ASPIRE 1

Please note

This document only provides information for the academic year selected and does not form part of the student contract

School:

Huddersfield Business School

Credit Rating:

Level (including FHEQ):

F (FHEQ Level 4)

Graded or Non Graded:

Graded

Version Valid From:

2021-06-30

Module Leader:

Jiajia Liu

Version Number

2022.01

Learning Methods

Guided Independent Study

Seminar

Synopsis

The ASPIRE modules provide a coherent and progressive framework to support your academic, personal and professional potential. The emphasis in Year 1 is on developing the academic skills you need to engage in your course. In addition, the module will address a broader curriculum of personal and professional development. This will include resilience and wellbeing, professional skills, inclusion and intercultural awareness and enterprise and innovation. We will also encourage you to think about the relevance of your course for your future career options. The module is designed to align with the University of Huddersfield’s Graduate Attribute Framework. It will introduce you to theories, models and strategies relevant to skill development and success at university and in the workplace. Throughout the module, you will be encouraged to recognise your capabilities, take responsibility for your learning and work effectively with your peers.

Learning Strategy

The module is designed to be highly interactive. The workshop format will encourage you to participate in individual and group activities, group discussions, group projects, debates, simulations and presentations. You will have many opportunities to recognise and develop your capabilities whilst also encouraging you to seek out and take advantage … For more content click the Read More button below. To provide rich environment to support your learning, the module will draw on professional expertise and resources developed by specialist teams from across the University and Huddersfield Business School. This will include: Careers and Employability ServiceComputing and Library ServicesStudent Services/WellbeingExternal Engagement and Placements Team within the Business SchoolThe Learning, Innovation and Development Centre within the Business School We work continuously with our school’s VLE team to keep abreast with the latest technology to enable you to participate in and contribute to learning via digital methods.

The module is designed to be highly interactive. The workshop format will encourage you to participate in individual and group activities, group discussions, group projects, debates, simulations and presentations. You will have many opportunities to recognise and develop your capabilities whilst also encouraging you to seek out and take advantage of ways to develop your academic, personal and professional profile. As you progress through the module you will use your personal portfolio to record and reflect on your progress. We will guide towards practical tasks and exploratory activities outside of the workshops that will further support your development such as volunteering, work shadowing, taking on positions of responsibility within the Student Union, attending employers’ networking events, the Working Week initiative and working in the summer. You will discover how engagement with other modules on your course benefits your personal development.

To provide rich environment to support your learning, the module will draw on professional expertise and resources developed by specialist teams from across the University and Huddersfield Business School. This will include:

Careers and Employability Service
Computing and Library Services
Student Services/Wellbeing
External Engagement and Placements Team within the Business School
The Learning, Innovation and Development Centre within the Business School

We work continuously with our school’s VLE team to keep abreast with the latest technology to enable you to participate in and contribute to learning via digital methods.

Outline Syllabus

Academic Skills: The specific topics addressed within Academic Skills strand will be tailored to your course and be designed to support other modules. Transferable academic skills will include academic reading, researching, referencing and digital literacy (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).Sustainable Career Management: personal development planning approaches and toolsProfessional Skills: presentation skills, … For more content click the Read More button below.

Academic Skills: The specific topics addressed within Academic Skills strand will be tailored to your course and be designed to support other modules. Transferable academic skills will include academic reading, researching, referencing and digital literacy (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
Sustainable Career Management: personal development planning approaches and tools
Professional Skills: presentation skills, tools and techniques for prioritising and time management, giving and receiving feedback in different contexts, group work
Inclusion and intercultural awareness: self and others
Resilience and well-being: strategies for personal resilience
Enterprise and innovation: creative thinking

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will

Demonstrate knowledge of the components of sustainable employability their relevance to your higher education experience (Sustainable career management)

Demonstrate knowledge of individual resilience and techniques to support your studies (resilience and wellbeing)

Demonstrate an awareness of academic skills, behaviours, attitudes required to learn effectively in a higher education context (academic skill)

Evaluate strategies you have employed to support personal resilience (Resilience and Wellbeing)

Work inclusively and creatively with others (Professional; Inclusion and Intercultural; Enterprise and Innovation)

Evaluate your own skills profile and create a realistic and coherent plan that will support your personal and academic (ASPIRE)

Formative Assessment

Assessment 1: Other

Summative Assessment

Assessment 1: In-Class Test

Assessment 2: Written Assignment

Assessment Criteria

The assessment for criteria is as set out in the Huddersfield University Business School Assessment Guidelines. The guidelines provide criteria for the assessment of both coursework and examinations.

Course and Module Catalogue

ASPIRE 1 - BFO0243