Professional and Academic Practices

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• employ relevant methods and techniques to experiment with and model academic and professional technologies, materials or frameworks

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• formulate an evidence-based review of inclusive, ethical and sustainable professional development opportunities

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply current academic and professional digital resources and skills that advance research relating to arts and cultural sector issues and practices

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• challenges related to the use of academic and professional digital technologies, materials or frameworks in arts and cultural leadership

The module is focused on the identification, application and evaluation of academic and industry skills and resources. These skills and resources and indicative areas of application include:

• Audience research databases and tools
• Fundraising databases and portals
• Social media marketing
• Crowdfunding platforms
• Business planning canvases and models
• Project management models
• Recruitment, workforce development and culture change toolkits
• Project and commissioning briefs and job adverts
• Academic library search engines
• Academic Integrity and ethics guidelines
• Referencing guidelines

Issues of sustainability, equity and belonging, and social justice are embedded throughout the exploration of these topics. Likewise, the critical analysis and applied practice of arts and cultural ethical leadership is integrated across the whole programme and connected to each of these topics.

Your examination of these topics will be aligned with your other semester 1 modules which focus on current ideas and debates and engaging with external partners and perspectives.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching and learning methods may include:

• Lectures
• Workshops
• Seminars
• Student-led presentations
• Independent reading and research

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

The impact of digital technology on arts and culture in the UK:.

Audience Spectrum segmentation tool.

a-n The Artists Information Company.

LinkedIn Learning.

Textbooks

Oman, S (2021). Understanding Well-being Data Improving Social and Cultural Policy, Practice and Research. Springer.

Cottrell, S. (2019). The Study Skills Handbook. Bloomsbury Academic.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.