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Please access the Students' Policies & Forms through this link. The following documents are all available at the link: Student Handbook, Student Code of Conduct,  Students' Privacy Notice, Deferral, Suspension, and Cancellation Policy, Assignment Extension Policy, Re-Sit Policy, Complaints Procedure Policy, Equality Policy, and Student Disciplinary Policy.

Sessions' Venue

All sessions will be held at 21 Academy's Training Centre in Naxxar

21 Business Centre, No. 20., Triq in-Nutar Debono, Naxxar NXR 2525

Monday sessions: 09:30 - 12:30hrs (compulsory signature)

Wednesday sessions: 17:30 - 20:30hrs

Saturday sessions: 09:00hrs - 17:00hrs

Lecture Schedule & Notes

Lecture notes will be available during the week following the respective lecture. Schedule dates are indicative and may change. All changes, if any, may be communicated via email, SMS or telephone calls.

LectureDateTimePresentationNotes (If Any)
Lecture 0106 April 202409:00 to 17:00hrsPresentation 01A formal definition of Big Data based on its essential features
Lecture 0210 April 202417:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 02
Lecture 0313 April 202409:00 to 17:00hrsPresentation 03Principles of GDPR
Lecture 0417 April 202417:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 04
Lecture 0520 April 202409:00 to 17:00hrsPresentation 05
Lecture 0624 April 202417:30 to 20:30hrsPresentation 06
Lecture 0727 April 202409:00 to 17:00hrsPresentation 07
Tutorial 0104 May 202417:30 to 20:30hrsTutorial 01 - Presentation
Tutorial 0208 May 202409:00 to 12:00hrs
Presentation11 May 202417:30 to 20:30hrs

Lecturer/s  

Mr Angelito Sciberras

Lecture Summaries & Suggested Reading 

Lecture 1 - What is Data?

  • Self Assessment sitting 1

Following this session students will learn:

  • What constitutes data
  • Distinguish between qualitative vs quantitative data
  • Different types/formats of data
  • How data is measured
  • How data is stored
  • What constitutes big data
  • The 7Vs of big data
  • How companies use big data and data

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Doze, I. and Al, T., (2019). Data Driven HR: Creating Value with HR Metrics and HR
  • Spiller, L., (2020). Digital & Data-Driven Marketing. 5th Edition

 

Lecture 2 - Why has data become so important?

Following this session students will learn:

  • The value of data
  • To understand profiling and its importance
  • Different profiling methods
  • To appreciate the power of data
  • What is a digital foot print and its importance and risks
  • What is phishing and different types of phishing

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Doze, I. and Al, T., (2019). Data Driven HR: Creating Value with HR Metrics and HR
  • Spiller, L., (2020). Digital & Data-Driven Marketing. 5th Edition

 

Lecture 3 - Evaluating the External Environment

Following this session students will learn:

  • What are data breaches and the different data breaches
  • How to mitigate data breaches
  • Risks of identity thefts
  • What is the GDPR
  • Why was it introduced
  • The difference between the GDPR and the former 1995 privacy directive
  • Fines under GDPR and the highest fines to date
  • The principles of GDPR
  • Different definition under GDPR
  • Data vs Personal Data
  • What constitutes special category of data
  • The role of a data protection officer

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • IT Governance, (2019). EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): An Implementation and Compliance Guide

 

Lecture 4 - Compliance with Data Privacy Legislation

Following this session students will learn:

  • Which departments within a company are most affected by data privacy legislation
  • Lawfulness of processing
  • The data subjects’ rights
  • What are subject access requests and how to handle them
  • The implications of transferring personal data outside the EEA.

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Jackson, C., (2018). EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Plan: How To Keep Your Business Compliant With GDPR Requirements
  • Borg., R., Gonzi., P., and Sciberras, A., (2018). GDPR for HR Professionals
  • IT Governance, (2019). EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): An Implementation and Compliance Guide

 

Lecture 5 - Implications on Business Part I

Following this session students will learn:

  • The business’ checklist for compliance
  • The policies and procedures a company should have in place
  • When to have a data processing agreement in place and what such an agreement should include
  • How to have a compliant IT department
  • Website compliance

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Jackson, C., (2018). EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Plan: How To Keep Your Business Compliant With GDPR Requirements
  • Borg., R., Gonzi., P., and Sciberras, A., (2018). GDPR for HR Professionals
  • IT Governance, (2019). EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): An Implementation and Compliance Guide

 

Lecture 6 - Implications on Business Part II

Following this session students will learn:

