Nuffield Graduates

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This 40 credit module is only available to recipients of the Nuffield Farming Scholarship. The module runs for 12 months and aims to provide a route by which Nuffield Scholars who have already completed their report can build upon their study tour and work towards a postgraduate qualification.  

Upon successful completion of this module students will be able to:

• Explain the current and future challenges facing the agri-food sector.
• Synthesise information from industry and peer reviewed literature.
• Compare the approaches taken to address specific challenges to the industry.
• Evaluate the extent to which new approaches and practices might be applied to systems in their home countries. 

The module consists of 3 months of taught content followed by 9 months of self-directed study.

Taught content

• Introduction
• Scientific Reports
• Research Articles
• Writing and Referencing Styles
• Data Organisation
• Data Characterisation
• Data Analysis
• Data Presentation
• Alternative Dissemination Methods 

Assignments

• Literature Review - 2000 words (20% of module marks) 
• Report - 6000 words (65%) 
• Presentation or other Dissemination Activity - 20 minutes or 2000 words (15%) 

Qualifiactions within which this module may be used as an option:

• PGCert, PGDip or MSc in Sustainable Efficient Food Production 
• PGDip or MSc in Agrifood Innovation 

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