The following are not essential texts but will provide useful background reading:
The Study Skills Book (Smarter Study Skills), Kathleen McMillan and Jonathan Weyers, 2012, Pearson Education Ltd, ISBN-10: 0273773313, ISBN-13: 978-0273773313 (Edition: 3)
The Study Skills Handbook (Palgrave study skills), Cottrell, S. 2008, PALGRAVE, Macmillan ISBN-10: 0230573053, ISBN-13: 978-0230573055 (Edition: 3)
Pandora's Box: Social and Professional Issues of the Information Age, Andrew Adams and Rachel McCrindle, 2007, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN-10: 0470065532, ISBN-13: 978-0470065532
Ethics for the Information Age: International Edition, Mike Quinn, 2010, Pearson Education, ISBN-10: 0132134853, ISBN-13: 978-0132134859 (Edition: 4)
A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet, Sara Baase, 2012, Pearson Education, ISBN-10: 027376859X, ISBN-13: 978-0273768593 (Edition: 4)
The Literature Review - A Step-by-Step Guide for Students, Ridley, D. 2012 Sage Publications Ltd, ISBN-10: 1446201430, ISBN-13: 978-1446201435 (Edition: 2)

This module explicitly focuses on significant elements required for the achievement of the STAFFORDSHIRE GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES:
- Work-ready and employable
- Understanding of enterprise and entrepreneurship
- Understanding of global issues and their place in the global economy
- Communication skills
- Presentation skills
- The ability to interact confidently with colleagues
- Skills of team working
- Ability to carry out inquiry-based learning and critical analysis
- Technologically, digitally and information literate
- Able to apply Staffordshire Graduate attributes to a range of life experiences to facilitate life-long learning

The module will cover the following topics:
- Professional Development
* Analysis of current skills
* E-portfolio creation
* Professional development planning
* Professional work processes and issues
* Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
- Study Skills
* Introduction to libraries and learning resources
* Learning outcomes, assessment and marking criteria
* Mind Maps
* Report writing, evaluation and reflection.
* Communication skills and presentations
* Use of relevant applications to support communication and collaboration
* Self and peer assessment
* Secondary research skills
- Secondary research methods, referencing
- Academic dishonesty
- Objectivity and subjectivity
- Analysis, Evaluation and reflection
- Reliability of information and Bias

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Portfolio weighted at 100% (circa 3000 words) comprising
- Individual skills audit and career action plan (minimum 500 words) Weighted at 20% and addressing Learning Outcome 2.
- A set of four specified work-based tasks which cover professional processes and issues in ICT organisations (each having minimum 500 words and weighted at 20%) one of which will be research into group working and personal reflection on a work-based group work experience. Weighted at 80%. Addressing Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 4

The module content may be delivered in a series of lecture/tutorial sessions taking up at least 20 hours of contact time.
Non-contact time will be used for independent research and workplace-based learning
Work-based Component
Students are encouraged to spend around 20 hours over the course of the module seeking re-enforcement of academic learning through practical experience in a real or simulated ICT work environment. This will include investigation of how aspects of the taught material apply to the workplace through the use of worksheets and will inform the coursework assignment. Students will have access to a workplace based mentor (or university personal tutor where the work environment is simulated). While it is difficult to be prescriptive, Mentors/tutors will usually devote around 10 hours to their mentees/tutees either on a one to one basis or in groups if possible during the completion of part 1. The time will be used to support the mentees/tutees in their completion of set tasks.
A further 1 hour of Academic Tutor Contact time will be used for formative reviews. Where necessary, reviews may be conducted virtually using appropriate tools. There will be two formative reviews lasting 30 minutes. Work-practice Feedback Forms will be completed by the work-based mentor/tutor where appropriate and self-assessment forms will be completed by the student. These will inform the formative reviews.