Academic Skills Portfolio Assignment 2022

Summer
2019
Academic Skills Portfolio
(module code: ACSK4001)
Name: Taofeeq Afolabi Smith
Student number: 59674
Programme of
studies:
Oil and gas management
ACSK lecturer
name:
ACSK tutor name:
This is your Academic Skills Portfolio, which should be submitted by Wednesday
21st 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:
Wednesday 21st August, 2pm
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Table of Contents
Task Pa
ge Week LO
Task 1: Evaluating sources & critically engaging
with texts 3 3 1&2
Task 2: Discussing data (week 6 in-class task) 4 6 1&2
Task 3: Academic Writing 7 1-10 1
Task 4: Presentation (week 9 in-class task) 8 9 1
Task 5: Reflective writing 10 9-10 3&4
Word count: 1,800 (+/- 10%)
 Task 1: 300 words
 Task 2: 300 words
 Task 3:700 words
 Task 4: 200 words
 Task 5: 300 words
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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

TASK 1
Evaluating sources & critically engaging with texts
(Word count: 250 words)
Evaluate 2 texts by completing the following table. You can choose texts that you are planning to
use as references in your academic writing task; these texts can be from your reading list or texts
you have found yourself. Make notesbelow.
Text A↓ Text B ↓
Citation/
reference
(Norton Rose Fulbright ,
2016)
(Oil & Gas IQ, 2018)
Resource type
(e.g. book, journal
etc.)
This is a website publication,
done by a renowned law firm
in the UK.
This is also a website
publication, on the latest
news on the impact of
Brexit on the oil and gas
industry of the UK
Authority
(Who is the author?
Is he/she qualified
to speak on this
topic?)
Norton Rose Fulbright is a
global Law Firm in the UK
and it has several corporate
publications on impact of
Brexit on the oil and gas
industry of the UK. Thus, the
law firm is qualified to speak
on the subject
The website is specially
designed to provide
information on the oil and
gas and energy industry of
the UK and thus, is qualified
to publish articles on the
impact of Brexit on this
industry
Currency
(Is the text up-to-
date?)
The report was published in
2016 and updated in 2019
and thus, has latest
information on the impact of
Brexit on the industry.
The report was published in
2016 and was not updated
further.
Content
(Is the content
relevant to your
topic?)
Yes, the content of the
publication is relevant to the
topic of discussion in this
assignment.
Yes, the content of the
publication is relevant to
the topic of discussion in
this assignment.
Accuracy
(Are any facts &
ideas supported
with evidence?)
Yes the facts and ideas in
the website are accurate
Yes the facts in the website
are accurate
Audience
(Who is this text
written for?)
The report is meant for the
people associated with the
oil and gas industry and the
university students studying
in the subject of Brexit and
its impact on the economy
This report is also meant for
the people of the industry
and the students
Further notes/
comments
The report mostly
highlighted the potential
negative impact of Brexit
At the time of research, the
report was not up to date
regarding the precise facts
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and did not focus much on
the positive impacts.
and figures, but the topic is
relevant to the topic of
discussion of this
assignment.
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