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Presenting Your Research

Course
2015-2016

Entry requirements

MSc Psychology (research) students. The course is available for students in their second year of the research master’s programme. However, for students who started the master’s programme in February, special arrangements will be made.

Description

The course consists of both plenary (2) and subgroup sessions (6). In the first two plenary sessions the general background to giving an effective presentation is sketched. Students are taught a specific structure for their talks. This is intensively trained in practice in the subgroup sessions to allow for optimal feedback. In the subgroup sessions, students are also taught how to present their research on a poster.

Course objectives

  • Learning to present your research

  • Structure your oral presentation

  • Deal with questions from the audience give a presentation in proper academic English, and

  • Present your research on a poster.

Timetable

For the timetables of your lectures, work groups and exams, please select your study programme in:
Psychology timetables

Registration

Course

Students need to enroll for lectures and work group sessions.
Master’s course registration

Examination

Students are not automatically enrolled for an examination. They can register via uSis from 100 to 10 calendar days before the date. Students who are not registered will not be permitted to take the examination.
Registering for exams

Mode of instruction

Plenary lectures (2). There after sessions (6) in small subgroups, in which students give presentations themselves and receive and give feedback on their presentations and posters. All sessions – both plenary lectures and subgroup sessions – are obligatory.

Assessment method

Oral presentations (70% of final grade) during the subgroup sessions, as well as poster presentation (30% of final grade) at the “Wetenschapsmiddag Psychology” (Scientific Meeting Institute of Psychology in July).

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has instituted that instructors use a software programme for the systematic detection of plagiarism in students’ written work. In case of fraud disciplinary actions will be taken. Please see the information concerning fraud.

Reading list

Participants are expected to take notes during the lectures. Instructors’ lectures will be posted on Blackboard.

Contact information

Dr. Arjaan Wit
wit@fsw.leidenuniv.nl