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Professional Development

Key facts and benefits

  • Learn and develop through a range of activities in the workplace or community.

  • Develop the transferable personal and professional skills employers demand.

  • Build an understanding of the key features of reflective professional practice

  • Manage and evaluate your own multimedia Personal Development Plan.


Qualification: 10 credit module at QAA level 5
Study options: This is a part-time study module, which should take less than a year to complete. The module requires approx 100 hours of learning activity.

 

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Course guide

The module addresses the importance managing your professional development. Your Supervisor and peers will support you as you engage in "self-training" across a range of professional skills, such as equalities, communication, self-management, reflective practice, teamwork and sustainability.

Learning, teaching and assessment

You'll participate in a range of activities, such as mentoring, volunteering and paid work, to develop the personal and professional skills important for both employment and successful study. You may base your work around one activity or several, depending on the learning opportunities presented.

The module also includes classroom-based training sessions, supplemented and amplified by online teaching material, information and examples.

Throughout the module you'll keep a multimedia ePortfolio of your activity and progress. Your Supervisor will monitor this and provide feedback and suggestions for further development.

Online support from your peers and Supervisor are an important part of this module. There will be a range of group activities to address specific skills issues and to engage in reflective practice.

Module fee

Fees are based on current Government financial arrangements with Universities. If you already have qualifications up to and including QAA Level 4, the module fee will be £270.

If you have qualifications at level 5 or above, please contact us for fee information.

Further information

To apply, please complete this Application Form (Word) and return to s.campbell@aston.ac.uk. You may also request a printed copy to be sent to you.

For more information or for an informal discussion about this module, please contact:

Dr Sukhvinder Phull, Module Leader and Director of Combined Honours Programmes
s.phull@aston.ac.uk   |   0121 204 4289

Dr John Blewitt, Director of Lifelong Learning
J.D.Blewitt@aston.ac.uk   |   0121 204 4284 

Ms Shelley Campbell
s.cambell@aston.ac.uk   |   0121 204 5220