Description:
| Aims: To offer students the opportunity to gain practical experience in a working environment and to develop personal and organisational skills.
Learning Outcomes: Students who complete a work placement will have:
* acquired practical experience in the application of knowledge and skills gained at the University;
* developed competencies in communication, both oral and written, planning and time-management procedures, problem-solving and analytical decision-making, and gained confidence in their own ability to participate within a team framework, and assimilate and appraise new information;
* acquired an understanding of the structure of employing organisations and an opportunity to investigate and assess potential career options prior to graduation.
Skills: Skills in communication, decision-making, problem-solving, time-management and teamwork are developed in this year, along with practical competencies relating to living and working outside the university environment.
Content: A work placement of 40 weeks duration in a public, non-governmental or commercial agency, in the UK or abroad, approved by the Faculty Placements Officer. Students will be required to submit interim and final reports on their experience.
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