PIR-20065 - Module Specification
School of Social, Political and Global Studies
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24

This module is designed to be useful for anyone who wants to better prepare themselves for life after Keele. It is especially designed for students who are thinking of work involving politics or public service more broadly speaking, but it could be of use whatever direction students see themselves taking.
There are three main areas addressed.
1. Employability and career development education:
* What jobs are available to me?
* How do I find out about them?
* How do I decide what to do next?
* How can I improve my chances of succeeding with applications to graduate jobs (successful CV writing, interview and assessment centre techniques) ?
2. Personal and professional development: the module focuses on the broad concept of emotional intelligence, that is to say techniques for you to understand and to manage better yourself and people who you find yourself working or living with. In other words the module aims to help you to improve your motivation, resilience, people skills, communication skills and other key life skills.
3. Political practice: through developing these techniques and skills the module material is designed to help you to become a more effective change agent.

The module has three interrelated aims:
1. Career development education: to enable students to develop a knowledge of the graduate labour market for social science students, techniques for career decision making, and the range of transition skills needed to gain, secure and change jobs
2. Personal and professional development: to raise awareness of the components of emotional intelligence, that is self awareness, awareness of others, self-management and management of others
3. Political practice: through the above, to become a more effective change agent

Intended Learning Outcomes

Articulate their current strengths, skills, areas for development, personal values and priorities: 1
Apply the concept of emotional intelligence to reflect on their performance, and their effectiveness in dealing with personal challenges, including using appropriate techniques from the course materials: 2
Demonstrate the ability to produce a CV and covering letter appropriate for application to graduate jobs: 1

Study hours

24 hours workshops
10 hours preparation for workshops
116 hours completion of formative and summative assessment

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment