GI6W01 - Placement 1 Year (2026/27)
| Module specification | Module approved to run in 2026/27 | ||||||||||||
| Module title | Placement 1 Year | ||||||||||||
| Module level | Honours (06) | ||||||||||||
| Credit rating for module | 30 | ||||||||||||
| School | School of Social Sciences and Professions | ||||||||||||
| Total study hours | 300 | ||||||||||||
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| Running in 2026/27(Please note that module timeslots are subject to change) | No instances running in the year |
Module summary
This module provides a vocational and advanced undergraduate research element for Politics and International Relations courses. It aims to:
1. Enable you to gain a useful experience of the working environment;
2. Enable you to enhance and extend your learning experience by applying and building on your academic skills and capabilities by tackling real life problems in the workplace;
3. Provide you with an opportunity to design a research proposal relevant to your placement;
4. Allow you to utilise research and analytical skills acquired during your programme of studies;
5. Enable you to undertake relevant research and write up findings in dissertation form;
6. Offer a medium for you to report upon your work placement experience.
Prior learning requirements
None.
Study Abroad? Yes
Syllabus
Support for students in the search for a placement from academic staff and the Careers Service; undertaking a work placement in an organisation; lectures/workshops on choosing a topic, researching and presenting work; the role of the supervisor; preparation; organisation of materials; collecting information; methodology; research proposal; bibliographies and referencing; quotations; avoiding plagiarism; guide to electronic resources and the internet; databases; guide to other Library resources.
Balance of independent study and scheduled teaching activity
The module will be delivered through lectures/workshops and personal supervision. There will be a blended approach to learning so that contact time with academic staff is complemented by a range of online resources available on the module Weblearn site.
In completing the module students are expected to develop skills to enable them to: choose and obtain a placement with an employer; select and define a topic of research; produce a research proposal; display analytical capability; work on their own under the guidance of a supervisor; understand how to conduct research at undergraduate honours level. This may involve: searching for, consulting and organising primary and secondary source material; making notes; submitting properly referenced work in accordance with academic guidelines; discovering the potential and limitations of the internet; writing up a dissertation that is a coherent academic study. 20% of the assessment on the module is allocated to a placement report that the student produces on their placement and their experiences thereof.
Students keep a record of their placement activity as it progresses. They set themselves some realistic learning aims and objectives for the placement and agree these with their employer and supervisor in advance. The student draws the analysis together thematically producing the final placement report.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module you should be able to:
1. Demonstrate that you have operated effectively, both independently and with others, in a structured and routinely supervised work placement environment;
2. Reflect upon the role you performed and your place within the organisation hosting the placement;
3. Develop a final profile of personal/professional attributes within the context of qualities and transferable skills, including self-evaluation, necessary for employment and further study or professional development, articulated through a report;
4. Understand how to conduct research at an advanced undergraduate level;
5. Demonstrate an ability to undertake relevant research and write up findings in dissertation form.