Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3701: Law Placement

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

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Professional law or industrial placement for the full Academic year (minimum of 28 weeks) in one or more placement(s) approved by the University of Exeter.

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
3	0	1197

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	3	3 x one hour meetings with placement tutor (via skype)
Work placement	1197	Work placement undertaken with an organisation(s) approved by the University of Exeter. The hours are approximate and may vary on an individual basis but are to include all assessment and study time.

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
Reflective Essay	1,000 words	2, 9	Written and Oral
Curriculum Vitae	750 words	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7	Written and Oral
Business Report	1,000 words	2, 4, 5, 6	Written and Oral

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
65	0	35

...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
Reflective Essay	30	2,000 words	2, 4, 9	Written and Oral
Video Interview Responses	20	10 minutes	2, 9	Written and Oral
Updated Curriculum Vitae and/or LinkedIn profile	10	As required	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10	Written and Oral
Business Report	40	3,500 words	2, 4, 5, 6	Written and Oral
	0
	0

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
Reflective Essay	Reflective Essay (2,000 words)	2, 4, 9	referral/deferral period
Video Interview Responses	Video Interview Responses (10 minutes)	2, 9	referral/deferral period
Updated Curriculum Vitae and/or LinkedIn profile	Updated Curriculum Vitae and/or LinkedIn profile	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10	referral/deferral period
Business Report	Business Report (3,500 words)	2, 4, 5, 6	referral/deferral period

Re-assessment notes

Deferred students will be reassessed in the element that has been mitigated. Students will be referred only if they achieve under 40% overall. If this is the case students will then be reassessed in any elements they have failed.

Please note if students do not achieve 40% on the reassessment attempt, they will be put on to the three year variant of their programme. This module will appear on your transcript as a fail, and you will no longer have ‘with Legal Placement’ in your degree title.