wellcome

• Intercalating medical & dental students Newcastle & Indonesia

• Wellcome Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Clinical Fellows

Course structure

• 4 taught modules (September – February)

• 1 compulsory research skills module

• statistics, bioethics, small group discussion and presentation of specialist topics, attend and report on seminars from large and diverse programme at Newcastle University

• 3 subject-specific modules selected from a choice of >30

• 24 week research project (February – July)

MRes delivery

• Input and delivery by the whole Faculty and beyond

• Teaching delivered by international authorities

• Projects delivered through research institutes

• Administered by Medical Sciences Graduate School

• Enthusiastic and knowledgeable MRes team

• academic and administrative

Meet the team

• Professor Zosia Lightowlers – Deputy DPD; recruitment and admissions

• Professor David Young – Deputy DPD; research projects

• Professor Mark Pearce – Deputy; student progression

• Dr Jeremy Brown – Chair of the Examinations Committee

• Professor Rob Taylor - Senior Tutor

• Professor Steve Yeaman – International students

• Dr Quentin Anstee – Senior Tutor for intercalating MBBS/BDS students

• Dr John Sayer - Intercalating MBBS students

• Dr Simon Whitehall – recruitment and admissions

• Kirsty Sanderson – MRes Degree Programme Administrator

• Ruth Fisher - MRes Programme Support Assistant

• Helen Sewell – MRes Programme Support Assistant

Communication

• Us to you: Email sent to your Newcastle University email address

• You to us: mres-enquiries@ncl.ac.uk (Kirsty, Ruth and Helen)

Induction week timetable

Induction week timetable

Induction week timetable

Induction week timetable

Induction week timetable

Induction week timetable

Module selection

• Drop in clinic Tuesday 29 September 13.30-16.30 for advice on module selection

• All students on Animal Behaviour or Evolution and Human Behaviour programmes should attend 14.30 –15.30 and speak to Dr Tom Smulders.

• On-line module selection form (https://catless.ncl.ac.uk/mres/) accessible until 9.30 am Wednesday 30 September . If new choices submitted previous choices will be disregarded.

• AFTER 9.30 am Wednesday 30 September the link to the on-line form will refer you to the Graduate School Office to discuss potential changes etc.

Module selection

• Thursday

• Enter approved module selection into S3P

• ALSO select MMB8100 Research Skills and Principles for the Biosciences

• Total 180 credits

Module selection

• https://s3p.ncl.ac.uk/login/index.aspx

University English Language Assessment

(UELA) and in-sessional English for

international students

• Students achieving ULEA of 3 (>70%) are exempt from attending in-sessional English.

• Other exemptions:

• http://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/insessional/uela/criteria.htm

• All other students must attend English Classes with INTO: INU6114 in timetable, beginning Friday 15 October 10 am

Research student development programme

• http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/postgrad/documentation/mres.htm

• Specific sessions timetabled to be accommodated within MRes timetable.

• MRes teaching takes priority over additional sessions

MRes programme handbook

• Contains ESSENTIAL information

• Please read

• ….and check for information on specific queries before contacting Graduate School

Course structure and key dates

Attendance

• Compulsory

• Failure to attend grounds to take action under procedure for unsatisfactory progress

• Monitored

• Absence to be authorised by Degree Programme Director and Module Leader via request to mres-enquiries@ncl.ac.uk

• Must be available to attend 9 am – 5 pm Monday-Friday

Attendance

• ALL holiday (other than over Christmas vacation) must be authorised by DPD, AND by Project Supervisor (if during project)

• Expectation that any additional holiday requested would be over 2 week Easter period but DISCRETIONARY AND NOT IF YOU NEED TO TAKE RESIT EXAMS

• MRes/PhD students – course continues after submission of dissertation in July

Personal extenuating circumstances (PEC)

• Possible adjustments

• Extension

• Uncapped reassessment

• Support for examiners’ discretion

• PEC form and guidance: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/progress/staff-resources/PEC/

• Specify the adjustment requested

• Submit with evidence to mres-enquiries@ncl.ac.uk

Timetable

• Sent by email with module selection request

• Your individual timetable will be available to download to personal electronic devices and Outlook calendar from http://www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable

Course materials and notifications

• Blackboard (VLE)

• Access to all modules for which you register

Course materials and notifications

• If requested by an external lecturer to log into PC in a teaching room please oblige (and check you log out at the end of the session).

