SL50206: Professional training placement
[Page last updated: 26 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Life Sciences |
| Credits: | 60 [equivalent to 120 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 1,200 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Dissertation period
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| Assessment Summary: | PL 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Placement portfolio
Placement portfolio (PL 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After completing this unit the student will be able to:
- To demonstrate further understanding of the application of programme specific skills and a range of Key Skills within an industrial / academic context;
- To be able to work accurately and consistently to identify and achieve personal and company objectives;
- To learn how the individual integrates into and interacts with an organisation for the mutual benefit of the individual and the organisation;
- To demonstrate the ability to manage conflicting resource and time demands through prioritisation, allocation, tracking and control;
- To be able to identify appropriate opportunities to synthesise and apply knowledge, skills and understanding in new contexts to evaluate solutions and solve problems;
- To be able to advance their professional profile within the placement company, and the wider professional industry.
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| Aims: | To provide practical experience in an industrial or commercial environment applying knowledge and skills gained within the relevant MSc degree programme.
To develop personal skills, typically including communication skills (oral and written), planning and time management, problem solving and analytical skills, decision-making skills, the critical appraisal of new information, and team-working skills.
To enable an understanding to be gained of the general structure of an organisation and the contribution of the individual to the aims and objectives of an organisation.
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| Skills: | Problem Solving (T/F), Working with others (T/F), Communications (T/F).
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| Content: | The placement period normally consists of 1 year, undertaken in an establishment, in the UK or abroad. A period of employment, normally in a team or division, operating in the sector relevant to the MSc, of an established company or organisation, performing a role in which the knowledge and skills gained from the degree programme can be applied and developed. The placement period shall incorporate regular critical self-evaluation and employer evaluation in order to enhance practice and identify new learning needs.
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| Course availability: |
SL50206 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Life Sciences
- TSSL-AWM30 : MSc Biotechnology (Healthcare Technologies)
- TSSL-AWM31 : MSc Biotechnology (Sustainable Biotechnologies)
- TSSL-AWM01 : MSc Molecular Biosciences (Bioinformatics)
- TSSL-AWM03 : MSc Molecular Biosciences (Medical Biosciences)
- TSSL-AWM04 : MSc Molecular Biosciences (Microbiology)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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