Seminars and tutorials in which students will be briefed on their roles during the placement and have the chance to feedback their experiences. Students will be given guidance from their tutor as to how broadcasting centres work, how they will fit in and what is expected of them.
This module gives students the opportunity to build on the theory and workshop preparation undertaken in the first two years of the award by observing and taking part in professional broadcasting programmes, thus helping to prepare students for jobs in broadcasting. The bulk of the module is taken up with independent study.

Key Information Set Data:
2% scheduled activities
98% placement

A portfolio of work comprising a diary of the placement(s); a report analysing and evaluating the placement, supplemented by examples of work total 3000 words and a satisfactory report from the broadcasting professional who has supervised the placement - 100% (LOs 1-4)

Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework

Ofcom (2013) Broadcasting Codes [Online] Available from: www.ofcom.org.uk
Cottrell, S. (2010) Skills For Success. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hudson, G. & Rowlands, S. (2012) The Broadcast Journalism Handbook. Harlow: Longman
Sharp, E. (2009) How to Get a Job in Television. London: A & C Black.

See module handbook for a full list of texts

Library
Careers and Employability department
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available(where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

This module requires students to spend the equivalent of two working weeks (70 hours) in a professional broadcasting centre. This may be in any combination of weekly blocks and regular attendance for a few hours each week, provided the total is 70 hours, and may be in more than one station. The placement(s) may be undertaken during the summer vacation preceding Level 6, and/or in either semester of Level 6, according to the demands of the industry.
Students will arrange their own placements with advice from tutors. The module is mainly self-directed, with an introductory session at the end of semester two of Level 5, a further advice session at the start of semester 1 of Level 6, and individual advice and support from tutors as required.