LW211-5-FY-CO:
Career Management and Personal Development Skills II
2021/22
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 07 October 2021
Friday 01 July 2022
0
15 November 2021
Requisites for this module
LW111
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LLB M122 English and French Law (Maitrise),
LLB M100 Law,
LLB M100MD Law,
LLB M100MS Law,
LLB M101 Law (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M107 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M120 Law (Including Year Abroad),
MLAWM199 Law,
MLAWMA98 Law (Including Placement Year),
MLAWMA99 Law (Including Year Abroad),
LLB M103 Law (Senior Status),
LLB MM20 Law with Human Rights,
LLB MM21 Law with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM22 Law with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
LLB MM30 Law with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MV06 Law with Philosophy (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MV16 Law with Philosophy,
LLB MV18 Law with Philosophy (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MV19 Law with Philosophy (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML14 Law with Politics (Including Year Abroad),
LLB ML15 Law with Politics (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML16 Law with Politics,
LLB ML26 Law with Politics (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MN00 Law with Business,
LLB MN01 Law with Business (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MN02 Law with Business (Including Placement Year),
LLB MN03 Law with Business (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MN10 Law with Finance,
LLB MN11 Law with Finance (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MN12 Law with Finance (Including Placement Year),
LLB MN13 Law with Finance (Including Foundation Year),
LLB MM00 Law with Criminology,
LLB MM01 Law with Criminology (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM02 Law with Criminology (Including Placement Year),
LLB MM03 Law with Criminology (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M123 Licence English and French Law (Double Degree),
LLB M1Q3 Law with Literature,
LLB M1Q4 Law with Literature (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M1Q5 Law with Literature (Including Placement Year),
LLB M1Q6 Law with Literature (Including Year Abroad),
LLB M1V1 Law with History,
LLB M1V2 Law with History (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M1V3 Law with History (Including Placement Year),
LLB M1V4 Law with History (Including Year Abroad)
Career Management and Personal Development Skills aims to better prepare you for the opportunities and challenges of the graduate labour market.
The module runs over a two year period, incorporating a range of activities, workshops and sessions that encourage you to take ownership of your personal and professional development and career planning.
The module will:
1. Explore what is expected of a graduate of law;
2. Explore a range of influences on career choices;
3. Increase your awareness of career decision making and career planning;
4. Help you to develop an understanding of career management skills;
5. Introduce you to reflective practice;
6. Help you to increase self-awareness in order to enhance your career management capabilities;
7. Increase your understanding of key skills and competencies and their impact on career choice;
8. Introduce you to external experts and advisers.
On completion of the module, students will:
1. Understand the key skills and competencies expected of a law graduate;
2. Be able to identify key personal factors that will inform your career choices;
3. Be able to identify key skills and competencies developed through work experience, paid employment and volunteering;
4. Have attended a variety of career talks, career fairs and/or panel sessions in order to explore and better understand different career options and career paths;
5. Have started a PDP or career action plan and understand how this might change over time;
6. Have a clear understanding of how and when to access career development opportunities;
7. Have a good understanding of your personal values, interests, skills and competencies, and how these relate to career choices.
8. Have an up to date CV which clearly articulates and evidences your skills and competencies;
9. Be able to make appropriate applications for employment or post-graduate study, drawing effectively on your personal strengths and achievements.
No additional information available.
The module is taught over two years (as LW111 in the first year of your degree and LW211 in the second year of your degree). A series of short pre-recorded video lectures will be available on Moodle. The lectures will cover the compulsory/key material for this module and will be supported by a series of online tasks that you will need to complete.
Drop–in sessions (online/face-to-face) will also be scheduled -you don't need to attend these, but the team will be available during these sessions in case you have any questions.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Career Management Skills Portfolio |
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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
Module is either passed or marked as not completed.
Reassessment
Module is either passed or marked as not completed.
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Timea Tallodi, email: t.tallodi@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Timea Tallodi, Ann Ord (Careers)
Law UG Education Administrators: lawschoolug@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 4 hours, 0 (0%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
4 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.
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