{"id":4889,"date":"2019-05-13T12:44:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T12:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.bmh.manchester.ac.uk\/sbs-19-20-draft\/?page_id=4889"},"modified":"2021-03-15T10:57:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:57:41","slug":"first-year-tutorial-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/handbooks.bmh.manchester.ac.uk\/2020-21\/sbs\/tutorial-guides\/first-year-tutorial-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"First Year Tutorial Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIOL10000 Year 1 Tutorials<\/h1>\n

The School of Biological Sciences Tutorial Programme<\/b><\/h1>\n

All Level 1 SBS students are enrolled in the tutorial unit BIOL10000. Tutorials will provide you with knowledge and expertise related to your degree programme as well as transferable skills. The tutorial programme includes small group tutorials and plenary sessions. In the first semester, tutorials are also linked an online unit (Writing and Referencing Skills (WRS); BIOL10741) that will help you to improve your written communication skills. Figure 1 shows the components of the Year 1 Tutorial Unit.<\/p>\n

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Figure <\/i><\/b>1<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/b> Tutorials<\/i> in Year 1 include small group and plenary sessions. <\/i>The <\/i>Writing and Referencing Skills (WRS<\/i>; BIOL10741)<\/span><\/i> unit complements tutorial activities and must be passed in order to pass the tutorial unit.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Small group tutorials<\/b><\/span> will take place with other students from your degree programme and your Academic Tutor. They may be held in person or online. Please note that times for your small group tutorials will be arranged by your Academic Tutor and will not appear on your \u201cmyManchester\u201d timetable.<\/p>\n

Plenary sessions<\/b> <\/span>will be delivered by specialists to larger groups of students from multiple degree programmes. This format ensures consistent delivery of information to students, and the plenary sessions generally cover topics that are relevant to all SBS students. You should check the dates for plenary sessions on the tutorial Blackboard site (BIOL10000), as your Tutor will not remind you of these. Some plenary sessions have associated pre-session work, which should be completed in advance of your timetabled session.<\/p>\n

The tutorial programme builds year-on-year and focuses on 4 major strands of skills: communication (written and oral); professional skills; experimental reporting; and employability, as shown in Figure 2. \u00a0Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) for the Level 1 tutorials are available here<\/a>. The activities in Years 2 and 3 build on the skills you acquire in Year 1.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Figure 2. <\/em><\/strong>Summary of the topics you can expect to cover in small group tutorials (top) and plenary sessions (bottom). Your Tutor and Programme-Director may, at their discretion, alter the content of your tutorials.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Tutorial Assignment Deadlines<\/h1>\n

Table <\/strong>1<\/strong> shows the deadlines for tutorial assignments common to all degree programmes. Note that you may have additional, program specific, deadlines for assignments that will be set by your Academic Tutor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Assignment<\/strong><\/td>\nDeadlines (usually Thursdays at 16:00)<\/strong><\/td>\nMarks<\/strong><\/td>\nSubmission<\/strong><\/td>\nFeedback type<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scientist Summary<\/td>\nTBA with Academic Tutor (week 1)<\/td>\n0-100%<\/td>\nTBA with Academic Tutor<\/td>\nFormative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frontiers of Science Summary<\/td>\n29\/10\/20<\/td>\n0-100%<\/td>\nAssessments area BIOL10000 Bb<\/td>\nFormative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester 1 Essay – Draft<\/td>\n19\/11\/20<\/td>\nPlagiarism report only<\/td>\nAssessments area BIOL10000 Bb<\/td>\nFormative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester 1 Essay – Final<\/td>\n3\/12\/20<\/td>\nPass\/Fail<\/td>\nAssessments area BIOL10000 Bb<\/td>\nFormative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester 1 Poster<\/td>\nTBA<\/strong><\/td>\n0-100% (33% of mark for BIOL10000)<\/td>\nPoster Session<\/td>\nSummative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester 2 Essay<\/td>\n18\/3\/21<\/td>\n0-100% (33% of mark for BIOL10000)<\/td>\nAssessments area BIOL10000 Bb<\/td>\nSummative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Programme-specific assignment<\/td>\nTBA with Academic Tutor<\/td>\n0-100% (34% of mark for BIOL10000)<\/td>\nTBA with Academic Tutor<\/td>\nSummative<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester 2 Poster Presentation*<\/td>\nTBA with Academic Tutor (week 11 or 12)<\/td>\n0-100%<\/td>\nTBA with Academic Tutor<\/td>\n\n

