HSTM60732 30 Semester 2 Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Duncan Wilson Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 15.0 <div><p>Students will spend a minimum of twenty days working with a placement organisation, undertaking tasks to meet a set of objectives which will be negotiated beforehand by the placement organisation and placement organiser (also module lead) at CHSTM.</p><p>Placements will be allocated on the basis of student selection, following their description in the unit handbook that will be distributed mid-way through semester one. Students will be assigned a designated work place supervisor within the placement organisation, who will provide mentoring and feedback.</p><p>The module lead or another member of CHSTM staff (i.e. someone with relevant expertise or links to the placement organisation) will also act as the placement tutor and will schedule two mandatory one-to-one meetings during the course of the unit: one to check the student has started their placement and knows what they are doing; the other to discuss preparing the essay reflecting on their placement. These meetings will support monitoring and feedback on progress as well as on the development of assessment objectives.</p></div> <div> <p> Students will spend a minimum of twenty days working with a placement organisation, undertaking tasks to meet a set of objectives which will be negotiated beforehand by the placement organisation and placement organiser (also module lead) at CHSTM.</p> <p> Placements will be allocated on the basis of student selection, following their description in the unit handbook that will be distributed mid-way through semester one. Students will be assigned a designated work place supervisor within the placement organisation, who will provide mentoring and feedback.</p> <p> The module lead or another member of CHSTM staff (i.e. someone with relevant expertise or links to the placement organisation) will also act as the placement tutor and will schedule two mandatory one-to-one meetings during the course of the unit: one to check the student has started their placement and knows what they are doing; the other to discuss preparing the essay reflecting on their placement. These meetings will support monitoring and feedback on progress as well as on the development of assessment objectives.</p> </div> <div>The unit aims to provide:</div><ul> <li>direct experience of a professional working environment through a placement with an&nbsp;organisation from the heritage, charitable or policymaking sectors.</li> <li>practical experience and understanding of the application of the history of science, technology and medicine (HSTM) outside academia</li> <li>enhanced vocational and transferable skills, with the opportunity for students to reflect on their own career development and appreciate the opportunities, constraints and processes of different working environments</li> <li>an opportunity to reflect on the dissemination and application of HSTM in a public and/or policy context.</li></ul> 0 Other 100% <p>Written plan of placement project (1,500 words): 25%</p><p>Essay reflective on aims and outcomes of placement, and on applying HSTM skills in the workplace (4,500 words): 50%</p><p>Assessment of placement performance (undertaken by Supervisor/Line Manager) at placement organisation: 25%&nbsp;</p> <p>The module lead or another member of CHSTM staff (i.e. someone with relevant expertise or links to the placement organisation) will act as the placement tutor and will schedule two mandatory one-to-one meetings during the course of the unit: one to check the student has started their placement and knows what they are doing; the other to discuss preparing the essay reflecting on their placement. These meetings will support monitoring and feedback on progress as well as on the development of assessment objectives.&nbsp;</p><p>Detailed written feedback from primary assessor.&nbsp;</p> N 0 0 300