SCI3930 - Career skills for scientists

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Overview

This unit uses work-related activities to develop and enhance your transferable skills, focus on essential career planning, and prepares you to make effective applications for graduate level employment. Commercial awareness is the umbrella theme of the unit due to its critical importance in the workplace and has been well-reported as … For more content click the Read More button below.

Commercial awareness is the umbrella theme of the unit due to its critical importance in the workplace and has been well-reported as an area of employer dissatisfaction with graduate recruits in science. You will explore aspects such as the intellectual property landscape, budgeting, regulation, quality control, marketing strategy, and the business environment, through creative problem-solving activities in a scientific employment context. The unit also focuses on other important skills for graduate employability, including communication, leadership, team-working, problem-solving and critical thinking. You will audit your key employability skills, reflect on ongoing development and keep a record of your self-evaluation so you can better articulate your skills to potential employers. The unit also offers opportunities to network with alumni, explore various career pathways, job search strategies, and prepare an effective job application (from writing a resume and cover letter and responding to selection criteria to succeeding at an interview).

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

S1-FF-CLAYTON-FLEXIBLE

S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Rules

Enrolment Rule

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Professor Philip Wai Hong Chan

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Angela Ziebell

Notes

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Scheduled teaching activities and/or workload information are subject to change in response to COVID-19, please check your Unit timetable and Unit Moodle site for more details.

Learning outcomes

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

Self-evaluate and reflect on their employment readiness with respect to the key employability skills;

Recognise and develop skills that will be valuable in the workplace;

Present clear evidence of how their skills and experience can benefit potential employers;

Articulate their range of scientific and professional skills through preparation of a job application;

Recognise the value of networking skills and self-promotion in a professional context;

Develop a sense of inclusivity and professionalism in the workplace.

Teaching approach

Active learning

Online learning

Problem-based learning

Assessment

1 - Portfolio with reflective log

2 - Career plan

3 - Oral presentation (including mock interview)

4 - Peer assessment

5 - Workshop tasks

Value %:20

Hurdle type:Threshold

Hurdle description:

If you who would otherwise have passed the unit but you do not achieve at least 45% of the marks available in at least 75% of the weekly workshops tasks and weekly activities you will receive a Hurdle Fail (NH) grade and a mark of 45 on your transcript. Absence from attending at least 75% of workshops can seriously limit your ability to pass this unit.

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Workshops

Workload requirements

Workload

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