The Public History Placement module provides students with the opportunity to experience developing a public history project in practice, and to reflect critically upon that practice.
The placement consists of two elements. The first element is a placement hosted by an external partner or applied research project for which the student will complete a specific output (such as a piece of research, an exhibit, a report, or an online resource). The second element is guided private study towards the final unit of University assessment.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2021-22 |
The module aims to:
At the end of the module, students will have:
Teaching Programme:
The placement is primarily independent work undertaken for your host and for your assessment. It consists of 200 hours in total, comprising 120 hours practical experience, 40 hours of private study and 40 hours preparing the Placement Essay. In addition to their responsible supervisor in the host institution or project, students on placement will have an academic supervisor, with whom they will meet three times in the course of the placement. The second of these meetings will, wherever possible, be held jointly with the host institution supervisor.
Alongside this there are a number of taught sessions to support you, including briefing sessions in the autumn term and three 2-hour classes in the spring term.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Placement Essay 4000 Words |
N/A | 100 |
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Students are required to keep a Workbook of no more than 3,000 words during the first 4 weeks of the placement. This must be submitted in week 5 of the spring term, and will inform discussion at the second supervisorial meeting. It does not count towards the summative assessment for the module.
Summative assessment is on a 4,000 word Placement Essay, to be submitted in week 1 of the summer term.
For further details about assessed work, students should refer to the Statement of Assessment for Taught Postgraduate Programmes.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Placement Essay 4000 Words |
N/A | 100 |
The workbook submitted in week 5 will inform discussion at the second supervisorial meeting.
For the summative assessment task, students will receive their provisional mark and written feedback within 20 working days of the submission deadline. The convenor will then be available during student hours for follow-up guidance if required. For more information, see the Statement of Assessment for Taught Postgraduate Programmes.
There are no key texts for this module.