Mini Project Workshops Summary

This document provides a summary of the mini project workshops attended by the student, highlighting the skills learned and their impact on employability and social awareness. It also includes appendices and references for further reading.

Module: (FY027)Preparing for Success: Self
Development and Responsibility

CW1 - Portfolio
Student’s Name:
LSST ID Number:
BNU ID Number:
Lecturer’s Name:
Submission Date:
Table of Contents
1 Introduction Page No.
2 Mini project workshops summary
3 Appendices in Appendix
4 Conclusion
5 References
6 12 Appendices for the Portfolio
Appendix 1 Personal Development Plan
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Appendix 2 Personal SWOT Analysis
Appendix 3 Reading Log
Appendix 4 Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating to Social and Ethical
Awareness and Responsibility.
Appendix 5 Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
Appendix 6 Communication Skills: Identification of the most effective skills
Appendix 7 Social and Ethical Awareness Attributes: Comparison between Good and Bad Attributes.
Appendix 8 Academic Writing Skills
Appendix 9 Employability Skills
Appendix 10 Notes on Reflection
Appendix 11 Job research plan
Appendix 12 Action Plan on a specific academic or professional goal you aim to achieve
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Introduction:
Preparation for success demands self development and responsibility aspects, holds high significance within individual career growth aspects
for bringing on productive work engagement goals and further to gain varied new specific skills which enhance stronger enlarged functional
scale goals. The report will be conducting in detail analysis based on mini project workshop analysis , various skills learned and experienced
with stronger vivid functional rise for competent productive engagement. Report will further provide detailed analysis on varied appendices for
consistent new employability skills rise and self development which informatively brings on fundamental growth within career. Study will also
potentially create detailed engagement among specific competent productive standards, new vision oriented goals for practical work engagement
as per dynamic standards which determines profound connectivity strengths.
Mini Project workshops summary:
Summary of mini project workshop skills learned from work can be further signified as widely essential for bringing on functional
growth aspects which has enhanced varied employability skills, and skills for creating social awareness and ethical competencies among
working parameters. By attending the mini workshop, i have been able to work towards learning problem solving skill, oral communication
skills within interpersonal functional scale abilities which enhances further work diversity within my academics professional standards. I was
able to further work on adaptability, stringent growth rise and collaboration aspects for strengthened new work advancement which has enhances
innovation and creative work engagement aspects. The workshop attending also potentially enabled me to work on resource management,
organisation skills functionally which have enabled me to be diversely competent within strategic productive run. My written communication
skills and technology usage skills, have been growing informatively among my career goals for stronger performance aspects, which enhances
functional efficacy within strategic productive goals. Ethical awareness and social working parameters are also stronger essential elements which
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further synchronises new scale diversity paradigms, enhancing functional long term technical goals and to potentially create effective work goal
diversity within employability aspects. This further can be also analysed to strategically hold strong importance where to be competently active
on technology and information use, enhances potential; strengthened benchmarks and certain personality traits among individuals (Luk. and
Chan, 2021).
Furthermore, my confident growth aspects have enhanced my knowledge and integrity for new functional scope and technical
innovation growth which further lead to new specific competent synergies innovatively. By attending workshop, i have been further able to work
towards strengthening new specific rise on self learning employment skills and programmes to work towards employability skills which
harnesses creative skills. This furthermore can be also analysed to be significantly essential for determining keen new untapped performance
goals, for potential strengthened growth and effective time management goals which extensively motivated me towards my careers specific
growth goals. Role of ethical awareness plays strong role for gaining new enlarged productive diversity standards within employability, where it
has enabled me to hold strong vivid accountability goals which harnesses stronger productive standards diversified within career. I also further
potentially aim to strengthen my keen understanding and functional goal segregated within diverse domains which brings on diversified scope
for larger practical expansion rapidly. This further also harnesses wider scope for consistent new synergies rise towards varied paradigms,
enhanced working vision and larger practical working integrity towards future operational abilities to get best career enhancement opportunities
(Krishnan, and et.al., 2021).
