Senior Lecturer - Music

Popular Music with Foundation Year - UH-000999

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<li>DDE at A' Level</li>
<li>64 UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.</li>
<li>Pass at T Level with D or E grade on core.</li>
<li>MPP in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.</li>
<li>Access to HE Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit.</li>
<li>64 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualification.</li>
<li>Other suitable skills or experience will be considered.</li>
<li>If you were educated outside the UK, you are required to have International English Language Testing System (IELTS) at a score of 6.0 with a minimum score of 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in any single component</li>
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UH-000999 - Popular Music with Foundation Year

Students take the following core modules 

Foundation Core

Foundation Level

Sandwich Year Out Optional

Sandwich Year Out

Pre Foundation Core

Pre Foundation Level

Intermediate Core

Choose 40 credits from a list that may include 

Intermediate Optional

Intermediate Level

Honours Optional

Honours Core

Honours Level

Structure

Diploma of Higher Education

Bachelor of Music

Certificate of Higher Education

demonstrate self-management skills to meet deadlines

identify and manage sources effectively to gather information, using a coherent method of bibliographic referencing.

demonstrate the principles of audio editing, sound synthesis, sequencing, sampling and mix-ing.

create original, distinctive and coherent artistic work.

understand technical and interpretative requirements of popular music composition and songwriting.

understand broad areas of performing arts practice

develop critical listening skills in order to evaluate technical issues and creative re-sults.

recognise the creative reflective skills required to realise project work

understand theoretical and practical considerations in a range of areas in performing arts

make informed decisions on career choices and professional training and de-velopment relating study specialisms to the world of work.	

understand technical and interpretative requirements of popular music performance.

understand personal skills required to manage workloads

acquire new technical and analytical skills drawing on a range of re-sources.

demonstrate collective creative processes

communicate clearly and effectively in a variety of ways.

recognise creative performance possibilities in response to stimuli including , but not limited to, musical score, text, and digital media

comprehend the principles of and creative practical application of sound recording in a variety of contexts.

reflect on own work to assess personal strengths and weaknesses.

identify performance vocabularies and approaches

use independent research to create and reflect upon performance practice

understand the historical and stylistic contexts of popular music and its relationship with wider philosophical and cultural practices, issues and phenomena.

identify key concepts in performing art practice and its reception

demonstrate critical awareness in the practice of songwriting and composition.

identify and manage sources effectively to gather information, and to integrate it into creative, interpretative, reflective and written work.

understand textual, annotation and investigation skills in performing arts

sustain motivation and self-discipline in both highly-structured and more open-ended tasks, working flexibly and imaginatively, whether working independently or in collaboration with others.

summarise creative viewpoints in performing arts

manage time efficiently in such a way as to meet deadlines, and develop practical strategies for problem-solving.

Demonstrate a selection of approaches to performing arts

recognise the skills needed to plan both individual and collaborative project work. 

UH-000999

All students have a personal tutor for academic support. The course leader is also available for academic support, as are studio tutors who will provide continuous academic support and assessment scaffolding within a dynamic studio environment.
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<li>All Music and Music Technology students are automatically placed on the Sandwich version of their course, but make a decision on whether to take up their optional sandwich placement year during the second year of their studies. A presentation by the course leader (or designated placement unit) will advise students of the procedure for identifying a placement for the sandwich year. </li>
<li>The placement supervisor (normally the module leader for ASX0001) will consult with students individually during their second year of study and in conjunction with the placement admin team, to ensure that suitable arrangements are made for a successful placement. The placement supervisor will ensure that placements are appropriately supervised by a designated mentor in the place of work. The placement supervisor will monitor students’ progress during the placement through the regular reports submitted via the VLE. The placement supervisor will allocate a member of staff to visit each student on placement on at least one occasion during the placement, normally within the first half of the placement. Where a placement breaks down permanently, and no alternative placement can be reasonably arranged, a student will be transferred back to the non-sandwich route of the course at the beginning of the next academic year.</li>
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<li>All 1st year students have access to timetabled Peer Assisted Learning sessions, led by 2nd or final year students on similar courses. The content is negotiated between the 1st years and the pair of peer leaders and can cover a range of activities designed to supplement both academic and pastoral support.</li>
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<li>The personal academic tutor is also responsible for administering Personal Development Planning (PDP) for his/her tutees. The provision of PDP at undergraduate level is adapted to the 2014 QAA Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in Higher Education, which provides students with ‘appropriate opportunities for personal and professional development’, and that institutions provide for the identification, regular review and recording of each student’s development needs. Responsibility for adhering to the PDP scheme lies with the student. In MMT, skills related to PDP are also built into core and optional modules as follows, and PDP is explicitly identified in learning outcomes in individual modules where possible.
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<li>AFM1304 Music, Culture and Society (core) develops study skills that underpin all major aspects of the course: time-management, getting the best out of lectures and seminars, research and bibliographic techniques, referencing, clarification of codes of conduct in academic work (including issues of plagiarism), structuring written work, oral presentation, teamwork, PDP, critical thinking and use of C &amp; IT. These research skills are further developed through AHM3519 Final Year Project and all modules in the 'Musical Cultures' suite.</li>
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<li>Details of academic and personal support are given in the annually revised Course Handbook. </li>
<li>Teaching staff give notice of their availability to see students through their posting of ‘office hours’ and are contactable by phone and e-mail.</li>
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