Work placement opportunities
At York St John University there are several opportunities to
undertake work placement activities.
Film & TV Production
Two formal opportunities to undertake work placement
activities.
Working in Film and Television: level 2
This is a work-related module intended to support your
understanding of, and access to, contemporary production in Film
and Television. The module will provide opportunity for you to gain
an overview of current practice, to meet and interrogate current
practitioners, and to gain experience in work-related situations
through the opportunities provided by the work placement.
Internship: Level 3
This will be determined individually through the internship
contract which will be negotiated with the student and assigned
tutor. In general terms this will relate directly to the aims and
outcomes of work based learning and will mean the student acting as
participant or participant observer in a recognised industry role
or roles.
Dance
Level 2: Introduction to Community Dance Practice
The module is designed to introduce students to the conceptual
and philosophical concerns and historical and contemporary contexts
of community dance practice. Students will be introduced to a
variety of teaching theories and methodologies appropriate to
working in a community context and will design and deliver a
workshop within a designated setting. CRB checks may be required in
order to complete this module.
The third year of your course is a professional year. This means
that you will be engaging in dance in the community in a variety of
settings (including primary and secondary schools, residential
centres for elderly people and hospitals). You will become a dancer
with Flight Effect Dance Company and tour the North of England with
a particular production, and you will be involved in professional
placements with organisations such as Yorkshire Dance and Northern
Ballet Theatre.
Education Studies
Work Based Learning in Education
This generic module is designed to enhance student prospects for
employment in subject-related fields. It allows opportunities to
practise skills and apply knowledge in the workplace through a work
based learning project lasting a minimum of 15 days. Students may
link their work-based learning to their Level 3 project/special
study. APEL will be available to mature students and will require
them to present evidence of reflection and learning from previous
work experience.
English Language and Linguistics
Language and Communication in the Workplace
This module offers students the opportunity to do applied
research on language and communication in a real workplace setting.
The workplace experience also increases students awareness of the
nature of work, and of the kinds of work best suited to their
needs, interests and aspirations.
English Literature
The Level 2 module Working with Words involves 15 days spent in
a workplace.
Fine Art
In Level 2 there is an opportunity to immerse yourself within
the professional environment in the module Working in the Creative
Industries where you will be encouraged to identify, negotiate and
document your work experience.
Music
Music in Education: Level 2
Many graduate musicians apply their knowledge and facilitation
skills in educational environments, whether working in private
teaching practice, schools, FE, HE and community work. This module
looks at the roles of music in a variety of educational contexts,
drawing on your own experience as well as exploring the appropriate
literature. You will: 1. reflect on your own musical learning, 2.
be introduced to music in the National Curriculum, 3. develop
confidence to lead group musical activities, 4. apply your musical
skills by planning, implementing and evaluating music activities in
a range of educational settings.
Music in the Community: Level 2
This module will provide you with the opportunity to study the
rationale for, and approaches to, music in the community, through a
range of theoretical and practical work. Music activities for
specific groups within the community will be examined through
research of existing community projects and organisations. You will
engage in practical sessions to develop workshop skills, including
planning, implementation and evaluation/self-reflection. The module
includes an experience within a community-based setting. Existing
contacts will be utilised by staff in order to organise the
work-based experiences"
Theatre
Schools Project: Level 2
Theatre workshop activity in schools is a thriving area of
Applied Theatre practice. In this module students will be
introduced to drama and applied theatre processes and practice in
school settings, including Drama Education, TIE (Theatre in
Education), workshop facilitation and design. The complimentary
approaches of classroom activity, after schools work and theatre
projects will be explored. A range of applied theatre work with
young people will be introduced, for example outreach and education
work in cultural contexts such as theatre companies, galleries and
museums and youth theatre. Students may be required to obtain a CRB
check as part of this module."
Community Arts Independent Project: Level 3
This module will encourage students to research, devise ad
deliver a community arts project with a specific community group
that will include workshop activity and performance and articulate
a set of creative concerns and translate them into performance. The
module will also encourage students to contextualise the
significance of the work in terms of their own development as an
artist as well as placing the work into a broader historical-social
context.
Product Design
Working in the Creative Industries
This is a work-related module intended to support students'
understanding of, and access to, the workplace. The module will
provide opportunity for students to gain an overview of current
practice, to meet and interrogate current practitioners, and to
gain experience in work-related situations through the
opportunities provided by the work placement.
Counselling Studies
There are placement opportunities each year for Specialist
students and in the second year for Joint Honours students with a
variety of organisations involved in helping or for whom
counselling or the use of counselling skills are a key part of
their way of working. This will include voluntary organisations,
counselling services and support/self-help groups.
Level 3: Professional Development
This module aims to enable students to make a successful
transition to graduate level work or postgraduate study by
increasing their levels of self-confidence and awareness of
themselves and the world of work - specifically as related to the
practice of the skills and competences of counselling. The module
offers an opportunity for students to critically evaluate their
programme experience and draw together their knowledge, skills and
experience in a coherent plan for their future. Sessions and
website activities will include - Overview of careers options
(visiting speakers from helping organisations) - Development of job
application skills - Employment information searches: sources,
access, interpretation and use with reference to opportunities to
employ the skills and competences of counselling. - Learning for
career development: self-awareness, opportunity awareness, decision
making, negotiating and coping with change - Identification of
careers support agencies and structures for use post-graduation
(e.g. Careers Service, mentoring, EAP agencies, HR
departments).
Psychology
You will undertake a three-week work placement at the end of
Level 2. You may choose to work in a psychology setting or look at
psychological applications in any work setting, such as a school or
commercial organisation, which may be at home or abroad. Joint
Honours students choose one of their subject areas as a workplace
focus.
Sport
We offer experiential and vocationally related opportunities to
enhance each student's personal and professional development
throughout their time with us enabled by our strong community links
and YSJ Active enterprise arm.
Sport and Exercise Science Placement: Level 2
This module will provide the student with a vocational
opportunity aimed at enhancing their future employability. By
gaining experience of sport and exercise science within a real
world setting, students are challenged to link theory with
practice. The module will also provide students with the
opportunity to reflect upon evidence-based practice within a
vocational setting. The experiential learning process will
encourage students to reflect on career aspirations and will
provide an opportunity to develop a personal plan for continued
professional development.
Professional Development: Level 2
This module offers students the opportunity to further develop
relevant professional skills and experience related to the study of
sport related programmes. Students will be provided with continuing
opportunity to develop and evaluate a personal and professional
development plan. The module will further explore professional
parameters of the working environment including a range ethical,
social and moral responsibilities and dilemmas. Students will
continue to develop their skills as a reflective and evidence based
practitioner. The module embraces QAA (2008) benchmarking
statements which both identified the need for engagement between
employers and Higher Education alongside identifying that graduates
of sport related programmes should be able to 'take and demonstrate
responsibility for their own learning and continuing personal and
professional development' and 'self-appraise and reflect on
practice'. Throughout the module, as part of a negotiated personal
and professional development plan, students will be expected to
obtain a range of relevant vocationally related qualifications and
a minimum of 30 hours negotiated and relevant professional
experience in a developing capacity.
Business Management
A Career in Business
At the end of Level 2, all students undertake a work placement
in an organisation of their choice. This provides an opportunity to
test out possible career choices, gain a meaningful experience of
life as a manager and, potentially, to get a career-relevant
reference. As a Business Management student you will be encouraged
to take full advantage of the links the programme has with local
businesses and other organisations.