FT2PE20-Placements and Employment Skills (Twenty Credits)

Module Provider: Film, Theatre and TV
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:5
Terms in which taught: Autumn term module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded: FT2PE10 Placements and Employment Skills (Ten Credits)
Placement opportunity: Mini placement
Current from: 2023/4

Module Convenor: Mr James Kenward-Abdollahyan
Email: j.kenward-abdollahyan@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:

Through taught sessions you will gain relevant employment skills. You will then have the opportunity to apply these skills through self-directed study. You will either a) self-organise a placement to undertake in an industry or organisation of your choice or b) undertake a detailed examination of an industry, organisation or role of your choice. Students will develop their approach to the written assessment supported by workshop discussion, and tutor and peer feedback, and in doing so will also develop their pitching and presentation skills.ÌýÌý

In the summer term of the previous year, a session will provide advice on how to secure a placement.ÌýÌý

Aims:

The module aims to provide an opportunity for reflective learning in relation to work experience or intensive research into an industry or role of their choice. The module aims to provide students with an opportunity for critical reflection on their own career development in the graduate sector. Students will also be encouraged to reflect on the transferable skills they have acquired in the course of their studies and to identify skills they plan to develop in relation to future employment.

Assessable learning outcomes:

By the end of the module it is expected that students will be able to:?Ìý

• Create a CV and cover letter?Ìý


• Understand the importance of online presence??Ìý


• Develop Interviewing and networking skillsÌý


• Reflect critically on the work of an organisation;Ìý


• Evaluate their own skills and performance in a working context; or create a profile of the requisite skills and performance necessary in a particular working context.Ìý


• Review their skills and experience and identify their training needs in relation to their career plans;Ìý


• Deploy skills in research, writing and presentation in documenting and reflecting on their experience or research.?Ìý

Additional outcomes:

This module enables students to develop practical, organisational and reflective skills. The module extends skills and competencies which are central to the degree: teamwork; oral communication and group co-operation; critical and contextual analysis and coherent argument; presentation of written work.

Outline content:

This module will provide a combination of industry speakers organized by the students, workshop and feedback sessions on students’ developing approach to the module, and a series of tasks that develop students’ self-presentation and careers planning in an industry context, which may include designing a personal website with landing page, biography and downloadable creative CV, a SMART career action plan, and a blog reflection on their placement experience (as applicable). Placement experi ence can take place in either Autumn or Spring terms, or in the associated vacation periods, and guidance on finding placements is provided in the Summer term of the previous year.?Ìý

Global context:

Students will have the opportunity to research an industry in a geographical location of their choosing.ÌýÌý

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

Students will learn through self-directed study, a self-organised programme of industry speakers, placement experience, and classes that build confidence in identifying and securing placements, and that will provide tutor and peer feedback on students’ developing approach to their written assessment. Students will undertake other tasks outside of class time, which are focused on honing their skills of self-presentation and careers planning in an industry context.