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Year in a Workplace Organisation - POL00047I

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  • Department: Politics
  • Module co-ordinator: Mr. Charlie King
  • Credit value: 120 credits
  • Credit level: I
  • Academic year of delivery: 2021-22
    • See module specification for other years: 2022-23

Module summary

This is a core module for students studying BA (Hons) in International Relations with placement year, BA (Hons) in Politics with placement year, BA (Hons) in International Relations with study abroad year.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22

Module aims

The Work Placement Year enables you to directly experience working in an organisation in the public, private or voluntary sector. The ?Year in Industry? is designed to enhance your employability through building your self-awareness, skills and understanding through reflection on experiences in a work-based context. It is also designed to encourage your reflection on the specific skills a Politics or International Relations degree can bring to the workplace. The assessment of the Work Placement Year module aims to ensure that you can articulate the employability skills you have developed during your placement year, as well as making sure that you are able to articulate which contribution you made to your placement organisation. The assessment also encourages you to reflect and articulate how and why you applied skills attained through the study of Politics/IR during your placement year. As a result, you will be better equipped to identify your strengths and the contribution you can make to an organisation.

Module learning outcomes

On completion of the Work Placement Year module, you will be able to:

  • Reflect and articulate how your employability skills have developed over the duration of your placement (see ?Employability Skills? below);
  • Identify your impact on the placement organisation through a critical analysis of your individual role and the tangible outcomes of your work;
  • Articulate the value and utility of any transferable skills your Politics/IR studies have provided in a work context.

The type of employability skills that you will develop through undertaking a challenging work placement will be related to transferable and work-related skills. You are likely to develop the skills to:

  • Demonstrate a professional work ethic by being punctual and maintaining a good level of attendance;
  • Use a systematic, reasoned and evidence-based approach to solve work-based problems and complete assignments (critical thinking);
  • Lead and collaborate with others to complete assigned tasks within a workplace environment (interpersonal skills);
  • Explain, discuss and demonstrate your work with a variety of colleagues, partners and/or clients (communication skills);
  • Plan, manage, deliver and evaluate work-based projects (project management),
  • Reflect on your skills, work-based experience and professional development (self-reflection).

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
3500 word essay		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

Pass/fail & Non-compensatable

Additional assessment information

The reflective report contains three sections (Employability Skills Summary Statement, Placement Report and Reflective Statement). Each part of the report needs to be passed to progress to Stage 3 on this programme.

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Essay/coursework
3500 word essay		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Students will receive written feedback on their summative assessment no later than 20 working days after submission and they will have the opportunity to discuss their feedback.

Indicative reading

N/A


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