Introduction to Academic and Career Development Course

Academic and Career Development BMAN10780 2014-2015

Ilias Petrounias Anna Goatman

The Team

Ilias Petrounias Anna Goatman Director Programme Director Undergraduate Studies BSc Management

Reza Salehnejad Programme Director BSc IBFE

The Careers Service The Library

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Linda Whittle

Nik Mehandjiev Programme Director BSc ITMB

Antony Potter Programme Director BSc IM and IMABS

Your Academic Advisor

What is Academic and Career Development? Academic and study skills

Introduction to employability

Managerial and professional skills

A foundation for studying Management at university A 3

What the course is about • Providing students with the knowledge to help them monitor, review, plan and take responsibility for their own learning and professional development. • Supporting students in developing the academic skills required to study management at university level. • Supporting students in developing a working relationship with their academic advisor. • Providing students with an introduction to employability, and support them in developing and recognising transferable skills. I 4

Course Structure 10-credit 2-semester course Compulsory for around 550 first year students A structured means of Academic Advisors and students getting to know each other Full course lectures A 5

Seminars with Academic Advisor

Hands-on and online training and support

Input from the Careers Service

What is an Academic Advisor? • A member of academic staff – A point of contact regarding academic issues – Somebody you will see every fortnight – Somebody to support you in developing a personal development plan (P&CDP and CV) – Somebody to give you feedback – Somebody who will remain with you for the duration of your degree – Somebody who you could ask to write a reference

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Blackboard

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Assessment Semester 1 – individual essay

Formative essay

Assessed essay

Semester 2 – Group presentation

Group presentation

40% 35%

All year – individual plan and reflection

Personal and Career Development Plan (P&CDP) plus CV A 8

25%

Please note… • You must pass Academic and Career Development to complete your first year. • If you don’t take part in the essay, group project and P&CDP you can’t pass the course. • A presentation is like an exam, if you fail to attend a presentation you will get a mark of zero. – If you miss a presentation due to illness or serious personal circumstances you must complete a mitigating circumstances form

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Course Timetable – Semester 1 (draft) Week Welcome week 1

Lecture Introduction to the course Library lecture – finding resources

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Writing skills

3

Referencing and plagiarism

4

An industry perspective on employability Group dynamics and management

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Seminar

P&CDP

Seminar 1 Introductions Launch formative essay Introduce P&CDP

Set goals for university Reflections on arriving at university Quiz about finding resources

Seminar 2 Plagiarism cases and class discussion regarding academic malpractices

Workshop – finding resources for the formative essay– practical session

Reflect on plagiarism exercises Do online plagiarism test What have you learnt about academic malpractice?

Seminar 3 (for groups that started in week 1) Group work challenge

Reflection on group work challenge 1) How did the group perform? 2) What did you learn about group dynamics? Undertake online personality profiling Formative essay to be submitted by the end of week 5 Reading Week – No timetabled activity

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Presentation skills

Seminar 3 (for groups that started in week 2) Group work challenge

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Presenting with confidence? (optional lecture) No Lecture

Seminar 4 Reflecting on formative essay feedback PowerPoint Karaoke

Reflection on group work challenge 1) How did the group perform? 2) What did you learn about group dynamics? Undertake online personality profiling Action plan for improving and developing essay. Reflect on personal presentation skills/ experience. Highlight areas for development

Seminar 5 Exam/ revision skills

Reflect on experience of first semester. Development of a revision timetable

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No Lecture No Lecture

No timetabled activity Assessed essay to be submitted by the end of week 12

Course Timetable – Semester 2 (draft) Week 1

Lecture Introduction to Employability and Summer Internships

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Completing application forms & CVs How to stand out - for the right reasons Psychometric Tests - What are they? Who uses them and why?

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Interview Skills

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Assessment Centres - The Final Frontier

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Alternative Careers - What else can I do with my degree? Law? Teach first? Civil service? Starting your own business

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Why you need a Global Mindset Working in a Global Village

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Finding a placement as part of your degree No lecture

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Seminar Seminar 6 Reflections on semester 1

P&CDP Complete skills record Reflect on skills gained so far and how these may be relevant to employers. Draft a CV

Seminar 7 Students placed in groups for presentation Group exercises to launch the employability project/ help groups bond

Undertake online psychometric test and reflect on result

Seminar 8 No seminar – one-to-one meeting to discuss exam results

Reflect on exam performance. Provide an action plan for maintaining/ improving performance

Seminar 9 Student presentations on employability (assessed)

Reflect on what has been learnt from the presentations with regard to: 1) Working in groups 2) Presentation skills 3) What you have learnt about employability Reflect on current plans for year 2 and beyond (specialisms, placements, careers etc.)

Seminar 10 Preparation for year 2 and beyond Placements, specialisms etc P&CDP to be submitted by end of week 11 No timetabled activity

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The Essay Do men make better managers than women?

