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Faculty: School/Department: Education, Law & Social Sciences (ELSS) School of Life Module Title: Level 6 Preparation for Practice: Projects Programme(s) on which the module is delivered: BA (Hons) Life in Practice Programme aims addressed through this module:
State which of the programme aims this module supports. You just need to list them here.

Foster confidence and self-belief in order to empower learners to find solutions to life challenges. Provide practical experiences and develop reflective learners who are able to communicate effectively and contribute in a diverse team setting. Provide an opportunity for learners to experiment with critical decision making skills, openmindedness and creativity.

Indicative content
List the broad subject topics and/or skills students have the opportunity to learn through studying this module

Recognising and solving problems Applying communication and co-ordination skills Team working and leadership in practice Identifying and responding to customer./client/stakeholder requirements Recognising and responding to external constraints (time/financial/political/social) Project management including the planning and implementation of strategies Creativity and generation of ideas and solutions

Predominant delivery method:

Please tick as appropriate

Study mode(s):
Please tick as appropriate

Campus-based Distance-based self study Workplace-based Campus-based but with a placement component

Full time Part time Offered in both modes

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Intended Learning Outcomes:

All learning outcomes must be assessed but one assessment may cover more than one learning outcome. The learning outcomes should reflect the programme aims identified above and should inform the assessment methods used for both summative and formative assessments. Learning outcomes should be designed to ensure that a range of knowledge and skills is developed and assessed. It is not advisable, however, to have overly complex or too detailed learning outcomes. The number of learning outcomes should also be limited (normally a module should have no more than four learning outcomes).

Learning outcomes: 1. Plan and independently manage a substantial self-initiated project based on an analysis of research into appropriate societal opportunities and needs. 2. Produce a creative product with supporting documentation which demonstrates a combination of appropriate skills and production processes, autonomous decisionmaking skills and personal initiative. 3. Work in collaboration with other people to implement or deliver the project within an appropriate social environment. 4. Critically evaluate the project and the production process and analyse the consequent impact on their own personal and professional development and the wider social context

Learning and Teaching methods

How will the student experience the module? Through skills-based workshops? Seminar? Lectures? Online forums?

Workshop sessions and online forums for students to explore and share project ideas and proposals and make connections and team up where appropriate Regular(1 hours every two weeks) supervision sessions to provide guidance and support for independent learning

Breakdown of study time:

The Key Information Set (KIS) requires you to publish broad information in relation to how students will spend their time when studying a course. In relation to this module please indicate the proportion of time (as a percentage of total study time) that students will spend in:

Scheduled learning and teaching activities Guided independent learning Placement/study abroad

10% 90% 0%

N.B. The three figures should add up to exactly 100(%)

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Assessment and Feedback:

Identify below the nature and timing of the summative and formative assessment opportunities available to students studying the module. Assessment criteria do not need to be shown here but must be included in the assessment brief.

Summative assessment:
Summative assessments are used to make judgements about what students have learned from studying the module. Therefore, they contribute to the overall mark for the module and for progression or the award. Summative assessment may be taken partway through the module (when students have had the opportunity to complete the learning needed for that assessment) or at the end of the module.

Assignment 1(Worth 10%): A proposal for an individual or group project, based on sound research which identifies a genuine social need for the product and provides an action plan and schedule for implementation(LO1) Assignment 2(Worth 90%): Completion and delivery of the individual or group project, with supporting documentation and a critical evaluation, produced by each individual student, which assesses its success in terms of the social context and the students personal and professional development(LO 1, 2,3 and 4)

Broad assessment type:

The Key Information Set (KIS) requires you to publish broad information in relation to assessment. Please indicate which of the categories below the summative assessment regime described above would fit into:

Written exams: Practical exams: Coursework:

Formative assessment:
Formative assessments are those interim assessment opportunities whereby students can gain an enhanced understanding of how well they are progressing with their learning; such opportunities may include some tests being offered for the purposes of generating some feedback. Formative assessments also allow tutors to focus on the needs of the student group.

Students will receive peer and tutor feedback on their ideas in the workshops and via the online forum. The proposal is a small part of the summative assessment but it also forms an important element of formative feedback as it can be used as a basis for discussion in tutorials about the planning and delivery of the project. Feedback:
In relation to both summative and formative assessment, at what point(s) and in what forms will feedback be available to students? In addition to feedback associated with formative and summative assessments, what other opportunities will there be for students to receive feedback on their performance? (e.g. seminars, tutorials, online forums etc)

Formative feedback will be delivered immediately in workshops, online forums and supervision tutorials. Feedback for Assignment 1will be returned within 20 working days which will provide time

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for students to respond to the feedback in the planning and delivery of their projects. Marks and written feedback for Assignment 2 will be returned within 20 working days of submission.

Related Modules
If applicable, offer an explanation of how the module relates to learning in other modules you should include details of any pre-requisites, co-requisites or excluded modules where they exist. Where an assessment is shared between this and other modules, name those modules here.

This module will build directly on the Level 4 and 5 Preparation for Practice modules. It also runs alongside and could possibly provide opportunities for connections with the Level 6 Placement module.

Learning Resources
(Refer to course resource list) Include indicative reading and refer to any electronic resources with particular reference to any non-standard critical resources i.e. those resources which are essential to the delivery of the module and which are not part of the Universitys core provision - e.g. you may wish to identify specialised teaching space which is required to run the module. Where possible, books should be listed in a PERB format: Purchase; Essential; Recommended; Background.

Essential Lock, Dennis

Project Management (10th Edition)

Gower 2013

Recommended Harrin, Elizabeth Gary Thomas Project Management in the Real World How to do your research Project (2nd Edition) British Computer Society 2006 Sage 2013

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The following section to be completed by the Faculty Office: Module Code: LIF6007 Level (e.g. level 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7): 6

Where necessary, agreed abbreviated module PPP title for the SRS (maximum xxx characters) Credit value: 30 Credits Module Leader: Sue Heseltine

Module start date(s) during the current academic year: September 2014 Module finish date(s) during the current academic year: May 2015 Assessment weightings: 2 linked items of assessment will be used: Assignment 1 - 50% (LO 1, 2) Assignment 2 50% (LO 2, 3,4)

For SRS Team Use Only: Created By: Date:

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