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In this module you will prepare for the professional and/or academic challenges you will face after graduation. You will learn how to determine career ambitions, how to research strategies and methods to achieve your aspirations and how to develop your self-promotional and presentation skills. You will also learn how to conduct yourself appropriately within the context of current professional practice. You will learn fundamental administrative and financial skills, as appropriate, required for a professional career. You will learn about the laws, policies, ethics and practices germane to your chosen profession.
You will identify, research and develop a self-initiated portfolio and report that will provide you with a foundation for your professional development for your graduate career ambitions.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to
LO1: Critically develop and reflect upon an appropriate level of professionalism in your chosen career pathway;
LO2: Formulate and test plans to achieve your career development ambitions and solutions to challenges which arise;
LO3: Develop professional presentation skills appropriate to your vocational specialism and/or educational aspirations;
LO4: Organise your time and knowledge to function as an autonomous professional;
LO5: Integrate into your professional practices and self-presentation ethical and professional values appropriate to your career and/or educational pathway.