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LSC-30090 - Module Specification
School of Life Sciences
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 29 June 2024

LSC-30090 - Professional Development in Bioscience
Coordinator: Bernadette Grannon Tel: +44 1782 7 33858
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 0
Study Hours: 85
School Office: 01782 734414

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

none

Barred Combinations

none

Description for 2024/25

This optional module helps you to develop your professional skills required for your next steps following graduation, you will produce a portfolio, evidencing your skills, attributes, and professional qualities. You will have the opportunity to practice your interview techniques and presentations skills to support your personal statements and CV.
You will also develop your professional social media profile and learn how to join the online employment and opportunities marketplace.
You will explore the impact of discrimination and unconscious bias and reflect on your practice.
You will reflect on your own mental and physical health and investigate strategies to maintain your well-being

Aims
To provide students with a structured programme to further develop employability and professional skills.
To guide students toward techniques to build self-care, resilience, and well-being.

Intended Learning Outcomes

construct a portfolio of evidence suitable for use in applications for employment or further study.
: reflect on their own health and well-being, and take steps to manage this.
: 2
identify their own strengths and weaknesses and develop strategies to maximise their skills in line with the Keele graduate attributes: 2
to discuss the principles and implications of equality, diversity, and inclusion: 2

Study hours

Active learning
20 hours preparation for tutorials
10 x 2 hours tutorials
Independent study
25 hours completing on-line tasks
20 hours completing EDI reflection


School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Online Tasks weighted 50%
My Employability Programme
students must complete the Keele Careers "My employability programme". 24 tasks, grouped into 8 categories are completed online including, self-awareness, career possibilities and decisions, workplace skills, hunting for jobs, CVs and applications, interviews and offers, preparing for work, and career well-being. Completion of this programme also gains an award to add to the students' portfolio of evidence.

2: Reflective Diary weighted 50%
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Students will complete a 500 word diary reflecting on the changes to their knowledge and practice throughout their studies. This will include their perceptions around EDI and how they have developed their skills to meet the Keele graduate attributes.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 29 June 2024