This programme has a '1+3' structure: the master's (MRes) year aims to deliver research experience and training to prepare students for focusing on a topic for PhD, but it also offers opportunities to sample multi-disciplinary teaching and research to broaden appreciation of the context in which their own research falls.

In the MRes year, students will rotate in the laboratories of three different contributing supervisors to give experience of different  working environments; attend lectures and seminars to gain a critical understanding of the major topics in their area of research; choose from a series of lectures and practicals on research methods; and develop a doctoral research proposal, which is assessed along with other elements, for a Master's degree.

The Cardiovascular Research programme trains scientists in cross-disciplinary research related to cardiovascular disease, combining formal training in molecular and cellular biology, physiology of model organisms, human physiology, human genetics, genomics and population health sciences.

The programme brings together world-leading expertise in three interlinked research areas: Vascular Biology; Stem Cell and Developmental Biology; and Population Health and Genomics. Contributing researchers are drawn from Cardiovascular Medicine and Respiratory Medicine, Public Health and Primary Care, Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Pharmacology, Haematology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Physiology. and several interdisciplinary institutes: the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Institute of Public Health, Institute of Metabolic Science, and Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine.

The programme has close links and shares investigators with the established Wellcome Trust MRes + PhD doctoral training programme in Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease.

The basic programme design is 1+3 years, with the first year consisting of three laboratory-based projects, each lasting 10 weeks.  Students select their project from  PIs associated with the programme. Training in transferable skills will involve: communication skills - oral and written presentations; report, thesis and paper writing; project planning.   At the end of each project, the project outcome and student progress are assessed by means of a written report followed by oral discussion with the supervisor and assessor in terms 1 and 2 , together with a poster presentation in term 3.  Within the first year there is additional training in statistics.

Feedback

Students should expect to receive on-going feedback from all supervisors involved in their research project.  In addition, the principal supervisor will write termly reports on the online Cambridge Graduate Supervision Reporting System which can be accessed by the student.

Assessment

Thesis

The PhD thesis is examined according to the existing structures of the University of Cambridge. No thesis is required for the MRes degree.

Essays

The timescales, assessment and management follow the existing structures of the University of Cambridge.  Before students can enter the 2nd year, they are examined for an MRes (Master of Research). Award of the  MRes degree and decision to proceed on the PhD programme involves evaluation of all written reports, a formal project grant proposal and viva voce examination by an internal examiner together with an external university examiner. The examiners provide a report on the outcome of the assessment, their recommendation on registration/progression, and any feedback they wish to provide for the student and supervisor.

Other

The timescales, assessment and management follow the existing structures of the University of Cambridge.  Before students can enter the 2nd year, they are examined for an MRes (Master of Research). Award of the  MRes degree and decision to proceed on the PhD programme involves evaluation of all written reports, a formal  project grant proposal and viva voce examination by an internal examiner together with an external university examiner. The examiners provide a report on the outcome of the assessment, their recommendation on registration/progression, and any feedback they wish to provide for the student and supervisor.

All PhD students are required to undergo formal assessment (by written report and viva) at the end of their first year in the PhD stage of the programme. If successful, the student moves from being ‘probationary’ to being registered for the PhD and can proceed with their project.

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