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DJ6130: Employability and Career Skills
Semester 1 and Semester 2 | Credits: 0
This module will equip students with the professional knowledge and skills needed to transition into the fast-changing media industry, and develop their social capital. Students will develop the knowledge and understanding necessary to start their careers and gain employment.
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Showcase employability skills by having successfully completed a workplace internship or shadowing programme and having cultivated a professional digital presence.
- Effectively analyse the opportunities afforded by industry disruption.
- Work successfully as part of a team.
- Reflect on personal strengths and develop self-awareness of areas for improvement.
Assessments
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
- UINSIONN MAC DUBHGHAILL:
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- KAREN M WALSH:
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- TOM FELLE:
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- Kelly Fincham:
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- Jonathan Albright:
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Reading List
- "Digital Transformation in Journalism and News Media" by Mike Friedrichsen,Yahya Kamalipour
ISBN: 9783319277868.
Publisher: Springer - "Becoming a reflective practitioner" by Christopher Johns ; with contributions from Sally Burnie ... [et al.].
ISBN: 0470674261.
Publisher: ; Wiley-Blackwell - "Communicative Figurations" by Andreas Hepp,Andreas Breiter,Uwe Hasebrink
ISBN: 9783319655840.
Publisher: Springer
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.