Module Information
Module Identifier
AR15020
Module Title
New Ventures: Marketing Creative Curiosity
Academic Year
2015/2016
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 2
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminar | 11 x 2 Hour Seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Assignment1: Plan | 25% |
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 2: Blog | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | Assignment 3: Pitch | 25% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
identify their existing skill sets and articulate these qualities in an appropriately formal manner;
evaluate a range of employment opportunities relevant to their discipline(s);
articulate the basic processes of at least two relevant creative industry settings;
evidence their transferable skills and plan pathways for personal and professional development through reflection and self-evaluation
Brief description
This module acts as a core module for the Creative Arts scheme and is an option for other schemes and directly addresses issues pertaining to employability in the creative industries. As such this module contributes to the pedagogic philosophy of the scheme, which foregrounds the value of creative disciplines in terms of transferable skills and employability.
This module introduces practitioners across ILLCA departments to employability issues that specifically pertain to future engagement with their disciplines and/or creative practice and career planning. This module is intended as a pre-cursor to the employability components of Part 2 and as preparation for the work-placement learning modules. Each week will focus on identifying and situating the skills students are developing in relation to their personal and professional development and to applying these skills in the 'real-world'.
This module introduces practitioners across ILLCA departments to employability issues that specifically pertain to future engagement with their disciplines and/or creative practice and career planning. This module is intended as a pre-cursor to the employability components of Part 2 and as preparation for the work-placement learning modules. Each week will focus on identifying and situating the skills students are developing in relation to their personal and professional development and to applying these skills in the 'real-world'.
Aims
On completion of the module students will be able to: categorise existing skills, generate an individual P&PDP, identify and market transferable skills, discuss a range of employment opportunities relevant to their discipline(s), and understand the basic processes of relevant creative industries.
Content
This module will offer opportunities for workshop activities and lectures led both by ILLCA staff and guest speakers. Guest speakers will vary according to availability but will be drawn from a pool of collaborative partners such as: Poetry Wales / NWR / School of Art / Aberystwyth Arts Centre / Planet / Honno / Y Lolfa / NLW / Ceredigion Museum / Gas Gallery / Arad Goch.
Week 1: Module introduction and Creative Clusters and Entrepreneurial Arts (Miranda Whall and Aberystwyth Arts Centre)
Week 2: Looking at Blogs and Websites (R Munday)
Week 3: Industry Perspectives e.g. Planet
Week 4: Personal branding Jo Hyatt
Week 5: Developing a CV Workshop Jo Hyatt
Week 6: Technology, Creativity and Employability e.g. Rhodri ap Dyfrig
Week 7: Industry Perspectives II e.g. Sophie Bennett
Week 8: Funding and Group work
Week 9: Open session pitching practice
Week 10: Final Pitching Assessment
Week 1: Module introduction and Creative Clusters and Entrepreneurial Arts (Miranda Whall and Aberystwyth Arts Centre)
Week 2: Looking at Blogs and Websites (R Munday)
Week 3: Industry Perspectives e.g. Planet
Week 4: Personal branding Jo Hyatt
Week 5: Developing a CV Workshop Jo Hyatt
Week 6: Technology, Creativity and Employability e.g. Rhodri ap Dyfrig
Week 7: Industry Perspectives II e.g. Sophie Bennett
Week 8: Funding and Group work
Week 9: Open session pitching practice
Week 10: Final Pitching Assessment
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | Practically in relation to completing the assessment tasks (written and oral) and theoretically in specific sessions addressing information literacy and technology competency skills |
| Communication | During group discussions, Q&A sessions, peer review activities (non-assessed) Written coursework developing modes of writing (academic vs. professional) and oral communication (assessed) |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Reflective portfolio and skills audit / P&PD plan |
| Information Technology | Practically in relation to completing the assessment tasks (written and oral) and theoretically in specific sessions addressing information literacy and technology competency skills |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Ongoing throughout the module |
| Problem solving | Creative approaches to problem solving including identifying personal/professional strengths and weaknesses, project management, tailoring self-evaluation to a given specification |
| Research skills | In the preparation of summative assignments (assessed) and in preparing for workshop sessions (non-assessed) |
| Subject Specific Skills | Students will gain specific knowledge of the Creative Industries and the value of creative thinking to broader employability contexts |
| Team work | During workshop sessions and peer review activities |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 4