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School of Business - Work Placements

Department of Business Studies

Programme	Work Placement/Learning Aims/Description	Duration	Dates	Closing Date for submitting placements	Contact Person
Department of Business Studies
MSc Marketing Practice	Aims of placement: ▪ Aimed at providing learners with the experience and discipline of working in a selected business environment and the opportunity to develop skills in particular areas. ▪ Learners will gain an insight into the wider commercial aspects of business life including the management of the organisation and the client-company relationship.	1 Semester	Feb - May	Mid- October	James Kearns james.kearns@lyit.ie
Higher Diploma in Business in Finance and Technology (FinTech)	Aims of placement: ▪ Provide an opportunity for learners to apply all of their learning in a completly practical way and gain experience in the workplace. ▪ Develop the learner's awareness of work related issues and professional standards in the business environment.	4 weeks	May	Mid- October	Patricia Doherty Head of Department patricia.doherty@lyit.ie
MA in Accounting	Aims of placement: ▪ Recognise the relationship between Accounting theory and business practice, and enhance the use of accounting knowledge in practice. ▪ Further develop self-awareness in terms of personal and professional transferable skills, and to provide an underpinning for learners to develop as competent reflective practitioners in industry.	8 weeks	Summer (dates flexible)	End of Feb	Paul McDevitt Lecturer paul.mcdevitt@lyit.ie
Bachelor of Business (Hons) LLL	Aims of placement: ▪ Provide the learner with the opportunity to apply knowledge, skills and competencies acquired from study to a real business environment.	10 weeks	Summer (dates flexible)	End of Feb	??

Department of Law & Humanities

Programme	Work Placement/Learning Aims/Description	Duration	Dates	Closing Date for submitting placements	Contact Person
Department of Law & Humanities
BA (Hons) in Business with Irish or French or Spanish or German	Aims of placement: ▪ Provide learners with the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge in a work environment in a country where the target language is spoken. ▪ Achieve greater competence in that language by using it on a daily basis. ▪ Gain insight into the culture and lifestyle of the country as well as experience the responsibilities and duties associated with the workplace.	Full semester or Full year	Sept - Dec or Feb - May	31 March, 31 October	Florence Blake Lecturer florence.blake@lyit.ie Libby Harte elizabeth.harte@lyit.ie
BSc (Hons) in Sports Coaching and Exercise with Physical Education	Aims of placement: ▪ Provide learners with an opportunity to apply theory to practice and gain valuable practical experience in the sport and exercise sector.	Full Semester	Feb - May	31 October	Suzanne Kennedy Lecturer suzanne.kennedy@lyit.ie Karl Lacey Assistant Lecturer karl.lacey@lyit.ie
BSc (Hons) in Sports Coaching and Performance	Aims of placement: ▪ Provide learners with an opportunity to apply theory to practice and gain valuable practical experience in the sport and exercise sector.	Full Semester	Feb - May	31 October	Martina Sandilands Lecturer martina.sandilands@lyit.ie Karl Lacey Assistant Lecturer karl.lacey@lyit.ie
BA in Law with degree award options: Criminal Justice	Aims of placement: ▪ Provide learners with the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge gained in the programme in the work environment. ▪ Learners will have the opportunity to reflect critically on their own work practice.	1 day per week for semester	Feb - May	31 October	Bronagh Heverin Assistant Lecturer bronagh.heverin@lyit.ie
BA in Law with degree award options: Irish or French or Spanish or German	Aims of placement: ▪ Provide learners with the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge in a work environment in a country where the target language is spoken. ▪ Achieve greater competence in that language by using it on a daily basis. ▪ Gain insight into the culture and lifestyle of the country as well as experiencing the responsibilities and duties associated with the workplace.	Full semester	Sept - Dec Feb - May	31 March - January	Bronagh Heveruin Assistant Lecturer bronagh.heverin@lyit.ie
BA in Law (LLB)	Aims of placement: ▪ Provide learners with the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge gained in the programme in the work environment. ▪ Gain the experience of professional legal practice and have the opportunity to reflect critically on their own work practices.	1 day per week for semester	Feb - May	31 October	Bronagh Heverin Assistant Lecturer bronagh.heverin@lyit.ie

Department of Design & Creative Media

Programme	Work Placement/Learning Aims/Description	Duration	Dates	Closing Date for submitting placements	Contact Person
Department of Design & Creative Media
BA (Hons) with degree award options: Animation or Graphic & Digital Design or Fashion with Promotion or Digital Film & Video	Aims of placement: Animation: ▪ Allows the learner to experience the pace of working in the animation industry through working on a number of live industry project briefs. ▪ Learner will be able to utilise their animation production skillsets on a range of projects. Graphic & Digital Design: ▪ Apply creative and technical skills across a range of formats, platforms and media, whilst developing the relationship between client and designer through the implementation of 'live' briefs. ▪ Prepares the student to work in the design industry in a variety of roles whether self-employed, freelance, in-house or within a design studio. Fashion: ▪ Provides learners with the opportunity to apply the skills gained in the programme in the work environment. ▪ Provides learners with the opportunity to reflect critically on their own work practices. Digital Film: ▪ Allows the student to experience the pace of working in the Digital film and video industry through working on a number of live industry project briefs. ▪ Allows the learner to utilise their production skillset on a range of projects.	1 Semester	12 weeks (Feb to May)	January	Nollaig Crombie Head of Department nollaig.crombie@lyit.ie
BA in Digital Film & Video	Aims of placement: ▪ Module will deal with issues pertaining and related to professional practice within filmmaking and video content design, production and distribution. It will include; case studies of exemplars both in-house and external. seminars with local professional practitioners.	1 day per week for semester	Flexible - days can be grouped	End of March	Nollaig Crombie Head of Department nollaig.crombie@lyit.ie
BA in Animation	Aims of placement: ▪ Develop the learner's knowledge of industry practice through the production of 'live' industry standard briefs and the animation pitching process. ▪ Develop a professional approach to their own promotion through a portfolio website and showreel.	1 day per week for semester	Flexible - days can be grouped	End of March	Nollaig Crombie Head of Department nollaig.crombie@lyit.ie
BA in Fashion with Promotion	Aims of placement: ▪ Provide learners with the opportunity to apply the skills gained in the programme in the work environment. ▪ Provide learners with the opportunity to reflect critically on their own work practices.	4 weeks x 30 hours	Flexible	September	Nollaig Crombie Head of Department nollaig.crombie@lyit.ie
BA in Graphic & Digital Design	Aims of placement: ▪ Learners will apply creative and technical skills across a range of formats, platforms and media, whilst developing the relationship between client and designer through the implementation of 'live' briefs. ▪ Prepares the student to work in the design industry in a variety of roles whether self-employed, freelance, in-house or within a design studio.	1 Semester	Jan - May	January	Nollaig Crombie Head of Department nollaig.crombie@lyit.ie
Higher Diploma in 3D Modelling and Animation	Aims of placement: ▪ Develop the learner's awareness of work related issues and professional standards in the business environment. ▪ Develop as a reflective practitioner in the business environment. ▪ Develop situated context learning to complement the learner's formal learning and explicit documented knowledge.	4 weeks	Jan - May	January	Nollaig Crombie Head of Department nollaig.crombie@lyit.ie