Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	Transferable Skills for Postgraduate Students
School	Chemical Engineering
Department	Chemical Engineering
Module Code	04 24017
Module Lead	Dr R W Greenwood
Level	Masters Level
Credits	10
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Exclusions
Description	From this module students will be able to enhance their transferable skills especially their communications skills and team working skills. The course is split into two parts. The first part is based in the University and deals with how to present data via a poster and verbal presentations. The second part based at the Priestley Centre in Coniston, concentrates on the development of team and interpersonal skills by participation in activities to encourage strategic, time, and project planning and management. The course is undertaken in a residential environment to facilitate the development of the team ethos, where the team are given progressively challenging scenarios which require team member participation through planning, delegation, team working and problem resolution for the achievement of the task. The tasks are under the responsibility of a facilitator (from the Centre for outdoor pursuits, and from School staff/nominees for the management games/challenges) and teams are each guided by an appointed mentor for the course duration. Teams participate in a debriefing after each half-day of the programme, for the recognition of achievements, and for the recognition of skills and attributes to transfer forward to future challenges.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Identify the different roles that people can play within a team; Communicate ideas / information clearly and effectively via a poster and via a presentation appropriate to the occasion; Work effectively within a team; Use the acquired and developed skills (including self-awareness) in team skills as relevant to an engineering manager in the professional undertaking of their responsibilities in the workplace.
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Poster/oral presentation. (50%); Team work activities, project planning, debriefing (50%)
Other	None
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