Module Descriptors
WORK PLACEMENT
JOUR50427
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Peter Brookes
Email: P.M.Brookes@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 2
Independent Study Hours: 148
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- REPORT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
This module provides the opportunity to complete three weeks (120 hours) on professional work placement. You are encouraged to arrange placements with employers or organisations working in those areas of journalism or allied fields which interest you as possible career options e.g. newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations, websites, press offices, PR companies or departments, book publishers and business to business periodicals. The placement undertaken must relate specifically to the specialist subject of the award you are enrolled on e.g. Sports PR students must secure a placement in Sports PR. You may carry out a single placement of 120 hours or a combination of placements adding up to 120 hours reflecting your range of interests. The module is self-directed with no classes except for an introductory session at the start of semester one (date and venue to be arranged) with individual tutorial guidance, advice and support throughout.
Module Learning Strategies
1 x lecture (1 hour) = 1 hour
Disseminating and explaining the key aspects of the placement and matching aspirations to assessment requirements.
Individual tutorials (average total 1 hour per student) = 1 hour
Providing guidance and support based on individual student need, feedback and aims.
Independent learning = 148 hours
Developing a grasp and contextual overview of the industry based on the learning experience of identifying and realising placement opportunities enhancing the learning outcome indicators of analysis, problem solving, communication, application and reflection. A minimum of 120 hours will be spent in the work placement itself. A notional 28 hours will be spent researching, identifying and negotiating placements and producing placement reports for assessment.
Students have leeway to use all or part of their placement time in either or across both semesters according to the availability of placement slots and class attendance.
Disseminating and explaining the key aspects of the placement and matching aspirations to assessment requirements.
Individual tutorials (average total 1 hour per student) = 1 hour
Providing guidance and support based on individual student need, feedback and aims.
Independent learning = 148 hours
Developing a grasp and contextual overview of the industry based on the learning experience of identifying and realising placement opportunities enhancing the learning outcome indicators of analysis, problem solving, communication, application and reflection. A minimum of 120 hours will be spent in the work placement itself. A notional 28 hours will be spent researching, identifying and negotiating placements and producing placement reports for assessment.
Students have leeway to use all or part of their placement time in either or across both semesters according to the availability of placement slots and class attendance.
Module Additional Assessment Details
A report supported by copies of cuttings/work produced during the placement.
Module Resources
Library resources
Module Texts
Advised on an individual basis according to student interest and placement.