Work Placement
Module title | Work Placement |
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Module code | POC2047 |
Academic year | 2024/5 |
Credits | 15 |
Module staff | Mr Ben Toulson (Convenor) Dr Alyson Mercer (Convenor) |
Duration: Term | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Duration: Weeks | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Number students taking module (anticipated) | 10 |
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Module description
No prior knowledge skills or experience are required to take this module and it is suitable for specialist and non-specialist students.
For this module you will complete 40 hours of voluntary work experience with an employer of your choice. The aim of this module is for you to gain employment experience, skills for finding and securing the perfect job, and to see how your academic learning translates into a post-university environment. Consequently your assessment will be a report detailed below, which enables the practical application of your academic knowledge.
We will have a series of workshop sessions to help you with the skills required for finding/ securing your work placement, including CV writing, and practical sessions talking about day-to-day issues within your placements.
You may arrange your placements yourselves using the assistance of the Employability resources on campus, and may undertake your placement at any point up until the end of April. This will allow you to undertake placements in other parts of the UK/ world if you so choose.
Module aims - intentions of the module
This module will help you to gain experience in a graduate level working environment, building contacts, skills, and knowledges to help you start out on your career post university, or try out a field that you think that you might be interested in but need to understand more.
From workshops through to assessment, the module encourages you to think critically about the work that you are doing, considering your personal learning journey over the course of your studies. You will develop your personal management skills and experience, practicing specific skills for employment.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
ILO: Module-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 1. Demonstrate an understanding of what your placement organisation does, how it is managed, the culture within the organisation and what influences this;
- 2. Demonstrate an awareness of the experiential learning process and some ability to reflect on and evaluate learning from the workplace;
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 3. Develop your knowledge and understanding of a career path relevant to your degree and career aspirations.
- 4. Identify what relevant subject specific skills you already have, along with identifying those that you can develop during the rest of your degree to enhance your employability in careers of interest to you.
ILO: Personal and key skills
On successfully completing the module you will be able to...
- 5. Identify the skills needed in relation to particular job/career opportunities, and with reference to the work placement in particular;
- 6. Analyse your own personal management skills, identifying ways to improve through personal development planning;
- 7. Present yourself effectively in CVs, applications, oral presentations and interviews; and
- 8. Demonstrate a capacity for independent working.
Syllabus plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Introduction to the module and placements
- CV advice Researching your placement
- Developing your skills
- Evidencing your skills
- Researching your placement provider.
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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13 | 96 | 40 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 13 | 4 x 1.5 hour seminars 7 x 1 hour seminars |
Work Placement | 40 | 40 hours voluntary work placement |
Guided independent study | 96 | Independent study including preparation for placements and workshops |
Formative assessment
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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CV writing | Workshop | 4-5 | Verbal in workshops |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Reflective placement report | 100 | 1,500 word report based on placement. Reflective piece covering personal learning. | 1-8 | Verbal and written comments on review |
Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Reflective placement report | 1,500 word report based on placement. Reflective piece covering personal learning. | 1-8 | August/September reassessment period |
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
Cottrell, S. (2003), Skills for Success: The Personal Development Planning Handbook. Palgrave Study Guides. London
Fanthorne, C. (2004), Work Placements – A Survival Guide for Students. Palgrave Study Guides. Macmillan, London.
Kolb, D. (1984), ‘Experiential Learning: Experience as a source of Learning and Development.’ PHI, New Jersey.
Longson, S. (1999), Making Work Experience Count. How to Books.
Moon, J. (1999), Learning Journals: A handbook for academics, students and professional development. Kogan Page. London.
Useful materials on many aspects of learning from experience are also available online at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/employability/
Credit value | 15 |
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Module ECTS | 7.5 |
Module pre-requisites | none |
Module co-requisites | none |
NQF level (module) | 5 |
Available as distance learning? | No |
Origin date | 14/07/2014 |
Last revision date | 14/03/2022 |