TRS5782 - Professional Development and Placement

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate the application of religious concepts and theories in the workplace.
Demonstrate reflective evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses across a range of key employability skills.
Apply employability skills in the workplace and perform to a satisfactory standard.
Write an action plan for developing employability skills.

Content:

Professional development and preparation for placement - a programme comprising: Introduction to Professional Development Planning and Placements at Level 5; Interview with Placement Tutor; Placement with suitable organisation(s), normally seven weeks in total. Completion of Portfolio and Report (including Career Research project). Workshop sessions normally include discussion of and lectures on wider theoretical and practical reading on work, and presentations from staff in EPO and Careers. Topics include job satisfaction, Humanities employment, definitions of employment, professionalism, higher-order graduate skills, team work, careers planning, employability skills, briefings on EPO procedures, skills and preparation for attachment/assessment.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Learning and teaching takes place through tutor-led discussion amongst placement tutees, and workshop sessions, covering (as may be applicable to specific placement plans): oral presentations, poster presentations, email reporting, briefings, discussions, practical activities (role play, drafting, writing), and matters relating to the requirements of the preparatory portfolio and report. Individual tutorials with Placement Tutor/Progress Tutor are provided before the placement starts. Student briefing and information documentation will be provided by the Module Coordinator and Employer Partnership Manager in the Induction meeting.

I Workshops
Hours: 10
Intended Group size: 80

Guided Independent Study
Hours: 190

Further details relating to assessment
The portfolio assessment comprises a CV and report on a personalised careers research project. The report is a scholarly evaluation of the placement in the context of wider secondary reading. Students will present their careers research project in class, send in a reflective diary to their placement tutor, and will participate in a poster day, all as formative assessment, for informal peer and tutor feedback.

Other relevant matters
Workshops will consist of student discussion of preparatory reading, framed and guided by tutor presentations and presentations from EPO and Careers.

Assessment:

001 Portfolio; 1,500 word equiv.; end of semester 1 30%
002 Placement; pass/fail; end of semester 2 0%
003 Report; 3,000 words; end of semester 2 70%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Josh Poklad
Level - 5
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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