You are expected to undertake these hours of direct contact time with the placement, with the help and monitoring of you allocated Supervisor-who will give you guidance and feedback throughout the placement.

There is plenty of help at hand to help you complete your hours, your supervisor on the module will help you ensure you won't fall short, and additionally to this contact time, you would be expected to do outside research and learning, just like any other module.

Academic commitment

The main assessments for the module is a supervisor evaluation, done at the end of your hours at term 2 and either a formal presentation, an assessed interview or a poster presentation, depending on your stage.  You will be required to put in as much effort to the written work you do for this module as you would for any other module.  You will be assigned a personal tutor at the start of the module.  They will give you guidance and assistance through the academic work.

The emphasis of the assessment in the module is the skills you develop, not what you are doing - therefore as long as you can complete the hours, and develop the skills, then you are more than capable of doing very well on the module.

Self-management

Students on the module are expected to be self-managing and to seek out the assistance they need to work on their graduate employability skills (Teamwork, Communication, Planning and Organisation and Personal Enterprise) and reach the goals they set for themselves.  The staff at the Careers Service, the Students' Union and at your placement are there to empower you, so that you can do the best job possible. 

Motivation and Enthusiasm