Course description

Students entering Higher Education will need specific study skills to enable them to maximise their learning potential and take advantage of opportunities available both in the academic setting and the workplace. Students will enter with different levels of skills and experience and may approach the module in a variety of ways. It is intended that a ‘skills audit’ is given at the start of the module and the results from this will form the basis of an individual learning plan prepared for each student. The outcome from this module is that the student will be equipped with the range of personal skills relevant to work listed below:

• oral communication skills
• written communication skills
• team work and inter-personal skills
• Internet-based research skills

The module also considers the nature of professions and why professions have codes of conduct. Discussions and case studies will be used to encourage students to introspect on their own code of conduct, as well as becoming aware of what is included in the British Computer Society (BCS) and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) codes of conduct.

Learning outcomes

1. Collect and collate information from a variety of sources.
2. Communicate effectively both verbally and in text using a range of software applications as aids.
3. Analyse and synthesise information in order to present findings in an appropriate form.
4. Work constructively in a group task environment 
5. Link and transfer data between applications 
6. Manage own time and resources
7. Be able to use library resources and the internet to facilitate information retrieval and research
8. Use communication software and networks such as email and WWW browsers 
9. Interpret data presented in a mathematical or graphical format
10. Know why professions have codes of conduct, and what is included in the British Computer Society and ACM codes of conduct
    

• Teacher: Elizabeth Scott