Our Programme is constructed within a modular course structure in which each student takes eight or nine modules per year. Our overall strategy is to achieve a balance, appropriate to the aims of each course unit, between teaching (lectures; practical laboratory work; small-group tutorials) and learning by students (peer discussion; exercise classes; coursework and essay assignments; independent work in laboratories and computer studies; teach-yourself computer packages and the Internet; videos; textbooks and supplementary reading).
Exercise classes or laboratories are provided for all compulsory modules which are used to develop the specific skills needed. Two general physics laboratories are used to develop experimental skills, including the acquisition of data and the analysis of uncertainties of observation. In addition students learn to write a scientific account of their experimental observation. Finally, a compulsory independent project is used to develop students' investigative and communication skills.
