Module title BMM5402 Assignment number and title Alternative Assessment Assignment type 3000-word Placement Research and Reflection Learning outcomes (see Module Handbook for all learning outcomes)
- To undertake a real-life employer challenge with key objectives and produce an effective professional group presentation that meets all requirements of the employer brief.
- Appraise personal strengths and weaknesses (knowledge, skills, and experiences) in the context of employability, in preparation for understanding and helping decision making on potential future career paths.
- To develop range of employability skills applicable within the workplace in preparation for the forthcoming work placement.
Submission deadline Feedback date: This Month; noon 15 working days
What am I required to do in this assignment?
As an alternative assessment for this module, you are required to write a 3000 word Placement Research and Reflection.
1. A review of the Industry/Sector you want to seek employment.
2. The knowledge and skills required in the Industry/Sector.
3. A career plan (use the career plan template).
4. A critical reflection.
You should write your career plan and explain how you will implement this plan.
Personal Mission Statement: What is your mission in life?
• Long-term Career Goals: 3-5 years
Personal development objectives/ Area of interest
• Areas to develop (competencies, skills, knowledge needed)
Short-term Career Goals: 1-2 years
• Personal development objectives/ Area of interest
• Areas to develop (competencies, skills, knowledge needed)
• What activities/ action steps can you take that will help you to develop competencies,
How will my assignment be marked? Students will be marked on the following: - Professional report format with appropriate introduction, contents, headings/sub- headings.
- Links to appropriate organisation details, diagrams, and information with references.
- Good critical reflection of your role or project you have worked on during your placement.
Is there a word limit? 3000 word report
Use the SMART model: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and within a specific
Timeframe
What are scheduled date and expected completion dates?
Developmental Activities Required Resources/Support Scheduled Date
What resources and support will you need?
What do I need to do to pass?
• Ensure you use a professional report format that includes contents, an introduction, headings/subheadings, and a concluding paragraph.
• Good use of a range of supporting references that are of from a good source of employability and academic resources.
• Discuss and reflect on your placement experience and the duties and employability skills you have developed. Consider how you plan to focus on enhancing these in the future.
How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?
• Use of a professional report format and clear reflective writing. Ensure you consider your placement experience and discuss how you feel you have grown and learnt from this.
• Excellent use of a wide range of both academic and professional references that support your report and understanding.
• Provide a detailed and professional career plan that reflects your planned actions for the forthcoming academic year and beyond graduation. Make sure you use the SMART model to demonstrate how you plan to approach and assess your career plan objectives.
skills or knowledge so you can reach your personal development objectives? - Clear strategic career plan using SMART model and appropriate references to resources and support throughout. Use of career and specific sector resources should be used to help provide some background and context to your plan. Ensure you use the Career Plan template in the moodle. Marking Criteria See Rubric below:
- Assessment Criteria Grid
Generic descriptors to inform marking criteria for academic undergraduate assessments
Classification:
Criterion:
Exceptional 1st 100, 95
Outstanding 1st 85
1st 75
2.1
68, 65, 62
2.2
58, 55, 52
3
48, 45, 42
Fail 38, 35, 32
Abject Fail 25,
20, 10, 0
Knowledge & Understanding
Polished grasp of subject. Astute and authoritative approach to complexity.
Comprehensive and confident grasp with strong sense of subject complexity.
Thorough understanding evident and well applied to specific assessment task.
Secure, general understanding and reasonable application to assessment task.
Sound knowledge relevant to the assessment task.
Limited knowledge shows basic understanding.
Some awareness o the context of the assessment task.
Faulty understanding of assessment task or concepts.
Irrelevant or mostly absent content.
No understanding of assessment task or concepts.
Irrelevant or absent content.
Structure, Argument
Effective and integrated over- arching argument or structure, clear, insightful synthesis. Highly creative understanding of
topic
Effective overall argument with clear and insightful connections between claims.
Creative
understanding of topic.
Clear and logical focus and direction with valuable connections made between claims. Good level of creativity.
Well-focused on the question with some clear connections made between claims and some overall direction.
Some creativity.
Addresses the topic with some direction and makes some connections between claims or different parts of artefact/assignment
.
Argument is weak and difficult to detect. Connections made between statements limited
Lack of argument. Faulty connection between statements.
No argument. Many faulty connection between statements.
Analysis and Conclusions
Original and searching analysis, critical appraisal of task and judicious conclusions.
Searching analysis with pertinent conclusions drawn.
Insightful analysis throughout with appropriate conclusions drawn.
Strong analysis of salient illustrative examples. Some general conclusions drawn.
Some conclusions drawn based on some reasonable comparisons and examples.
Basic analysis. Remains descriptive, little evaluation or comparison. Few clear conclusions.
Insufficient evaluation or attempt to make comparisons.
Conclusions illogical insufficient.
No evaluation or attempt to make comparisons.
Conclusions illogical or absent.
Sources & Evidence
Extensive and evaluative use of evidential support for argument.
Extensive use of evidence with some evaluation.
Clear support of argument with well selected evidence.
Draws on relevant independent sources and evidence to support claims.
Makes simple use of evidence from recommended sources.
Relies on superficial statements with little supporting evidence.
Lack of evidence or relevant sources.
No evidence or relevant sources.
Adherence to Referencing
Conventions, Technical Skills
Flawless referencing or technical skills.
Flawless referencing or technical skills.
Excellent referencing or technical skills.
Consistent and accurate
referencing or technical skills.
Largely consistent accurate
referencing. or technical skills.
Limited referencing/ adherence to
convention or technical skills.
Inadequate referencing or technical skills.
Inadequate or no referencing or technical skills.
Written/Visual/ Oral Style & Clarity
Professional and sophisticated with exceptional clarity and coherence. Excellent, controlled, confident delivery, pace, and audience engagement.
Professional and fluent with great clarity and coherence.
Confident delivery, pace and audience engagement.
Fluent and accurate with great clarity and coherence.
Mostly confident delivery, pace and audience engagement.
Clear and coherent. Good delivery, pace and audience engagement
Some lapses of clarity. Some expression is ineffective.
Satisfactory delivery, pace and audience engagement
Adequate, but awkward expression throughout with little clarity. Poor delivery, pace and audience engagement
Inadequate and unclear presentation. Impaired communication. Error-strewn.
Grossly inadequate and unclear presentation.
Severely impaired communication. Error-strewn.
