BE731-6-FY-SO:
Work-Based Placement
2020/21
Essex Business School
Southend Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 08 October 2020
Friday 02 July 2021
120
30 January 2020
Requisites for this module
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BSC N404 Accounting (Including Placement Year),
BSC N422 Accounting and Finance (Including Placement Year),
MACCN441 Accounting and Finance (Including Placement Year),
BSC NN27 Accounting and Management (Including Placement Year),
BSC NL44 Accounting with Economics (Including Placement Year),
BSC N392 Banking and Finance (Including Placement Year),
BBA N103 Business Administration (Including Placement Year),
BSC N204 Business Management (Including Placement Year),
BSC N304 Finance (Including Placement Year),
BSC N123 International Business and Entrepreneurship (Including Placement Year),
BSC NN2M Management and Marketing (Including Placement Year),
BSC N504 Marketing (Including Placement Year),
BSC N834 Tourism Management (Including Placement Year),
BSC N346 Finance and Management (Including Placement Year),
MMANNN36 Marketing and Management (Including Placement Year),
BSC N356 International Business and Finance (Including Placement Year)
A Placement Year will occur between the second and final year of your degree. It will typically start in the summer after your second year exams.
Students are expected to find their own placement but will be supported through all stages by the EBS Placements Team. Your placement must be approved by the University prior to the first day of the Autumn Term of the academic year in which you wish to be on placement. You must be able to return to the University to recommence your studies by the first day of the Autumn Term in the following academic year.
For paid placements you will normally need to spend a minimum of 40 weeks on a University approved placement. For unpaid or expenses-only placements you will normally need to spend a minimum of 30 weeks on a University- approved placement.
The aims of the module are:
1. To provide the student with the opportunity to apply their academic learning in a work-related context.
2. To enable students to develop essential work-based skills throughout the placement.
3. To provide students with the opportunity to analyse their practical work in a theoretical context.
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. An understanding of their role within the organization, sector and wider socio-economic context in which they are employed;
2. A capacity for critical, reflexive evaluation of their own contribution and development whilst undertaking a work-based placement;
3. An ability to draw on theoretical concepts and ideas, and relevant academic knowledge, to analyse and evaluate work-based practices, experiences and learning.
4. In meeting each of the above, students should be able to demonstrate appropriate communication skills including the ability to present information together with analysis, argument and commentary in a form appropriate to the needs and interests of different audiences.
5. Students should also demonstrate, through the successful completion of a placement review, an ability to locate, extract and analyse data from multiple sources, including the acknowledgement and referencing of appropriate academic sources.
Skills for Your Professional Life (Transferable Skills)
A placement allows the student to carry out junior professional work. Depending on the placement, students are likely to develop a range of transferable skills including working in teams, development of communication and negotiation skills, IT skills, problem solving and decision making.
Part One (designed to meet Learning Outcomes 1, 4 and 5, 25%):
To provide background material on the role, organisation, sector/setting and broader context of the placement. Part One should be approximately 1,500 words in length, appropriately referenced, and submitted through Faser by the last Friday of January in the placement year. Part One of the Placement Review should be submitted along with any appraisal documentation prior to the placement visit, and should be used as the basis for discussion of the student's work role and context, as well as his or her contribution and progress during the placement to date.
Part Two (designed to meet Learning Outcomes 2, 4 and 5, 25%):
To provide a detailed and reflexive account of the student's contribution and development during the placement to date, including an evaluative account of 2-3 examples of work tasks undertaken. Part Two should be approximately 1,500 words in length, appropriately referenced, through Faser by the last Friday of April in the placement year.
Part Three (designed to meet Learning Outcomes 3, 4 and 5, 50%):
To provide an in-depth analysis of work-based practices, experiences and learning, drawing on relevant academic research, including concepts and theories studied in Level One and Two. Part Three of the Review should be approximately 3,000 words in length, appropriately referenced, and submitted through Faser by the last Friday of August in the placement year.
There is no taught component on this module as such, although students will be offered preparatory sessions during their first and second year organised by the EBS Placements Manager in conjunction with the Employability and Careers Centre. These will consist of a series of workshops focusing on CV preparation; making placement applications; interview technique; induction, appraisal and development; as well as a briefing on the assessment component of the placement. In addition to at least one placement visit by an appointed Academic Placement Tutor / Placements Manager, students will also be offered a de-brief session on completion of their placement, consisting of a tutorial meeting with the appointed Tutor who will provide guidance on the preparation of the final component of the placement review (see Assessment, below).
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Placement Review - Part One |
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20% |
| Coursework |
Placement Review - Part Two |
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30% |
| Coursework |
Placement Review - Part Three |
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50% |
Additional coursework information
The assessment of work-based placements will be subject to the normal School procedures in respect of moderation and external examining. The placement review will be assessed as ‘pass’ or ‘fail’, and will not be awarded a specific numerical grade (as per other undergraduate modules), although reviews in which all three parts are deemed to be of an equivalent standard to undergraduate work that would normally be awarded a mark of 70+ will be awarded a ‘Distinction’ for the placement year, and this will be noted on the student’s transcript.
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
Mrs Vicki Doughty, email: vdoughty@essex.ac.uk.
All enquiries should be sent to Vicki Doughty, EBS Placements Manager at vdoughty@essex.ac.uk. On securing a placement all students will be allocated an Academic Supervisor
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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 Apostolos Kourtis
The University of East Anglia
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Dr Javed Siddiqui
Senior Lecturer in Accounting
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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