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April 2022 Semester 2

September 2022 Semester 2

Hello all BA  Social Work students.

Welcome to the Skills Days moodle site. On this site  you will find essential information about your Skills Days: -

1. Dates and days/Skills days titles will be placed on this moodle site next to the  relevant Skills Days sections. The Skills Days are numbered  and there are 30 for the whole degree (usually 10 a year).  

2. Some of these will be delivered face to face and some on Zoom. We will  show the mode of delivery relevant to each Skills Day  so please check this carefully for each Skills Day. If  this is  to be delivered face to face, the classroom number  and any other essential details will be posted.   If there is a Zoom session we will post the Zoom link. for Zoom, please ensure that you log on at the correct time and that your camera is turned on. You will be automatically muted on entry and the host will unmute you as required.

3. Please note Skills Days are often delivered by an outsider speaker/ someone from practise. As you can appreciate, due to the nature of Social Work, and the requirements  demanded of  Social Work services, we may be required to amend the Skills Days Schedule from time to time. In addition , you may be required to join other students for some of the Skills Days. We will inform you about this.

4. Attendance to ALL Skills Days is  compulsory and is required by Social Work England in order to complete successful Registration as a Social Worker at the end of your degree. It is also  required by the University in order for you to pass the course. Please note we are required to keep a register of attendance.

5. Please ensure that you check this  SKILLS DAYS  MOODLE SITE at least once a week as we update this regularly. Details of Skills  Days (time/venue/ date) and reading/resources  will be posted on here for each Skills Day throughout the academic year, but do check for any changes to the schedule.

Enjoy.

The Social Work Team

CIE5005 being updated by Lecturers (as at 21/1/2022)

The module is designed to enhance and consolidate your communication, research, and critical writing skills. The discipline involves the study of cultural and creative processes that goes beyond the history of fashion and theories of art and design. You will focus on extending various aspects of theoretical knowledge through the exploration of a self- selected research project and as a result this will strengthen your critical analysis and investigation skills. You will discuss and analyse historical, cultural, social and political contexts, which affect our readings of fashion. You will experience learning in different environments with attention given to one-to-one research tutorials tailored to the specific needs of the student. In addition group seminars and workshops will provide support for academic study skills and, furthermore, online forums and access to digital resources will support you throughout the module. You will be actively encourage to conduct independent study visits to relevant galleries, museums and archives in order to review and retrieve primary research (text and image). In addition you will be encouraged to attend events and conferences that support your academic development and construction of theoretical knowledge. Graduate Attributes: Effective Communicator and Global Citizen.

This module builds from previous critical theory modules and directly reflects the learning and knowledge built by the cohort throughout their studies, specifically related to the context of fashion design; it purposely encourages students to develop their personal area of research which directly responds to their needs and interests and to enable links between academia and practice. 

Components of the module are designed to enable progress from week 1 – 15, lectures and working research groups support and enable critical thinking and awareness, skills sessions encourage students to apply such skills to their academic writing skills to present research in an appropriate format.  Workshops and tutorials are a key component of the module and offers opportunity for tailored feedback to their personal research areas. 

This module enables students to consolidate skills developed and to convey their understanding of academic research and writing skills whilst via a piece of academic writing. Through lectures and seminar discussions, research tasks individually and in groups, through skills sessions students will build a weekly understanding of their personal research area and how to utilise the research and skills developed along the way.