Module LAW2114C for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
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).
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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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 |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:
- Introduction to Professional Placement
- Sessions with the Career Zone including: self-awareness, identifying individual key skills and promoting effectively, sourcing a placement, writing an effective CV and covering letter, interview techniques, professionalism in the workplace.
- Small group and 1:1 sessions to help find placements.
- Presentations and networking opportunities with previous placement students.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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9 | 30 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Student learning and teaching | 6 | Seminars - you should attend all timetabled activities |
Student learning and teaching | 2 | Presentation and networking with previous placement students |
Student learning and teaching | 1 | Meetings and guidance with Career Zone and placement convenor |
Guided independent study | 30 | Conducting additional research to prepare targeted high quality applications. This could include attending the Law Fair or other similar networking events |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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).