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LAW-20128 - Module Specification
School of Law
Faculty of Business, Law, Humanities & Social Sciences

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

LAW-20128 - Professional Placement (Level 5)
Coordinator: Sarah Askey
Lecture Time:
Level: Level 5
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733218

Programme/Approved Electives for 2026/27

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

Level 6 Placement Module

Description for 2026/27

In a competitive job market, practical skills and understanding workplace dynamics are crucial. This module allows you to gain experience, enhancing your employability, and the opportunity to gain valuable professional insights via a 75-hour placement or project. You have primary responsibility to secure a role/project and will undertake various activities to support this. This module offers flexibility on when and how you complete your placement or project, enabling you to balance it around existing demands.

Aims
This module aims to:
Enhance the career knowledge and employability of students studying within the School of Law;
Support students in effectively researching and applying for employment roles;
Provide students with experience of work, including developing transferable skills;
Encourage Law students to apply and reflect on skills for future work;
Develop students’ capacity to undertake independent tasks or projects;
Increase students’ knowledge of and familiarity with the Careers and Employability service

Intended Learning Outcomes

Identify areas for skills development, in relation to a specific career or sector;: 1
Reflect on skill development during the placement or project and consider how this relates to future career aspirations;: 2
Explain the next steps for future career development.: 2

Study hours

Active Learning hours 25: Consisting of 7 x 2 hour workshops and 11 hours of placement drop-in opportunities
Independent study - 50 hours - Applying for placement and Assessment 1 - 20 hours and Assessment 2 - 30 hours
Placement - 75 hours

School Rules

To be eligible to undertake LAW-20128, students are required to attend a briefing session and submit an expression of interest form.

Description of Module Assessment

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