Getting extended, real-world, professional experience in a planned supportive environment provides amazing learning and career development opportunities. The Professional Project module aims to use your Masters-level learning, and to blend academic and industry partner expertise to offer you relevant exposure to real-world project work within a campus-based experience. It requires you to conceptualise, execute, analyse and reflect upon your own learning experiences and apply them to an industry project. Working in small project groups, over the trimester you will collaborate with your peers, working on multi layered weekly complex tasks which link to the solving of a larger industry identified problem. You will get the opportunity to gain professional experience in different settings and tackle issues using problem evaluation, solution and analysis gaining a deeper understanding of the industry/business sector. Being part of a project team will need you to understand human relationships, contribute to tasks, listen, negotiate and make decisions in a timely manner, presenting back to the wider group at regular intervals. Learning and using key soft skills in a professional environment will help to enhance attractiveness to employers after completing this course. The module expects you to have a high level of independence, be proactive with peers, engaging positively with your team and completing independent work to agreed timelines, as you would do in the professional work environment. There are weekly timetabled sessions where specific tasks are set, but there is an expectation that you are self-driven to complete the directed learning tasks. Outside of timetabled sessions, you will be guided to work in your project teams, drawing upon the resources in the university to work towards providing a solution to the problem presented. Also, regular tutorials are scheduled along with options for input from our industry partner to aid the independent project teamwork. To enhance your professional skills for future employment, you will be supported to complete a career plan and part of this will be to identify and engage with several Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses during the module. These CPD courses, which would be immersed within the module, can be improving core work skills or developing new ones. Evidence of completion would be submitted as part of the assessment in the module. You will need to be in good academic standing from year 1 to opt for this module. The module will build on the Preparation for Professional Experience module which must be passed in Year 1 of your course. This Professional Experience module is a pass/fail module in Year 2. The assessments are designed to be industry facing and support the skills needed to develop your career profile. In this module assessments are completed as a group and individually during the trimester. Upon completion of the module, you will receive a formal letter of achievement which is endorsed by one of our industry partners. This letter can be used as further evidence of your professional experience to enhance your CV.
Getting extended, real-world, professional experience in a planned supportive environment provides amazing learning and career development opportunities. The Professional Project 2 module aims to use your Masters-level learning, and to blend academic and industry partner expertise to offer you relevant exposure to real-world project work within a campus-based experience. It requires you to conceptualise, execute, analyse and reflect upon your own learning experiences and apply them to an industry project. Working in small project groups, over the trimester you will collaborate with your peers, working on multi layered weekly complex tasks which link to the solving of a larger industry identified problem. You will get the opportunity to gain professional experience in different settings and tackle issues using problem evaluation, solution and analysis gaining a deeper understanding of the industry/business sector. Being part of a project team will need you to understand human relationships, contribute to tasks, listen, negotiate and make decisions in a timely manner, presenting back to the wider group at regular intervals. Learning and using key soft skills in a professional environment will help to enhance attractiveness to employers after completing this course. The module expects you to have a high level of independence, be proactive with peers, engaging positively with your team and completing independent work to agreed timelines, as you would do in the professional work environment. There are weekly timetabled sessions where specific tasks are set, but there is an expectation that you are self-driven to complete the directed learning tasks. Outside of timetabled sessions, you will be guided to work in your project teams, drawing upon the resources in the university to work towards providing a solution to the problem presented. Also, regular tutorials are scheduled along with options for input from our industry partner to aid the independent project teamwork. To enhance your professional skills for future employment, you will be supported to complete a career plan and part of this will be to identify and engage with several Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses during the module. These CPD courses, which would be immersed within the module, can be improving core work skills or developing new ones. Evidence of completion would be submitted as part of the assessment in the module. You will need to be in good academic standing from year 1 to opt for this module. The module will build on the Preparation for Professional Experience module which must be passed in year 1 of your course. This Professional Experience module is a pass/fail module in Year 2. The assessments are designed to be industry facing and support the skills needed to develop your career profile. In this module assessments are completed as a group and individually during the trimester. Upon completion of the module, you will receive a formal letter of achievement which is endorsed by one of our industry partners. This letter can be used as further evidence of your professional experience to enhance your CV.
