PL22211: Professional placement and study abroad
[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: | CWSA 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Study abroad mark conversion (CWSA 100%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- PL22211 - Year abroad dissertation (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 practical experience in a European workplace AND successfully studied at a higher education institution.
Students will have
* acquired high levels of fluency in the target language(s), enabling them to study and work successfully in their chosen language.
* gained additional academic insights from exposure to different academic traditions
* worked in a professional environment
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| Synopsis: | You will study and work abroad in countries that use your chosen language(s).
You'll combine both a professional placement and studying at one of our overseas partner institutions, spending around half of your time doing each.
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: | Students will study at a partner university for one semester and undertake a work placement for the other.
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| Skills: | By engaging with this unit students will have
* acquired high levels of fluency in the target language(s), enabling them to study and work successfully in their chosen language.
* gained additional academic insights from exposure to different academic traditions
* worked in a professional environment
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| Aims: |
* to promote development of high-level language skills in the target language(s)
* to deepen (inter)cultural awareness
* to acquire in-depth professional experience in a working environment
* to gain academic experience at another higher education institution.
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| Course availability: |
PL22211 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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