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Postgraduate Module Descriptor
SSIM908: Directed Practical Study: Agriculture and Food
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Aims
With the support of the convener, you will play an active role in securing an internship or placement and in defining its objectives. You will inform yourself about the work you will do by producing an annotated bibliography. You will critically reflect on your experience in a mid-term and a final report. Depending upon your career objectives, you may continue work with your host institution, organization or enterprise after the completion of the module, draw upon contacts developed during your placement or internship to secure employment elsewhere upon completion of the course, and/or use your experience to develop questions for future research.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Contribute effectively to the professional activities of an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise 2. Critically assess the functioning of an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Draw upon the field of food studies/food security/sustainable agriculture to inform your work in an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise 4. Critically engage with the field of food studies/food security/sustainable agriculture on the basis of your experience working for an agriculture or food-related institution, organization or enterprise |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. Identify and successfully propose yourself for employment in agriculture or food-related institutions, organizations and/or enterprises 6. Propose effective forms of innovation within agriculture or food-related institutions, organizations and/or enterprises |