Professional Practice 2

Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Liverpool Screen School

Learning Methods

Lecture

Seminar

Module Offerings

6001PAP-SEP-MTP

Aims

Synthesise and employ the language of the creative industries, with reference to relevant roles and appropriate policies and funding types in local, regional, and national contexts
Employ advanced discipline-specific working practices, such as industry micro-credentials, which can be applied in real-world scenarios.
Synthesise and utilise advanced concepts and critical vocabularies for the self-evaluation of independent practice.
Use a sophisticated lens of independent research to analyse opportunities in the creative employment landscape and within the relevant cultural contexts.

Learning Outcomes

Deploy research and create advanced materials required for employment opportunities.

Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the policies and funding types within the context of the creative sector.

Deploy advanced relevant discipline-specific and transferable skills which can be applied in the real-world scenarios.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:

A series of invited guests/professionals will provide opportunities for networking as well as advice/feedback on how to prepare for interviews/auditions and relevant professional skill tests.
An examination of the impact of policy upon the creative industries and strategies to navigate this landscape.
Alternative funding models (beyond ACE) and commissioning opportunities and creating the case for creative practice.
Expanding your professional micro-credentials.
Critical Reflection on skills development/learning experience and employment identity.
Using technology to enhance your communication skills in an employment context – emphasising ‘show not tell’.

Module Overview:
The module seeks to enhance your confidence in crystallising your personal employment identity and career plan, in the following ways:

Building on skills from PP1, you will explore and engage with alternative funding opportunities, learning to develop projects that meet the requirements of available funding schemes and commissions.
Through valuable networking opportunities with invited industry professionals, you will enhance your practical knowledge of applying for real-world jobs and participating in relevant interview processes. Students will engage in professional simulations, selecting from a series of employment opportunity categories set up at the start of the module. You will research and create professional cover letters and CVs tailor.ed to specific job descriptions. Subsequently, preparation for interviews, auditions, workshops, screen tests, or skills tests will be conducted, and ultimately observed by a team of professionals (working in sectors relevant to the employment opportunities offered) and marking tutors who will provide feedback/feedforward.
The module also allows opportunities for developing essential industry micro-credentials that you can add to your CV.

Finally, you will be supported in creating and presenting a reflective account of your experiences, culminating in a career plan and articulating your future career trajectory with supporting evidence.

Additional Information:
Micro-credentials may include:

Bectu passport

First aid training

ALBA

Assessments

Test

Assessment Name:Funding Application

Weight:50

Details:

Funding Application

Based on learning from the module, students will complete a relevant funding application. This will allow students to gain experience and knowledge of how to meet funding criteria and the additional paperwork that informs this. They will then be invited to interview and discuss their application in more detail.

Exam/Test Length (hours):0

Individual or Group:Individual

Module Learning Outcome Mapping:MLO1, MLO2, MLO3

Test

Assessment Name:Job Interview

Weight:50

Details:

The assessment comprises of two main components:

Micro-credentials: All students will undertake a minimum of two out of a series of industry credentials on offer. The industry training activities will culminate in the testing of your newly acquired skills. These tests are a Pass / Fail. These might include but not limited to the following: Bectu passport;First aid training; ALBA.
Professional Simulation : Job interview

Job interview

Students will self-select from a variety of employment opportunities. Each student will research and create a professional cover letter and CV appropriate to the job specifications. All students will undertake and prepare in advance for interview / audition / workshop / screen test / skills test as appropriate for an entry level graduate position in the creative industries.

The interview / audition / workshop / screen test / skills test will be observed by professionals and marking tutor/s.

By the end of this professional simulation element, the student will gain a greater understanding of the types of written materials and information required when applying for employment and the research skills needed to succeed. They will demonstrate the ability to work independently and collaboratively with a prospective employer. In doing so they will develop their industry network and experience prior to undertaking this in the real world.

Exam/Test Length (hours):0

Individual or Group:Individual

Module Learning Outcome Mapping:MLO1, MLO2, MLO3

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