1. Academic and Career Development BMAN10780
Dr Chris McLean
Dr Charlotte Coleman

2. Academic and Career Development
Academic and Study Skills
Academic Advisor & Student Relationship
Introduction to Employability & Career Development
A foundation for your studies

3. Who’s Involved Your Academic Advisor The Careers Service The Library
Charlotte Coleman
Chris McLean
Dean Pierides
Your Academic Advisor
The Careers Service
The Library
Linda Whittle

4. Two Semesters – 10 Credits
Aims & Objectives
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.
Two Semesters – 10 Credits

5. No Timetabled ActivitiesWk
Date
Lectures
Seminars
Personal Learning
25 Sep
Welcome Week – Introduction
Prepare notes - readings 1
2 Oct
What is Management & how is Social Responsibility (SR) managed?
Seminar 1
Complete online library modules 2
9 Oct
Different Perspectives on Social Responsibility 3
16 Oct
How does the University of Manchester manage and organize Social Responsibility?
Seminar 2
AA - PCDP (part one) 4
23 Oct
Making Good Connections:
Note Taking, Reading, Engaging in Seminars
 Prepare notes - readings 5
30 Oct
How to develop world-class research skills
Seminar 3 6
Reading Week
Submit Essay Plan 7
13 Nov
Developing & presenting your arguments. Critical Analysis & Essay Writing Skills
PCDP – part two 8
20 Nov
Developing good writing practices
Seminar 4 9
27 Nov
Time management, exam performance & team working
 Work on essay 10
4 Dec
Guest Lecture: Prof. Ann Cunliffe
Seminar 5
Drafting essay 11
11 Dec
Pulling Things Together 12
No Timetabled Activities
Assignment 1 (Essay)

6. Date Lecture Seminar Personal LearningWk
Date
Lecture
Seminar
Personal Learning 1
5 Feb
Introduction to Semester Two
Seminar 6
PCDP & Survey 2
12 Feb
Introduction to Employability and Summer Internships - Transferable Skills
Group Presentation 3
19 Feb
Completing application forms & CVs - How to stand out for the right reasons
Seminar 7 4
26 Feb
Psychometric Tests - What are they? Who uses them and why?
Online psychometric test
Draft a CV 5
4 Mar
Interview Skills - Looking good, sounding good.
Seminar 8 6
11 Mar
Assessment Centres - The Final Frontier 7
18 Mar
An International Career? - Developing your Global Mindset
Seminar 9 8
15 Apr
Enterprise/starting your own business - Working for Yourself
Ensure PCDP is complete and comprehensive 9
22 Apr
Alternative Careers
Seminar 10 10
29 Apr
Finding a placement as part of your degree

7. First Year Report (Personal and Career Development Plan & CV)
Assessment
Semester 1 – Individual Essay
Essay Plan Nov 6th
Essay Dec 16th
40%
Semester 2 – Group Presentation
35%
Group presentation
All year – Individual Plan and Self Reflection
First Year Report (Personal and Career Development Plan & CV)
25%

8. Please note…
You must pass Academic and Career Development to complete your first year.
To pass the course you must submit all the relevant documents and participate in all the assignments (essay plan, essay, group presentation and first year report/P&CDP).
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
Always keep you Academic Advisor aware of any mitigating issues
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9. Blackboard
Library Learning Resources: Compulsory & Supplementary Units

10. Social Responsibility Lectures
The Essay
Formative Plan & Final Essay
Academic Skills Lectures
Social Responsibility Lectures
Developing your own approach to research, reading, critical thinking & writing
Seminars & Participation
Feedback on your essay plan
Library Resources

11. The Presentation Group Presentation & Handout
Lecture on Researching and Presenting
Essay Feedback
Seminars Discussions on Presentations
Lecture on group dynamics and management
Group/ Team
work
Ten Minute Presentation
Engaging with a current controversy
Verbal, visual & textual presentation skills

12. Controversies
GM Foods Fracking Badger Culling High Speed Rail Line Obesity & NHS Computer Hacking Cloning Legalisation of Drugs Teenage Drinking Parental Digital Neglect Drones European Migration Gig Economies Social Media Bullying GM/Designer Embryos - Medical Innovation & Saatchi Bill Revenge Social Media Images

13. The First Year Report Personal & Career Development Plan & CV
Engaging with P&CDP will help you to:
Reflect on the skills and abilities you are developing during your studies & how these are transferable to other contexts (including work and professional contexts)
Identify areas you want and need to improve and develop
Improve your understanding of employability and planning for your future career
An ongoing process of reflection and writing, lectures & online resources from the Careers Service & discussions with your AA

14. Social Responsibility & Controversies

16. Academics are experts

17. Read widely: academic papers and the news

18. What’s a lecture?
Lectures are a live experience – you need to be present
Lectures are never just what is on the slide
Courses are never just what is said in lectures
Lectures are the starting point for your own independent research

19. What’s a seminar? What’s an advisor?

20. Why do s matter?

21. First year counts

22. What is feedback?

23. Next Lecture: Friday 2nd October: 11-12 University Place Theatre B
Core Text: Cunliffe, A. L. (2014). A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about management.
Next Lecture: Friday 2nd October: University Place Theatre B
Academic Advisor Seminars (Week 1 or Week 2) See timetable on the student system for times and locations

24. QUESTIONS