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ED1521: LEARNING FROM WORK (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

Develop your employability skills through your pre-existing part-time paid work or voluntary work. Please note you need to have your own existing paid or unpaid experience for this course which takes place during the second half-session. The details of this experience need to be verified with the course tutor prior to starting the course.

This course is designed to prepare students for the workplace by developing general employability skills. 

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 1
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Catherine Francis

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either Programme Level 1 or Programme Level 2

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Students are able to make use of pre-existing part-time paid work or voluntary work as part of a practical learning experience. Students are required to be undertaking approximately 35 hours of paid or unpaid work within the 12 week duration of the course.  Content of the course will include both practical skill and reflective elements. Students can expect to develop a range of skills including intrapersonal and interpersonal skills for employability, team working, problem-solving, self-motivation, leadership and management, personal effectiveness in the workplace, and presentation skills. 


Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Reflective Report

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 60
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Oral Presentation: Group

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

In sufficient time to be able to be used by students to improve their work, typically between 4 weeks of submission, in line with School of Education policy on Assessment. Appropriate and relevant feedback to help students understand why the grade awarded, with formative comments to improve future performance. Face to face meetings with students, if they have failed

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Re-submission of failed elements

Assessment Type Summative Weighting
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualRememberILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.

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