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LP20443: Work-based learning

Follow this link for further information on academic years Academic Year: 2013/4
Further information on owning departmentsOwning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office)
Further information on credits Credits: 10
Further information on unit levels Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Further information on teaching periods Period: Academic Year at Bridgwater College
Academic Year at Chichester College
Academic Year at Swindon College
Further information on unit assessment Assessment: CW 100%
Further information on supplementary assessment Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Further information on requisites Requisites:
Further information on descriptions Description: Aims:
This unit will develop learning beyond the academic curriculum and provide opportunities for the acquisition of knowledge and skills that reinforce the understanding of academic subjects and which add to the range of individual capabilities.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the unit a student will be able to:
1. Analyse individual strengths and weaknesses, and as a result construct an appropriate development plan for continuous evaluation and professional achievement;
2. Demonstrate competence in a range of professional skills appropriate to a specific employment sector;
3. Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of an organisation and of how personal role has developed;
4. Sustain and evaluate learning achieved during an appropriate work based learning periods.

Skills:
Intellectual
* Improving own learning and performance
* Demonstrating appropriate critical thinking skills
Professional
* Specified professional skills required for the employment sector identified by the Curriculum Working Group
Key/Transferable
* Communicating - using different formats
* Solving problems
Practical/ Technical
* Specified technical skills required for the employment sector identified by the Curriculum Working Group
* Assessing strengths and development needs
* Planning appropriate support and monitoring progress.

Content:

* Identification, analysis and recording of achievements, competences and personal skills as required in the employment sector, using feedback from staff visits to the workplace and from employers, supervisors or mentors;
* Personal development planning;
* Identification and agreement of appropriate learning objectives and learning agreements;
* Use of analytical tools to evaluate performance;
* Reflection on personal achievements and learning achieved in each work-based learning period and at the end of the programme;
* Effective completion of work-based learning period(s);
* Strategies to develop understanding of an organisation's aims, objectives and key features and the student's role within it;
* Key features of employer-employee relationships;
* Effective use of key texts and information sources;
* Institutional work based learning guidance;
* Guidance on job applications, CVs and interview techniques.
Further information on programme availabilityProgramme availability:

LP20443 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
  • UEME-HPF44 : FdSc Engineering Systems (Part-time at Swindon College) - Year 3
  • UEME-RFF44 : FdSc Engineering Systems (Full-time at Bridgwater College) - Year 2
  • UEME-RPF44 : FdSc Engineering Systems (Part-time at Bridgwater College) - Year 3
  • UEME-SFF44 : FdSc Engineering Systems (Full-time at Chichester College) - Year 2

Notes:
* This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2013/4 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2014/15 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2013/14.
* Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.
* Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.