If you want an opportunity to link your experience in a short-term volunteering placement with the knowledge and skills gained in one of your final year modules, this module is for you.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23 |
This module provides an opportunity to demonstrate ability to link practical experience in a workplace volunteering placement with the subject content of an H-level module. A series of reflective tasks during the placement contribute to defining the research question or project brief that you will work on, in consultation with the module convenor of the linked H-level module.
By the end of the module, you will have:
Students must have:
In 2022–23, the Placement Extension module can be combined with the following module(s):
In 2022–23, the recommended suitable volunteering placement opportunities are:
Contingency plan in the event of placement cancellation
In the unlikely event that a placement is cancelled or breaks down, after the end of the second week of teaching for the linked H-level module, you will be transferred to the Research Extension module instead (attached to the same linked H-level module).
Contact hours
Four tutorials will be scheduled during the placement and alongside the relevant H-level module. These will provide opportunities to discuss the structure and scope of the planned essay or project report, including conceptual issues in linking placement activities to the module content and/or practical issues in data collection (if appropriate), as well relevant background literature. Students taking a Placement Extension attached to the same H-level module will have some tutorials together.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
None
Formative assessment will comprise a series of reflective tasks to be undertaken during the placement, to refine the structure and scope of the main coursework essay or project report. Feedback will be provided in scheduled tutorials and/or in written comments on tasks.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Written feedback within the University mandated time limit.
To be determined by the student in consultation with the module tutor.