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On completing the Professional and Academic Development module, you are expected to be able to:
1. Recognise and articulate the importance interpersonal skills to personal and organisational success.
2. Understand and explain the key theories that explain individual and interpersonal behaviour.
3. Identify opportunities to enhance interpersonal skills such as collaboration, communication (in particular the ability to present well) and leadership and be able to reflect on your experiences of using these skills, i.e. what went well and what you might to differently in a similar situation in the future.
4. Be alert to the experiences in university life and extracurricular activities that will demonstrate these interpersonal competences to future employers.
5. Identify and act on additional opportunities for personal, career and academic development and contribution.
The format of the course takes is a sequence of group exercises and reflection which are framed by a series of readings, lectures, and in-depth class discussions.
Key content includes:
1. Introduction to collaboration and working in teams.
2. Communication and presentation skills.
3. Influencing and negotiation skills.
4. introduction to behavioural decision making and bias.
5. Introduction to ethics and ethical decision making.
6. Understanding diversity and intercultural intelligence.
7. Building and documenting evidence of soft skills.
8. A number of specialist sessions and panel discussions.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 124 |
Not applicable to this module.
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
General feedback will be posted on Brightspace. Individual feedback will be given on request.