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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Mechanical Engineering (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Academic Year at Swindon College Academic Year at Wiltshire College |
| Assessment:
| CW100 |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: This unit will develop learning beyond the academic curriculum and provide opportunities for the acquisition of knowledge and skills that reinforce the understanding of academic subjects and which add to the range of individual capabilities. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit a student will be able to: 1. Demonstrate competence in a range of professional skills appropriate to a specific employment sector. 2. Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of an organisation and of how personal role has developed by recognising the constraints and opportunities that influence their practice. 3. Sustain and evaluate learning achieved during an appropriate work based learning period by critically reflecting upon their practice in terms of enhancing their continued professional development. 4. Make appropriate linkages between work based learning theory and practice. Skills: * Written communication T/A * Problem solving skills. T/F/A * Ability to apply theory into practice. T/F/A * Ability to produce work to agreed specifications and deadlines. A Content: * Identification and critical analysis of achievements, competences and personal skills as required in the employment sector, using feedback from staff visits to the workplace and from employers, supervisors or mentors; * Use of analytical tools to evaluate performance; * Critical Reflection on personal achievements and learning achieved in each work-based learning period and at the end of the programme; * Strategies to develop understanding of an organisation's aims, objectives and key features and the student's role within it; * Key features of effective employer-employee relationships. |
| Programme availability: |
LP20513 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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