LT975-7-SP-CO:
Wild Writing Work-Based Placement
2023/24
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 15 January 2024
Friday 22 March 2024
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06 May 2021
Requisites for this module
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This module offers students the opportunity to undertake a short work-based placement at an appropriate employer – these may be the National Trust, Eden Rose Coppice Trust or Essex Wildlife Trust. During this placement the student will work on a project on an area or issue defined by the employer as a priority for their organisation.
The project will give the student the opportunity to utilise and develop the knowledge and skills being secured as part of their course, applying them in a work-based environment and leading to the production of a portfolio of work that will both meet the University's academic requirements for a master's level project and support the placement provider in addressing the area/issue they identified at the start of the project.
1. To provide students with the opportunity to undertake a work-based project, involving in-depth investigation at an advanced level of an area or of issue of relevance to an employer.
2. To provide students with the opportunity to apply and develop advanced level research skills at master’s level.
3. To increase students’ understanding of the practical applications of their academic discipline within a work context.
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. critically appreciate how advanced research skills can be applied to a specific issue or area identified by an employer.
2. apply advanced knowledge and research skills in order to analyse issues currently being experienced in specific organisational context, and to make recommendations on the basis of this analysis.
3. produce a significant and substantial piece of written work demonstrating critical analysis of a defined issue in a specific organisational context.
4. work effectively within an organisation, managing their time, activities and relationships with colleagues in order to address a defined project to an agreed schedule and deadline.
5. produce a significant and substantial piece of written work at an advanced level
6. present a coherent and reflective view of their findings regarding the practical applications of their academic discipline within a work context
7. analyse and evaluate their practical work experience in the light of relevant theories and intellectual traditions.
The syllabus will be determined on an individual basis for each student on the basis of the specific Work-based Project they are undertaking. Each project will be subject to approval by both the employer providing the placement and the student's academic supervisor, in order to ensure that nature and content of the project both meets the employers needs and will ensure that the student demonstrates the module learning outcomes. A learning agreement signed by the student, the employer and the student's academic department will be completed for all students undertaking this module.
At the heart of this module will be the requirement that a student undertake an eight to ten week placement with an employer. The precise duration of the placement will vary within this range, according to the precise nature of each individual project. The placement is a de facto period of fieldwork that will allow the student to investigate and address the area/issue identified in their specific placement, with the information gained from this period forming the basis for preparing the substantive outputs that will be assessed at the end of the module. Each student will have both a work-based supervisor appointed by the employer, and an academic supervisor appointed by the Department.
Students will liaise closely with their work-based supervisor on a regular basis throughout the period of their placement, and as necessary after the placement has ended in order to allow the student to complete the assessed work for the module.
The academic supervisor will be appointed prior to the student undertaking their placement. The expectation is that the student will receive (in addition to regular email contact) 2 hours of direct supervision through the duration of the module, and will be available via email and phone as necessary during the period the student is on placement.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
A portfolio of creative work or a dissertation – plus a reflective report on the key findings of the student’s work on the project (5,000 words) |
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100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr James Canton, email: jcanto@essex.ac.uk.
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LiFTS General Office – email: liftstt@essex.ac.uk
Telephone 01206 872626
Employability and Careers Centre – email: careers@essex.ac.uk
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Travel costs for UK - based unpaid, approved work placements and live projects which are an integral part of a module may be covered by your department. (NB this will usually exclude field trips and site visits). Please check with your module supervisor to ensure that the activity is eligible.
Dr Tim Atkins
University of Roehampton
Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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