Professional and Academic

Development (PAD - BUSI1098)

Lecture 1: Introduction to Module
MC: David Achtzehn
Contact: Li-PADenquiries@nottingham.ac.uk
 Welcome

Deadline: 13th of Oct

Professional and Academic Development (PAD)

 Provide skills for effective academic study
 Enhance your professional development
 To prepare you for applying for internships, placements or graduate roles

2
 PAD Teaching Team

 David Achtzehn (MC)

 Fiona Frost
 Andrew Bacon
 Joanne Monkman
 Sahattaya Achtzehn
 Sophie Mills
 NUBS Careers and Employability Service Team: Sarah Ainger, Indy
Bamra, Lucie Whitfield, Caroline Nolan, Emma Winter
 Contact: Li-PADenquiries@nottingham.ac.uk

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 3

 UoN wider Team
Wider Team
 Student Enquiries and NottinghamHub
 Personal Tutors
 Programme Directors
 UG Director
 Departmental Teaching Directors & Heads of Departments
 Associate Dean for Education and Student Experience
 Dean
 Faculty / Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Chancellor

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 4

 Networking
 Building a cohort / community
 Show respect and tolerance, learn how you can work together.
 Friends for life
 Go beyond your cohort

Personal top tips:

 Take ownership
 Be inquisitive
 Give first, receive second

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 5

Make the most of your time at NUBS
www.su.nottingham.ac.uk
Ingenuity Lab / Competition
www.enactusnottingham.org
Entrepreneurship Society
Economics and Finance Society

6
 Nottingham Advantage Award

 The Award is the University's free employability scheme that helps you
prepare for the job market and formally recognises your extracurricular
activities.
 Many universities run these types of schemes and Employers know to
look for them on your CV
 3 modules over the three years no more than 2 in one year
 www.nottingham.ac.uk/careers/students/advantageaward/index.aspx

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 7

Introducing
PAD
 PAD - The Module
What’s it all about?
 Provide skills for effective academic study
 Enhance your professional development
 To prepare you for applying for internships, placements or graduate roles
How will it be taught? / How will you learn?
11 * 90 minutes lecture (FtoF, Tuesdays, B52) – attendance is compulsory!

1 * 60 minutes of seminar in the week commencing 30th of Oct

Up to 4-5 hours of pre/post lecture activities/readings per week (Moodle)

Up to 32 hours of course work preparation!

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 9

 The Schedule
Week Date Topic Lecturers
1 3rd of Oct Introduction David Achtzehn
2 10th of Oct Career Planning and Well-being Fiona Frost
Careers Insight Days, CV’s and Applications NUBS Careers and
3 17th of Oct
Placements Employability Service
Interviews, Assessment Days - and developing a NUBS Careers and
4 24th of Oct
LinkedIn Profile Employability Service
5 31st of Oct Professional Networking Sahattaya Achtzehn
Seminars - Developing your CV - 2nd and 3rd of Nov (refer to your personalised timetable)
6 7th of Nov Project Planning Andrew Bacon
7 14th of Nov CIMA Case Study Joanne Monkman
8 21st of Nov Assessment Preparation, Reflections and Feedback David Achtzehn
9 28th of Nov Plagiarism and Academic Writing Sophie Mills
10 5th of Dec Communication, Listening, Values, Personal Brand Sahattaya Achtzehn
11 12th of Dec Alumni Panel David Achtzehn
Assessment Deadline - Thursday the 14th of Dec at 3pm (submit via Moodle)
 Attendance is key

 For all modules: You are expected to attend and to be punctual.

 Missing sessions without a satisfactory explanation for this absence, the
University Quality Manual states that a mark of 0% may be awarded for all
remaining assessments (including examinations) on the module. It is therefore
very important that you attend all sessions as scheduled.
 Your attendance at PAD is monitored - we will take sign up lists from the
lectures, you will need to complete task lists When online we will do a download of
the session which gives us the time you arrived and the time you left – this will be
paired up with activities where you will need to upload information

 Attendance and Engagement Policy

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 11

 Method of Assessment

Individual coursework (100% of module mark)

Assessment Deadline - Thursday the 14th of Dec at 3pm (submit via Moodle)
Word limit: 2000 words, excluding figures, tables, references, appendices

Part A: Personal Reflection (400-500 words)

Part B: Career Aspirations and Career Planning (400-500 words)
Part C: 1-page Cover Letter (300-500 words)
Part D: 1-page CV (250-400 words)
Part E: Evidence of Professional Online Personal Branding (300-500 words)

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 12

Reading
List
Full list on Talis
 Reading List

You can find the full reading on Talis. Additional resources are posted
under each week’s section on Moodle.
Core e-textbook:
 Cottrell, Stella (2019) The study skills handbook, Red Globe Press
(e-version is available here. You can also get a paperback edition from
the Business Library)
 Bassot, Barbara (2020) The reflective journal, Red Globe Press.
 Van der Ham, Vanessa (2016). Analyzing a case study, Palgrave
 Other Readings: Journal Articles, Reports, Newspaper articles, etc.

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 14

 Wider Reading
Books/Biographies: Relevant podcasts include:
The Indicator, HBR IdeaCast, This Week in Startups,
How I Built This,
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Entrepreneurship
Newspapers and Blogs:

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 15

 Career Aspirations

Jobs that did not exist when I choose my degree?

