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Accessibility statement
Whatever your career, this module lets you use your workplace as a context for learning and apply what you’ve learned to improve your practice at work. You’ll also develop critical thinking skills and increase your understanding of researching workplace issues. Preparing personal, professional and academic development plans will support your development as an independent learner and help you to align your personal and career aspirations. You must have access to a work environment, performing a paid or voluntary role to use as a basis for your study.
This module allows you to achieve 30 credits towards your higher education qualification goal using work-related activities as a basis for your studies. You will accomplish this by working through resources, activities and assignments with support from your tutor, colleagues and fellow students. The module has four study blocks covering learning at work, critical thinking and reflective practice, research in the workplace, personal, academic and career development planning, and understanding the workplace context and your role within it.
This is a key introductory OU level 1 module. OU level 1 modules provide core subject knowledge and study skills needed for both higher education and distance learning, to help you progress to modules at level 2.
You are responsible for obtaining permission to use your workplace as a basis for your studies prior to registering for this module.
In order to successfully complete the module you must:
be engaged in suitable full-time or part-time employment – either paid or voluntary have permission to carry out work-based learning tasks in your work setting confirm that the work you submit is based on your practice in that setting have regular access to a computer connected to the internet.
Further detailed information will be sent to you once you have registered for the module.
You’ll get help and support from an assigned tutor throughout your module.
They’ll help by:
marking your assignments and offering detailed feedback to help you improve providing individual guidance, whether that’s for general study skills or specific module content guiding you to additional learning resources facilitating online discussions between your fellow students in the dedicated forums.
Online tutorials run throughout the module. While they’re not compulsory, we strongly encourage you to participate. Where possible, we’ll make recordings available.
Course work includes:
3 Tutor-marked assignments (TMAs)End-of-module assessment
You’ll have access to a module website, which includes:
a week-by-week study planner course-specific module materials audio and video content assessment details and submission section online tutorial access access to student forums.
Additionally, the website includes:
the module reader, The Manager’s Good Study Guide access to The Open University library access to selected external websites and journal papers.
Primary device – A desktop or laptop computer with at least 8 GB of RAM and a quad-core processor (2.4 GHz minimum speed).  It’s possible to access some materials on a mobile phone, tablet or Chromebook; however, they will not be suitable as your primary device. Peripheral device – Headphones/earphones with a built-in microphone for online tutorials. Operating systems – Windows 11 or the latest supported macOS. Internet access – Broadband or mobile connection. Browser – Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge are recommended; Mozilla Firefox and Safari may be suitable. Our OU Study app operates on supported versions of Android and iOS. Software – Any additional software will be provided or is generally freely available.
The OU strives to make all aspects of study accessible to everyone, and this Accessibility Statement outlines what studying T122 involves. You should use this information to inform your study preparations and any discussions with us about how we can meet your needs.
To find out more about what kind of support and adjustments might be available, contact us or visit our Disability support website.
Career development and employability (T122) starts once a year – in October.
This page describes the module that will start in October 2025.
We expect it to start for the last time in October 2025.
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