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Unit description
This unit should showcases the skills you gained whilst completing your Higher Degree Research program to help ensure work-readiness and assist in the future employability based on a short work-placement in industry, government, non-government organisations and academia, that was undertaken preferably within the first 18 months of candidature at Southern Cross University. This unit will showcase your acquired expert skills and knowledge within a professional working environment for career development and experience.
Unit content
- Working effectively and independently in an industry, government or non-government organisation or academia for a minimum of 2 weeks to maximum of 60 days.
- Communicating complex knowledge and concepts with diverse audiences
- Applying expertise, skills and judgement to a professional workplace
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Complete a work placement (>2 weeks) or short-term professional work contract. |
| 2 | Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a professional environment. |
| 3 | Integrate into a workplace communicating complex knowledge and concepts with supervisors, other workers, clients, students and/or stakeholders. |
| 4 | Apply a high level of expertise, skills and judgement relevant to the professional workplace and work independently requiring minimal supervision. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Complete a work placement (>2 weeks) or short-term professional work contract.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a professional environment.
- Integrate into a workplace communicating complex knowledge and concepts with supervisors, other workers, clients, students and/or stakeholders.
- Apply a high level of expertise, skills and judgement relevant to the professional workplace and work independently requiring minimal supervision.
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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