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Portfolio task - Reflective report

The purpose of this report is to identify and reflect on the three developmental goals. You set these three SMART goals at the beginning of the year and you reflect on what steps you have taken to achieve them. The report should be 1,800 words.

1). One academic goal

Your SMART academic goal should clearly set out your objective for this year/your degree is and how you set out to make that happen. Use literature to support your reasons for choosing the goal and to support your discussion of what happened along the way.

Search phrases/keywords: Giving Presentations, Giving Great Presentations, Critical Thinking Skills, Academic Writing Skills, Essay Writing, Business Report Writing, Reflective Report Writing, Finding Sources, Article/Literature Searching Skills, Effective Literature Searching, Critical Reading, Evaluating Sources, Developing Arguments, Referencing Skills, Harvard Referencing Skills, Avoiding Plagiarism, Time Management Skills, Learning Hierarchy, Bloom's Taxonomy

2). One employability goal

Your SMART employability goal should set out clearly what your objective is for developing a technical skill (e.g. Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Python, Statistics etc). You need to do this in relation to finding a technical MOOC (online course) to develop that skill. In the reflection you should discuss how you identified a technical skill to develop, why/ how you chose the course to develop that skill, what it was like to do the course, what you learnt and what your next steps include.

Literature Search phrases/keywords: Future workforce skills, Presentation Skills, Business Report Writing, Transferable Skills, Developing Transferable Skills, Organising and Problem-Solving Skills, Time Management Skills, Team Working, Teamwork Theories (e.g., Tuckman's Stages of Group Development and Belbin's Team Roles), Personal Branding, Interview Skills, How To Succeed In Interview, How To Succeed In Job Application, Leadership Theories (e.g., Authentic Leadership), Business English, Placement Benefits For Graduates,

3). One wellbeing goal.

Your SMART wellbeing goal should be focus on one of the five ways to wellbeing outlined by MIND/New Economic Foundation. The goal should clearly set out your objective in relation to one of the ways/steps to wellbeing. In the reflection you should discuss why you chose the goal, how you worked towards this goal over a number of months, what you learned and what your next steps include. Use literature to support your reflection.

Literature Search phrases/keywords: Motivation Theories (e.g., Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs), Self-Esteem, Stress Coping, How To Activate Yourself, Assert Yourself, Building Self-Compassion, Monitoring Negative Thoughts, Thinking Errors, What Thinking Errors Are You Making, Accepting Uncertainty, NHS Sleep Diary

Suggested structure for your report.

Remember - your report should be well presented and clearly laid out, using subheadings to make the structure clear to the reader. Using high quality academic literature is essential for a successful report; remember to use University of Greenwich Harvard Referencing to reference your sources. Remember also to use the Library workshops if you need a refresher on any

academic writing skills and consider using Studiosity before you submit.

For the reflection you should use Kolb's Reflective Cycle. You should include at least 5 relevant academic references to support your discussion.

Important note: Coursework is marked on the understanding that it is the student's own work on the module and that it has not, in whole or part, been presented elsewhere for assessment. Where material has been used from other sources, this must be properly acknowledged in accordance with the University's Regulations regarding Academic Misconduct.

Your report should include:

1) Introduction: what is this report about, what will be discussed and in what order? (around 150 words)

2) Reflection on academic skills development activity (around 600 words)
a. Choose a specific aspect of academic skills related to your degree programme, e.g., development of writing skills, research skills, public speaking or critical thinking.
b. Set yourself a specific SMART goal in relation to the chosen aspect of academic skills.
c. Explain why you chose this goal, using critical thinking to explain your motivation and decision. Use academic literature to support your discussion.
d. Explain what action you took to work towards the goal.
e. Explain: i) what went well, ii) what went less well
*assessment feedback received from your tutors may help you identify (i) and
(ii)
f. How has your goal and your action to reach that goal impacted your academic performance? What will you do differently next year?
* assessment feedback received from your tutors may help you assess the impact and help with your further actions

3) Reflection on your employability goal and GEP points (around 600 words)
a. Explain how you decided which technical skill to develop and why you chose that skill.
b. Critically discuss the course that you did, what you learned from it and how you found the independent learning. Use academic literature to support your discussion.
c. Explain what went well, what went less well and what you learnt from it

d. Set out what GEP points (you need to collect at least 80 GEP points prior to the submission of the report) you collected. How did your GEP points support your development? How did you use the independent learning to motivate you to do additional GEP activities?

4) Reflection on your Wellbeing goal (around 300 words)
a. Choose one way to wellbeing outlined by MIND/New Economic Foundation. The ways or steps are i) Connect ii) Be active iii) Take notice iv) Keep learning
v) Give.
b. Set yourself a goal in relation to the element that you've chosen
c. Explain what action you took to work at this goal over a number of months.
d. Explain what went well, what went less well and what you learned from it.

5) Summary and Conclusions of your further actions - What do you need to do now as a result of your reflection, including at least three actions (around 150 words)

References - remember to use reference/s to support your discussion in your report (Note - to ‘use' a reference here means to a) use in text citation following the University of Greenwich Harvard Referencing style and b) to have an appropriately formatted and complete list of references at the end of your work.)

6) Appendix - you must include (failure to include evidence will mean you do not get marks awarded for that element):
a) your SWOT analysis and your SMART goal table (that you completed at the beginning of term 1
b) a screenshot of your InfoHub GEP profile page demonstrating what GEP points you have collected
c) a screenshot of your employability goal training; - either a certificate of course completion, a screenshot of a LinkedIn badge, an email confirming you have completed training or similar evidence.

Attachment:- Reflective Report - Assessment Brief.rar