PU5521: WORK-BASED PLACEMENT WITH HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT SECTOR ORGANISATION (2018-2019)

The placements are subject to availability and are offered on a competitive basis. The aims of the placement are:

• To enhance employability through engagement in a competitive application process;

• To acquire professional knowledge and understanding of the daily work, strategic priorities, objectives and functions of a health and/or development sector organisation;

• To apply academic skills in a work environment; and

• To develop a range of transferable skills (including objective setting and monitoring, communication and networking, independent research and self-evaluation, and interpersonal and team-working skills), as well as our Graduate Attributes.

This is a project-based course, the content and structure of which is largely student-directed (in conjunction with the placement host). There are three phases: setting up; undertaking the project; and assessment. Students will be supervised by a University based supervisor and a host organisation supervisor for the duration of the placement.

Work will involve person or remote working on projects that may include, but are not limited to:

• Undertaking in-depth market research;
• Developing technical solutions;
• Conducting a case study;
• Documenting an organisational or policy change; and/or
• Preparing a communications strategy, websites, social media, etc.

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate employability skills via successful completion of a competitive application process;
• Develop insights into the work of a particular health and/or development sector organisation as it is situated within the broader context of everyday life, public, civic, voluntary, development sector organisations and government agencies by working with a supervisor from the organisation;
• Evidence experience of putting academic skills into practice in a working environment by producing a Workplace Output(s) in the style required by the organisation; and
• Detail the development of transferable skills and Graduate Attributes in the Reflective Commentary.

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

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Students are assessed through two pieces of written work: a workplace output (70%) and a reflective commentary (30%).

There are no assessments for this course.