BA Education, Leadership and Culture

This unit offers learners the opportunity to develop confidence and knowledge in professional practice for employment in creative and cultural education contexts. Learners will apply career professional development frameworks, identify gaps in skills and competencies, develop confidence for job applications and improve skills and knowledge for professional development. Through engagement in real world case study examples students will complete and discuss activities to support their professional development to lead towards work experiences in the creative and cultural education contexts.

• Develop learners professional development for the Creative and Cultural Education industries
• Prepare learners to gain work experience in the Creative and Cultural Education industries

Asynchronous lectures recorded with core knowledge and theory for classes
Seminars for workshop and simulation exercises to support development of skills and knowledge for employability. 

• Develop a C.V. and use this to apply for work experience
• Critique and reflect on their use of skills and knowledge in a working context
• Appraise the digital skills needed to work in creative and cultural industries

• Evaluate personal knowledge and skills for employment
• Analyse transferable skills required for graduation

• Develop effective networking
• Appraise management of professional relationships

• Examine effective communication skills
• Evaluate individual interpersonal skills
• Examine individual employability skills

Work Experience - 50 hours

Curriculum Vitae - 2 pages 30%

Presentation - 30 minutes - 70%

Via Blackboard

Comunian, R., Faggian, A. and Jewell, S. (2015). Digital technology and creative arts career patterns in the UK creative economy. Journal of education and work, 28(4), pp.346–368.

Firth, M. (2020). Employabilty and skills handbook for tourism, hospitality and events students. London ;: Routledge.

Firth, M. (2020). Service encounters in tourism, events and hospitality staff perspectives. Bristol, UK ;: Channel View Publications.

Mao, J. and Shen, Y. (2020). Identity as career capital: enhancing employability in the creative industries and beyond. Career development international, 25(2), pp.186–203.

van Laar, E., van Deursen, A.J.A.M. and van Dijk, J.A.G.M. (2022). Developing policy aimed at 21st-century digital skills for the creative industries: an interview study with founders and managing directors. Journal of education and work, 35(2), pp.195–209.