Overview

All research traineeships give 7.5 credits. Being enrolled on a 7.5 credit research traineeship implies full time work (40 h / week) for 4.5 weeks.

The traineeship is assessed in the following ways:

• by a laboratory notebook
• by an oral presentation of the project
• by a short report (only KB7019 and KB8026).

The grades are either pass or fail and are decided by the supervising teaching staff member.

A student who is enrolled in several traineeships has to give only one presentation at the end of the traineeship. The presentation should be 20 min for a 7.5 credits traineeship, 30 min for two 7.5 credits traineeships and 40 min for more than two traineeships.

Assessment criteria

Criteria for the laboratory notebook

The student documents the work in a laboratory notebook such that it can be repeated by others

• The text is written in English and entirely in the student's own words without plagiarism
• The text is clear and spelling, grammar, and formalities are largely correct
• For each experiment/computation the notebook states
  • the date of the experiment/computation
  • the aim of the experiment/computation
  • relevant preparations
  • experimental or computational details
  • results
  • conclusions

Criteria for passing the oral presentation

For pass, all of the following criteria have to be fulfilled:

Content

• An introduction into the scientific background of project is given, which is largely correct
• An introduction into the method used is given, which is largely correct
• The scientific terminology is largely correct
• Relevant results are presented and correct conclusions drawn from the obtained results
• The results are discussed in the context of previous research
• The student answers correctly to relevant questions

Formalities

• The oral presentation has the required duration (20/30/40 min for 7.5/15/>15 credits traineeships)
• The presentation is clear and structured
• The English is largely correct
• Reference is given for all images that are not produced by the student

Criteria for the report (only KB7019 and KB8026)

• The length of the report is 1-2 pages
• The report contains a description of
  • the generic competences trained during the traineeship
  • the methods applied and the kind of results that these methods may provide
  • personal strengths and areas for further personal development that the student identified during the traineeship
• The text is clear and structured
• The English is largely correct.