CH32046: Professional placement
[Page last updated: 23 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemistry |
| Credits: | 45 [equivalent to 90 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 900 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWOI 15%, CWPI 0%, CWRI 65%, PRPR 20% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Report Individual (CWRI 65%)
- Industrial supervisor assessment of laboratory work (PRPR 20%)
- Oral presentation Individual (CWOI 15%)
- Project output Individual (CWPI 0%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
While taking this module you must take CH32036 OR take CH32043 OR take CH32044
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Apply the knowledge and skills gained from University to real-world applications of chemistry and related areas;
- Demonstrate a range of transferable skills including team work, project management and communication (both in oral and written forms);
- Perform an extended programme of experimental/computational work, develop necessary practical skills, evaluating the results and identifying suitable avenues of future work;
- Participate in discussions concerning the work programme and contribute ideas as appropriate;
- Examine the safety (and ethical) implications of the work and keep accurate records;
- Critically compare your findings to the current state-of-the art in the field;
- Analyse the market environment in which the company operates and describe the company's procedures on training, intellectual property rights and ethical considerations.
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| Synopsis: | This unit provides you with an opportunity to gain a years experience working in a chemical or related organisation. This introduces you to the factors affecting professional practice of chemistry in the workplace. You will apply the knowledge and skills gained at university to real applications of chemistry.
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| Content: | This year will involve a programme of investigative work/research in a company (or organisation) approved by the Department of Chemistry. The exact work will vary on a placement-by-placement basis. You will be based full time at the placement provider and will be required to prepare a scientific report based on original work in the style of a chemistry journal. As part of this you will be required to keep accurate records of procedures and to compare to current research to assist in contextualisation. You will evaluate your data and prepare a formal report. You are also required to write a lay report (short summary suitable for A-level students) and to provide a brief history and appraise the market place of the company, as well as the health and safety and ethical implications of your research.
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| Course availability: |
CH32046 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Chemistry
- USCH-AKM21 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry for Drug Discovery with professional placement (Year 3)
- USCH-AKM20 : MChem(Hons) Chemistry with professional placement (Year 3)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
- 好色tv and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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