The module will support students to continue to work on life/career plans following their Steps to Success 2 module. Students will be supported to further develop their action plans as well as prepare outputs such as professional CV and LinkedIn profiles in preparation for graduation and employment search. University careers sessions will be provided focussed on search for employment and application to postgraduate courses.

There is one element of assessment for this module: A careers/life plan conversation with Academic Mentor detailing career/life action plan.

Formative assessment on this module will be a series of tasks that enable students to have an updated career/ life plan, a CV and personal statement and a Graduate LinkedIN profile.

The module will be run by a combination of large group sessions, small workshops and some one-to-one tutorials (48 hours). The large group sessions will be part-supported by the University careers team and one-to-one tutorials with academic mentors will be particularly helpful with preparation of final career documents as well as for the summary conversation with the Academic Mentor.

1. Reflect, further research and synthesise current position on career/life plan and identify further opportunities to achieve next steps.

2. Demonstrate your ability to clearly communicate your skills and experience in a professional CV and personal statement and a Graduate LinkedIN profile.

3. Present your action plan for future career/life plan.

Students will be given a copy of the ‘HEA Psychology Network Employability Guide for Psychology’ which will support their PDP and career planning (Lantz, C. (2011). Psychology Student Employability Guide. The Higher Education Academy Psychology Network)

Library access to relevant textbooks, journals, ebooks

Internet access to relevant websites and online databases

Blackboard VLE

MSTeams

BPS Careers webpages https://careers.bps.org.uk

Cottrell, S. (2016). Skills for Success: Personal development and employability. Red Globe Press.

Freeman, F. & Stone, A. (2006). Study Skills for Psychology: Succeeding in Your Degree. UK, Sage.

Kaplan, R. (2012). How to use your degree to secure a job: Kaplan’s guide to core skills and employability. Kaplan Publishing UK.

Legget, R., Waldeck, D. and Burrell, A. (2021). How to make the most of your psychology degree: Study skills, employability and professional development. The Open University Press.

This module will act as one of the main support mechanisms in Level 6. You will be assigned a L6 supervisor/academic mentor who will support you in your developing your careers/life plan action plan which will be a collection of your work on your life/career plans as well as documents such as CV, personal statement, LinkedIn profile in preparation of seeking employment or PG course applications. University Careers sessions will be provided in taught session to help you achieve this.