FA5023 - Industrial Placement Option

The skills you potentially learn and develop from Industrial Placement will be through being an integral part of a professional team. Working closely with your Line Manager and colleagues you will develop a greater understanding of company structures and processes. Undertaking a responsible role and working to critical deadlines will help you acquire time management skills and a professional attitude. Being part of a team will help you become more proficient in communicating your ideas, both visually and verbally. This type of experiential activity engages critical self-awareness and encourages reflection and autonomy.

• The project is introduced at a briefing session, where it is fully explained and explored by both staff and students.
• The lead Module Tutor will be available to answer queries in relation to the module via email and opportunities to meet you virtually whilst on industrial placement. Further formal academic support is provided via information posted on the eLearning portal, which can be accessed on a range of devices.
• Administrative and Academic Placement Co-ordinators will aid your transition from university to the work place and offer support throughout your placement.
• During this period of study you will be required to maintain regular contact with Academic staff through telephone tutorials or visits.
• Learning materials for this module are available on the university eLearning Portal, including the module documentation, announcements, assessment information, presentations, online resources, reading list and timetable.
• Additional study skills materials and workshops, that are available through Skills Plus at http://nuweb2.northumbria.ac.uk/library/skillsplus/topics.html?l3-0.
• Academic Language Skills support is available for international students.
• Students requiring additional support are advised to contact their Guidance Tutor for advice, who will be able to refer them to the relevant university services for specialist support regarding their personal circumstances

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. Online reading lists (provided after enrolment) give you access to your reading material for your modules. The Library works in partnership with your module tutors to ensure you have access to the material that you need.

On successful completion of this module, you should be able to:

Knowledge & Understanding:
7. Demonstrate a progressed knowledge of Fashion Industry Practice principles through the undertaking/completion of an industrial placement experience(s).

9. Understand the relationship between creative and commercial requirements through completion of your industrial placement.


Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:
8. Produce and communicate a digital presentation of your placement(s) experience with distinguishable skill, application and presentation.

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
2. Evaluate your own progress; exercise an enhanced level of self-criticism and analysis in respect of completing an industrial placement experience(s).

5. Demonstrate effective employability skills including organisational and project management through the completion of an Industrial placement(s).

This is a Pass / Fail module.
• You will receive regular virtual formative feedback on your reflective digital diary through the course of the placement period from tutors.
• By collecting a variety of evidence/outputs from the learner via evidence of:
• Your Placement Employer(s) will be asked to provide documented feedback on your internship.
• Completion of your placement will be reviewed in conjunction with the MLOs to assess the learning achieved during your placement experience.
• Upon return to University you will communicate your experience in a presentation to your peers that captures your placement learning (100%). Tutors will assess the learner’s overall performance holistically with a pass/fail.
• Verbal feedback will be provided following summative assessment.
• If a student is unable to complete an industrial placement an alternative industry-focused project brief will be issued.

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During the placement year, students may complete a full 120 credit Industrial placement module or choose to study abroad for one Semester. If they select to do this, they must do this module Industrial Placement Option (60 credits) AND AD5007 Study Abroad (60 credits) to total 120 credits. These two 60 credit modules can be taken in any order over Semester 2 of 2nd year and Semester 1 of 3rd year to best suit the arrangements for the study abroad and placement.

The Industrial Placement Option (60 credits) module offers the student insight into how the fashion industry works and aims to inform and support the student’s individual career plan through their first-hand experience of one or more roles within the fashion workplace. Students are supported in their research, selection and application for role(s) that align with their career interests and aspirations, and for the duration of their Industrial Placement (IP).

The module supports the development of Industry specific skills, employability skills, and enables the student to understand what it means to be a fashion professional, and to build their own professional network.

The skills acquired during the IP will underpin the remainder of the students’ study at Levels 5 and 6, offer inspiration for their creative practice, and help them prepare for employment, self-employment or post-graduate study.