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MODULE OUTLINE

CS712 aims to enable second year ISC and Philosophy students to acquire the skills, knowledge and experiences for successfully entering the job market or going on to post-graduate studies and vocational training on graduating. It is designed to ensure that you make the most of relevant opportunities available on campus while you study. Engaging with these opportunities and gaining a rich mix of extra-curricular and work/volunteering experience may make a critical difference to whether you succeed in getting the graduate job you want or obtain funding for post-graduate studies. Alternatively, to fulfil your employability training requirement, you can take the 15 credit module, CS200 Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainability and Community Action, which runs in the autumn term.

CS712 is team-taught by tutors from ISC, Philosophy, and the Employability and Careers Centre. It comprises five compulsory 50 minute core sessions, three online moodle tutorials and requires students to attend four further employability/skills-related activities, events or workshops during the Autumn and Spring terms of their second year. This module is assessed on a 1,500 word reflective essay and a professional, up-to-date, well presented, two-page CV.

AIMS

The aims of this module are:

• To prepare students for successfully entering the job market or going on to post-graduate studies or vocational training on graduating.

• To encourage students to make the most of opportunities for enhancing their employability skills available on campus.

• To give students an understanding of the graduate job market and employers’ preferences and a grasp of making effective applications in their final year.

By the end of this module the student should:

• Have a good understanding of their own interests, skills and competencies, and how these are relevant to future careers.

• Have engaged with a range of employability and skills related events and activities available on campus or elsewhere.

• Be prepared to make applications for placements, jobs, vocational training and/or post-graduate study in their final year.

This Moodle site is used for sharing information about possible funding opportunities in the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering.

EC123 is a compulsory module for all students in economics. It is different from other Economics modules in the sense that there is no exam and it runs over the whole of the three years of undergraduate studies. Upon the completion of the module students will have developed an understanding of the working world and skills necessary to successfully compete in the graduate labour market after graduation.

The module is assessed on a Pass/Fail basis and it is 100% coursework. There are required assignments due at the end of each academic year, though, the final mark for the module will be based on the reflective 1500-2000 word essay turned in at the end of the third year. The final essay will need to discuss the set of employability skills acquired by doing each of the required assignments and how those assignments factored (or will factor) into the student's job search. Attendance at lectures is mandatory.

All the resources for this module will be available in Moodle and you can contact the Employability and Careers Centre for further support.

Hi all,

I am Alexander Horswill, your tutor for the Hospitality Operations Module. 

Module Description:
This module will enable you to acquire the understanding and knowledge of the operational characteristics of a high-quality hotel business enabling the business to achieve its objectives. You will understand and use basic KPIs and costing skills and utilise relevant technology to enhance business performance.

As I teach across different cohorts and levels, I am not always at my desk.  If you wish to see me to discuss your assessment, progress, or matters related to this module, can I direct to you my drop in appointment hours which are available in the academic support scheduler on Moodle in the EHS Student Area.

Alexander Horswill
Email: a.horswill@essex.ac.uk
Location: JT12-B

Law Moodle course for a two-week induction programme.

This is the Moodle site for the MA/MSc dissertation module (GV993/GV995 -- all variants). It features a range of relevant resources.

Welcome

What is this week about?

The main aim of this short course is the development of applied research
skills. You will consider issues of design, data collection and analysis,
drawing on examples from ‘real-world’ contemporary research activities. At the end of the week we hope that you will feel more confident and able to think about questions that relate to your own work environment in a more critical and rigorous way.

Course structure

The basic structure of the week is:

Monday – Overview and introduction to research

Tuesday & Wednesday – Quantitative methods

Thursday & Friday – Qualitative methods

There are five computer laboratory sessions in which methods of handling and analysing data are introduced. Support is provided by facilitators who each work with a group of 4 to 6 participants.
Three additional lectures will be provided by guest speakers, on themes
including the research/practice interface in quantitative and qualitative
research, and ethical issues and processes.

Finally, there is an online forum where you can post questions and comments to the course team and each other.

Please note - this Moodle page no longer exists.

Please use the HS510 Moodle page to the left of this one.

Thank you

Module Description

This module offers an introduction to the historical events and processes that have helped to shape the contemporary United Kingdom.  During the period in question the United Kingdom underwent a series of political and cultural changes that were to have profound effects on the society and economy of the UK, its status in the world, and its national perception of its changing world role. The module examines the principle causes and phases of change during this period and the effect these changes had upon the UK as a nation with particular emphasis on society/ the people of Britain.

The module will run over 22 weeks. Students will be introduced, over the course of the module, to a level of knowledge and analysis which will provide an appropriate academic background for those wishing to study other periods of history, and other Humanities and Social Science subjects, within the UK university system. As well as examining recent history, the module will develop the skills that will enable students to interpret information, think critically, assess evidence and undertake research. The module will help enhance and refine students' writing skills, oral presentation skills and test/exam taking skills and strategies.  

The module requires no prior knowledge of, or experience of studying, British history. 

