This module requires you to spend the equivalent of around two working weeks (approximately 70 hours) in a professional broadcasting/film organisation or working as a volunteer in a media or media related environment. This may be in any combination of weekly blocks and regular attendance for a few hours each week and may be in more than one organisation.
You will arrange your own placements with advice from tutors. Suitable organisations include the main public service broadcasting organisations, commercial radio, community radio, hospital radio and independent radio/film/TV production companies, as well as schools/colleges, community organisations or charities seeking help with making audio or moving image artefacts.
Radio Production students will be expected to find placements working with audio.
The module is mainly self-directed, with an introductory session at the end of semester two of Level 5, and further advice sessions at the start of semester 1 of Level 6. You will be helped to obtain skills such as CV writing and interview techniques. Individual advice and support from supervising tutors will be available when required.
You will be expected to understand the attributes of a Staffordshire Graduate and how they are relevant to your employability.

You will attend workshops covering the skills required to succeed in finding a 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 media activity, thus helping to prepare you for employment in broadcasting or film. The bulk of the module is taken up with independent study and you will be expected to research thoroughly the area of the media and the organisation(s) which will provide your placement(s).

Key Information Set Data:
5% scheduled activities
50% independent study
45% placement

Ofcom (2013) Broadcasting Codes [Online] Available from: www.ofcom.org.uk
Alden, C. (2005) On Air, London: The Guardian.
Cottrell, S. (2010) Skills For Success. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Gregory, G. et al. (2008) Careers in Media and Film, London: SAGE.
Hudson, G. & Rowlands, S. (2012) The Broadcast Journalism Handbook. Harlow: Longman
Niblock, S. (2013) Media Professionalism and Training, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
See module handbook for a full list of texts

Library
Careers Centre
Blackboard
Media Centre

1. DEMONSTRATE DETAILED INSIGHTS INTO THE DAY TO DAY WORK OF A BROADCASTING OR FILM ORGANISATION, EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION, APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF CHALLENGES AND ISSUES RELATED TO WORKING IN MEDIA
Knowledge and Understanding

2. ASSESS AND EVALUATE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS IN THE BROADCASTING OR FILM WORKPLACE AND/OR IN WORKING WITH VOLUNTEERS.
Problem Solving

3. ANALYSE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PLACEMENT AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE ITS SUCCESSES AND FAILURES, REFLECTING ON THE PERSONAL SKILLS NECESSARY FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY.
Reflection
Application

4. WORK AS A MEMBER OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM AND DEMONSTRATE A RANGE OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Collaborative Working
Communication

Reflective Journal 50%

Presentation 50%

This module requires you to spend the equivalent of two working weeks (70 hours) in a professional broadcasting or media environment. 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/organisation. 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.