Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW2114C: Introduction to Professional Placement

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Aims

The aims of this module are:

to inform you how to research relevant organizations and apply for placement opportunities;
to help you identify your own skills and personal qualities to promote yourself and stand out in a competitive environment;
to give you advice on how to write an effective CV, covering letter, and application form;
to give you advice on how to participate in interviews effectively;
to give you advice on how to make the most of networking opportunities;
to provide you with an opportunity to investigate professionalism in the workplace (including common scenarios which you may face and suitable approaches to handling those scenarios).

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. Know how to effectively research employers to source placements and internship opportunities 2. Compose an effective and well-presented CV, complete with supporting letter, making clear links between your experience and the job description 3. Develop skills in targeted networking
Discipline-Specific Skills	4. Understand how to apply skills learnt during stages 1 and 2 in a professional environment 5. Identify and investigate the range of career opportunities available and relevant to a student with a degree in law with business
Personal and Key Skills	6. Develop insights into aspects of commercial awareness regarded by employers as a key competency 7. Showcase your skills, motivations and personal career development needs and promote these effectively

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.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Applications for placements	Ongoing	1-7	Oral/written

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
100	0	0

...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
There is no summative assessment for this module	100

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
Not applicable

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Tristram Hooley and Korin Grant, You’re Hired! Graduate Career Handbook (Trotman, 2017).