All our courses are designed around key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Cancer biology plays a pivotal and essential role in healthcare. This course is designed in response to the demand across industries for highly skilled researchers.

The component subjects are at the forefront of modern science and attract leading-edge research activity. The program aims to explore normal and pathological cell processes, relating these to clinical features, diagnostic procedures, and responses to therapy in neoplastic disease. You can customize your learning by selecting a speciality from translational research, genomics and proteomics, and current laboratory applications. Modules may include topics such as the therapeutic targeting of cancer, the hallmarks of cancer, and applied laboratory practice.

You learn through

• lectures and seminars
• a program of laboratory classes
• semester-long research project
• scientific writing
• oral presentations
• data handling

Applied learning

Laboratory experience and research project

You will have the opportunity to conduct a semester-long investigative research project within the cancer biology field. This will be aligned with the current research interests of an academic member of staff within the Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre.

The work will be aligned with the current research interests of an academic member of staff within our specialist Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre. The project will include a critical review of the literature relevant to your research project, the development of a project proposal, the design of research methods, and the analysis, presentation, and interpretation of experimental data.

Practical skills are developed throughout the course and you gain experience in molecular biology and other related techniques such as genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. All practical classes are led by academic staff whose research incorporates the latest research techniques. Research skills and statistical analysis are developed throughout the program and applied to relevant cancer-based problems and case studies.

Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.

Final year

Compulsory modules

• Advanced Laboratory And Research Practice: 30 credits
• Applied Laboratory Practice: 15 credits
• Cellular And Molecular Basis Of Cancer: 15 credits
• Hallmarks Of Cancer: 15 credits
• Research Project: 60 credits
• Therapeutic Targeting In Cancer: 15 credits

Elective modules

• Cell And Molecular Biology: 15 credits
• Cell Biology: 15 credits
• Genomics And Proteomics: 15 credits
• Translational Research: 15 credits

This course prepares you for a career in

• Research in healthcare, pharmaceuticals or biotechnology
• Academic research
• Medical sales
• Scientific writing
• Consultancy

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• NHS
• Public Health England
• Novartis
• ThermoFisher Scientific