Module POLM886DA for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM886DA: End Point Assessment
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
This module is designed to integrate the End Point Assessment (EPA) for the award of the Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship into the MSc Systems Thinking in the Public Sector programme. The EPA consists of two discrete assessments: (1) a Work-based Project Report with Presentation; and (2) a Professional Discussion underpinned by Portfolio. These are designed to enable you to demonstrate that you have achieved the knowledge, skills and behaviours of the Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship standard.
The Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship standard gives a list of Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours (KSBs) – this can be found here: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/systems-thinking-practitioner-v1-0. The KSBs are the content that will be tested in the EPA. This module will not teach the KSBs and does not include any specific teaching activities but will include support from Academic Mentors as the student goes through the EPA process.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Explain how your academic work during the MSc Systems Thinking in the Public Sector and in your work role as an apprentice meets the requirements and KSBs for the Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship (All KSBs). 2. Write a high-quality report to describe the work-based project you will use to support EPA Assessment Method 1 in written form. Be able to explain this project in a professional discussion as part of Assessment Method 1 (All KSBs). 3. Discuss your portfolio of evidence as part of EPA Assessment Method 2 (All KSBs). |
Discipline-Specific Skills | |
Personal and Key Skills | 4. Communicate effectively in written and oral form 5. Discuss your professional activities as a systems thinking practitioner |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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0 | 0 | 100 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Practical 1: Participation in EPA Assessment Method 1 | 50 | See definition of EPA Assessment Method 1 st0787_systems-thinking-practitioner_l7_forpublication7420.pdf (instituteforapprenticeships.org) | 1,2,4,5 | refer to guidance on reassessment in the EPA plan st0787_systems-thinking-practitioner_l7_forpublication7420.pdf (instituteforapprenticeships.org) |
Practical 2: Participation in EPA Assessment Method 2 | 50 | See definition of EPA Assessment Method 2 above st0787_systems-thinking-practitioner_l7_forpublication7420.pdf (instituteforapprenticeships.org) | 1,3,4,5 | Refer to guidance on reassessment in the EPA plan st0787_systems-thinking-practitioner_l7_forpublication7420.pdf (instituteforapprenticeships.org) |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Practical 1: Participation in EPA Assessment Method 1 | Practical 1: Participation in EPA Assessment Method 1 | 1,2,4,5 | refer to guidance on reassessment in the EPA plan st0787_systems-thinking-practitioner_l7_forpublication7420.pdf (instituteforapprenticeships.org) |
Practical 2: Participation in EPA Assessment Method 2 | Practical 2: Participation in EPA Assessment Method 2 | 1,3,4,5 | refer to guidance on reassessment in the EPA plan st0787_systems-thinking-practitioner_l7_forpublication7420.pdf (instituteforapprenticeships.org) |
Re-assessment notes
Please refer to the ‘End-point assessment plan for the Level 7 Systems Thinking Practitioner Apprenticeship standard For guidance on reassessment st0787_systems-thinking-practitioner_l7_forpublication7420.pdf (instituteforapprenticeships.org)