Academic Skills and PDP

Academic skills and PDP

Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Task One..........................................................................................................................................1
Define the concept of personal and professional development..............................................1
The value of short-term goals.................................................................................................1
The value of medium-term goals............................................................................................1
The value of long-term goals identifying...............................................................................2
The value of a Personal Development Plan............................................................................2
Task Two.........................................................................................................................................2
Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source......................................................................................................................................2
Task Three.......................................................................................................................................3
Write an evaluation of eight sources used in the report plan.................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................8
Personal development plan.....................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The academic skills and personal development both reflects successful advancement of
learning that assist to strengthen knowledge and building of adequate confidence in systematic
manner (Bruni-Bossio and Delbaere, 2021). The report is based on Regent College that is an
innovative gradation school of technology. The report below is comprised on concept of personal
and professional development, value of goal and
MAIN BODY
Task One
Define the concept of personal and professional development.
The personal and professional development is usually used to manage and control own
knowledge and learning through which possibility to perceived sustained development is attained
in progressive manner. In support of personal development social and mental skills get
improvised on the other hand professional development used to maintain suitable focus about to
improve adequate set of skills through which individual potential to survive in working
environment is developed in effective manner.
The value of short-term goals
The short term goals are those that are used to attain required amount of procrastination
that assist and allow maintaining focus about single thing at similar period of
instance(Dahl,2019). It assists to advance the productivity as with this individual become
motivate and connected towards its daily base activity and usually take about 12 months to
complete. The different short term goals are as explained as:
 Be attentive at all the classes in college
 Take participate in each practical session
 Enhance comprehensive skills set
The value of medium-term goals
The medium term goals are the basis of attainment of long term success as develop strong
base to future credibility’s. It is even more impactful as well through which possibility to
perceived higher attentiveness is developed as per accomplishment of suitable goals and
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objectives. It assists an individual to maintain clear track to perceived success as few are as
explain below as:
 To complete graduation from Regent College
 To take an internship in specified field
 To take higher knowledge and practice in certain field
The value of long-term goals identifying
The long term goals are used to achieve higher sustainability with this direct focus and
concern is maintained to precede higher working standards in future period of instance (Jironet,
2019). It is achieved as per within 5 years with this higher value is attained as per provision of
vision and mission. The long term goal is as attained below as:
 To get suitable job position and recognised company
 Achieve leading position
 Become experienced and specialist in certain field
The value of a Personal Development Plan
Personal development plan advance the ability to create and work of suitable pathway as
per maintain direct concern towards vision so that accurate goals are developed in beneficial
mode. In support of planning different prospect get use by business to advance career
progression, moving towards further education, self-development and improvement that are
developed as per consideration of organised actions (ElFiki, 2019). It also enhances the value of
self-interest, creativity, personal fulfilment and enthusiasm through which specific need and
development get processed in favourable mode.
Task Two
Describe and discuss how ‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a
source.
To advance the impact of source different element get considered such as author,
purpose, relevance and reliability through which generic and respective information is collected
and gathered in systematic manner. These all elements improvise the effectiveness of research
under which required information is collected that is not only impactful but authentic as well
(Cross Francis and et. al., 2019). The use of source is related to the rate of perfect data collection
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