Academic writing

Accessing library resources

Building an argument

Referencing

Finding Resources for your Assignments Lecture and Practical Session

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Your one hour ‘Finding Resources for your Assignments’ practical skills session has been timetabled in either - Week 2 (week commencing 29 September) or - Week 3 (week commencing 6 October)

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Your timetabled ‘Finding Resources for your Assignments’ practical skills session can be found on the Academic Advisor seminar information sheet given to you in your arrival pack which you collected on Monday15 September an example is provided below and on your weekly timetable available from the student system.

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Some practical skills sessions will be in the postgraduate computer cluster Room 1.12 in Crawford House (building 31 on the campus map) so this room will not show on your timetable but will be on the Academic Advisor seminar information sheet given to you in your arrival pack

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Directions to the postgraduate computer cluster will be emailed to you nearer the time of your practical session:

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER MANCHESTER BUSINESS SCHOOL - UNDERGRADUATE SERVICES 2014-15 1st Year Academic Advisor Seminars - Semester 1 The BMAN10780 Academic and Career Development course has both lecture and seminar sessions for you to attend. The fortnightly seminar sessions will be led by your Academic Advisor and are a compulsory element of your programme. Academic Advisor seminars are smaller groups than your other semester 1 seminars and therefore details of these are provided separately to your lecture timetable, which is also included in your arrival pack. Please find below details of who your Academic Advisor is as well as the day, time, venue of your BMAN10780 seminar and which weeks you need to attend.

BSc in Management / Management (specialism) BSc in International Management (IM) BSc in International Management with American Business Studies (IMABS) BSc Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) BA In International Business, Finance and Economics (IBFE) SEMESTER 1 SEMINARS

Group

Day

Time

MGT1

Tuesday

10am

MGT1

Tuesday

10am

Room

Academic Advisor

Notes

Csols

11am

B2

Anna Goatman

Weeks 1,3,5,8,10

SEM7

11am

C12 Lab MBS East

Finding Resources For Your Assignments Practical Session

Week 2

* Crawford House Computer Cluster is located on the ground floor of building 31 Key: B/ C / D / E / F rooms : All located in MBS East

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Week Commencing: 15 September 2014 22 September 2014 29 September 2014 6 October 2014 13 October 2014 20 October 2014 27 October 2014 3 November 2014 10 November 2014 17 November 2014 24 November 2014 1 December 2014 8 December 2014

Academic Calendar: Start of Semester 1 - Welcome Week Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 - Reading Week Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12

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The Presentation Group presentation on a a careers related topic

Group work

Engaging with current employability issues

Verbal presentation skills

Visual presentation skills

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The P&CDP and CV Personal and Career Development Plan ongoing throughout the year CV produced in semester 2 Supported by lectures and online resources from the Careers Service

Reflecting on experiences

Understanding employability

Recognising strengths and weaknesses

Planning for the future

“..the process of internally examining and exploring an issue of concern, triggered by an experience, which creates and clarifies meaning in terms of self, and which results in a changed conceptual perspective.” (Boyd and Fayles 1983: 100)

Reflection

Critical reflection is a key skill in Continuing Professional A 17 Development

Taking responsibility for your continuing professional development Making a fair and reasonable evaluation of your personal experience, strengths, qualities and skills

Identifying ways of using your strengths well within your professional area Identifying personal limitations and areas that could be improved through training practice or informal training Cottrell (2003) A 18

Recognising the effects of your own responses and behaviour and taking responsibility for these Making useful contributions to team performance Identifying your own contribution to the results of a task, project or outcome Recognising your own mistakes and your team’s mistakes

Cottrell (2003) A 19

Kolb’s learning Cycle Experience Doing something in the world and experiencing feedback/results

Testing

Observation/ reflection

Practical testing in the real world

Reviewing and reflecting on the experience

Forming abstract concepts A 20

Observation and reflection assimilated into a “theory”

Feedback can come from… • Your Academic Advisor

• Your lecturer(s) • Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs)

• Each other • Online tests and assessments

You should take the time to reflect on all of the feedback you receive

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Good feedback is not (necessarily) feedback that tells you that you’re good

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Before teaching starts next week…

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Expectations of University • Teaching styles vary – There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach

• Some classes are very large • The emphasis is on you to take responsibility for your own learning

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Expectations of assessment • Your work will be marked by experts. • Marking follows a rigorous process overseen by an internal moderator an external examiner. • You can ask for somebody to check that the marks have been added up correctly on your paper. • You cannot question academic judgment or ask for a re-mark.

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Expectations • We promise to provide you with: – – – –

Expert teaching An Academic Advisor A broad foundation to studying management The best administrative support we can

• You are expected to: – – – – – – A 26

Attend lectures, seminars and workshops Be punctual Be quiet in lectures unless you are asked a question Participate in the seminars and coursework Complete the tasks in your P&CDP on a regular basis Read emails and Blackboard

Lecture ‘Finding resources for essay’ Friday 26th September 11-12 University Place Theatre B Look at you timetable on the student system for times and locations of you academic advisor seminars (starting in week 1 or week 2) as they won’t show up on you My Manchester timetable. You were given instruction on how to see you student system timetable on Monday . A 27