1. An e-portfolio to include research notes on the professional practice of your role, a detailed role description and a plan of action for how you intend to conduct your radio station management role. 2000 words. (20%) LO 1, 3, 5, 7

2. Continual Assessment comprising your diary or blog detailing your activity, tutor observation and peer assessment of performance in day to day management situations. 4000 words (40%) LO 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10

3. A portfolio to include an individual written critical reflection on your conduct of a station management role, supported by 5 pieces of evidence of your conduct. 3000 words (40%) LO 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10

KIS: 60% Practical; 40% Coursework

Belbin, R. M. (2010) Management Teams: Why They Succeed or Fail (3rd ed.), Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann
Fleming, C. (2009) The Radio Handbook (3rd ed.), London: Routledge
Keith, M.C. (2010) The Radio Station: Broadcast, Satellite and Internet (8th ed.) Oxford: Focal Press
Hausman, C. (2010) Modern Radio Production: production, programming and performance (8th ed.), Boston: Wadsworth
Starkey, G. (2013) Radio in Context (2nd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

A full reading list can be found in the module handbook.

OMG Student Radio Station and its resources
Myriad playout system
Flaxman Radio Studios
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

Admission to the module is subject to competitive selection for positions on the student radio management team; therefore places are not guaranteed.
Students should also have previous involvement with student radio

The project provides the opportunity for you to draw together all the practical experience and critical understanding you have acquired about music radio broadcasting in general and radio station practices in particular. You will negotiate with your supervisor at the start of the module the nature of the project and the role you will undertake in the management of the student radio station. You will also negotiate, according the nature of your role, what evidence you will present for assessment and the criteria to be applied in assessing it. The culmination of the project is an extensive critical reflection on the role you have undertaken, which places your practical experiences in the wider historical and contemporary context of music broadcasting.

This is an individual project about your close work with the management team of the radio station, consistently and throughout semesters 1 and 2. You will have been appointed to a specified role within the management team before the start of semester 1 and the first phase of the module is for you to research the role in detail and agree how you will carry it out with colleagues on the team, supported by weekly tutorials. Your conduct of your role will be self-managed with regular weekly tutorials - both group and individual. Throughout the module you will keep a diary / blog of your conduct of the role and of the operation of the management team. Finally you will select evidence to support your evaluation of your learning during the module.

KIS: 5% scheduled activities; 95% independent guided study