Teaching and assessment

Teaching and assessment

The course assumes that students will have good academic skills based on their first degree achievements. Students will be expected to undertake self-directed study and wide reading as well as group and individual practical work to meet the learning outcomes.

Taught modules will be delivered as a mixture of large group lectures shared with other postgraduate students, course-specific seminars and small group sessions within each pathway. The research project linked to your specialist module can be supervised by staff at either institution (St George’s or Royal Holloway) depending upon your area of research interest.

The specialist modules will provide the basis for a laboratory or clinical research project and students will carry out individual work on this within an established research team. Supervision will be provided by academic staff active at the cutting edge of research in their own fields.

Assessments for the taught modules are designed to help students with preparation of the dissertation element of the research project, and will enable students to develop scientific presentation skills.

St George’s is a research-led institution specialising in medical, biological, health and social care sciences. It has 200 research students and 210 taught postgraduate students. Recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) results indicate that five per cent of its research is world-leading and 38 per cent internationally excellent. The MRes builds on strong research teams in each of the pathways. There are also opportunities for collaborative research work with our two partner institutions, Royal Holloway, University of London, and Kingston University, within the South West London Academic Network.