MFC5003 - Professional Development

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This is a professional skills module which includes placement instruction and advice, cv, interview, networking, self-marketing, and industry specific employability skills which will add to and compliment the skills gained in Level 4. Utilising both external speakers, industry contacts and internal expertise (myFutures and careers), it will prepare students for their first external placement and fully equip them with the skills needed to succeed and impress employers, from first contact to the final working shift.

It will further develop creative problem solving, idea generation, project management and enterprise skills (which were introduced in the first year) by initiating a series of student led creative production iterations. This will also develop freelancing skills and equip students with the skills to be flexible and professional in the creative industry, whether self-employed or as an employee or employer.

The first semester should start with placement information as this will be the first placement for most of the students. JMW will be straddled with programme specific content so that every programme can have relevant sector information to feed into their Semester 1 report.

Then, the intention is to run students through multiple creative cycles with the final piece being marked. Earlier cycles will be subject to extensive formative feedback. The piece should be made with a showreel or potential business in mind.

The second semester uses action learning sets to populate a community of practice which will support, nurture, and advise students through dialogue and practical examples.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Workshops x 2h
Hours: 14
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Programme Specific Lectures
Hours: 4
Intended Group Size: divided by programme

Creative Support Project
Hours: 12
Intended Group Size: Action learning sets (small curated groups)

Placement
Hours: 130
Intended Group Size: 1

Online and offline individual support
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: Dependent on requirements

Guided independent study
Hours: 120

Further details relating to assessment
Assessment 1 will be an individual report where students will utilise journalism and media week, myfutures week and their programme specific lectures to research their chosen sector and identify possible placements and what mark out a pathway for themselves to achieve graduate employability skills in their chosen field.

Assessment 2 is the placement. This is Pass/Fail and can be done remotely, flexibly, physically, via the placement block or a combination of all four across the year.

The placement must be passed in line with University regulations

Assessment 3 is the critical reflection which enables the student to reflect on their placement experience and in direct contact with their personal tutor.

Assessment 4 is an individual Project Portfolio, It can be within students’ subject discipline but does not have to be. This will allow students to instigate enterprise ideas or other creative outlets, so long as it adheres to the initial tutor brief. Students will run through an iterative process in the second semester, pitching their idea and creating an appropriate storyboard or outline: they will receive formative feedback from the tutors throughout the process. It is expected that this portfolio piece can be used to contruct a showreel or ‘apprentice piece’ for skills enhancement or career portfolio.

Assessment:

001 Sector Research and Planning Report; 2,000 word; mid sem 1 25%
002 Placement; pass/fail; usually end of semester 2 %
003 Placement Critical Reflections; 1,500 words; on placement 25%
004 Individual Project Portfolio; 2,500 word eqv. end of semester 2 50%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Elric Williams
Level - 5
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 5YL

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