APPENDICES in Appendix
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Conclusion:
The report has concluded that employability skills and professional knowledge have enabled me to gain competitive knowledge and
professional experience, for synchronising new raised up aspects for strengthened larger vision oriented targets. Study has also concluded
detailed analysis that individual need to be further diversified and specifically focused for gaining best productive experience, which further also
concluded detailed analysis which further rises stronger productive scope evolved on.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Sarkar, M., Overton, T., and Rayner, G., 2020. Academics’ perspectives of the teaching and development of generic employability skills in
science curricula. Higher Education Research & Development. 39(2). pp.346-361.
Ramberg, U., Edgren, G. and Wahlgren, M., 2021. Capturing progression of formal knowledge and employability skills by monitoring case
discussions in class. Teaching in Higher Education. 26(2). pp.246-264.
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Alharahsheh, H. H. and Pius, A., 2021. Exploration of Employability Skills in Business Management Studies Within Higher Education Levels:
Systematic Literature Review. Research Anthology on Business and Technical Education in the Information Era, pp.1147-1164.
Luk, L. Y. and Chan, C .K., 2021. Students’ learning outcomes from engineering internship: a provisional framework. Studies in Continuing
Education, pp.1-20.
Krishnan, I. A., and et.al., 2021. Graduate employability skills: Words and phrases used in job interviews. Australian Journal of Career
Development. 30(1). pp.24-32.
APPENDIX
12 Appendices for the Portfolio
APPENDIX 1: My Personal Development Plan
My Full Name:
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Title of Course I’m Enrolled For:
Name of Institution:
Level at which I am Currently
Studying:
Start Date:
End Date:
My Reasons/Motivation for Doing this
Course:
Objectives for my personal
development
Actions required to
achieve my objectives
Support and/or
resources I need
Timeframe Estimated date of
completion /
achievement
Career planning Action for career planning
are further connected to
gain expertise on best
competencies within
performance (Alharahsheh
and Pius, 2021).
Research topics and
various resources
related to craeer
enhancement.
3 months 14 august
Higher professional skills
development
Research papers working
and professional
developent skills
Resaerch resources
and seminars will
further assist me to
gain competencies
informatovel within
furture.
2 months 14 july
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Marketing skills learning To work on speciifc
advanced marketing skills,
digital reseach of latest
trends will be worked on.
Research resources
of markeing, and
seminars and
mentors learning
further will harnessb
productive
efficiency.
1 month 14 june
Dynamic leadership skills
learning
To work on leadership
skills and potentialities i
will be focusing on
informative usage of
leading teams with speciifc
management.
Resources such as
fucntional work
efficiency within
wok to lead
professional teams
will enbale best
productive diversity
standrads.
1 month 14 june
Multi tasking skills learnings To work on multi taksing
skills learning i further aim
to take up new
respoinsibiltiiues and also
manage tasks with high
speciifc compwtencies
fundamnetally.
Resources such as
bes mentors and
assistance within
projects will further
enable me to take up
new opportunities.
2 month 14 july
APPENDIX 2: MyPersonal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS (strong points) WEAKNESSES (weak points)
1 Interpersonal skills 1 Analytical skills
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2 Time management skill 2 Data management skills
3 Report writing skill 3 Leadership skills
4 Researching skills 4 Multi tasking skill
OPPORTUNITIES (potential gains) THREATS (potential losses
1
Marketing and leadership skill
1 Multi tasking skill
2 ITC learning skills/ 2 Team management skill
3 Presentation skills 3 Decision making skill
4 Leadership skills 4 Numeracy skill
APPENDIX 3: Reading Log
READING LOG
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DATE TITLE AUTHOR TIME SPENT NUMBER OF
PAGES READ
1 The Learning Strategy Based on Scientific Approach to
Strengthen the Employability Skill of Teacher
Candidates. International Journal of Instruction. 14(2).
