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The Developing Ethical Professional  

This second-year module is about preparing you for independent study, research, and the workplace.  

You’ll develop academic skills to:  

• select appropriate sources for your research  
• critically evaluate research  
• communicate with academic and reflective writing  
• professionally present findings to others  
• focus on ethics and values in professional life 

What kind of ethical professional are you? 

As part of this module, you will complete an online questionnaire to see what sort of ethical professional you might be, our careers service will help you interpret the answers and translate them into actionable personal development.  

Project and portfolio assessment 

Assessment for this module will be in two parts.  Firstly, you will complete a charity project which highlights an ethical issue of your choice. Projects in previous years have looked at foodbanks, sustainability, and childcare issues both raising awareness and financial donations for the charities involved.  

Secondly, you will collate a portfolio in which you respond to various prompts regarding how you worked in your groups, dealing with ethical dilemmas and yet remaining true to your own principles.  

Counselling in Education: Difference and Diversity  

Can you be aware of unconscious bias? What is difference and diversity? Does privilege impact the effectiveness of counselling? 

You’ll explore all these questions and more in this fascinating optional second or third-year module.  Providing practical and theoretical introduction to the concepts of difference and diversity you’ll examine the emotional impact of difference and diversity in relationships. 

Aspects of difference and diversity include but are not limited to:  

• race  
• culture  
• age  
• gender  
• poverty  
• disability  
• sexuality  
• class  
• religion and spirituality 
  

How you’ll learn 

As well as an academic, module leader Dr Katharine Wakelin is a psychotherapist and takes an experiential approach to teaching.

This means you’ll learn through group setting exercises where you’re encouraged share your own experiences in a respectful and empathetic space.   

Placement (semester or year)  

Use your learning in the real world with an optional semester or 12-month placement.  

This is an exciting opportunity to develop your personal and professional skills and apply your learning, particularly from the Developing Ethical Professional module.   

As part of the assessment criteria, you will also be required to produce a legacy project to leave with your placement for the benefit of others.  

Choose your placement 

We’ve had a wide variety of placements chosen by students to reflect their interests; examples include: 

• a parrot sanctuary, making educational resources for visitors 
• Nottingham Education Sanctuary Team, an educational provision for asylum seeker and refugee young people 
• Action Tutoring, supporting learners of maths and literacy 
• Sexpression:UK, a charity empowering young people to make decisions about relationships and sex
• local primary schools, assisting teachers    

Our variety of modules, engaging with like-minded peers and fascinating placement opportunities will enrich your learning experience and give you the expertise you need to set you apart in your chosen field.    

So why not join our vibrant global community.