Presentation: Exploring University Experience and Recommendations

This presentation, reflecting on the student's experience at the University of Northampton, explores the skills gained, challenges encountered, and recommendations for improvement. The presentation covers the student's first-year experience, highlighting the development of decision-making, teamwork, and interpersonal skills. It discusses the challenges of critical evaluation and offers suggestions for new students, emphasizing the importance of interaction and communication, as well as the mastery of language. Additionally, it offers recommendations for the university itself, such as facilitating a digital platform and providing ample opportunities for student-tutor interaction. The presentation concludes by summarizing the key takeaways and the importance of these recommendations for future students and the university's ongoing development, referencing key academic sources.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
TRI 2 PRESENTATION
NAME:
STUDENT NUMBER:

OUTLINE
• Discussion
• Application
• Conclusion
• References

DISCUSSION
 The overall experience while studying at the University of Northampton was really quite good and
eccentric
 I learned many new skills such as decision-making skills, team working skills and inter-personal
skills as the work tasks and assignments have facilitated collaborative working
 However, there were certain things that was quite challenging for me during the first year such as
conducting critical evaluation
 There are certain things that I have done differently in this assignment

APPLICATION
Recommendation to new students
 Interaction and communication
 Mastering language

APPLICATION
Recommendation for UNoL itself
 Facilitating digital platform
 Offering ample of opportunities to students to interact with tutors

CONCLUSION
 It can be concluded that the presentation has mainly focused on the reflection of learnings from the
first year of study at UNoL
 Different challenges and learnings were identified and two suggestions were given based on that

REFERENCES
Attia, M. and Edge, J., 2017. Becoming a reflexive researcher: a developmental approach to research
methodology. Open Review of Educational Research, 4(1), pp.33-45.
Dalvit, L., 2021. Back to Whose “Normal”? Personal Reflections of a Visually-Impaired Academic at a Small
South African University. Communication, Culture & Critique, 14(2), pp.328-331.
Moon, J., 2015. Reflection in Learning and Professional Development, Theory and Practice. Manchester:
Routledge Falmer.