Yudiono, H., and et.al, 2021.
4 hours 30
2 Employability skills for 21st-century STEM
students: the employers' perspective. Higher
education, skills and work-based learning.
McGunagle, D. and Zizka, L.,
2020.
2 hours 20
3
Academics’ perspectives of the teaching and development of
generic employability skills in science curricula. Higher
Education Research & Development. 39(2). pp.346-361.
Sarkar, M. And et.al, 2020. 1 hour 10
APPENDIX 4: Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshops) relating to Social and Ethical Awareness.
Caption Caption
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APPENDIX 5: Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT
6:00 AM Waking up Waking up Waking up Waking up Waking up Waking up Waking up
7:00 AM Cycling Cycling Cycling Gym Gym Cycling Gym
8:00 AM Yoga Yoga Yoga Gym Gym Yoga Gym
9:00 AM Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
10:00 AM Reading
newspapers
Reading
newspapers
Reading
newspapers
Reading
newspapers
Reading
newspapers
Reading
newspapers
Reading
newspapers
11:00 AM Attending
online session
of my study
Attending online
session of my
study
Attending online
session of my
study
Attending online
session of my
study
Attending online
session of my
study
Attending
online session
of my study
Attending
online session
of my study
12:00 PM Attending
online session
of my study
Attending online
session of my
study
Attending online
session of my
study
Attending online
session of my
study
Attending online
session of my
study
Attending
online session
of my study
Attending
online session
of my study
1:00 PM Attending
online session
of my study
Attending online
seminar
Attending
online seminar
2:00 PM Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
3:00 PM Rest time Rest time Attending online
seminar
Rest time Rest time Attending
online seminar
Rest time
4:00 PM Nap Nap Attending online
seminar
Nap Nap Attending
online seminar
Nap
5:00 PM Spending time
with family
Spending time
with family
Spending time
with family
Spending time
with family
6:00 PM Solving
research
papers
Solving research
papers
Solving research
papers
Solving research
papers
Solving research
papers
Solving
research
papers
Spending time
with family
7:00 PM Attending
online seminar
Spending time
with family
8:00 PM Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner
9:00 PM Walking Walking Walking Walking Walking Walking Walking
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10:00 PM Listening to
music
Listening to
music
Listening to
music
Listening to
music
Listening to
music
Listening to
music
Listening to
music
11:00 PM Writing blogs Writing blogs Writing blogs Writing blogs Writing blogs Writing blogs Writing blogs
12:00 PM Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping
1:00 AM Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping
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APPENDIX 6: Communication Skills: Effective vs Ineffective Communication
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
1 High clarity 1
No clarity
2 Effective rise on communication skills 2 Ineffective performance within teams
3 Confident performance 3 Less confident
4 Higher effective team performance 4 Less technical efficiency
BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
1
Enable to structure tasks within presentations and reports which enhances communication scope
2 Effective communications adds to profound rise for strengthened connective future goals
3
Enhances academic performance rise functionally, which enables to be delivered effectively
APPENDIX 7: Social and Ethical Awareness Attributes: Comparison between good and bad practices.
No. GOOD ATTRIBUTES No. BAD ATTRIBUTES
1 Being ethically responsible 1 Not being ethically responsible
2 Being socially aware of all responsibilities
and varied duties
2 Not being socially aware of responsibilities
3 Being accountable towards specific society
standards (Ramberg, Edgren and Wahlgren,
2021).
3 Not being accountable towards responsibilities
4 Being also aware for new skills engagement
in society, for creating awareness within
communities.
4 Not being aware of social ethical skills and to
create contributions within society.
5 Being aware of spreading minimum wastage 5 Not being aware and spreading excessive wastage
6 Being responsible for cleanliness 6 Not being socially and ethically responsible
7 Being effective within teams social works 7 Not taking up voluntary works within
communities for betterment
APPENDIX 8: Academic Writing Skills:
1 Academic Skill 1 Strong points (advantages) Weak points (disadvantages)
 Summarizing Will further help me in various
projects and research tasks Time taking to learn
Will enable me to conclude my
findings properly
Critical to work on long complicated
projects
Essential in academic courses Will have negative impact if any
grammatical mistakes are there.
