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Module Title
Industry Experience Portfolio 1

Keywords
The Events Industry; Experiential Learning; Transferable Skills; Applying Theory to Practice; Self-Reflection; Professional Practice Feedback

ReferenceBS1285
SCQF LevelSCQF 7
SCQF Points15
ECTS Points7.5
CreatedJuly 2009
ApprovedJanuary 2010
AmendedAugust 2012
Revision No.2
Prerequisites for Module

None in addition to SCQF Level 7 entry requirements or equivalent.

Corequisite Modules

None.

Precluded Modules

None.

Aims of Module

To provide the student with the opportunity to gain first hand experience within the events industry, applying knowledge and understanding as well as the personal transferable skills acquired in the programme to date.

Learning Outcomes for Module

On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:

1. Demonstrate entry-level skills, attitudes and behaviours appropriate to the workplace.
2. Understand the organisation in which they are placed.
3. Describe the theories and principles acquired in the course to date as they relate to the host workplace.
4. Demonstrate new learning with regards to knowledge, skills and abilities required for effective functioning within the workplace.
5. Describe their own strengths and weaknesses as potential managers.

Indicative Module Content

The content of the experience will vary, dependent on where each student is placed. Each student will draw upon an agreed learning contract with the host organisation and will devise a programme which will enable the learning outcomes specified above to be achieved.

Indicative Student Workload

Contact Hours

Full Time
Lab based tutorials (ePortfolio logging)
24
Lectures
3

Directed Study

 
Industry Work Experience - S1
50
Industry Work Experience - S2
50

Private Study

 

23

Mode of Delivery

Primarily, delivery is by means of on-the-job training. However, there will be some initial lectures to prepare the students for the Industry Experience. In addition students may be required to attend specific staff development workshops and events as designated by the host organisaton. Lab-based tutorials will be timetabled to ensure students have the opportunity to reflect on their experiences and capture skills development within their ePortfolio.

Assessment Plan

Learning Outcomes Assessed
Component 1 1,2,3,4,5

The assessment consists of each student compiling an ePortfolio of evidence which will contain the following:
(a) learning contract
(b) documentation from periodic reviews (by host organisation and visiting tutor)
(c) reflective diaries
(d) further evidence deemed appropriate by the student

Indicative Bibliography

1.FANTHOME, C., 2004. Work placements - a survival guide for students. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
2.National Council for Work Experience. http://www.work-experience.org

Additional Notes

The Industry Experience Portfolio is unpaid work experience. The structure of the experience, ie. the spreading/clustering of indicative hours, will be agreed between the student, host organisation and the Placement Office.

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