Teaching Within Academic: Jessica.
Individual Context: Jessica has worked in the creative industries for several years within the fashion buying sector. She was placed on the TW programme and felt she had various skills which were transferable skills which could be utilised in a teaching context. As part of her placement, Jessica was able to develop a teaching model of seminars which allowed her to develop and conduct a series of workshops within the higher education setting Jessica was able to identify that some of the skills she had learnt within the industry setting were skills which weren’t taught as part of the higher education setting. She felt these were useful skills that could allow students to understand the positive attributes of transferable skills and have skills to add to their CV’S when applying to work in the industry.
Teaching Within Programme: The course team was very supportive and allowed me to embark on testing out my ideas with support and trust. I was able to test out and adapt what I had learnt within the industry to the higher education setting. As a result, I was offered an additional hourly paid contract to continue working collaboratively with the course. I really enjoyed my placement and would recommend this opportunity to anyone wanting to get into teaching. Thank you for the opportunity!
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