Curriculum Information

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InductionInduction forms a key part of the welcome to USW and the successful integration into higher education. Induction activities take part on campus during induction week. Franchise partners usually arrange their own induction activities at their own campuses, but where possible joint induction activities are arranged on Glyntaff campus.Induction is standardised and usually covers the following:Introduction and welcome by the course teamInduction activity – getting to know you, getting to know each otherAward structureAssessmentSupervisionSupportExpectationsVLE: Blackboard induction and tutorialHealth and SafetyTour of facilitiesLibrary inductionCourse handbook and Module handbooksPersonal Academic Coach1PAC is used at USW and staff at the partner colleges align students to a personal tutor for the duration of their studies.Learner AnalyticsThe use of Learner Analytics is discussed during induction. We use Study Goal for attendance recording and monitoring.Office hoursOffice hours are Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm.TutorialsTutorials are built into the teaching week as per USW guidance.SeminarsSeminars are timetabled and form part of the weekly slot allocated for each module. Details of seminars for each module are found in the Module Implementation Plan in the module handbook.Progress meetingsStudents have progress meetings through PAC. Students are also able to access assignment support to discuss assignment progress with their module leaders (no later than two weeks before the assignment deadline). Each module also has an Assignment Support session for each assignment on the module built into the schedule, offering further chance for progress to be discussed.Research SupervisionN/A at level 4. Hours allocated in module PE3S009Online ResourcesBlackboard is the main online resource for students on this course. The BSc will have a dedicated Blackboard course page populated with the course handbook, induction materials and support services information and links.Each Module will have a dedicated Blackboard area, and each franchise partner will have their own separate Blackboard area for their delivery of the module. Blackboard is used to host learning materials, lecture slides, guided reading documents, lecture recordings, module handbooks and relevant research and policy documents related to weekly teaching sessions. Module Leaders are responsible for populating the blackboard sites with the base learning and teaching materials.Blackboard is also used to for communication with the student groups at either the course or module level. Written assessments are submitted via Turnitin on the Blackboard module assessment area and some assessments such as online MCQ tests are delivered via Blackboard.Other online resources are provided to students via links from the Blackboard course/module pages, such as resources hosted by Public Health Wales, NHS and the World Health Organisation.IT/LibraryAll delivery sites, including franchise partners, have appropriate services available for students (including online resources). At Glyntaff, there are open access computer rooms in all buildings on campus. Students are welcome to use facilities on all other USW campuses too. Libraries are open to all students on all campuses but tend to be stocked according to the courses delivered at those sites. The majority of health, wellbeing and social care resources are therefore located at the Glyntaff Campus where this course is delivered.