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PLAN30190

Academic Year 2025/2026

Internship (PLAN30190)

Subject:
Planning
College:
Engineering & Architecture
School:
Architecture, Plan & Env Pol
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
30
Module Coordinator:
Dr Paula Russell
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
Yes
Module Type:
Professional/Work Placement Module
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The purpose of the internship module is to provide students with an opportunity to gain practice-based learning in a specific planning context. This will involve applying and combining their academic studies with work-based practice to understand and gain additional planning experience. Students will be required to submit a reflective diary detailing how the internship has impacted their learning, and undertake a practice-based project where they will apply academic knowledge to a particular workplace-based case study.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module students will have:
1. Gained knowledge of and insight into the planning-related activities of particular organisations;
2. Learned how to apply knowledge gained from academic studies in practical contexts;
3. Developed transferable skills for application in other employment contexts;
4. Understood the core relations between academic, policy and practice contexts.

Indicative Module Content:

The specific content will depend on the nature of the organisation to which each individual student will be assigned but in general terms students are likely to engage in activities that span development management (e.g. validation, applications, appeals); strategic planning (e.g. data collection, analysis, synthesis, policy analysis); and project management. Students will also develop a range of professional skills which may be technical or more personal/professional, such as communication or teamwork skills.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

3

Project Supervision

4

Autonomous Student Learning

343

Placement/Work Experience

400

Total

750


Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module involves reflective and practice-based learning under the supervision of an academic and employment-based mentor, as well as a student presentation during a scheduled seminar

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): Students will undertake a writing exercise relation to their application of
knowledge to a particular workplace-based case study.
Week 12 Pass/Fail Grade Scale No
70
No
Reflective Assignment: Students will engage in a reflective writing exercise reflecting on practice & applying knowledge gained through
their academic studies to the workplace situation and vice versa.
Week 12 Pass/Fail Grade Scale No
30
No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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