Module details for Placement for FNH/FCS

Description

The placement is a planned part of a student’s education. It is designed to complement and extend the academic programme and provides an opportunity for each student to accept responsibility for their own personal and professional development, learning and training.

Aims

The aim of this Module is to provide the student with a structured and practical experience of the world of work within the benchmark area of Food and Consumer Studies and to provide them with an opportunity to develop their personal and interpersonal skills.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module the student should be able to:

1.  Practise sustained commitment to learning and adapting to a changing work environment in the area of Food and Consumer Sciences, through self-reflection and assessment

2.  Manage and organise own performance within the workplace setting environment

3.  Apply personal reflective techniques to the development of the employability skills relevant to the area of Food, and Consumer Sciences

4.  Appraise the structure, major activities and responsibilities of the organisation

Indicative Content

1 Briefing

Final preparation for placement building on Professional Development for Placement and Research module - in semester 1 (FOD307)

2 Placement

Individual learning experiences will vary depending on the organisation/ agency to which a student is attached. Each student will undertake an unpaid work placement during Term 2.

3 Debriefing

Follows immediately upon completion of the period of work placement and is designed to offer guidance to the student in order to better enable them to transfer their learning experiences and to future learning.

Teaching and Learning Work Loads