Summative<\/p>\n

(BIOL10412 or 10422)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Table 1. Year 1 tutorial assignments.<\/strong> Additional assignments may be specified by your Tutor. TBA<\/span> = to be arranged; Bb = Blackboard. The BIOL10000 Bb site can be accessed here<\/a>. Formative feedback: this is intended to highlight areas that you need to work on and any marks awarded are not included in the overall mark for BIOL10000. Summative feedback: also helps you to improve your work and marks awarded count towards the total for BIOL10000 or another unit. *Students enrolled in a Field course unit do not prepare a poster in Semester 2. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Table 2<\/strong> shows the deadlines for the Writing and Referencing Skills unit. The first module, \u201cAcademic Malpractice\u201d will be open from Welcome Week, with a deadline at the end of week 2. Gaining a score of 100% in this module is required<\/strong> to gain access to the other modules. The remaining modules can be completed any time after this date and before their respective deadlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Assessment<\/strong><\/td>\nAvailable from:<\/strong><\/td>\nDeadline week<\/strong><\/td>\nDeadline dates (Fridays at 16:00)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Academic Malpractice<\/td>\nBefore Teaching Week 1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n16\/10\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Essential Language Skills<\/td>\nOnce Academic Malpractice module has been passed with a score of 100%<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n30\/10\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Academic Style<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n6\/11\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Text Handling<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n13\/11\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Referencing the right way<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n20\/11\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Planning ahead<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n27\/11\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Performing a search<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n4\/12\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Endnote online<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n11\/12\/20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Table 2. Writing and Referencing Skills unit (BIOL10741) deadlines. <\/strong><\/em>Weeks correspond to Semester 1 teaching weeks, where week 1 begins on Monday 5\/10\/2020.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Table 3<\/strong> shows the Year 1 plenary sessions, indicating those where pre-session work must be completed. You will find timetabling information, descriptions of the sessions, ILOs, and instructions for pre-session work in the relevant folder in the \u201cPlenary Sessions\u201d area<\/a> of the BIOL10000 Bb site.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Plenary title<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n

Week<\/strong><\/td>\n

Pre-session work<\/strong><\/td>\nWho must attend<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Understanding University Assessments<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nYES<\/span><\/td>\nAll Year 1 students<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frontiers of Science<\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\nNo<\/span><\/td>\nAll Year 1 students<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How to Write a Scientific Essay<\/td>\n6<\/td>\nThis is an online plenary, which must be <\/span>completed by W6.<\/span><\/td>\nAll Year 1 students<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Semester 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Experimental Reporting: Lab poster<\/td>\n4<\/td>\nThis is an online plenary, which must be <\/span>completed by W4.<\/span><\/td>\nStudents enrolled in BIOL10412 or BIOL10422<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Experimental Reporting: Field Course<\/del><\/td>\n7<\/td>\n\n

Recordings to view in advance of the live Q&A session in<\/span>\u00a0W7.<\/span><\/del><\/p>\n

CANCELLED<\/strong><\/td>\n

Students enrolled in a Field Course Unit<\/del><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Employability: Make the most of your First Year<\/td>\n8<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nAll Year 1 students<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Table 3. Year 1 plenary sessions.<\/strong><\/em> If you are enrolled in BIOL10412 or BIO10422 you must access the ‘Experimental reporting: Lab Poster’ plenary online via the BIOL10412 or BIO10422 Blackboard site.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

What are the roles of your Academic Tutor and Academic Advisor?<\/h2>\n

Your Academic Tutor will arrange your small group tutorials and mark your tutorial assessments. Your Academic Tutor will help you to:<\/p>\n