Business School Industrial Experience (Penryn)

Module description

This module allows you to undertake a year-long placement during the third year of a four year programme. You will be responsible for finding your own placement, having developed the careers management skills necessary for a competitive graduate labour market under BSD2002 and BSD1002.

The module provides an invaluable opportunity to put the theory learned during your first two years of study into practice in the workplace, whilst identifying the opportunities, issues and challenges of the working environment. The module structure provides a chance and the support for you to use personal development techniques to identify your strengths and weaknesses, to develop and extend your relevant work-based competencies, skills and knowledge.

Full module specification

Module title:	Business School Industrial Experience (Penryn)
Module code:	BEP3002
Module level:	3
Academic year:	2023/4
Module lecturers:	Ms Jenny Tunley Price - Convenor
Module credit:	120
ECTS value:
Pre-requisites:	Minimum overall weighted average of 50.0% in Level 1; satisfactory completion of the compulsory Placement Preparation modules BSD1002 (with minimum 50% mark) and BSD2002.
Co-requisites:	None
Duration of module:	Duration (weeks) - term 1: 11 Duration (weeks) - term 2: 11

Module aims

This module will permit students to study on a minimum 33 week placement during the third year of a 4 year programme. Placements are organised by the students, with School support, and must be approved by the Business School Careers Team in advance of placement start date.

The aims of the placement are to:

Develop and extend relevant work-based skills and knowledge;

Develop an understanding of work-place competencies and their significance in personal career development/progression;

Provide the opportunity for students to develop an understanding of a business environment through practical experience; to encompass NGOs, SMEs etc.

Gain experience in the use of technologies and applications commonly used in organisations;

Develop business awareness and acumen.

ILO: Module-specific skills

1. Critical reflection of practical experiences gained to analyse the impact they may have on the student?s career development/progression.
2. Link real-life situations/problems to subject specific knowledge obtained through previous modules and academic literature.

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

3. Understand the political, legal, ethical, social, economic, cultural, sustainability, technological and operational considerations which influence a workplace/industry.

ILO: Personal and key skills

4. Identify, develop and extend practical work-based skills, competencies and experience.
5. Develop/enhance techniques for gathering evidence to support self-promotion during appraisals/job applications/interviews.
6. Use effective time management to meet work and academic commitments.
7. Build a beneficial relationship/network within the employer organization and with an academic tutor.
8. Use a range of technologies and applications relevant to most work places.

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
0	100	1100

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Contact	8	Regular progress reviews with WIE tutor via a combination of telephone/email/Skype/face-to-face meeting. Students on international placement will have reviews by phone, email or Skype.

Formative assessment

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Employability Self-Assessment	Draft Analysis for ONE competency	1-8	Employability Adviser will provide feedback guidance for student's analysis of ONE competency.
Business Report	Draft report	2-8	Feedback provided by WIE tutor either electronically via e mail/ELE/phone/Skype or personally on a one-to-one placement visit.

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

Details of summative assessment

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Employability Self-Assessment against specific and detailed competency marking criteria, incorporating feedback directly from the student's supervisor.	40	Max 2,500 (+/-10%) words, due by end of April in the placement year.	1-8	Feedback by Employability Adviser
Business Report	60	3,500 words due by mid-June in the placement year.	2-8	Feedback by WIE Tutor
	0
	0
	0
	0

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Employability Self-Assessment	Reflective Essay, 2,500 (+/-10%) words (40%)	1-7	July Reassessment Period
Business Report	Business Report 3,500 words (60%)	1-7	July Reassessment Period

Re-assessment notes

Deferred students will be reassessed in the element that has been mitigated.

Students will be referred only if they achieve under 40% overall. If this is the case students will then be reassessed in any elements they have failed.

Please note if students do not achieve 40% on the reassessment attempt, they will be put on to the three year variant of their programme. This module will appear on your transcript as a fail and the student will no longer have ‘with Industrial Experience’ in their degree title.

Syllabus plan

The day to day experience of the student will depend on the placement. Students will have two key summative assignments in the second half of their placement and will be responsible for managing their academic workload across the placement to fit around work commitments. Student will have a range of contact and support points with other students and University staff, together with formal meetings/review sessions with designated staff within the placement organisation.

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

Please refer to ELE for general reading, specific reading/research will need to be discussed with your placement organisation and Academic Lead

Web based resources refer to ELE site:

ELE –http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=4395

Module has an active ELE page?

Yes

Indicative learning resources - Other resources

Preparatory materials provided by the Placement Preparation sessions, including guidance on writing a reflective log (appropriate examples provided if available).

Origin date

18/10/2018

Last revision date

29/11/2021