Academic Skills Portfolio for Summer 18 (ACSK4001)

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 Website Journal
Citation/reference
Lansdall-Welfare, T.,
Dzogang, F. and
Cristianini, N., 2016,
December. Change-point
analysis of the public
mood in UK twitter during
the brexit referendum.
In Data Mining
Workshops (ICDMW),
2016 IEEE 16th
International Conference
on (pp. 434-439). IEEE.
Gurchiek, K.
(2018). How HR Can
Prepare for Brexit's
Impact. [online] SHRM.
Available at:
https://www.shrm.org
/ResourcesAndTools/h
r-topics/global-hr/Page
s/brexit-fallout.aspx
[Accessed 6 Feb. 2018].
Duff, A., 2016. Borderless
Debate: After Brexit, What
Will Happen? Article 50:
How to Leave the
European Union. The
Federalist Debate, 29(3),
pp.51-55.
Authority
(Who is the author? Is
he/she qualified to
speak on this topic?)
Thomas Lansdall-Welfare,
Fabon Dzogang and Nello
Cristianini. Yes, they are
qualified enough to
speak on this topic.
Kathy Gurchiek Andrew Duff
Currency
(Is the text up-to-
date?)
Yes. Yes Yes
Content
(Is the content
relevant to your
topic?)
Yes Yes Yes
Accuracy
(Are any facts & ideas
supported with
evidence?)
Yes Yes Yes
Audience
(Who is this text
written for?)
Public Common public Common public
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Further notes/
comments
Relevant Quite relevant Has pointed out some of
the key points significant
to the issue
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:
Graph:
Reference:
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