MFC4012 - Professional Development and Placement

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Develop self-confidence and take responsibility for themselves and their actions in differing professional environments.
Undertake a personal strength audit and prepare an action plan in response to it.
Apply knowledge and skills in the workplace to a satisfactory standard.
Analyze the aims, structure and activities of a specific organization and demonstrate how their personal strengths relate to their professional experience.
Work within a team effectively in a variety of roles and for a variety of projects.

Content:

1. A professional development programme of weekly sessions, with special reference to the Media sectors. The programme will comprise
- Assembly and updating of CV and other professional documentation;
- Career entry, sector and job analysis, function and roles of Sector Skills Councils and other professional bodies;
- Personal Strength audit and related tasks
- Briefing on EPO procedures and arranging placements
- Team/Group work and development
- Introduction to corporate communications and administration
- Introduction to profiling and self-understanding.
- Introduction to Digital literacy
- Introduction to professional behaviour in the work place

2. Placement with suitable organization(s), normally six weeks in total

3. Reflection on and evaluation of placement.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Preparatory activities:
- lectures, workshops (including discussion groups and role plays);
- Interview with Placement Tutor.

Placement in organisation or other structured professional experience.

The scheme below assumes recruitment of 100.

Lectures
Hours: 28
Intended Group size: 100

Online Tutorials
Hours: 20
Intended Group Size: 10

Individual Consultancy
Hours: 2

Placement
Hours: 240 hours

Guided Independent Study
Hours: 150

Further details relating to assessment
Directed activities: these consist of weekly tasks that must be completed and submitted for inspection at timetabled sessions each week. The assessment will be assessed on a pass/fail basis with a pass requiring at least 75% of all weekly tasks to be completed successfully. A pass will lead to the full award of 10% towards the final module mark. A fail in directed activities will contribute 0% to the final mark.

Registration and Placement information details must be submitted by the advertised deadlines in order to be eligible for resit in this module.

The Placement section of the assessment consists of both the 2 week intensive preparation block and the 5 week placement. In addition students will submit a weekly log (template supplied) and associated evidence/example folder via Dropbox or Google Drive (or similar).

A full briefing on all these tasks will be given out at the start of the academic year and templates will be provided where applicable.

The module cannot be passed if the practical placement component is failed.

Assessment:

001 Group presentation; 6-8 mins; end of semester 1 50%
002 Group work: Peer assessment; 500 words max; end of semester 1 20%
003 Directed learning; during semester 1 and 2 10%
004 Placement; Pass/Fail; semester 2 0%
005 Weekly work reflection; end of semester 2 20%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Elric Williams
Level - 4
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4YL

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