  • the presentation and assignment questions and will be briefed on what is expected in each
  • implications on the personal data processed by the human resources department
  • to understand the implications on marketing data
  • what classifies as electronic mail
  • e-communications sector regulations

 

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Jackson, C., (2018). EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Plan: How To Keep Your Business Compliant With GDPR Requirements
  • Borg., R., Gonzi., P., and Sciberras, A., (2018). GDPR for HR Professionals
  • IT Governance, (2019). EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): An Implementation and Compliance Guide

 

Lecture 7 - Internal Procedures

Following this session students will learn to:

  • How to identify data breaches
    • Assess them
    • Handle reporting, if needed
  • The different types of data breaches
  • What is a Data Protection Impact Assessment
    • When it needs to be carried out
    • How to carry it out

Core Reading List

Supplementary Reading List

  • Jackson, C., (2018). EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Plan: How To Keep Your Business Compliant With GDPR Requirements
  • Borg., R., Gonzi., P., and Sciberras, A., (2018). GDPR for HR Professionals
  • IT Governance, (2019). EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): An Implementation and Compliance Guide

 

Lecture 8 - Tutorial Session 01

  • Self Assessment sitting 2

During this session students will:

  • Go through and discuss the correct answers of the Self-Assessment
  • Discuss the contents of the presentation being prepared for the Group Presentation

Core Reading List

  • Induction Session 03 slides
  • All of the 1 to 7 sessions slides

     

Lecture 9 -  Tutorial Session 02

During this session students will:

  • Discuss the contents of the presentation being prepared for the Group Presentation
  • Discuss the Assignments being drafted as part of the assessment method

Core Reading List

  • Induction Session 03 slides
  • All of the 1 to 7 sessions slides

     

Lecture 10 - Assessments

During this session students will:

  • Receive the scored self-assessment
  • Deliver the group presentations and answer to questions from both students and tutor
  • Go through the last assignment issues, if any.

     

Methods of Assessment

Self Assessment 15% of the final score: Students will be expected to sit for a multiple-choice test during the module's first lecture on 06 April 2024. Students will be handed out the test sheet and their answers during session 8 on the 04 May 2024 and will be asked to correct their own submission.

Group Presentation 20% of final score

Reflective Notes 10% of final score

1 Assignment 55% of final score

 

Assignment

You have to choose one of the 3 questions that are available in the Assignment Submission form below. The assignment should be submitted no later than Thursday 16 May 2024. The assignment has to be submitted together with the Assignment Submission Form through 21 Academy's plagiarism software, Turnitin. Please indicate the questions which you have addressed in the Assignment Submission form and upload assignments in pdf format. Do not scan assignment but convert/save it directly to pdf. We ask you to keep the similarity percentage very low and definitely below 20%. You should  review and rephrase any assignments which show more than 20% similarity.

Assignment Submission Form

If you need information on how to plan, draft and submit your assignment, follow the 21 Academy presentation on Writing and Submitting your Assignment.

We are also making the 21 Academy's Assignments Rubric available for your guidance. This is a performance-based assessment tool. Tutors will use the rubric to assist them in allocating scoring while also allows students to understand what is required in the assignment and how it will be graded. The Harvard Referencing Style should be used.

 

Group Presentation

You will be asked to design and deliver a group presentation about a business you plan to create together. This will be the same group you worked with in-class. The presentation should be  delivered in 20 minutes and each member of the group should deliver part of the presentation . The presentation will be delivered on Saturday 11 May 2024 between 09.00 and 12.00hrs.

Please read, fill out, and submit the Presentation Submission Form along with your presentation. This Presentation Submission Form includes the question that has to be addressed in your presentation.

This Presentation Rubric is being made available for your guidance. This is a performance-based assessment tool. Tutors will use the rubric to assist them in allocate scoring, while it also allows students to understand what is required in the presentation and how your presentation will be graded.

The presentation should be sent in pdf format together with the Presentation Submission Form via email at info@advisory21.com.mt and also submitted on Turnitin by not later than Friday 10 May 2024 at 23.59hrs. Do not scan the presentation but convert/save it directly to pdf.

Note that the submitted presentations will be scanned for plagiarism.

 

Reflective Notes

Each student should submit Reflective Notes about their experience during the preparatory phase of the Group Presentation. From here, you can download 21 Academy's Reflective Notes template in Word Format or pdf format. The Reflective Notes have to be submitted to the academy through Turnitin by no later than Friday 10 May 2024 at 23.59hrs.

If you need information on how to write and keep your reflective notes for your involvement in the group work to prepare the presentation, please refer to Induction Presentation 03.