Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence

Academic Skills and
Studying with Confidence

Foundation Year
Name:
Learning Outcome:
The topic for reflective summary journal:
While attending the workshops, several topics are being discussed which supported a lot in
improving the academic skills by providing an idea regarding the importance of plagiarism
avoidance within a project and referencing for evidencing the findings. Additionally, it also
provides an information regarding the common mistake that are being performed by
students which preparing references. Along with this there are also some topic that are
related with the utilisation of resources.
What have I learnt from the session:
Since I started my journey in the university, I went through number of topics that are part
of my coursework. These topics are being taught by teachers at the beginning of semester
and they provided with huge information that support me in performing the project
effectively. From all these discussions teacher put more emphasis over referencing within
project and its importance while submitting or presenting the work. There are some
importance factors that are being discussed during classes and hold importance from
assignment point of view, these are explained below:
 Oral Presentation: This was the part of lecture where it has been taught that there
are number of projects that student has to perform throughout this coursework and
they also have to present it in front of classmates as well as teacher. Therefore, it is
crucial for a student to have basic understanding regarding the way in which they
have to present their gathered information. This is mainly presented with the help of
power point presentation where the idea behind a project get discussed with others
using several pictures and concise explanation about it. Here the student is required
to deal situation with the help of their presentation and communication skills.
 Plagiarism: This is considered to be a academic misconduct where the ideas of
another person are being presented by student over their own name for personal
benefit. But this is considered as ethically and academically wrong. Under this a