Academic Skills Portfolio for ACSK4001 Summer 18

Summer 18
Academic Skills Portfolio
(module code: ACSK4001)
Student number:
Degree studied:
ACSK lecturer name:
ACSK tutor name:
This is your Academic Skills Portfolio, which should be submitted by Thursday 23rd August, 2pm via your student
portal.
Please save a copy on your computer and back it up regularly (e.g. by saving it on your computer / in the cloud
(e.g. Google Drive) / emailing it to yourself).
Please refer to suggested word counts for each task included within this portfolio.
Submission deadline: Thursday 23rd August, 2pm
Table of Contents
Task Page Week LO
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Assessed Learning Outcomes (LOs):
1. Show evidence of understanding core components of academic literacy/skills.
2. Apply critical thought to a range of tasks, and do so with a minimum of external guidance in
particular situations.
3. Reflect, analyse and discuss strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities personally and
academically.
4. Use appropriate technologies to facilitate the completion of self-analysis/reflection.

SECTION A: PORTFOLIO EVIDENCE
Portfolio evidence 1: Evaluating sources & critically engaging with texts 3 2-3 1&2
Portfolio evidence 2: Presenting & analysing data 4 6 1&2
Portfolio evidence 3: Presentation 6 7-9 1
SECTION B: WRITING TASKS (These written tasks should be developed throughout the semester).
Writing Task 1 (Report or Essay) 8 1-10 1
Writing Task 2 (Reflective Summary) 9 9-10 3&4
Word count (+/- 10%):
Section A: a minimum of 600 words for all 3 tasks in Section A.
o Portfolio Evidence Task 1 (at least 100 words)
o Portfolio Evidence Task 2 (at least 300 words)
o Portfolio Evidence Task 3 (at least 200 words)
The word count for the tasks of Section A is “recommended”. This means that you
can write as many words as you like, provided that you meet the minimum
number of words recommended in each task.
Section B:
o Writing Task 1 (900 words)
o Writing Task 2 (300 words)
The word count for Section B Tasks is compulsory (+/-10%).
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SECTION A: PORTFOLIO EVIDENCE
Task 1: Evaluating sources & critically engaging with texts (to be
completed in week 3)
(Word recommendation: at least 100 words)
Choose 3 sources that you are planning to use as references in your report/essay. You can use texts from your
reading list or texts you have found yourselves or texts recommended by your lecturer. Evaluate those 3 sources
by completing the following table. Make notes below.
Text A ↓ Text B ↓ Text C ↓
Resource type
(e.g. book, journal et.c.)
Journal Journal
Citation/reference (Pettifor 2016, p. 127-
132)
(Fotopoulos 2016, p. 26-58) (Reenen 2017, p. 1-17)
Authority
(Who is the author? Is
he/she qualified to
speak on this topic?)
The author is a policy
researcher in
macroeconomics and a
member of Jeremy
Corbyn’s Labour
Economic Advisory
Committee
The author is a political
philosopher and economist
with deep interests in the
two fields. He the editor of
the International Journal of
Inclusive Democracy and
the author of Towards an
Inclusive Democracy with
several books focussing on
globalization and Brexit.
The author is a professor
of Applied Economics at the
MIT Sloan School of
Management and in the
Department of Economic and
at the same time an associate
at the Centre for Economic
Performance, London School
of Economic
Currency
(Is the text up-to-
date?)
Yes the resource was
published last year.
The article is current since
it was published in 2016.
The paper is current since
it was published
immediately after the
referendum.
Content
(Is the content
relevant to your
topic?)
Yes the content is
relevant since it captures
the impacts and
consequences of Brexit as
a dissatisfaction of the
market fundamentalists
who believed in a unified
European Union
The content of the resource
is helpful since it traces the
history of Brexit from the
time when Britain held the
first referendum to leave
the EU in 197
The resource focusses on
how the UK will suffer
from the effects of Brexit
on globalization. This is
due to the friction on the
limitations that the
country will receive from
other European countries.
Brexit will kill globalization
and any other benefits
that are related to it.
Accuracy
(Are any facts & ideas
supported with
evidence?)
Yes the article traces the
Brexit journey from the
financial house cards that
started being played from
2006, which later led to
The resource is accurate
since it covers the
fundamental change in the
parameters that led to the
UK-EU relationships since
The special paper is
relevant to the topic since
it focusses on the benefits
that the new world order
through the EU had
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unfettered financial and
trade flows that
eventually led to the
referendum.
1975 the time for the first
referendum and the facts
that led to the need for a
new referendum to pull out
of the EU.
brought to the countries
affiliated to it. However,
Brexit is seen as the
beginning of new
problems for both the EU
and UK.
Audience
(Who is this text
written for?)
The article addresses
those who do not
understand the impact of
Brexit on globalization
and may be sympathizing
with the UK for pull
The paper was presented
at the Jackson Hole Symposium
on August 25th 2017.
Further notes/
comments
The article concludes that
the consequences of
Brexit will affect both
Britain and Europe in
general. However, the
vote is seen as a
dissatisfaction of
globalized and
marketwise society.
The article targets the
global audience as a way of
enlightening them to
understand how left wing
politics led to the 1975
referendum failing and how
their influence has changed
today since they have been
integrated into the
neoliberal globalization.
The author argues that
the UK is now a chaotic
state since the fruits of
economic growth that
came as a result of
globalization have been
distributed in the country.
However, the growing
inequality in the country is
the reason why the lower
level of the population
voted for exit.
SECTION A: PORTFOLIO EVIDENCE
Task 2: Presenting & analysing data (to be completed in week 6)
(Word recommendation: at least 300 words)
Part I: Presenting data
Cut and paste the graph you used in the tutorial here and give it a title. You can find it on the Academic
Skills page on GSM Learn. Remember to write a full Harvard or OSCOLA reference for it and add a title.
Title:
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