Module Aims

§  To provide a firm foundation of knowledge and understanding of key developments in UK history during the period studied.

§  To introduce students to the workings of the British political system;

§  To develop students' ability to think critically and to analyse historical data from a wide range of sources, in order to construct and convey an argument, both oral and written;

§  To develop students' skills necessary for further academic study through the practice of seminar discussions, small-group work, academic exercises, seminar presentations, individual study, research, and reflective, critical reading;

§  To explain the use of historical terms and concepts;

§  To increase students' awareness of the many different approaches (chiefly political, cultural, social and economic) towards the study of history, and the provisional, ever-evolving nature of contemporary history;

§  To familiarise students with the academic working environment of a UK university through the study of history;

§  To acquaint students with what are – and what are not – accepted modes of academic discourse, the need to cite sources, and the paramount importance of avoiding plagiarism.

§  To enhance students' knowledge of and interest in history by preparing them for potential undergraduate study of the subject;

§  To increase students' awareness of the importance of an understanding of historical issues to enhance their future study of other humanities and social science subjects.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module a student will be expected to be able to:

1.     Demonstrate knowledge of key events in the history of the United Kingdom during the period under study including the most significant cultural changes within UK society and the UK's changing relationships with its key overseas partners and allies) and assess how that historical knowledge contributes to a thorough understanding of the contemporary United Kingdom.

2.     Demonstrate awareness of the workings of the British political system, and of recent (and ongoing) political debates.

3.     Engage fully with the study of history, and other Humanities and Social Science subjects, through the taking of lecture notes, the undertaking of independent study and active participation in seminar discussion.

4.     Apply the key skill of critical, analytical thinking to the examination of historical evidence from a variety of sources in order to then incorporate this analysis of evidence into written work, oral presentations and seminar discussions.

5.     Analyse assignment and exam questions, and research and construct an appropriate academic argument in response.

6.     Reference secondary and primary sources accurately and appropriately, and construct an accompanying bibliography.

7.     Summarise, comment upon and analyse historical arguments and debates in an informed and coherent manner in written work, oral presentations and seminar discussions to a level that will lead to potential success in Year 1 of a BA History or related Humanities or Social Science degree.

Syllabus

Week 2         What is History? What is Historical Research? What is the United      Kingdom? Britain in the lead up to WW2.

Week 3         Home Fires (World War 2)

Week 4         Attlee, Labour and the Welfare State (1945 to 1951)

Week 5         Thirteen Wasted Years? (1951 to 1963)

Week 6        The Short Sixties (1964-1969)

Week 7        Changing Relationships - Britain and the Wider World #1 (45- 69) 

Week 8        The 1970s -The Decade of Decline #1

Week 9         The 1970s -The Decade of Decline #2

Week 10       Changing Relationships Britain and the Wider World #2 (70-79)

Week 11       Class test (on themes from the Autumn Term 1939 -1979)

Christmas break

Week 16       The 1980s #1. A Revolutionary Decade?

Week 17       The 1980s # 2 The Them & Us Society.

Week 18           Changing Relationships #3 Britain and the Wider World (80 –PD)

Week 19           Identity I: Britain Nowadays: Class & the Establishment

Week 20           Identity II Britain Nowadays: Race, Ethnicity & Religion

Week 21           Identity III: Britain Nowadays: Gender & Sexuality

Week 22           Identity IV: Britain Nowadays: A Nation of 4 Nations!

Week 23           The 1990#s #1 A Major Solution?

Week 24           The 1990#s #2 Cool Britannia? Life in Blair’s ‘New’ Britain

Week 25           From Millennium to Coalition 2000-2009. AKA the Noughties

Easter break

Week 30          The ‘Twenty Tens’ - From Labour Exit to Brexit. 

Week 31          In Class test #2 (on themes from the Spring Term 1980 – PD)

Learning and Teaching Methods

This module will run over 22 weeks and will be delivered via a two-hour lecture and a two-hour seminar per week. Some lectures involve the viewing of audio-visual material; seminars involve whole-group discussion of the weekly topic and set reading, small-group work and oral presentations.

Moodle will be used to distribute module documentation and learning materials.   

Assessment

100% coursework

Pass mark: 40%

This moodle will be used by members of the IdeoLab as a shared resource repository. 

Whether you are a first year undergraduate or working on your PhD, information skills can make or break your academic experience. This course is divided into 7 lessons that will take you through the basics of using the Library and on to more advanced information skills needed for academic work and life beyond university. 

Complete this course to learn:

• Why information skills are important
• How to meet your information needs by staying organised and using search techniques
• Using information ethically and checking the quality of your sources
• How and when to reference sources
• How to share information strategically
• How to use AI for research

Moodle Resources for PGR Students in the School of Law and Human Rights Centre.

This page contains all the information for Law School and Human Rights Centre dissertations. 

When navigating this Moodle page, make sure you are consulting the documents relevant to your dissertation module: October or January starts.

The general information is applicable to both. However, lectures & workshops, and deadlines vary for each cohort.