Gwybodaeth am Fodiwlau

Module Identifier

CD31020

Module Title

Employability Skills in Practice

Academic Year

2026/2027

Co-ordinator

Miss Beverley Herring

Semester

Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)

Exclusive (Any Acad Year)

AB38020 or CB38020

Course Delivery

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Final report 2,000 words	70%
Semester Assessment	10 minute narrated PowerPoint presentation 10 Minutes	30%
Supplementary Assessment	Final report 2,000 words	70%
Supplementary Assessment	10 minute narrated PowerPoint presentation 10 Minutes	30%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

* Apply knowledge and develop an understanding of the workplace;

* Identify tasks and problems relevant to the placement organisation and facilitate appropriate outcomes;

* Evaluate their own performance and increase awareness of their own skill profile;

* Engage proactively with individuals and groups within the organisation;

* Develop the ability to reflect on knowledge and experience gained on placement;

* Present ideas effectively in both written format and oral presentation;

* Communicate and collaborate effectively with peers and with diverse individuals within the practice setting;

* Develop competence in a wide range of transferable skills, including reading, assimilating, investigating, and criticising complex organisational or institutional systems;

* Develop the ability to communicate academic knowledge in a practical setting using modes appropriate to the placement, including oral, written, and electronic communication.

Brief description

This module provides practical and specific workplace experience to enhance the future employability prospects of students. There are ring-fenced opportunities for students to work in commercial, government, local authority or charity organisations. This will enable students to proactively develop their employability skills whilst contributing meaningfully to the work of the host organisation. Students are required to critically reflect on their personal and professional development.

Places on the module are not guaranteed for any student and may be allocated by selection following interview.

Aims

The module aims to offer students the opportunity to undertake a work placement within the University or with an external organisation. It ensures that students are engaged in real pieces of work or projects that are valued and used by employers and reflect current needs and practice in the workplace.

Content

The module will be delivered over two semesters. The module is taught through work placement and through 8 x 1 hour seminars. Placements will involve a regular time commitment. Placements will be mainly arranged by the Module Coordinator. Students can find their own work placements during the summer before the module starts (end of second year) subject to students passing their second year. This kind of placements must be approved in advance by the Module Coordinator.
For a placement to be recognised students must successfully complete at least 80 hours. Preparing and writing the 2,000 word placement report will ordinarily involve undertaking research. The report will assess the student's understanding of the project in which they have been involved and their ability to reflect on the outcomes of the placement.

Module Skills

Skills Type	Skills details
Application of Number	N/A
Communication	Effective use of different communication methods, including the final report and oral presentation. Also, oral communication will be encouraged and developed during interactive seminar discussions and in their interactions with colleagues and/or clients in their work placement.
Improving own Learning and Performance	Assessment via the final report and oral presentation will enhance critical self-reflection and self-awareness.
Information Technology	Acquired through activities undertaken during the placement.
Personal Development and Career planning	Learning throughout the module will equip students with the necessary knowledge, transferable skills, and confidence to succeed in a wide variety of careers. The module is very well placed to enhance student learning in these areas, in fact it is the underlying ethos behind the module.
Problem solving	In the course of their placement they will have to solve many practical issues which will develop and enhance students critical and practical problem solving skills.
Research skills	Research skills will be developed by accessing literature on the aspects of their placement.
Subject Specific Skills	The development of subject specific skills will be an aspect for each and every student but the content and breadth of these skills will vary depending on the placement.
Team work	Placement organisations ordinarily rely on team work so the module will necessarily enhance team working skills.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6