2019 Summer Studentship in Postgraduate & Professional Development

The School of Medicine Dentistry Biomedical Sciences is providing a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to participate in education research during the summer months.

Project Title: “Making postgraduate education work: a learner-focused review of postgraduate taught programmes”

Supervisor: Professor S Morison, School Director of PGT programmes

Aim: The aim of this project is to explore the postgraduate student experience across the full-time postgraduate education portfolio in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences (SMDBS).

The person appointed to this project will be expected to:

• Undertake a literature review
• Design a focus group interview schedule
• Conduct focus groups with representatives from all SMDBS full-time postgraduate programmes
• Analyse data and present results and recommendations for future development
• Work closely with the PGT Director and student representatives from the PGT Staff Student Consultative Committee

Further details on the project can be found here

Application process:

1. Complete application form
2. Append your CV including your full academic profile (or transcript)
3. Submit to School PG Office email: pgoffice.smdb@qub.ac.uk
4. Closing date Monday 8 April 2019
5. Informed of outcome by 17 April 2019
   
   

This summer studentship will run for 8 weeks in the period between Monday 17 June – Friday 25 June, 2019
The student stipend of £150 per week, up to a maximum of 8 weeks, on a full time basis.