ARCV41490 Placement

Academic Year 2023/2024

This 5-credit optional module facilitates students undertaking a short work placement (one or two weeks) in an archives or records management service. The placement enables students to experience the day to day work of an archive or records service, reflect on how the theory, standards and best practice of the classroom relate to different workplace contexts, and consider the issues and challenges in running archives and records services.

Students are provided with a list of services with which placements have been agreed and nominate a number of services where they would like to get experience. The module coordinator allocates placements and organizes the placement process in line with UCD’s internship and placement policies. Where students would like to do a placement in a service with whom there is not an established link either in Ireland or abroad, the module coordinator will explore the possibility for a placement. Note that the number of places in this option can be limited due to circumstances outside the School’s control in particular the ability of services to facilitate placement opportunities due to resource issues. Following completion of the placements, students and host archives will be asked to provide feedback.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students should be able to
Reflect on the ways that their experience in practice connects to the theory of recordkeeping they are familiar with
Identify some of the main challenges facing record keepers in their day to day work
Explore strategies used by record keepers to mitigate challenges
Reflect on the skill sets required by recordkeepers.

Indicative Module Content:

This module will involve students taking a one or two week work placement. The content of each placement will be determined by consultation between the student, the module coordinator and the host service but students generally have the opportunity to see and hear about a range of activities as well as work on one or more specific projects for the duration of their placement. Placements generally take place in either January before the teaching recommences or in the March mid-term period.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

0
Placement/Work Experience

40
Total

40
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This is a placement module. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Presentation: Presentation describing work placement experience Unspecified n/a Graded No

40
Essay: Essay reflecting on the work placement experience and in particular thinking about the relationship between theory and practice. Unspecified n/a Graded No

60

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on all assessments will be provided to each student via Brightspace. Individual feedback on all assignments will be provided by one-to-one meetings on Zoom or via email if requested by students.

Name Role
Dr Julie Brooks Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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