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Graduate with the skills employers want, with our ‘Engaged Arts’ optional modules.

DesignedÌýalongside students, these new modules explore real-world challenges acrossÌýseven contemporary themes:Ìý

• Empowering employabilityÌý Ìý Ìý
• Health and wellbeingÌý
• Data and digitalÌý
• Community engagement and social impactÌý·Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý
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• Equality and justice
• Academic skills

ÌýThe modules are open to all undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts.

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What skills will I gain?

Whether you want to work in the cultural and creative industries or elsewhere, theÌýmodules will give you a broader understanding so you can use your degree to itsÌýgreatest potential.Ìý

Depending on the modules you choose, you can build skills in:

• AnalysisÌýÌý
• Problem solvingÌý Ìý
• Creativity and creative thinkingÌý Ìý
• CommunicationÌý
• Cultural awarenessÌý
• Data and text miningÌý Ìý Ìý
• WritingÌý
• Practical industry skills (podcasting, photo editing, photography, video and sound editing)

When can I take theÌýmodules?

The Engaged Arts modules are available in the first two years of your course.

You can apply the ideas and approaches from the modules to:Ìý

• Ìýyour own skills (year 1, semester 1)Ìý
• Ìýyour communities (year 1, semester 2)Ìý Ìý
• Ìýyour degree (year 2, semester 2)Ìý Ìý Ìý
• your future (year 2, semester 2)

How are the modules assessed?

The modules are assessed by ‘reflective’Ìýpieces of work. This can include essays, image (i.e. posters, visual art, infograms), video, and audio (i.e. podcasts or recorded elements).Ìý

You are encouraged to take advantage of the range of assessment types on offer, choosing a format thatÌýworks best for you, your skills and development.

How can the modules helpÌýmy future career goals?

You can create an online portfolio to store all your Engaged Arts module work, assessments and feedback.

This online tool also allows you to highlight sections, add notes, and connect other evidence to place yourÌýwork in a wider context. This will be a useful record of your skills andÌýexperiences, to use for cover letters and job interviews.

For example, you can use your portfolio to look at theÌýchallenges you have faced, new skills that you have gained, and the way youÌýhave worked with others. It will also show future employers the topics andÌýdiscussions you have encountered around real-world issues such as sustainability,ÌýAI, or equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).