BMM3113 - Portfolio on Student Support Services at Waltham College

This portfolio provides a comprehensive overview of the student support services and facilities offered at Waltham International College. It highlights key resources such as career counseling, campus healthcare, networking training, student counselors, language center, and study training workshops. The portfolio emphasizes the importance of these services in enhancing student wellbeing, academic performance, and overall employability. It details how Waltham International College supports students through various stages of their academic journey, from providing guidance on career paths to offering mental health support and language assistance. The analysis underscores the college's commitment to creating a supportive and enriching environment for its students, fostering their personal and professional development.

Academic Skills and
studying with
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Describe the student support and facilities that Waltham International College offers to its
students...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are referred as the core skills in which the academic writing, referencing,
presentation skills and so on included that consider complex skills such as critical thinking and
reflective practices. These kinds of skills tend to motivate students to become productive and
efficient learners as it offers confidence to participate in various courses like English speaking
(Sala and Gobet, 2019). There are various qualities of academics that include positive attitude
towards the study, capability to think independently, passion towards the opted course and so on.
The portfolio leads to discuss about the services and facilities which are offered to students by
Waltham international college.
MAIN BODY
Describe the student support and facilities that Waltham International College offers to its
students
Student support services are important component of e-learning regarding the retention of
students, success and satisfaction which are the main objectives. For this, the Waltham
international college tends to develop suitable policies and strategies for the overall design of
student support services. Undertaking the support services for e-learning students is developed to
cover the administrative factors that impact the learner. There are several services like career
coaching and counselling can be painfully expensive as it can make huge difference to the
wellbeing and personal development. Some of the facilities and support services which are
offered by Waltham international college are discussed as:
Career counselling: Attending career counselling courses at Waltham International College
is an excellent way to learn more about the motives and factors that influence the skills that
students pursue. They have skills that would be a fantastic match for a business and a job.
According to Waltham International College, career counselling is particularly beneficial if
students are unsure about which direction they should take or which track they should pursue. In
this sense, career counselling will assist people in discovering new possibilities and choosing a
different path (Hellas and et. al., 2018). For this, the university's career centre will assist students
in applying for jobs and contacting alumni or internships within the relevant area or industry.
Campus healthcare: Waltham International College has a student medical service on
campus that includes telephones, flexible appointments, walk-in consultations, and healthcare
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professionals dedicated to assisting students in their further development. They would like to
offer guidance for their future employment options and mental health. Doctors on this campus
must put people at ease so that they can speak openly about the issues that are bothering them
(Brede and et. al., 2017). As long as they have health insurance, overseas students have the right
to speak with university doctors. As a result, the Waltham International College provides various
services or facilities to its pupils who have been affected by an illness or flu.
Networking training and events: It is beneficial to create a professional network as soon as
feasible in order to boost overall employability. If students find networking to be difficult, they
must make efficient use of student programmes that are meant to make networking less scary.
The Waltham International College boosts students' chances of success by conducting
networking courses that teach them how to approach professionals through both online and
offline venues (Lee and Stankov, 2018). The particular college also organises ongoing activities
by collaborating with professionals and students for the betterment of students' growth and
development.
Student counsellors: Every student feels overwhelmed by university at some point during
their academic career, and there is no specific explanation for this. Students' counsellors at
Waltham International College will assist them in dealing with any aspect of student life, such as
exam anxiety, a lack of funds, health issues, homesickness, and so on (Hatlevik and et. al., 2018).
In this regard, the Waltham Overseas College provides free counselling services as well as
appropriate support for international students. With the help of these services provided by
Waltham International College, students suffering from mental health concerns or homesickness
will be able to focus on their academics.
Language center: It is the additional language aspect on a CV that improves employability
and increases the total chances of obtaining work after graduation. The Waltham International
College will offer a variety of language sessions and workshops that will strengthen their CV, as
they will be operating language centres to assist students in learning the local language as well as
assisting all students in taking up an additional language at an affordable cost (Gunn, 2018). In
the context of Waltham International College, the Institute for Dutch Language Education offers
special prices on Dutch language courses to international students.
Study training and workshops: Most universities lead the way in providing study skills
workshops and training courses to teach their students effective revision tactics and time
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management (Reale, 2020). As a result, some workshops are more personalised than others. The
study skills courses for international master's students at Waltham Overseas College are
specifically developed to offer international PG students who are unfamiliar with the Dutch
educational system excellent revision skills and techniques.
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it has been analysed that academic or study skills are important
as it leads to enable individual to learn effectively as it is important to set the transferable life
skills. Through academic skills learners can study any area and also need to understand the
overall concept, theories, ideas and so on. This portfolio defines the compilation of academic
works and educational evidence which are assembled for the objective of analysing the overall
quality of coursework, learning progress and academic achievements. This portfolio provides the
purposeful collection to students in terms of working that exhibits the overall achievements,
progress of students and efforts.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Sala, G. and Gobet, F., 2019. Cognitive training does not enhance general cognition. Trends in
cognitive sciences, 23(1), pp.9-20.
Brede, J and et. al., 2017. Excluded from school: Autistic students’ experiences of school
exclusion and subsequent re-integration into school. Autism & Developmental Language
Impairments, 2, p.2396941517737511.
Lee, J. and Stankov, L., 2018. Non-cognitive predictors of academic achievement: Evidence
from TIMSS and PISA. Learning and Individual Differences, 65, pp.50-64.
Hatlevik, O.E and et. al., 2018. Students’ ICT self-efficacy and computer and information
literacy: Determinants and relationships. Computers & Education, 118, pp.107-119.
Reale, K.A., 2020. The Effects of Reader’s Theater on Comprehension, Fluency, and Self-
Confidence of Second Grade Students in a Reading Intervention Group (Doctoral
dissertation, Caldwell University).
Gunn, A., 2018. Metrics and methodologies for measuring teaching quality in higher education:
developing the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Educational Review, 70(2),
pp.129-148.
Hellas, A and et. al., 2018, July. Predicting academic performance: a systematic literature
review. In Proceedings companion of the 23rd annual ACM conference on innovation
and technology in computer science education (pp. 175-199).
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Student Facilities. 2021. [Online] Available through: <
https://walthamintcollege.ac.uk/facilities.html>
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