RA2D26 - Professional Placement 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: RA2D26
Module Title: Professional Placement
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Music and Drama
Faculty Sub Group: Drama
Module Leader: Marta Minier
Module Team: Robert Smith
First Intended Intake: SEP 2022 Final Year of Intake: 2027
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 40 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100069 - drama
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2022
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

Extend students understanding of professional practice in the discipline of production and management.

To Encourage a critical engagement with work-based learning that considers contemporary debates about production, performers, and participants.

Develop commercial insight through a synthesis of creative, and data driven perspectives.

Content Summary

This module builds upon the professional development module at level 4, with a 120-hour work-based learning placement. The perspective expands from personal development strategies to business straggles informed by the host organisation. Students will focus on Leadership, Governance, and project development.

The assessment items ask student to prepare (Case study) and present a business strategy for one aspect of their host organisations activity.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 8
Seminar 12
Tutorial 4
Work based learning 120
Independent Study 132
Directed Study 120
Formative Assessment - Scheduled 2
Formative Assessment - Independent 2
Total Hours Selected 400

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Develop and critically appraise an action plan drawing on their experience and skills within a work-related context and informed by their career plans and aspirations.
LO2 Reflect upon the way their work experiences or role has contributed to their professional practice, using this to develop future personal/professional development.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Synchronous Onsite Practical Assessment Simulation (Onsite) 1 Explore your business proposal with a panel that includes representation from your host organisation. Over 15 minutes you will engage in discursive conversation that examines the feasibility, and suitability of your strategy. 15 N/A 60 No 40
Asynchronous Assessment Case study 1 Develop a business proposal for your host organisation that explores an aspect of their activity. Use a SOAR analysis to contextualise your proposal and offer a metric for success. 0 2000 40 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Simulation (Onsite) 1 ✔ ✔
Case study 1 ✔ ✔

Reading List

Jackson, S. (2011). Social Works: The Infrastructural Politics of Performance. Routledge: London and New York.

Johnson, K.W. (2021). Business and Management Internships: Improving Employability Through Experiential Learning. Routledge: London and New York.
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Kirkpatrick, D., S. Porter, J. Speedy, and J. Wyatt. (2021). Artful Collaborative Inquiry: Making and Writing Creative, Qualitative Research. Routledge: London and New York.

Neugebauer, J., and J. Evans-Brain. (2009). Making the Most of Your Placement. Sage: London.

Perkins, K.A. (2020). The Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance. Routledge: London and New York.

Saul, J. (2022). Collective Trauma, Collective Healing: Promoting Community Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster. Routledge: London and New York.

Sweigart-Gallagher, A. and V. P. Lantz (2014). Nationalism and Youth in Theatre and Performance. Routledge: London and New York.
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Walle, A.H. (2022). Entrepreneurship and Culture: The New Social Paradigm. Routledge: London and New York .