B MM 3113 Academic Skills: Reflection on Induction and Library

This report provides a comprehensive reflection on the development of academic skills, focusing on the student's experiences during an induction program, library visits, and initial academic year. The reflection covers the benefits derived from the induction program, including understanding the college's mission and learning environment. It further details the resources available in the college library, such as books, journals, and online access. The report also highlights the student's favorite books related to Human Resource Management and Digital Media Culture, explaining the key concepts learned. Additionally, it elaborates on the accessibility of student support services like computing facilities, internet access, and English support classes. Finally, the student shares their first-year experiences, including the modules studied and the overall impact on their academic journey. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of effective academic writing and the value of the resources and support provided by the college.

BMM 3113 Academic Skills
and Studying with
Confidence

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Reflection of my induction training program:............................................................................3
Reflection about my library experience:.....................................................................................4
Writing about my two favourite books:......................................................................................4
Explaining about how accessible was the student support services and sharing my first year
experience:..................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................6
Referencing......................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
Academic skills are the skills which supports the student irrespective of any field in
forming effective as well as systematic research projects. The main purpose of academic writing
is to explain the idea of research in a way that leads to better feedback from the readers. The
report will include short reflection about my induction experience as well as will also able to
explain what I have learnt in library. Moreover, the report will also involve the facility of student
support services and my first year experience.
Reflection of my induction training program:
The following are the information and experience that I have experienced in my
induction program in Waltham international college are:
 My experience of induction program is good as I came to know that the university
provides a high quality of learning environment as well as the college also practices an
exclusive approach for learning as well as assessment(Stanley, C. R., Belisle, J., &
Dixon, M. R. (2018).
 I came to know that the university also provides a framework with a clear structure that
will help me to attain my goals of academic studies and my personal as well as
professional development.
 In this induction program, I came to know about the mission as well as vision of
Waltham international college such as the mission of the college is to value and support
the students throughout their studies. In addition to this, I have also understood that the
college will help me in unleashing my best abilities by providing highest quality of real
world programs.
 I have also realised from my induction training is that the college will provide a support
to its students in the form of providing assistance for developing self awareness as well as
the college will also provide to its students the confidence to make build more focus in
their studies(Kyttälä, M., Kanerva, K., Munter, I., & Björn, P. M. (2019).
Reflection about my library experience:
After taking a view as well as visiting the library I came to know that the library of the
college has over 500 collection of books. The library of the university will provide their students
a broad range of books which will be related to different specialised courses such as business and

management as well as health and social care topics. I also came to know that I can access to
wide range of books, journal articles as well as other specialised materials through the online app
that I can see by sitting form anywhere and anytime. In addition to this, I came to know that the
college also provides to its students the E- resources which caters a wider range of full text
journals that can I can access at any given point of time. Moreover, I was supported by the team
of college which are highly skilled as well as professional in nature. I also came to know that can
I can easily search and print books that I need as well as I can also access subject specific topic
which helped me to study in the more detailed and immersive level(Lin, Y. C., & Magnuson, K.
A. (2018). I have also received a library card that provided me the benefit in terms of receiving
travel discounts within the UK.
Writing about the two favourite books:
The one book that has learned is about the Human Resource Management, the following
are the points that have been learned from this book are:
 It came to know about the definition of human resource management as well as also
came to know about the importance of human resource management in companies
management of human resources.
 It also understood about the the skills needed in order to effectively manage the human
resources of the company .
 It was also studied about the current challenges which is faced by human resource
managers in managing the employees of the company.
 In addition to this, It was known after reading the Human Resource Management book is
about the skills needed to strategically make human resource plans as well as also learnt
about the tips required to effectively plan HRM functions(Brandlistuen, R. E., Flatø, M.,
Stoltenberg, C., Helland, S. S., & Wang, M. V. (2021).
The other book that was liked is Digital media culture:
 From this it has understood about the various digital media practices which
involves creative coding .
 It has also understood about the method of analysing data by using different
approaches.
 It also came to know about the critical issues present in today's digital cultures.

Explaining about how accessible was the student support services and sharing the first year
experience:
The Waltham international college provides its student the facilities which are described
below:
 The college provides computing as well as internet facilities to its students by providing
wide range of PCs as well as provides high speed dedicated broadband connections to all
of its students
 The college also provides its students free access to customers by which they can do their
research projects easily and conveniently.
 The college also provides to its students the facility to study 24/7 by establishing virtual
learning environment system, this also builds an student interaction with each other.
 The photo copying as well as printing facility is also present in the college premises.
 The college also provides an English support classes especially for its foreign students
through which the students can improve their English(Suntheimer, N. M., & Wolf, S.
(2020).
My fist semester experience:
 In the first year, I have studied about the business plan as well as also understood about
the fundamental of marketing.
 Apart from this, I have also studied under the module of introduction to business
operations and management, the portfolio case study.
Conclusion:
It has been analysed from the report that effective academic writing is crucial in order to
perform better in studies as well as while doing projects. The report has covered my reflection
about the induction program. In addition to this, the report has also included about the reflection
of my library experience. Moreover, the report has also covered the reflection of my favourite
books as well as also covered the student supportive services.

Referencing
Books and journal
Stanley, C. R., Belisle, J., & Dixon, M. R. (2018). Equivalence‐based instruction of academic
skills: Application to adolescents with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior
Analysis, 51(2), 352-359.
Kyttälä, M., Kanerva, K., Munter, I., & Björn, P. M. (2019). Working memory resources in
children: stability and relation to subsequent academic skills. Educational
Psychology, 39(6), 709-728.
Lin, Y. C., & Magnuson, K. A. (2018). Classroom quality and children’s academic skills in child
care centers: Understanding the role of teacher qualifications. Early Childhood
Research Quarterly, 42, 215-227.
Brandlistuen, R. E., Flatø, M., Stoltenberg, C., Helland, S. S., & Wang, M. V. (2021). Gender
gaps in preschool age: A study of behavior, neurodevelopment and pre-academic
skills. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 49(5), 503-510.
Suntheimer, N. M., & Wolf, S. (2020). Cumulative risk, teacher-child closeness, executive
function and early academic skills in kindergarten children. Journal of School
Psychology, 78, 23-37.