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School of Law, Politics and Sociology

Professional Skills: Career Management (L3132)

Professional Skills: Career Management Kickstart

Module L3132

Module details for 2025/26.

15 credits

FHEQ Level 5

Full Module Description

This module will help you improve your work ready/professional/career management skills and become better prepared for the job market, through instruction, practical employment scenarios and self-reflection.

Module outline
Career exploration
What you can do with your degree
Academic writing and communication skills
Real world employment scenarios

Topics include:
Career management essentials (adverts, job titles, CVs, interviewing)
Communication skills: giving effective oral presentations and graphical aids for oral presentations
Writing skills: academic and report writing
Professional conduct: codes of professional conduct, artificial intelligence and emerging new technologies.

Module Outline

This module will help you improve your work ready / professional / career management skills and become better prepared for the job market, through instruction, practical employment scenarios and self-reflection.

Module Outline
•career exploration
•what you can do with your degree
•academic writing and communication skills
•real world employment scenarios
•professional conduct

Topics include:
•career management essentials (adverts, job titles, CVs, interviewing)
•communication skills: giving effective oral presentations and
graphical aids for oral presentations
•writing skills: academic and report writing
•professional conduct: codes of professional conduct, artificial intelligence and emerging new
technologies

Module learning outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge and understand of employability issues relevant to the course of study undertaken

Demonstrate engagement with a range of approaches to employability

Demonstrate self-reflection and awareness of own learning journey

Present work using a variety of methods appropriate to the content of the module

TypeTimingWeighting
Portfolio (2000 words)Semester 2 Assessment Week 1 Mon 16:00100.00%
Timing

Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.

Weighting

Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.

TermMethodDurationWeek pattern
Spring SemesterSeminar2 hours11111111111
Spring SemesterLecture1 hour10000000000

How to read the week pattern

The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.

Dr Ben Fincham

Convenor
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Ms Lizzy Mckinney

Convenor
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