Postgraduate Course: Creative Industries Team Project (EFIE11120)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh Futures Institute |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | The 40-credit team project enables students to develop their leadership and speciality skills by engaging in a complex piece of work, such as a report that addresses a client organisations challenge or create new services, products or events. The team project develops organisational realism by students working in interdisciplinary teams, integrating their year of interdisciplinary coursework and applying their learning to a real-world problem or to create a new product/service/event. |
| Course description |
The 40-credit team project will flow as follows:
March-April: Team-building exercises and meetings to develop students¿ sense of their interests, skills and attributes for team selection.
May: Identify Projects and Assign Teams
- Students interested in leading a project and clients interested in a team project will submit one-page project brief.
- Project briefs disseminated to Creative Industries students to review.
- Students will rank team projects and be assigned to project based on interest, team size and mix of skill sets.
- Teams have two-hour workshop to establish productive dynamics.
End of May/Early June: Match Teams and Supervisors, Meet with clients.
- The programme director finalizes all teams and client matches.
- Teams and Supervisors meet. If client-led, meet with client.
Mid-June: Team Charters due.
July: Meetings
- Students meet with Supervisors.
- If client-led, student teams meet with clients for any additional data requests and Q&A session.
Early to Mid-August: Present findings & Receptions
- Present key findings (20 min) to cohort and clients with 10 min Q&A.
- Supervisors and clients provide formative feedback.
- Networking reception.
Mid-to Late-August:
- Submit Final Project Report, incorporating formative feedback.
- Perform Peer evaluation based on team charter.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
| Course Start Date |
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Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 17,
Formative Assessment Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 4,
Other Study Hours 180,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
189 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Other Study: Scheduled Group-work Hours (hybrid online/on-campus) - 180
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Summative Assessment:
The course will be assessed by means of the following components:
1)Team Presentation (25%) (20 minutes with 10 min Q&A from client and audience)
The Team Presentation will assess the team¿s capability to:
- Identify and concisely describe the client challenge.
- Offer SWOT analysis of client or team if offering new product/service, value proposition of new solution, costs, and risks.
- Utilise engaging visuals and visualisation of data.
- Speak with confidence, clearly and at a pace that is understandable.
- Listen to client questions and concerns and respond in a productive and informative way.
The team will present to the client, who will be an expert of the topic themselves.
Initial slides and pages with lots of factual information about the client are generally created to enlighten the audience, but your audience already knows this information. Be clear about why you are highlighting what you are (e.g., is it to demonstrate a gap or a strategic focus?).
Focus on information that sets up what is to come - you understand the client¿s mission/purpose, problem identification, proposed solution, how the proposed solution solves the organisation¿s problem and helps them meet their mission.
2) Team Project Report (60%)
(Limit of 13,000 words)
The focus of both Team Project Report will be clear and concise writing in terms of arguments, individual reflection, subpoints, evidence, and examples to support arguments. Writing clearly and concisely is a critically important skill. Organisational leaders and decision makers will not wish to wade through unclear and lengthy texts from staff or consultants.
The Team Project Report should include:
- A challenge/goal.
- Analysis of the problem facing the organisation.
- Competitor analysis.
- Data visualisations that interrogate the data to find new solutions.
- Value proposition of solution to key audiences.
- Clear and concrete actions and timelines that include the steps and risk/costs needed to realise solutions.
3) Peer Review (15%)
Each team member distributes among teammates points that add up to 100 points. They will also offer one paragraph for each team member based on their agreed upon charter, highlighting strengths exhibited and areas for future development.
An organisation¿s effectiveness depends on how people work well with and manage their interdependence to deliver complex products and services. 360-degree evaluations are common in many organisations¿that is, feedback from clients, peers, and managers.
Peer review captures this process and reality.
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| Feedback |
- Three supervisory meetings with each team by the interdisciplinary supervisory team to guide project.
- Team presentation (20 min) assessed by the supervisory team.
- Team Presentation: Formative feedback from client.
- Team Final report (13,000 words) assessed by two main supervisors.
- Individual Peer review (15%) based on survey.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply concepts and frameworks to new situations to generate original insights and reflect on appropriate strategies and practices.
- Deal with complex issues and make informed judgements in situations in the absence of complete or consistent data/information.
- Undertake critical evaluations of a wide range of numerical and graphical data.
- Demonstrate leadership and/or originality in tackling and resolving problems and issues.
- Engage effectively with group work, sets common goals and manages collaboration.
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Reading List
| Reading list will depend on client project. They will provide background material, annual reports, and other client specific information. It is the students¿ responsibility to engage with one or more streams of literature specific to the client project. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Research & Enquiry:
1. Has knowledge that covers and integrates most, if not all, of the main areas of the subject - including their features, boundaries, terminology and conventions.
Applied Knowledge, Skills and Understanding:
1. Demonstrates original insights and recommendations for strategic action
2. Offers clear and concrete recommendations for strategic action.
Personal & Intellectual Autonomy:
1. Analyses complex business situations and rapidly structure ideas and arguments.
2. Synthesizes and articulates relevant information in a clear, sound and explicit way.
Personal Effectiveness:
1. Engages effectively with group work, sets common goals and manages collaboration.
Communication and Numeracy Skills:
1. Demonstrates effective presentation skills.
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| Keywords | Creative Industries,Team Project |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Giovanni Formilan
Tel:
Email: Giovanni.Formilan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr David Murphy
Tel:
Email: dmurphy7@ed.ac.uk |
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