SPE8320 : Research Project Management
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Professor Helen Stringer
- Owning School: Education, Communication & Language Sci
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To develop skills in research project management and planning and apply these to a project based on their clinical practice. This will include knowledge and understanding of research governance and ethics related to a health and social care context.
Outline Of Syllabus
1. Project management methods
2. Introduction to project management tools (e.g. Gantt charts)
3. Developing key components of research projects
4. Risk management
5. Timescales for ethics and governance approvals and processes required
6. Organisational drivers (e.g. NHS, University, approaches to partnership working)
7. Monitoring and auditing research projects
8. Funding research
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 20:00 | 20:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 4 | 2:30 | 10:00 | Seminars |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 4 | 1:30 | 6:00 | Introduction to different aspects of research project management |
| Guided Independent Study | Student-led group activity | 1 | 3:30 | 3:30 | Student led discussion |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 60:30 | 60:30 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Students will apply project management methods to the research plan developed for the dissertation element of the MSc.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 2 | M | 100 | 1500 word project management plan (excluding appendices, which may comprise ethics and governance documents) |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Using the research plan developed in SPE8306 Research methods in assessment and intervention, the student will develop a project plan with links to and including the ethical approval and research governance documents, with an analysis of potential barriers /challenges and options for success.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- SPE8320's Timetable