ED4535: WORKING TOGETHER: EMPLOYABILITY FOR ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (2014-2015)

By the end of this course students will:

Have a greater understanding of the issues that surround employability
Have enhanced their skills in time management and organisation
Be able to reflect upon their own strengths and areas for development for the workplace
Have enhanced their understanding of group dynamics and the role that they play in developing a project; they will be able to reflect upon the contributions of colleagues and the experience of leading and being led
Have enhanced their communication skills
Have developed greater understanding of issues surrounding problem solving
Have developed their skills in giving a presentation
Have engaged with the theoretical and practical aspects of project management
Have experience of time management in a work related environment

By the end of this course students will:

Be able to work in teams and be more reflective about the ways in which they and others can contribute to them
Have a greater understanding of the dynamics surrounding the workplace and the pressures upon it
Have an enhanced practical and theoretical understanding of problem solving and the issues surrounding it
Communicate ideas coherently, clearly and cogently both orally and in writing
Reflect upon their own strengths and areas of development and the experience of working as a team towards solving a workplace problem

This course will provide the opportunity for students to work in small consultancy groups to develop solutions for problems and projects posed by industry, businesses and the public and third sectors. It will consist of a number of workshops on employability skills along with site visits to the company, business or service provider with whom they are working. Students will experience the issues that surround the work environment and work place culture, including the pressures of working to a deadline, explore the challenges of working with a group of colleagues towards a common aim, and reflect upon their own strengths and areas for development in the workplace. They will also explore how the graduate attributes they have acquired in the course of their degree map onto the experience of work.

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

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1st Attempt:

Group Presentation 1 (assessment to include response to questions) 10%
Individual  Report on the Development of the Project  (1000 words)15%
Joint Project Outcome/ Report 15%
Reflective Document (3000 words)  50%
Second Presentation (with peer and, where appropriate, employer contribution to assessment)  10%

Resit: Reflective Document (100%)

Students will be in constant discussion with tutors about their ideas and the dynamics of working on the project. The early pieces of assessment will be marked in a timely fashion so that feedback can inform the later and  larger pieces of assessment

Feedback will be provided both orally and in written form. Cerain elements of feedback will be peer assessed and it is hoped that employer groups will also contribute to feedback.

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