Horizon CDT Placement
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| COMP4118 | Computer Science | 4 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- COMP4118
- School
- Computer Science
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This module enables Horizon CDT students to reflect and report on the experience of their CDT placement.
The placement should be reported via EITHER:
A) a scheduled talk to all students who have not yet organised a placement or
B) a video on the Horizon student profile page of the Horizon website describing the placement (this could be in the form of one student asking another questions about the internship, or a VoiceOver PowerPoint) or
C) a description of the placement for publication on the Horizon student profile page on the Horizon website.
In the case of the video or webpage, approval for content must be sought by the student from the company/partner before publication; in the case of the talk the slides must be submitted by email to the Centre Manager for distribution to future students.
Target Students
Available to Students registered in the PhD Digital Horizon CDT.
Classes
CDT Placement activities are individually negotiated with CDT centre Directors, CDT student and partner.
Assessment
- 100% Report 1: Horizon CDT Placement reflection: A 15-20 minute presentation to the CDT community during one of the annual events (Welcome Week, Retreat, Programme Review); a 15-20 minute Video (to be hosted on the University’s platform https://mediaspace.nottingham.ac.uk/); a 1500 word description of the internship in the form of a blog post made publically available online (Horizon CDT website).
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
To reflect on the placement completed as part of the Horizon CDT training programme.To enable to student to identify links between placement work and the Horizon CDT theme of Creating our Lives in data in general.To develop communication skills and reflective practice.Learning Outcomes
Students who complete this module will
• Be able to demonstrate their experience of working in a commercial or research-based placement; outlining expectations, duties and outcomes.
• Communicate an awareness and understanding of their placement partner’s specific concerns and how they re-oriented their existing skills and knowledge base to suit.
Contextualise their placement experience in relation to their future PhD research activities.
• Demonstrate a developing understanding of the differing organisational structures and demands on team members across industry and academia.
• Be able to understand and communicate the relationship between the work completed within their placement and the DE programme as a whole (i.e. ‘Creating our lives in data’).
• Be able to identify the professional and research skills developed as part of their placement; and how they relate to both academia and industry.
• Demonstrate the ability to undertake continued learning during a professional career.
• Demonstrate the ability to respond to the needs of others and transfer skills across disciplines.
Conveners
- Prof Steven David Benford