PL22209: Professional placement
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies |
| Credits: | 60 [equivalent to 120 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 1,200 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Year abroad dissertation (CWES 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After completion of this unit students will have gained knowledge and experience of one or more international workplaces.
Students will have
* achieved high levels of fluency in the target language
* worked in a professional environment
* demonstrated the ability to apply skills/knowledge gained at university to the workplace (where appropriate)
* undertaken and successfully completed an academic research project
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| Synopsis: | You will work abroad in countries that use your chosen language(s).
You can choose to spend this time doing a professional placement or by working as an English language assistant.
This is an opportunity to develop your language skills, enhance your CV, explore potential career options, and experience life in a different cultural environment.
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| Content: | Work placement
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| Skills: | By engaging with this unit students will have
* achieved high levels of fluency in the target language
* worked in a professional environment
* demonstrated the ability to apply skills/knowledge gained at university to the workplace (where appropriate)
* undertaken and successfully completed an academic research project
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| Aims: |
* to promote the development of high-level language skills in the target language(s)
* to deepen (inter)cultural awareness
* to acquire in-depth personal experience of another culture
* to gain professional experience.
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| Course availability: |
PL22209 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies
- UHPL-AKB67 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB68 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB71 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB72 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB70 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB69 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB67 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB68 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB69 : BA(Hons) International Politics and Modern Languages (Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB58 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB59 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB57 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (French & Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB55 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB62 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB63 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB61 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & ab initio Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (German & Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB56 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB60 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB65 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Italian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB66 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Mandarin) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB64 : BA(Hons) Modern Languages (Spanish & ab initio Russian) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB50 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (French) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB51 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (German) with year abroad (Year 3)
- UHPL-AKB52 : BSc(Hons) International Management and Modern Languages (Spanish) with year abroad (Year 3)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2025/26 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2026/27 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2025/26.
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- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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