UX/UI Designer
App Developer
V/Blogger/Influencer
SEO Specialist
Sustainability Expert
Digital Marketing Specialist
AI / VR Consultants
Cloud Services Specialist
E-sports game coaches
16
 What are the most important employability skills in 2023 and beyond?

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 17

 100
80

60
Investment of £45,000
40

20

2 4 6 8 12 20 30 40
Time

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 18

 Career Aspirations (example)

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 19

Finding
your
IKIGAI
 Finding your IKIGAI

 Reflect on your
career ambitions
 Develop new ideas

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 21

 Finding your IKIGAI example

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 22

 Dilbert – Human Capital

I succeeded as a cartoonist with negligible

art talent, some basic writing skills, an
ordinary sense of humor and a bit of
experience in the business world. The
“Dilbert” comic is a combination of all four
skills. The world has plenty of better artists,
smarter writers, funnier humorists and more
experienced business people. The rare part
is that each of those modest skills is
collected in one person. That’s how value is
created.
(Scott Adams, 2011)

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 23

Practicalities
of studying at
NUBS
 NUBS UG HUB

Moodle page for Business School Undergraduate Student information Hub

Student voice and getting involved

Join our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/NUBSUG

Join Instagram: uon_nubsundergraduate

Join LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com

Course Reps/LCFs/SEM feedback/NSS feedback

25
 Digital Student NUBS Digital
Centre of Excellence
 Moodle page for Digital Student

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 26

 Student Finances
Core bursary
The core bursary is paid in three instalments, and funds take 3-5 days to reach a
student's bank account following these dates:
31 October 2023 | 16 January 2024 | 30 April 2024

Cost of living support

 The university offers practical support in the form of breakfast clubs, free period
products and warm spaces to all students. There is also support for students who are
experiencing hardship, or for those who need crisis support.
 There are two moodle courses on offer to students. One on understanding budgets,
and a second on budgets and living in a shared house.

Budget and get a part-time job!

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 27

 Importance of Year One

 Not used to calculate final degree – but must obtain sufficient results
to progress
 Year 2 & 3 modules assume knowledge established in Year 1
 Year 1 results are those that will be seen by prospective employees
for internships at the end of year two
 Initial marks are those that appear on transcripts not resit marks

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 28

 Importance of Year One for employers

 To see that you can manage your time - multitask

 Work to a high academic standard
 Engage with extra curricular activities
 Develop additional skills that you are able to reflect on
 Placement/Internship applications

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 29

 Progression

 120 credits per year, modules are either 20 or 10 credits each

 At least 40% in all modules to progress automatically – not as easy as
it sounds
 If you fail, you may compensate and pass in certain circumstances
See regulations in the Quality Manual at:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/academicservices/qualitymanual/apar/acad
emic-progression-and-award-regulations.aspx

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 30

 Submitting Coursework

 Deadline for submission is 3pm nearly everything will be submitted

online.
 Ensure you have submitted properly do not leave it in draft , go
back to check it is submitted – do not do this after the deadline or
it will show you as submitting late.
 Deadline is 3pm if you submit at 3.01pm you are late.
 Late submission loses 5% points for each working day or part of a day
the work is late.

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 31

 Submitting Coursework

 Back up all work - being unable to retrieve coursework is not an

acceptable reason for missing a deadline
 Coursework should be submitted in line with regulations in UG
Handbook
 Academic Misconduct
 Extenuating Circumstances / Support Plan

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 32

 Health and Well-being

 We know that it is daunting starting university - finding friends, working

out timetables, starting work.
 Watch the sessions on time management and resilience, the more
organised you are the less stressful it will be.
 Although you are here to develop independence you are not alone in
doing this.
 Personal tutors, Module convenors, Student union reps, Welfare
officers.
 Friends.
 Talk to someone as soon as something starts to worry you.
28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 33
 HealthyU
Welcome to HealthyU - The University of Nottingham

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 34

 Support and Wellbeing Team

 The Support and Wellbeing Team are a large team with staff based
within Schools across the University. They provide a flexible approach
to supporting students with more complex, emotional and longer term
needs. Support and Wellbeing work closely together with Personal
and Senior Tutors to try to ensure that your student experience is not
negatively impacted by anything that might happen to or be affecting
you during your time at University.
 Wellbeing resources

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 35

 Support and Wellbeing Team

 The named contacts for the Business School is Morgan Machin. You
can contact Morgan with any queries or to arrange an appointment
using the team email address below
email: support-socialsciences@nottingham.ac.uk
 Additionally, you have the option of booking a short 30 minute
appointment with a member of the wider team online via their
webpage here.
 Please note the Support and Wellbeing Team work office hours.
For out of hours services, please refer to MyHelp Zone

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 36

 Tasks for next week

 Familiarise yourself with the Moodle page and Module Outline

 Reflect on your IKIGAI and potential career aspirations
 Check out the Student Union and consider signing up to at least one
society / sports club
 Budget your finances and produce a study plan
 Pick up a shortlisted FT Business Book of your interest
 Explore options for part-time work

28 May 2024 David Achtzehn, HGI 37

Thank you

Contact: Li-PADenquiries@nottingham.ac.uk