Module Descriptors
FUTURE SELF: PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
PERF60027
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 6
20 credits
Contact
Leader: Rebecca Woodford-Smith
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 20
Independent Study Hours: 180
Total Learning Hours: 200
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 1 to UG Semester 2
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 1
- Occurrence B, Stoke Campus, UG Semester 2
Sites
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- Professional Negotiated (E)portfolio - 1500 word equivalent weighted at 30%
- Presentation - 20 minutes (15 minute presentation and 5 minute Q and A) weighted at 70%
Module Details
MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Curate a professional presence as required of your subject area, career and/or postgraduate profession.
2. Critically reflect on your experience of the placement through a negotiated enquiry question through a sustained argument in oral form to a target audience.
3. Articulate clearly to a target audience your ideas, research and reflections.
2. Critically reflect on your experience of the placement through a negotiated enquiry question through a sustained argument in oral form to a target audience.
3. Articulate clearly to a target audience your ideas, research and reflections.
MODULE ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
ASSESSMENT 1: Professional Portfolio You will create an (e)portfolio presence (alongside any physical artefacts) to be negotiated. Indicative content: LinkedIn/websites/social media/digital CVs. [LO1]
ASSESSMENT 2: Presentation delivered to a staff and industry panel, this will include an oral reflection on the experience appraising your work as well as a critical understanding and enquiry around a topic of your choice, drawing on any portfolio and diary reflections also, followed by a Q and A. [LO2]
All individually assessed.
ASSESSMENT 2: Presentation delivered to a staff and industry panel, this will include an oral reflection on the experience appraising your work as well as a critical understanding and enquiry around a topic of your choice, drawing on any portfolio and diary reflections also, followed by a Q and A. [LO2]
All individually assessed.
MODULE INDICATIVE CONTENT
This module will allow you to embrace a professional work experience placement, the content and form of which is negotiated with your academic mentor and the module co-ordinators.
You will be developing your professional networks through initiating and negotiating your own work experience project where you will deepen your knowledge, reflect on your development, and apply your skills through being immersed in a professional setting in the creative, digital or humanities sectors.
You are encouraged to see your possible placement as one that could be taken regionally, nationally or even internationally or virtually embracing different modes of working available to you. This could be in public, private, community or voluntary/charitable sectors: from educational establishments, media and film companies, publishing houses, television, audio and radio companies, music studios, labels, agencies, libraries, theatre and other arts and cultural organisations, or even within the university itself. We will encourage you to think broadly to find a work experience or work-based learning opportunity that works for you and that aligns with your ethos and personal values.
We would expect you to undertake between 40 and 60 hours. This could be in a block, spread over several weeks, in holidays or a mixture.
Alongside the work experience, you will work with staff from across the School to create a professional portfolio that is personal and meaningful to you and your career aspirations and/or postgraduate aims. This would be primarily digital, embracing and building your online branding, accompanied by physical artefacts if required by your field. The form of your portfolio will be negotiated as part of the module, identifying your professional attributes in terms of skills aligned to your area and practice.
Your final piece of work will allow you to articulate to a target audience your skills and learning from your work experience and by evaluating your experience, you will understand the needs of the industry and align this to your own beliefs, values, knowledge and skills.
You will be developing your professional networks through initiating and negotiating your own work experience project where you will deepen your knowledge, reflect on your development, and apply your skills through being immersed in a professional setting in the creative, digital or humanities sectors.
You are encouraged to see your possible placement as one that could be taken regionally, nationally or even internationally or virtually embracing different modes of working available to you. This could be in public, private, community or voluntary/charitable sectors: from educational establishments, media and film companies, publishing houses, television, audio and radio companies, music studios, labels, agencies, libraries, theatre and other arts and cultural organisations, or even within the university itself. We will encourage you to think broadly to find a work experience or work-based learning opportunity that works for you and that aligns with your ethos and personal values.
We would expect you to undertake between 40 and 60 hours. This could be in a block, spread over several weeks, in holidays or a mixture.
Alongside the work experience, you will work with staff from across the School to create a professional portfolio that is personal and meaningful to you and your career aspirations and/or postgraduate aims. This would be primarily digital, embracing and building your online branding, accompanied by physical artefacts if required by your field. The form of your portfolio will be negotiated as part of the module, identifying your professional attributes in terms of skills aligned to your area and practice.
Your final piece of work will allow you to articulate to a target audience your skills and learning from your work experience and by evaluating your experience, you will understand the needs of the industry and align this to your own beliefs, values, knowledge and skills.
WEB DESCRIPTOR
Want to gain a genuine experience in a professional context? Our work experience module allows you to negotiate your own placement, working alongside our academics and industry partners. You’ll learn from a real world experience and accrue valuable contacts, as well as having an opportunity to reflect on your skills and career development.
MODULE LEARNING STRATEGIES
Negotiation and personalisation are at the heart of this module. You will work with the module leader and/or your academic mentor to negotiate the form of your work experience and this will be captured in a learning contract.
Learning will take place through group and individual tutorials, as well as independent study in relation to your work experience. There will also be key talks from visiting industry professionals.
6 x 2 hour group mixed-mode teaching sessions will include topics such as: 1. Module set up; 2. Reflective Practice 3. Communication and skills 4. Guest speakers from the creative, communication and digital industries 5. Career planning. 6 Digital career stories. Some of these may be online and others in a studio setting.
4 x 1 hour individual sessions led by the module leader and/or subject discipline specialists and mentors will include progression discussions, support for the progress of the module, action plans and personalised approaches to the portfolio and marketing yourself as well as preparation for the assessments. Some of the sessions will concentrate on supporting the development of your professional portfolio.
Your independent study hours will include time spent on reflecting on and writing up the work experience researching and writing the portfolio, and on preparing and creating the digital (or actual) artefacts.
Learning will take place through group and individual tutorials, as well as independent study in relation to your work experience. There will also be key talks from visiting industry professionals.
6 x 2 hour group mixed-mode teaching sessions will include topics such as: 1. Module set up; 2. Reflective Practice 3. Communication and skills 4. Guest speakers from the creative, communication and digital industries 5. Career planning. 6 Digital career stories. Some of these may be online and others in a studio setting.
4 x 1 hour individual sessions led by the module leader and/or subject discipline specialists and mentors will include progression discussions, support for the progress of the module, action plans and personalised approaches to the portfolio and marketing yourself as well as preparation for the assessments. Some of the sessions will concentrate on supporting the development of your professional portfolio.
Your independent study hours will include time spent on reflecting on and writing up the work experience researching and writing the portfolio, and on preparing and creating the digital (or actual) artefacts.
MODULE TEXTS
A bespoke reading list will be created dependent on the placement.
UCAS Teacher Training - How To Become A Teacher In The UK
The Mandy Network | Jobs for actors, performers, filmmakers and production crew
Arts Jobs & Arts News
https://www.staffs.ac.uk/students/careers
https://go.shortlister.com/marketplace/staffordshireuni
UCAS Teacher Training - How To Become A Teacher In The UK
The Mandy Network | Jobs for actors, performers, filmmakers and production crew
Arts Jobs & Arts News
https://www.staffs.ac.uk/students/careers
https://go.shortlister.com/marketplace/staffordshireuni
MODULE RESOURCES
Adobe Design suite
University Library
LinkedIn
Social Media
University Careers Network
Library
Studio/mixed mode teaching spaces
Word-processing facilities
Internet
Shortlister software
VLE
University Library
Social Media
University Careers Network
Library
Studio/mixed mode teaching spaces
Word-processing facilities
Internet
Shortlister software
VLE