Academic Research and Writing: Critical Research Portfolio and Reflective Report

Academic Research
and Writing

Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................4
2.0 PART 1 CRITICAL RESEARCH PORTFOLIO......................................................................4
2.1 Found interesting about the research items...........................................................................4
2.2 Why interesting.....................................................................................................................5
2.3 How useful for studies/ development....................................................................................5
3.0 Three key points of information or arguments considered important in 3 selected research
item..................................................................................................................................................6
3.1 First key point.......................................................................................................................6
3.2 Second key point...................................................................................................................6
3.3 Third key point......................................................................................................................7
4.0 PART 2 REFLECTIVE REPORT.............................................................................................7
4.1 What is learnt from the module?...........................................................................................7
4.2 Why that learning might be important?................................................................................7
4.3 How useful to you and your areas of interest?......................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

1.0 INTRODUCTION
Academic research and writing plays essential role in the knowledge development of
student or teacher. Regular based practice on academic writing and research supports individual
in upgrading their understanding over the topic accordingly and contributes in their development
(Angélil-Carter, 2014). The present report is mainly divided into two sections in which first one
is related to critical research portfolio and other is about reflective report. In the first section,
detailed description is provided on three main research area a journal article on UBER, research
project provided by The Craft of Research and Virgin Galatico a business case study. In this,
overall description revolves around interesting facts determined by investigator about these three
areas and it is supportive for the authors in their development. While, on the other hand, the
second section of the project will develop reflective report which will include information on
how current project has contributed in the growth and development of individual's skill and
areas.
2.0 PART 1 CRITICAL RESEARCH PORTFOLIO
2.1 Found interesting about the research items
Chapter from Craft
The overall research item is highly interesting as it provides detailed information on
research and how it is being conducted and executed by investigator effectively. It also aware
about some of the important but interesting facts which are required to be considered by
investigator at the time of conducting research on the basis of their chosen topic (Babcock and
Thonus, 2018).
Virgin Galatico
It is one of the interesting business case studies which depicts new innovative initiative
taken by business for serving customers and generating high level of revenue from them. In this,
it has been determined that business owner of Virgin Galatico have sold many tickets to the
people and charged them with higher amount in the exchange of the promise that they will be
taken to the trip to space nearby external boundary of earth. Even though the company has sold
all tickets and generated higher revenue from the customers but still have not fulfilled their
promise associated to taking to the trip (Birley and Moreland, 2014).
Journal Article UBER