Module manager: Lydia Bleasdale
Email: l.k.bleasdale@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as a discovery module
The PRIME module offers an innovative approach to thinking about being a student, and about being a graduate of a Law degree. It provides you with space – away from the necessarily doctrinal aspects of the degree – to consider not only what you want to be when you graduate, but who you want to be. The module intends to equip you with the skills to respond to structural and individual challenges, and to make informed decisions, during your time at university and beyond.
This module will provide you with opportunities to learn about, reflect upon, and explore strategies for approaching structural and individual challenges you might encounter during your time at university, and in your future personal and working lives. The course content and assessment will help you so better understand structural and organisational behaviours; to feel more prepared for navigating certain challenging situations; to feel better-positioned to make career decisions which are informed by your own values, identities and motivations; and to effectively reflect upon your personal and professional lives (and the wider contexts in which those lives exist).
Classes will cover basic principles relating to core content, providing an opportunity to explore and apply that content in greater detail, including through small group discussions. Pre-recorded podcasts with individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and employment settings, will provide an opportunity for you to reflect upon the application of theory to ‘real life’ and to reflect upon your own motivations, values and identities when considering a range of possible careers. Each podcast will also be designed to ‘draw out’ examples of where the law, and/or legal study, can impact society (both positively and negatively).
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Recognise the relevance of law in discussions about culture and society
2. Discuss the role of law in addressing social issues
3. Recognise and summarise organisational structures and behaviours, ethical and unethical behaviours, leadership types and skills, and broader work behaviours
4. Reflect upon a range of individual responses to structural and/or situations
5. Discuss and apply literature from outside of Law to a variety of legal and non-legal professional settings
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
1. Identify time management strategies to balance academic and personal responsibilities effectively
2. Reflect on academic and personal experiences to identify individual strengths and areas for improvement
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-line Learning | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Lecture | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Seminar | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| Private study hours | 164 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 36 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
A formal formative assessment opportunity will be provided, which is specifically pedagogically aligned to the summative assessment. As part of this, each student will receive feedback designed to support the development of knowledge and skills that will be later assessed in the summative task.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | . | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 21/01/2025
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