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CHE-10089 - Module Specification
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2026/27 Last Updated: 17 March 2026

CHE-10089 - Chemistry Career Planning and Employability Skills
Coordinator: Tess Phillips Room: LJ1.46 Tel: +44 1782 7 33038
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 0
Study Hours: 30
School Office: 01782 734921

Programme/Approved Electives for 2026/27

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2026/27

Your university study may be driven by curiosity about the chemical world, but it is also about developing graduate attributes that lead to successful and fulfilling careers. The activities and milestones in our career planning modules will grow your potential beyond Chemistry knowledge. In Level 4, you will learn to identify, evidence and showcase your subject specific as well as transferable skills. You will acquire tools to effectively select and prepare for potential work placements in Levels 5 or 6.

Aims
This module aims to enable students to recognise the skills they are developing beyond their Chemistry knowledge. Students will consider what skills will be important in potential future careers, how they can gain further experience of these through work experience and placements, and identify how the skills, techniques and behaviours they develop in their Chemistry modules are transferrable. Students will identify and begin a record of where they are developing these skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes

identify, evidence and reflect on the development of subject-specific skills: 1
identify, evidence and reflect on the development of transferrable skills: 1
gain an appreciation of the variety of skills important in a diverse range of potential future careers: 1

Study hours

Seminars and workshops: 10h
Independent completion of the portfolio: 20h

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Professional Development weighted 100%
Skills portfolio
Using templates on an electronic notebook, students will begin building their skills portfolio by recording what skills they are currently developing, against a framework of the Keele graduate attributes, the AQA subject benchmark statement for Chemistry, and the Royal Society of Chemistry accreditation benchmarks. Equivalent to approximately 500 words.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. 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/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 17 March 2026