The survival skills module is the first task my second year Physiology students complete and they do this in week one. The topics covered are: How to read a textbook, how to answer questions, cramming, academic skills website (where to get help), plagiarism and collusion, (what is it and how to avoid it) how to reference scientific literature and websites, analysing and drawing graphs using Excel and how to draw a biological drawing.

Assignment 1 accounts for 10% of the marks awarded in the unit. It is a cumulative assessment starting in week 2. Each week, from week 2, students will receive a coloured sheet (see example below), from their tutor, upon which they will summarise the work of that week in 10 points (only inside the boxes). In the following week the sheet will be collected by the laboratory demonstrator, corrected and filed by the tutor (10%).