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HL22010: Contemporary issues and applied professional practice

[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 15 [equivalent to 30 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 300
Level: Intermediate (FHEQ level 5)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CWOI 40%, CWPF 60%
Assessment Detail:
  • Oral presentation Individual (CWOI 40%)
  • Portfolio (CWPF 60%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: â�¢Identify key contemporary issues within sports performance â�¢Analyse key theories that underpin ethical practice in relation to these contemporary issues â�¢Analyse individual strengths and weaknesses through the implementation of a skills audit â�¢Discriminate between key skills that require development within the context of continuing professional development â�¢Evaluate competence in a range of skills appropriate to a specific employment sector�¿ â�¢Evaluate the process of career-long professional development through theoretical and contemporary perspectives


Synopsis: Explore contemporary issues within sport and develop your understanding of key issues relating to professional practice in high performance sport. You will undertake a personal skills audit and will engage in opportunities for the development of, and reflection on, transferable graduate skills.

Content: Contemporary issues (e.g., race, gender, commercialisation and commodification, anti-doping); Continued professional development; Skills audit; Career planning.

Course availability:

HL22010 is Compulsory on the following courses:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFF30 : FdSc(Hons) Sport (Sports Performance) (Year 2)

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