View the full module definitionThis work experience will provide you with a range of opportunities to grow your knowledge and skill base with relevance to your future career aspirations. Use your masters level learning, with a blend of academic expertise and in-work mentoring and support, to offer you professional experience in a real-world setting in a business outside of your university learning environment. Prior to this module commencing, working with academic supervisors and the ARU Employability Services, you will work towards finding a suitable work experience opportunity in an external company. This process of finding and being selected by a host organisation will offer insight to the job application process. To increase your chances of securing a placement, you will need to be in good academic standing, fully engaged with the process, and meet tight deadlines. You will get the opportunity to learn by working with experienced professionals in their workplace, experiencing different settings, different roles and observing the problems encountered day to day. There will be regular opportunities to discuss the work schedule and tasks with your mentors. You will be able to assist your mentor in tasks and be asked to reflect on the experience with your academic supervisor. You can immerse yourself with the role, experience a variety of organisational structure and operations, staff behaviour and culture. By getting involved in day-to-day activities, you will understand human relationships, contribute to tasks, listen, and learning about activities of a professional job. You may experience commercial business considerations, innovation management, and entrepreneurship. Being in an organisation, learning and using key soft skills in a professional environment will help to enhance your attractiveness to employers after completing this course. The module expects you to have a high level of independence, be proactive, engage positively with your host organisation, academic supervisors to complete independent work to agreed timelines, as you would do in the professional work environment. The experience will take place over a minimum of 3 days / 20 hours placement time each week. There are regular academic-led workshops during the experience where you will have a chance to discuss the issues and be guided on the assessment tasks. Outside of the placement hours, there is an expectation that you are self-driven to complete the directed learning tasks using the wider university resources to work towards the planned assessments. To enhance your professional skills for future employment, you will be supported to complete a career plan and part of this will be to identify and engage with several Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses during the module. These CPD courses, which will be immersed within the module, can improve current skills or develop new ones. Evidence of completion would be submitted as part of the assessment for the module. You will need to be in good academic standing from year 1 to opt for this module. The module will build on the Preparation for Professional Experience module which must be passed in year 1 of your course. This placement module is a pass/fail module in Year 2. Upon completion of the module, you will receive a formal letter of achievement which is endorsed by one of our academics. This letter can be used as further evidence of your professional experience to enhance your CV and support your career development.
This work experience will provide you with a range of opportunities to grow your knowledge and skill base with relevance to your future career aspirations. Use your masters level learning, with a blend of academic expertise and in-work mentoring and support, to offer you professional experience in a real-world setting, offered by services and areas within Anglia Ruskin University. Prior to this module commencing, working with academic supervisors and the ARU Employability Services, you will work towards finding a suitable work experience opportunity within ARUs offered experiences. This process of finding and being selected by a host organisation will offer insight to the job application process. To increase your chances of securing a placement, you will need to be in good academic standing, fully engaged with the process, and meet tight deadlines. You will get the opportunity to learn by working with experienced professionals in their workplace, experiencing different settings, different roles and observing the problems encountered day to day. There will be regular opportunities to discuss the work schedule and tasks with your mentors. You will be able to assist your mentor in tasks and be asked to reflect on the experience with your academic supervisor. You can immerse yourself with the role, experience a variety of organisational structure and operations, staff behaviour and culture. By getting involved in day-to-day activities, you will understand human relationships, contribute to tasks, listen, and learning about activities of a professional job. You may experience commercial business considerations, innovation management, and entrepreneurship. Being in an organisation, learning and using key soft skills in a professional environment will help to enhance your attractiveness to employers after completing this course. The module expects you to have a high level of independence, be proactive, engage positively with your host organisation, academic supervisors to complete independent work to agreed timelines, as you would do in the professional work environment. The experience will take place over a minimum of 3 days / 20 hours placement time each week. There are regular academic-led workshops during the experience where you will have a chance to discuss the issues and be guided on the assessment tasks. Outside of the placement hours, there is an expectation that you are self-driven to complete the directed learning tasks using the wider university resources to work towards the planned assessments. To enhance your professional skills for future employment, you will be supported to complete a career plan and part of this will be to identify and engage with several Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses during the module. These CPD courses, which will be immersed within the module, can improve current skills or develop new ones. Evidence of completion would be submitted as part of the assessment for the module. You will need to be in good academic standing from year 1 to opt for this module. The module will build on the Preparation for Professional Experience module which must be passed in year 1 of your course. This placement module is a pass/fail module in Year 2. Upon completion of the module, you will receive a formal letter of achievement which is endorsed by one of our academics. This letter can be used as further evidence of your professional experience to enhance your CV and support your career development.