Academic and Career Development
BMAN10780
2015-2016
Dr Chris McLean
Dr Charlotte Coleman
Academic and Career Development
Academic and
Study Skills
Academic Advisor
& Student
Relationship
Introduction to
Employability &
Career
Development
A foundation for your studies
Who’s Involved
Charlotte Coleman
Chris McLean
The Careers Service
The Library
Linda Whittle
Dean Pierides
Your Academic
Advisor
Aims & Objectives
• Providing students with the knowledge to help them
monitor, review, plan and take responsibility for their own
learning and professional development.
• Supporting students in developing the academic skills
required to study management at university level.
• Supporting students in developing a working relationship
with their academic advisor.
• Providing students with an introduction to employability,
and support them in developing and recognising
transferable skills.
Two Semesters – 10 Credits
Wk
Date
Lectures
Seminars
25 Sep Welcome Week – Introduction
1
2 Oct
2
9 Oct
3
16 Oct How does the University of Manchester
manage and organize Social Responsibility?
Complete online library
Seminar 1 modules
Different Perspectives on Social Responsibility
Prepare notes - readings
23 Oct Making Good Connections:
Note Taking, Reading, Engaging in Seminars
5
30 Oct How to develop world-class research skills
13 Nov Developing & presenting your arguments.
Critical Analysis & Essay Writing Skills
8
20 Nov Developing good writing practices
9
27 Nov Time management, exam performance &
team working
10
4 Dec Guest Lecture: Prof. Ann Cunliffe
12
Email AA - PCDP (part one)
Seminar 2
11 Dec Pulling Things Together
No Timetabled Activities
Prepare notes - readings
Seminar 3
Reading Week
7
11
Prepare notes - readings
What is Management & how is Social
Responsibility (SR) managed?
4
6
Personal Learning
Submit Essay Plan
Seminar 3 PCDP – part two
Seminar 4
Seminar 5
Work on essay
Drafting essay
Assignment 1 (Essay)
Wk
1
Date
5 Feb
Lecture
Introduction to Semester Two
Introduction to Employability and Summer
2 12 Feb
Internships - Transferable Skills
3
Completing application forms & CVs - How to
19 Feb
stand out for the right reasons
4
Psychometric Tests - What are they? Who uses
26 Feb
them and why?
5
4 Mar
6
Seminar
PCDP & Survey
Seminar 6
Group Presentation
Seminar 7
Online psychometric
test
Draft a CV
Interview Skills - Looking good, sounding good.
11 Mar Assessment Centres - The Final Frontier
Personal Learning
Seminar 8
An International Career? - Developing your Global
7 18 Mar
Mindset
Enterprise/starting your own business - Working
8 15 Apr
for Yourself
9
22 Apr Alternative Careers
10
29 Apr Finding a placement as part of your degree
Seminar 9
Seminar 10
Ensure PCDP is
complete and
comprehensive
Assessment
Semester 1 – Individual Essay
Essay Plan
Nov 6th
Essay
Dec 16th
Semester 2 – Group Presentation
Group
presentation
40%
35%
All year – Individual Plan and Self Reflection
First Year Report (Personal and
Career Development Plan & CV)
25%
A 7
Please note…
• You must pass Academic and Career
Development to complete your first year.
• To pass the course you must submit all the
relevant documents and participate in all the
assignments (essay plan, essay, group
presentation and first year report/P&CDP).
• A presentation is like an exam, if you fail to
attend a presentation you will get a mark of
zero.
I 8
– If you miss a presentation due to illness or serious personal
circumstances you must complete a mitigating circumstances
form
– Always keep you Academic Advisor aware of any mitigating issues
Blackboard
Library Learning Resources: Compulsory & Supplementary Units
10
The Essay
Formative Plan & Final Essay
Developing your own approach
to research, reading, critical
thinking & writing
The Presentation
Group Presentation & Handout
Group/ Team
work
Ten Minute
Presentation
Engaging with a
current controversy
Verbal, visual & textual
presentation skills
Controversies
GM Foods
Fracking
Badger Culling
High Speed Rail Line
Obesity & NHS
Computer Hacking
Cloning
Legalisation of Drugs
Teenage Drinking
Parental Digital Neglect
Drones
European Migration
Gig Economies
Social Media Bullying
GM/Designer Embryos - Medical Innovation &
Saatchi Bill
Revenge Social Media Images
The First Year Report
Personal & Career Development Plan & CV
Engaging with P&CDP will help you to:
• Reflect on the skills and abilities you are developing
during your studies & how these are transferable to
other contexts (including work and professional
contexts)
• Identify areas you want and need to improve and
develop
• Improve your understanding of employability and
planning for your future career
An ongoing process of reflection and writing, lectures & online
resources from the Careers Service & discussions with your AA
Social Responsibility & Controversies
http://gu.com/p/4cy64/stw
http://bbc.in/1OPTAh3
15
Academics are experts
16
Read widely: academic papers
and the news
17
What’s a lecture?
Lectures are a live experience – you need to be present
Lectures are never just what is on the slide
Courses are never just what is said in lectures
Lectures are the starting point for your own independent research
18
What’s a seminar? What’s an
advisor?
19
Why do emails matter?
20
First year counts
What is feedback?
22
Core Text: Cunliffe, A. L. (2014). A
very short, fairly interesting and
reasonably cheap book about
management.
Next Lecture: Friday 2nd
October: 11-12
University Place Theatre B
Academic Advisor Seminars
(Week 1 or Week 2)
See timetable on the student system for times
and locations
QUESTIONS
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