Research Participation Scheme: Year Three

Administrator

Mrs Amanda Jenvey

Location: Building 44 (The Shackleton Building), Room 2003

Email: A.Jenvey@soton.ac.uk

 
 
 
 

Research Participation in Year Three

Single Honours Students

In Year Three, five option and one core modules are linked to the Research Participation Scheme.

In Semester One, these are the three Psychology option modules (i.e., NOT the Literature Review)
In Semester Two, these are the two Psychology option modules (i.e., NOT the Research Paper) and PSYC3002 Current Issues in Clinical Psychology.

To be awarded 1.0% of the marks for each one of these six modules, Single-Honours students must obtain:

24 credits in Semester 1
36 credits in Semester 2

This amounts to 0.75% of their overall mark for Year Three as a whole.

Other students (e.g., Joint-Honours, ERASMUS, etc.)

Other students (e.g., Joint-Honours, ERASMUS, etc.)—who take some but not all of these modules—need to obtain:

8 credits per Year 3 module in Semester One
12 credits per Year 3 module in Semester Two

Single-Honours students who take modules outside of Psychology (including those going aboard during Semester 1) do NOT need to obtain research credits for those non-Psychology modules. Hence, they need to obtain fewer credits.

The number of credits students need to obtain—whatever it is—is their credit quota.

Whatever fraction of their quota they obtain, students will be awarded the corresponding fraction of the 1.0% of the marks for every module in Year 3 linked to the Research Participation Scheme.

For example, if you obtained your full quota, you would be awarded all of the 1.0% of the marks for every linked module; if you obtained half your quota, half of that 1.0%, or 0.5%; and if you obtained none of your quota, none of that 1.0%, or 0%.

If students exceed their quota, they will still be awarded only 1.0% of the marks for every linked module.

Where modules have credit awarded for research participation, you should note that failure to fully participate in the research opportunities given to you (and thereby obtain maximum credit) may result in you failing a module or failing to reach a classification boundary or award. We therefore most strongly recommend that you participate fully in research opportunities

 

For further information about the School of Psychology’s Research Participation Scheme, please see the scheme’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page which can be found under the “Assessment – More important information” tab.

 
 

Signing up to Studies

For information about available research studies, and to sign up to these studies, you need to go to your Research Dashboard on eFolio.

Before signing up to studies, you must make sure that you have completed your research profile. Please follow the link at the top of your Research Dashboard to complete your profile. This is required before you can gain access to the project system.

The sign up process is as follows:

  1. Go to your Research Dashboard at https://www.efolio.soton.ac.uk/research/.
  2. Click the tab called ‘Available Projects’, and you will see a list of all projects that are available to you (these are the projects that you are eligible to take).
  3. Click ‘More Details’ button next to any available projects to view the project details. A popup window will appear showing you what experiments are available in the project.
  4. Click the ‘Sign Up’ link next to the experiment you wish to participate in, this will take you to the Sign-up screen.
  5. On the sign-up screen you will see a list of available time slots for your chosen experiment. Simply choose one that is suitable and click the ‘Book This Slot’ button. You will see a sign-up confirmation message, and will receive an email from the project admin confirming your place.
 

Once you have booked a slot you will then be able to review the details from your Research Dashboard by clicking the ‘My Upcoming Experiments’ tab. This tab holds all of your upcoming participation times and locations.

When you book, please make a careful note of:

  • the researcher’s name
  • the participation credits offered
  • the location of the study
  • the starting and finishing times of the study
 
 

Research Credit Deadlines

The following deadlines for Research Participation are not negotiable:

 
Semester 1 deadlines
Deadline for students to participate in research Friday 10th January 2020
Semester 2 deadlines
Deadline for students to participate in research Friday 8th May 2020

For further enquiries, please contact Amanda Jenvey on A.Jenvey@soton.ac.uk.

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