Module Descriptors
BROADCASTING WORK PLACEMENT
FTVR60475
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Sheila Mccormick
Email: S.McCormick@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 6
Independent Study Hours: 144
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 100%
Module Details
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
A portfolio of work comprising a diary of the placement(s) and the effort made in obtaining it; a report analysing and evaluating the placement, supplemented by examples of work total 3000 words done on placement if appropriate, and a satisfactory report from the broadcasting professional who has supervised the placement - 100% (LOs 1-4)
Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework
Key Information Set Data:
100% coursework
INDICATIVE CONTENT
This module requires you to spend the equivalent of two working weeks (approximately 70 hours) in a professional broadcasting/film organisation. 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 company. 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.
You will arrange your 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.
You will be expected to understand the attributes of a Staffordshire Graduate and how they are relevant to your employability.
You will arrange your 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.
You will be expected to understand the attributes of a Staffordshire Graduate and how they are relevant to your employability.
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Seminars and tutorials in which you will be briefed on your roles during the placement and have the chance to feedback your experiences.
This module allows you to build on the theory and workshop preparation undertaken in the first two years of the course by observing and taking part in professional broadcasting activity, thus helping to prepare you for jobs in broadcasting. The bulk of the module is taken up with independent study.
Key Information Set Data:
2% scheduled activities
98% placement
This module allows you to build on the theory and workshop preparation undertaken in the first two years of the course by observing and taking part in professional broadcasting activity, thus helping to prepare you for jobs in broadcasting. The bulk of the module is taken up with independent study.
Key Information Set Data:
2% scheduled activities
98% placement
RESOURCES
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.
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.
TEXTS
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
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