POL2096 : Politics Work Placement
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr David Walker
- Owning School: Geography, Politics & Sociology
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
- Capacity limit: 20 student places
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
The work placement aims to:
- demonstrate how skills gained through academic study can be applied in work situations
- assist with developing longer term career plans
- provide the opportunity to recognise and record the development of workplace skills
- facilitate personal development in a non-university setting
- develop students who can independently self-manage, proactively interact and ethically apply their knowledge and skills in a work-related context
The module offers students the opportunity to undertake work-related learning in a variety of different environments, allowing students to enhance their employability and personal enterprise skills as well as contributing towards meeting the aims of the host organisation.
There is also an opportunity to participate in a conference creating and presenting a poster on the work carried out by the student at their placement.
Outline Of Syllabus
Students will join the module at the start of semester one and will be able to some extent balance their work for the module across both semesters, with marks being allocated only in semester two. Students will typically complete 150 hours of work for their host organisation and usually around half this will be at the host organisation itself. Different host organisations may require other constraints e.g. number of contact visits made.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placement/Study Abroad | Employer-based learning | 1 | 150:00 | 150:00 | Direct engagement with placement work either at host organisation or remotely (PiP) |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 13 | 1:00 | 13:00 | Synchronous (PiP) |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 37 | 1:00 | 37:00 | N/A |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The module combines practical working experience and academic work. In the course of the work experience students will practise and develop a range of research skills depending on the exact project they are working on. The small group teaching will cover a range of employability-related material and activities.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reflective log | 2 | M | 55 | 2000 words |
| Written exercise | 2 | M | 25 | 6 assignments set across both semesters |
| Prof skill assessmnt | 2 | M | 20 | Host organisation evaluation (professional skills assessment) |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
• The reflective log gives students the opportunity to reflect on their work experience, and to consider how it contributed to enhancement of their employability and personal development.
• The employment assignments are short exercises linked to classes on labour market information, networking, self-awareness, CVs, applications, interviews, and a conference poster. The assignments will particuarly develop and assess students’ job application ability and skills.
• The host organisation supervisor evaluation of student competence enables students’ application of all module knowledge and skill outcomes in carrying out their duties at the placement to be assessed in situ and considered as part of the overall module mark.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- POL2096's Timetable