Module POLM153 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM153: Knowledge Exchange in Agriculture, Food and Development
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
Core Knowledge Exchange skills
- Effective communication skills; identification of and engagement with stakeholders
- Creating and developing public impacts with your research findings.
- Influencing and learning from policy agendas: effective engagement with policy makers
- Clarity in writing for wider audiences.
Knowledge transfer in the context of sustainable agriculture and food systems
- Agricultural Extension - engagement with farming communities; agricultural R&D.
- Adoption of new technologies in farming; Ethical and political debates around new technologies.
- The social contexts of knowledge exchange; working towards sustainable farming systems.
- Publics, public communication, impact and participation.
- Sustainable agriculture in developed and developing countries.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 125 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 14 | 7x2 hour lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 7 | External visit |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 4 | 2 x 2 hour seminars (student presentations) |
| Guided independent study | 40 | Reading |
| Guided independent study | 77 | Assignment preparation: conducting research, critical analysis , and writing the finished product (30-40 hours per assignment) |
| Guided Independent Study | 6 | Preparation for individual presentation |
| Guided independent study | 2 | Preparation for group presentation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
UKRC Global Food Security Research Programme website http://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/index.html;
Guardian - special section on food security: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/food-security
LSE Impact project blog: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/
RCUK Pathways to Impact Review and Case Studies (2016): http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/innovation/impacts/
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2009). Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in the Pacific. http://www.unescap.org/65/theme_study2009.asp
The College has produced a fantastic resource to support library and research skills, including Politics specific material: http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3611
Journals and many other electronic resources can be accessed through the library’s main search portal: https://as.exeter.ac.uk/library/
Web of Knowledge – for searching academic journals: http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/
Google Scholar - particularly useful for finding open access copies of material not available through the library: http://scholar.google.co.uk
