FZMDPL: Document of Personal Learning

Module code: FZMDPL

Module provider: Food and Nutritional Sciences; School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy

Credits: 20

Level: Postgraduate Masters

When you'll be taught: Full year

Module convenor: Professor Carol Wagstaff, email: C.Wagstaff@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded: IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE FZMEPL OR TAKE FZMSPL OR TAKE FZMPPL (Compulsory)

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: No

Last updated: 21 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This module is one of a suite of four modules under the theme “Flexible Learning Path” intended to recognise the learning and professional application of outcomes from courses not carrying formal academic credits. Students will, under the guidance their personal tutor, select the module from the Flexible Learning Path which is most appropriate to their requirements. Students will only be able to take one module. 

This document of learning allows students to take ownership of their personal, professional and academic development and to demonstrate acquired knowledge and skills to enhance their practice within the workplace. 

Students will be able to pursue a flexible range of learning pathways, including short courses and professional development activities that provide skills and learning appropriate to their employment. Students will take ownership of their personal, professional and academic development and will use this module to demonstrate the use of acquired knowledge and skills which enhance their practice within the workplace. 

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to: 

1. Monitor their own learning and development, including the identification of learning needs and planning of their acquisition 
2. Demonstrate a reflective and self-critical approach to personal and professional development 
3. Critically evaluate the learning and skills gained from academic and professional study and its application to the workplace 

The following transferable skills will be developed in this module: 

• Negotiation skills 
• Personal professional development 

Module content

Students will be expected to evidence their personal learning through justification of need and benefit within the context of their workplace. The nature of the learning will be flexible but must be fully justified by the student in terms of relevance and benefit to their employment. 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Students will research and justify personal learning courses with the support and advice of their industrial mentor and personal tutor.  

Learning will be acquired through various teaching and learning strategies used in the taught study modules, units and courses that the student has undertaken. 

Formal contact will be provided through supervisory team meetings.  An initial contact session will introduce students to the expectations and purpose of the document. 

Contact hours will vary according to the teaching and learning strategies used within the component study courses.

Study hours

At least 6 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Reassessment

Additional costs