Assignment 2 brief:
Assessment Task Description
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a combination of approaches, ideas, and
techniques that will help you manage your learning and growth (CIPD, 2020).
Prepare a personal reflective journal that discusses how this module, or attending the
university in general, has contributed to your achievement of the employability and study
skills which relate to:
• Communication skills: verbal and written
• Research skills
• The use of ICTs
• Teamwork and networking
• Time and self-management
• Problem-solving skills
You should consider applying a relevant model in your reflection process such as; Kolb’s
Reflective Cycle or Gibbs Reflective Cycle, etc.
Include evidence with examples to support the achievement of these skills
Include a plan with objectives to hone these skills in the future
You can write in first person for this task
Length required
2000 words max of supporting notes.
Format and Layout
Please note the following when completing your written assignment:
1. Writing: Written in English in an appropriate business/academic style
2. Focus: Focus only on the tasks set in the assignment.
3. Ensure a clear title, course, and name or ID number is on a cover sheet and work is
appropriately referenced.
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4. Research: Research should use reliable and relevant sources of information e.g.
academic textbooks and journals that have been peer-reviewed. The research should be
extensive.
5. All referencing should be in Harvard style.
Marking Criteria and Students Feedback
Common Assessment Criteria (applied to all parts of the project)
1. Research-informed Literature: Extent of research and/or own
reading, selection of credible sources, application of appropriate
referencing conventions.
15
2. Knowledge and Understanding of Subject: Extent of
knowledge and understanding of concepts and underlying
principles associated with the discipline.
15
3. Analysis: Analysis, evaluation and synthesis; logic, argument
and judgement; analytical reflection; organisation of ideas and
evidence
30
4. Practical Application and Deployment: Deployment of
methods, materials, tools and techniques; application of
concepts; formulation of innovative and creative solutions to
solve problems.
30
5. Skills for Professional Practice: Attributes in professional
practice: individual and collaborative working; deployment of
appropriate media; presentation and organisation.
10
TOTAL 100
