The overarching aim of the module is to enhance the employability of students. Employability will be enhanced in a range of ways but all of these will devolve onto the level of professionalism exhibited by individual students. Students will have the opportunity to experience one or more roles within in a major professional arts organisation. They will take part in the delivery of the tasks undertaken by its various teams, and will reflect upon them.

(LO1) The student will be conversant with the day-to-day routines of management across a range of specialisms.

(LO2) The student will be aware of their own self-development within the context of a work-place.

(LO3) The student will be able to analyse and itemise the 'working parts' of a complex music organisation and will be able to discuss the challenges associated with this complexity that management must address and resolve.

(LO4) The employability of the student will be enhanced through a combination of attention to task, reflexivity in regard to the performance of tasks, reporting analytically on their performance but also on the role they have shadowed in a complex organisation.

(S1) Business and customer awareness basic understanding of the key drivers for business success – including the importance of innovation and taking calculated risks – and the need to provide customer satisfaction and build customer loyalty.

(S2) Career and identity management online managing digital reputation and online identity.

(S3) Communication, listening and questioning respecting others, contributing to discussions, communicating in a foreign language, influencing, presentations.

(S4) Information technology (application of) adopting, adapting and using digital devices, applications and services.

(S5) Information literacy online, finding, interpreting, evaluating, managing and sharing information.

(S6) Literacy application of literacy, ability to produce clear, structured written work and oral literacy - including listening and questioning.

(S7) Media literacy online critically reading and creatively producing academic and professional communications in a range of media.

(S8) Numeracy (application of) manipulation of numbers, general mathematical awareness and its application in practical contexts (e.g. measuring, weighing, estimating and applying formulae).

(S9) Positive attitude/ self-confidence A 'can-do' approach, a readiness to take part and contribute; openness to new ideas and the drive to make these happen.

(S10) Problem solving/ critical thinking/ creativity analysing facts and situations and applying creative thinking to develop appropriate solutions.

(S11) Research management developing a research strategy, project planning and delivery, risk management, formulating questions, selecting literature, using primary/secondary/diverse sources, collecting & using data, applying research methods, applying ethics.

(S12) Self-management readiness to accept responsibility (i.e. leadership), flexibility, resilience, self-starting, initiative, integrity, willingness to take risks, appropriate assertiveness, time management, readiness to improve own performance based on feedback/reflective learning.

(S13) Team (group) working respecting others, co-operating, negotiating / persuading, awareness of interdependence with others.

As this is a work placement module, the syllabus is, essentially, what is learned through the experience of shadowing professionals within a music organisation. In this way, it will build on first semester modules that introduce students to how music industries function.

Teaching Method 1 - Internships
Description: Each student will enjoy a substantial internship with a music business or organisation. Exact number of hours may vary between placements due to of the specifics of their activities. Attendance Recorded: No
Teaching Method 2 - Seminars
Description: Weekly seminars will introduce students to their placements, provide guidance on how to make the most of their placement, act as a source of peer- and lecturer-support through regular check-ins, and support the preparation of assignments.
Attendance Recorded: Yes