Preparing for your studies

Postgraduate-level teaching: what to expect

As a postgraduate student, you will be expected to undertake more self-directed, independent learning. You will be required to think for yourself and develop critical reading and writing. This means having the ability to assess whether an argument is coherent and well supported by evidence. 
 
You should express your ideas and opinions in your own words, both in class and in your assignments. Memorising and recalling large amounts of information will be less important than building critical arguments.
 
Plagiarism is the term used to describe the use of someone else’s words or ideas in your own work, without adequately acknowledging or referencing the source. You can plagiarise by quoting (using the exact words of another source) or paraphrasing (putting the ideas of another source into your own words). 
 
Plagiarism is treated very seriously at Loughborough University London. Penalties for plagiarism can be very severe; you could fail a module or your entire course. This attitude towards plagiarism may be different from what you are used to, so make sure that you are familiar with how to quote and paraphrase correctly when including references in your work.
 
Whilst you will be provided with support on referencing and avoiding plagiarism from the University Librarian as part of your studies, you can familiarise yourself with the information ahead of your studies with us.

All of your modules will be delivered one after the other in 3 week blocks. Each block is followed by an assessment period. This is an intensive form of learning which allows you to become immersed into a topic for a short period of time.

This means you will avoid the distraction of multiple modules running in parallel and will be able to focus all of your efforts on one module at a time.

It is likely that your timetable will allocate approximately 9 hours of teaching (lectures, seminars, tutorials and other classroom activities) in each of the teaching weeks. Each module is followed by an assessment period when you will have no classes so can focus on the assessment for the module.

Optional extra-curricular activities, such as careers events, might take place during these periods.  If you are studying part-time, you can find out in which blocks your modules will take place by emailing Londonstudentservices@lboro.ac.uk.

Attendance is monitored in all classes.

Action-based learning

Action-based learning is a key component of some modules at Loughborough University London and is a core part of the Collaborative Project module, which is offered to all London master's students. In some modules you will work with students from a range of disciplines to explore innovative and creative solutions to a brief, which is supplied by a real business or organisation.
 
By engaging with students from a range of backgrounds and by working in partnership with a real business or organisation, you will develop a broad range of advanced problem-solving, communication and team-working skills. To best prepare for this exciting module, take a look through some of our previous collaborative projects.