Benefit(s) of this skill to me-

>>>>>: Stronger performance within performance and research projects timely
submission with best quality performances.
2 Academic Skill 2 Strong points (advantages) Weak points (disadvantages)
 Paraphrasing Essential to perform in group
projects and research reports
Critical to evaluate
Essential for understanding
effectively with high grasping
knowledge
Time taking to learn
Essential to work in various reports
Needs supervision
Benefit(s) of this skill to
me>>>>>: Higher confident performance goals within career
3 Academic Skill 3 Strong points (advantages) Weak points (disadvantages)
 TEditing of text Essential to work on research
projects
Time taking aspect
Critical to analyse functional
specific competencies Need supervision
Enables to submit work correctly Typical to learn
Benefit(s) of this skill to
me>>>>>: Will enable me to work on varied new research projects and enhance
potentialities functionally within future work goals for academics
connectivity rise professionally.
APPENDIX 9: Employability Skills:
No. Specific skill you’ve acquired during
lessons or workshops
How does it raise your chances of getting your desired job?
1 Problem solving Yes
2 Decision making skill
yes
3 Self management skill yes
4 Planning and organising skill
yes
APPENDIX 10: Notes on Reflection
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Reflection observation explains about an individual personal and professional skills, experiences for consistent new
work advancement and towards evolving new technical work growth goals. By analysing reflective specific
experiences and competencies, professional goals are framed to work on skills which are weak and less diversified
where further competencies need to be evolved on. By gaining analysis through reflective study, career
enhancement goals can be practically attained which further creates engagement based activities. I by gaining self
reflective analysis was able to gain practical knowledge experience, work forwards my career to be diversified
within my skills and also work towards new expertise parameters (Sarkar, Overton and Rayner, 2020).
Observations and lessons further signifies new scale fundamental rise, for strategic growth potentialities and
benchmarks towards new professional scale goals within career. This further signifies also that perspectives and
establishment of new effective targets enabled me to segregate my skills, potential working segments and to further
also scale up my career standards.
APPENDIX 11: Job search Plan
Job search plan
Name
DATE:
Job search Objective: Professional career enhancement job opportunity within marketing industry for gaining
best productive commercial experience and new fundamental diversity within experience.
Positioning statement: Within Marketing department
Geography: UK
Industry: Retail industry
Size of organisation: Large dynamic organisation, with more than 1,00,000 employees with high scale
innovative business culture and analytical growth evolving within performance parameters towards new
dimensions.
APPENDIX 12: An Action Plan for achieving a specific academic or professional goalof your choice.
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Action For Achieving a Specific Goal
Date: 14 may
My Name: -
Course enrolled for: MBA in markering
GOALto be accomplished: Job in retail industry within marketing department
Actions I need to take in order to
accomplish my Goal:
 Be confident towards my employability skills
 Work on strong management and planning skills
 Higher data management skills
 Analytical skills development
 Get mentoring and strict supervision
 Attend online lectures and seminars
 Study on research papers
 Get practical leanings evolved within performance
Resources / support / backup that I need:  Research papers
 Magazines
 Newspapers
Timeframe: 6 Months
Success criteria or indicators:
(How will you know when you’ve
achieved the goal)
I will monitor my performance and desired goals by establishing
monitoring goals, to keep specific quality standards within my
responsibilities and always be accountable. Further i also plan to keep
check on my performance timelines, which will also keep
productivity engaged.
Review / evaluation:
(Identify some benefits of achieving your
goal; as well as some obstacles that
hinder your further progress)
 Higher confidence
 Strong morale
 Best performance rise within Company
 Commercial exposure
 Experience of handing various projects
 Leadership skills enhanced
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