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This module provides you with key employability skills that will prepare you to apply and secure a placement or internship. You will be shown the skills required to get through the application process as well as those soft and business skills employers will be expecting. The onus is on you to secure a placement or internship but there is plenty of support from the Student Experience and Employability Team, and Career Zone to assist you. The module is timetabled predominantly for the Autumn Term when most employers are recruiting for placements and internships, with some sessions in the Spring term for support if you are making speculative approaches to SME’s or haven’t secured work experience via the standard recruitment timeline.

This module is a pre-requisite for those students looking to secure a placement on the Industrial Placement Programme. If undertaking the ECM3419 or EMP3001 modules then please note that all paperwork must be submitted and approved by the module leader in advance of placement start date.

You can undertake your work placement in the UK, any of the European Union countries that participate in the Erasmus+ programme or other approved international setting.

In order to progress or transfer onto the Year in Industry programme, students are normally expected to have attended all timetabled sessions with the exception of the Speculative applications, and intense support sessions (these are only required if the student is still in the process of securing a placement) .

_{Please note that all modules are subject to change, please get in touch if you have any questions about this module.}