Project
Moyross Regeneration Committee undertaking an audit on skills sets of unemployed young people in Moyross.
There are a number of employment opportunities coming on stream in Limerick and information collated will help us to identify training needs of local unemployed residents and to match the training needs with potential job opportunities. This has been raised at a number of Regeneration Committee in Moyross has highlighted the need to identify this information.
Community groups, voluntary organisations and individuals in the Moyross area in Limerick city.
A key objective is to give community groups and organisations the opportunity to access resources in their local university. We support our community partners to effectively engage with faculty and students. Community members are provided with information and resources. Evaluation of their experiences of engaging with UL faculty and students and meeting project expectations is undertaking at specific timelines throughout the practicum. Community Evaluation of the project is designed into the project from start to finish.
Learning
We will be working with Moyross Regeneration Committee to undertakean audit on skills sets of unemployed young people in Moyross.
There are quite a number of jobs coming on stream in Limerick and we want to match the skill set. See what training needs are required. To engage with local citizens to identify training needs and skill sets for future employment opportunities. As such, you will engage in both independent as well as collaborative learning. You will learn from one another to reach creative solutions to practical problems. The module is designed to enable students to develop the capacity to apply curriculum-based knowledge in a real-world setting and self-assess and develop graduate attributes to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in collaboration with external community stake-holders. Submission of reflective journals will allow you to reflect on your learning and to identify any difficulties encountered in conducting your project. Presentations will allow you to practice and refine your communication skills.
You will work collaboratively with a project leader in the Moyross community, community groups/individual and your peers.
Both formative and summative assessment methods will be used. Assessments will be designed to complement the interactive teaching and learning approaches. In particular, methods conducive to workplace assessment will be employed. These will include weekly reflection diaries, a group presentation, a reflective assignment and self-assessment activity. Students will be expected to produce a community briefing report and present their project outputs and outcomes to their community partner.