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LAW-20096 - Module Specification
School of Law
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 18 May 2024

LAW-20096 - CAB Placement (Level 5)
Coordinator: Lisa Mountford Tel: +44 1782 7 34363
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733218

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25


Aims
The purpose of the module is several fold:
To enable students to develop a wide variety of skills, both academic and personal, and to deploy these to help the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) and, in particular, the public it serves;
To encourage recognition and development of skills and capabilities valued in the work place;
To enable students to further develop their legal, placement-based training and to enhance their capacity for critical self-reflection;
To enhance graduate employability.

Intended Learning Outcomes

achieve competence by completing the CAB-required skills training and self-study assessments: 2
train, critically self reflect on and evaluate learning gained from a work-based learning experience: 1,2
learn, through experience, how to 'learn on the job' - i.e., to learn to develop skills/attributes appropriate to the work environment: 1

Study hours

Initial training (12 hours)
CAB Specific Assessments (25 Hours)
Supported placement observations (12 hours)
Placement rota hours (33 hours)
Diary completion (20 hours)
Critical Self-reflection Guidance and Academic Support (4 hours)
Summative reflections (12 hours)
Reflective Assessment (32 hours)

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Reflective Analysis weighted 100%
Written critical reflection
A written piece, maximum 2,500 words, critically reflecting on the student¿s placement experience.

2: Competence weighted 0%
self-study exercises
To satisfy the CAB regulator requirement that student advisers have completed the prescribed work-based training, students will complete a short series of self-study exercises which must be signed off by a member of the CAB training team.

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 18 May 2024