Progression, assessment and award

• General Masters regulations: . http://www.ncl.ac.uk/regulations/docs/documents/MastersRegs0809.pdf

• Overall average 50% or greater

• May fail up to 20 credits if non-core material (1 MRes taught module, but some are core; see next slide)

• One attempt at reassessment in each module

• Unless >40 credits failed at the first attempt

Progression, assessment and award

Appendix B (programme regulations)

Progression, assessment and award

• Masters level

• Independent study

• Assessment criteria (handbook)

• Different requirements from undergraduate modules on similar topics

Assessment and feedback

• Submission of work assessed in course electronically via NESS

• Details of all submission deadlines to be circulated at the beginning of the course and/or on Blackboard

• Late submissions – 50% maximum marks for 24 h, thereafter mark of zero

• Mark of zero awarded if you use the same piece of work (e.g. oral presentation, critical appraisal of research paper) for more than one assessment.

• Marks and feedback within 4 weeks.

Student-staff committee

• Student chair

• Elected representatives

• One representative will attend the Curriculum Committee

• oversees the academic management of the degree and deals with matters arising from the Staff Student Committee

• 3 meetings per year (November, February, May)

• Minutes of previous meetings: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/postgrad/documentation/mres.htm

• MRes School Representative (Students’ Union)

We do listen

• In-sessional English module redesigned for 2015-16

• Discussion groups introduced in 2014-15

• Changes for 2015 – smaller groups, organised by programme/modules

• Research project component hand in deadlines

• Oral presentation AFTER dissertation

• Poster session final event

We do listen

• DPD’s bulletin http://www.ncl.ac.uk/fms/postgrad/documentation/mres.htm

Graduation

• http://www.ncl.ac.uk/congregations/ceremonies/index.php

MRes Projects

David Young (david.young@ncl.ac.uk)

Rob Taylor (robert.taylor@ncl.ac.uk)

John Sayer (john.sayer@ncl.ac.uk)

Quentin Anstee (quentin.anstee@ncl.ac.uk)

Helen Sewell (Helen.Sewell@ncl.ac.uk)mres-enquiries@newcastle.ac.uk

Intercalating

1+3 MRES+PhD

MRes

Intercalating

Projects pre-selected

Arranged a year ago

Permission to intercalate/bursaries

1+3 MRES+PhD

Projects pre-selected

Supervisor grant driven

Grant application process

MRes

Programmes

Ageing and Health

Animal Behaviour

Biotechnology and Business Enterprise

Biosciences

Cancer

Diabetes

Epidemiology

Evolution and Human Behaviour

Immunobiology

Medical & Molecular Biosciences

Medical Genetics

Medical Sciences

Mitochondrial Biology & Medicine

Molecular Microbiology

Nanomedicine

Neuroscience

Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Systems Biology

Toxicology

Translational Medicine and Therapeutics

Transplantation

MRes

Programmes

Ageing and Health

Animal Behaviour

Biotechnology and Business Enterprise

Biosciences

Cancer

Diabetes

Epidemiology

Evolution and Human Behaviour

Immunobiology

Medical & Molecular Biosciences

Medical Genetics

Medical Sciences

Mitochondrial Biology & Medicine

Molecular Microbiology

Nanomedicine

Neuroscience

Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Systems Biology

Toxicology

Translational Medicine and Therapeutics

Transplantation

Project Submission

– Jul-Sep

Programme leads

Distribution Selection Start

Programme

Specific

General Programme

Project Submission

– Jul-SepDavid Young Distribution Selection Start

‘orientation’ week

Start Poster Project end DissertationOral

submissionPresentations

Poster evening

FEB JULY - AUGUST

The Project

8 February 2016 25 July 2015

Poster (10%)

Abstract (5%)

Oral presentation (15%)

Dissertation (60%)

Application & Effort (professional skills)

(10%)

The Project

TheProject

(100 credits)

Project timetableProject Placement

(Inclusive of two week Easter holiday)Orientation week 8th-12th February 2016

Project Start Tuesday 16th February 2016

Project ends in the lab Friday 8th July 2016

Poster submission Noon Monday 18th July 2016

Dissertation submission Noon Monday 25th July 2016

Oral/Abstract(s) submission Noon Thursday 28th July 2016

Oral presentations Mon-Tues 1st-2nd August 2016

Poster evening Tuesday 2nd August 2016

Questions?

The Project

MRes Projects

David Young (david.young@ncl.ac.uk)

Rob Taylor (robert.taylor@ncl.ac.uk)

John Sayer (john.sayer@ncl.ac.uk)

Quentin Anstee (quentin.anstee@ncl.ac.uk)

Helen Sewell (Helen.Sewell@ncl.ac.uk)mres-enquiries@newcastle.ac.uk