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Enhancing Employability through Placement Learning in Politics: Strategies and Insights

Join Dr. Emma Heron, Politics Placement Module Leader, as we explore innovative developments in placement learning within the politics curriculum. This workshop focuses on employability, revalidation, and the integration of practical learning experiences. We aim to create a supportive community of practitioners to discuss student expectations, assessment strategies, and the role of work-based learning in enhancing the student experience. Together, we will identify challenges and solutions to ensure that our students graduate with the skills and confidence needed for their future careers.

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Enhancing Employability through Placement Learning in Politics: Strategies and Insights

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  1. New Development in Placement Learning (Politics) Dr Emma Heron Politics Placement Module Leader Politics Subject Group Leader

  2. Welcome Background to the workshop: • revalidation and the external examiner • employability and the HE curriculum • a community of practitioners

  3. Today’s goals • us: who we are and why we are here • discussions: ideas, problems and solutions • taking things forward: support network

  4. Employability in HE • KIS / DLHE – drivers for university curriculum • work-based learning an important curriculum dimension • ‘offer’, fees, economics • ‘exit velocity’, aspiration, confidence • pressure to get it right!

  5. Our revalidation • determination to radically alter the student experience around employability • employability spine throughout the 3 years • level 5 & WRL/WBL • ‘mandatory choice’ • roll out of level 4 (2011-12); levels 5 & 6 (2012-13)

  6. Student choice • 50 credits placement, or • 30 credits project management + 2 options, or • 10 credits work-related learning + 4 options • 19 politics students opting for placement in 2012-13 (30% of cohort)

  7. Politics placement • 50 credits • second semester, second year • 8 weeks / 200 hours • unpaid • first roll-out January 2013

  8. assessment Assessment: 2 pieces of course work plus an employer’s report: • 1000 word project plan • 6000 word webfolio • review of tasks undertaken during the placement • role of politics in the experience of the workplace • reflective account of the skills developed • slides for a 10 minute presentation about experience • The employer will provide a report on attendance and performance whilst on placement which will be awarded a pass/fail mark Structured support towards assessment in the form of a workbook

  9. process • choose option stream in Level 4 (April) • placement area request form (1st to 3rd choice) (May) • placement team/ employer engagement team/academic contacts - match (summer) • placement team oversee self-organising (summer/autumn) • confirmation of match (mid October) • University liaison with provider (prior to summer & autumn) • commencement of placement (January/February)

  10. Examples of our placement opportunities (2012-13)

  11. student expectations • an insight into working life in a related area of my prospective career. • some skills which are more applicable in working life in comparison to some I have developed whilst at uni • I hope that whoever I shadow or follow can help provide an environment that is both as relevant as it can be whilst I am learning about the job.

  12. challenges to come.... • making them happen • managing expectations • monitoring progress • making them meaningful • marking assessed work • ensuring sustainability

  13. New Development in Placement Learning (Politics) Dr Emma Heron Politics Placement Module Leader Politics Subject Group Leader

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