Independent Research Project: Professional Work Experience (Q3265)

30 credits, Level 6

Spring teaching

On this module you’ll have the opportunity to complete a professional placement. This is a chance to work independently with a local company or organisation in the field.

If you’re on the Single Honours programme only and wish to take up the opportunity, you can develop skills and deepen your knowledge in an area of professional work within the creative and cultural industries.

The primary aim of the placement is to introduce you to a professional working environment related to theatre and performance. This will allow you to explore a possible future career, while developing skills and gaining knowledge and experience alongside professional practitioners and arts administrators.

Placements in professional organisations include the following possibilities (subject to availability each year):

  • Nightingale Theatre
  • The Basement
  • Lighthouse
  • Brighton International Festival
  • Brighton Dome
  • Brighton Fringe
  • Theatre Royal
  • Blast Theory
  • DreamThinkSpeak
  • Live Art Development Agency (London)
  • First Base Day Centre (homeless day centre, applied theatre)
  • Artsadmin (London).

A number of specific theatre companies located in other cities in the UK may be able to offer placements, and these can be discussed on an individual basis.

Teaching

43%: Practical (Workshop)
57%: Seminar

Assessment

100%: Coursework (Essay, Portfolio)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 10 hours of contact time and about 290 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2020/21. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.