Portfolio on Knowledge and Creativity for University Success

This portfolio showcases the importance of knowledge and creativity in achieving success at university. It covers skills such as time management, note-taking, referencing, plagiarism, research, sentence construction, reading, leadership, and professional branding.

Preparing for Success
At University:
Knowledge and
Creativity

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The knowledge and creativity concept is basically the ability in order to create imaginative
and something new whereas the knowledge is considered as the accumulation of the experiences
and facts. In this report it involves the portfolio evidence of the learning and development and
the summary explaining the choices of the Portfolio Contents. The twelve pieces of work
comprises of time management skills, note taking skills, references, plagiarism, research skills,
constructing sentences, reading skills, leadership skills, professional branding are basically
covered in the twelve pieces of work.
MAIN BODY
Construct Sentences: In context to Constructing sentences, i basically had a deeper
understanding of the basic knowledge regarding the formation of the sentences while keeping in
mind the logic of the grammar for the purpose to avoid any kind of mistakes and penalties
through using the right grammar and correct type of punctuation. In relation to using the wrong
punctuation or grammar, it can result in affecting the meaning of the shared message, sentence,
paragraph or text.
Time management skills: I realised that in order to complete my tasks in a effective
manner it is very important for me to know how to manage my time and focusing on improving
my time management skills. It helped in understanding how it is important for me to schedule
and divide my tasks in a effective manner so it can help in further contributing towards the
attainment of my aims and objectives. With the help of time management skills , it helps me in
becoming more productive and improving my performance. In addition to that it helps me in
prioritising my time and reducing the stress.
Reference: In context to Referencing, i realised that it plays a significant role and also
contributes towards the development of my career. With the help of referencing, it helps in
acknowledging the various sources of information which is used by me in the dissertation,
assignments and reports. It also helped me in deeper understanding of the facts and figures,
ideas, quotations, theories and illustrations which are basically created by someone else. In
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addition to that, the referencing skills plays a significant role in having deep knowledge about
citations and in texting.
Presentation Skills: In context to Presentation Skills, i had deep knowledge regarding
how to present my assignment in a creative manner. With the help of effective presentation
skills, it really help in answering my questions, engaging with my audience, understanding the
mindset of my audience, transferring clear messages to the audience, giving a nice and
enthusiastic speech and organizing my data and information in a effective manner.
Plagiarism: In context to Plagiarism, i got to learn so much about the concept and its
importance in the academic integrity. With the help of deeper understanding of Plagiarism, i had
the understanding of the violation of the breach of the journalistic ethics and academic integrity.
It helps in deeper understanding of the how individuals presents someone else ideas as their own.
Leadership: In context to Leadership, i got to learn about the importance of leadership
and the skills associated with the leadership. It helps in understanding how the leaders in the
organisation influences the behaviour of people by making them strive voluntarily towards the
attainment of organisational goals and objectives. In addition to that it helps in deeper
understanding of how these skills help in contributing towards my future career growth.
Critical thinking skills: In context to critical thinking skills, it helps me in deeper
understanding of various skills that could help me in developing new ideas and thoughts which
contributes in my day to day and also helps in development of my future career and providing
various opportunities.
Note taking skill: - This skill states the procedure of noting down vital information and
data from various platforms and sources. This skill helps me to do more focus on my concepts as
well as to have better understandings of the concepts. It has overall improvise my performance
because it enables to remember the facts the I note down in my mind. It helps my career in
various ways such as:-
 It helps to keep my body active in the desired work and obviate the feelings of
distraction.
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 It enables my mind to be very active by listening carefully various facts and then decide
to keep the notes. It provides me an idea through the well organized notes from various class session about
what I have to learn or study.
Reading skills: - It helps in making me a better writer and speaker. Reading skills helps
me in taking a step ahead and helps me in achieving the goals and objectives in my life. An
appropriate reading skills can help me me enhancing the process of reading and help in achieving
the goals. A reading skills helps me in exercising my mind, it helps me in making a well read
individuals as well as make me keep calm and entertain. The benefits that I experience after
reading is that it improves my thinking skills and analytical ability. Reading is considered as the
one of the best way to learn any language or master the known language. It encourage me and
boost my communication skills and connect me with other peoples. Books, magazines and
newspaper are the things that I consider which helps me in increasing the reading skills.
Professional branding: - It is the procedure of developing the name in the minds of
people all around the world. It helps me to always exhibit my knowledge and skills about a
particular field and makes it able to stand out from large number of audience. It also helps to
enhance my success by reaching to the goals through my developed capabilities. This
professional branding also helps me to generate trust among the people because it changes the
way other people see and enhance the level of respect towards me. This factor moreover always
helped me to enhance my capabilities as well as skills and through which I had gained a lot of
success through out my life.
Summary
In context to my portfolio, it comprises of a total of twelve pieces of work that have a major
and significant impact on my learning and growth process. The above twelve pieces of work
comprises of time management skills, note taking skills, references, plagiarism, research skills,
constructing sentences, reading skills, leadership skills, professional branding are basically
covered in the twelve pieces of work. In addition to that the reason behind choosing the twelve
pieces of work was they significantly played important role in my education skills and also had a
major influence which helps me in improving my critical abilities that are useful for my
academics and professional career.
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All these skills not only contributed towards my academic career but also helped in
making me a better and skilled student. Each skill involved in the portfolio has their own
importance and plays a important role in overall development of my career and future scenarios.
Each individual skill has their own and unique importance which contributes in making me more
productive and enhancing my performance. Time management skills helped me in teaching how
to schedule my tasks, constructing sentences helped me in avoiding any kind of mistakes and
taught me how to frame sentences in a effective and efficient manner. Moreover other skills such
as leadership, critical thinking, referencing, presentation skills, reading skills really helped me in
preparing my assignments and carrying out various tasks in a effective and efficient manner. In
addition to that, i realised that how to effectively use these skills in my career for overall
enhancement of my career and developing my competencies in a effective manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above portfolio, it helps in deeper understanding of the various skills which are
essential in order to prepare for the success at the universities. It also helps in deeper
understanding of how each and every individual skill contributes towards development of the
skills and competencies of the students and how it plays a really important role in getting student
success at the university and overall development of their career and making them highly
effective and efficient in their day to day tasks and future job opportunities.
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REFERENCES
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Ferreira, J., Coelho, A. and Moutinho, L., 2020. Dynamic capabilities, creativity and innovation
capability and their impact on competitive advantage and firm performance: The
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Harris, A. and De Bruin, L.R., 2018. Secondary school creativity, teacher practice and STEAM
education: An international study. Journal of Educational Change, 19(2), pp.153-179.
Hendarman, A.F. and Cantner, U., 2018. Soft skills, hard skills, and individual
innovativeness. Eurasian Business Review, 8(2), pp.139-169.
Imran, M.K., Ilyas, M., Aslam, U. and Fatima, T., 2018. Knowledge processes and firm
performance: the mediating effect of employee creativity. Journal of Organizational
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Larrain and et. al., 2021. Argumentation skills mediate the effect of peer argumentation on
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Richardson, C. and Mishra, P., 2018. Learning environments that support student creativity:
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