Metascience and Assessment Skills (995N1)

15 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn teaching

Learning from data has become increasingly important to address policy questions and generate timely and effective business intelligence.

The module combines cutting-edge data analysis with established and emerging assessment approaches to provide you with an understanding of the uses of data and evidence to drive impact. Building on a diverse set of data sources (such as publications, patents, social media, research funding, firm-level data), you gain analytical and visualisation expertise to evaluate the innovation process at multiple levels (such as organisations, regions, nations), integrating them into broader theories of change and assessment approaches. This will help in producing responsible consumers of metrics.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 30 hours of contact time and about 120 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.