Reflective Essay: Exploring Bucks Graduate Attributes Module Learning

This reflective essay examines a student's experience and development within the Bucks Graduate Attributes module. The essay details the student's growth in four key areas: leadership and self-development, knowledge and its application, social and ethical awareness, and creativity. It explores how the module helped the student develop essential skills like communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and ethical responsibility. The essay also discusses the practical application of these skills, including exploring online resources, professional bodies, and mentorship. The student reflects on challenges faced, strategies used to overcome them, and how the module has prepared them for future academic and professional endeavors. The conclusion emphasizes the module's contribution to fostering innovative leadership, creative capacities, and career readiness in the 21st century.

INTRODUCTION
Reflective essay is the form of easy in which an individual
expresses ones own feeling, experience, view and ides in their own
language and mode. It is helpful in describing the view in easy
essay form.
The above study is based on the module which is being
learned by the student in module the module which is being
learned in the university is the Bucks graduate attributes. The
reflective essay is being prepared on the basis of that module
which includes the how and why learner developing during the
module. The report ends with the reflection on how to approach
further challenges and expectations of university course.
Reflective Essay (CW1)
. There are many things which are learned from the leadership
and self-development are communication skills, team work,
tracking responsibility, independence, decision making,
resilience, initiative, ability to take criticism and collaboration
which is helpful for an individual in developing the academic
and professional career of an individual. It can b developed by
the gaining feedbacks from the job applications, leading the
curriculum based projects, participating in the workshops
skills, by leading, participating, a student society. It is helpful
for me very much. With the help of creativity many things are
learned from it that is commercial awareness in which the
production of things or ideas can be generated and thus getting
aware about it, flexibility, innovation and problem solving this
all are necessary being learned which is helpful in developing
many qualities in me which is further helpful for me in
developing my career for the job and employment.
. Exploring the online resources, journals and various tools which
are related to the job sector so that it can be further use in the
professional career. Professional body and forum which will be
helpful in learning about new development. I can also find a
mentor so that I can easily develop the things under the guidance
of the mentor. From social and ethical awareness and
responsibility the things learned which are sustainability that is
(economic, environmental and personal), global citizenship, rights
& justice, empathy, cultural awareness and integrity. This all can
be learned under this which is helpful for me in learning the ethical
and social responsibility of mine towards the nation and company
where I will be working further. It can be learned by the becoming
the volunteer, becoming a friend of the international student so that
easily learn the ethical and social responsibility. By becoming a
volunteer also I could learn and experience many things which will
be further helpful in my career growth.
I had learned and developed many things during this module
which is helpful for me in my academic career as well as
professional career. The knowledge and its application are helpful
for individual for getting success in the education. The individuals
should prepared and developed the different skills and knowledge
which is helpful for the individual in getting the employment. So
that individual can develop self-development and responsibility
among them and so that they can get through with the better
employment. The four things are being developed by me in the
module which are Leadership and self development, knowledge
and its application, social & ethical awareness & responsibility
and creativity. These are helpful for an individual to learn several
things under the module and helpful in creating the better career
option in the future.
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The university course is must have addressed and managed by
me and I had learned the all things properly in the module and
challenges are also easily solved by me as the communication
challenge I used to talk with my teacher to help me with that and
after that they concentrate on the communication skills and help
me out in learning the communication skills so that it can be
helpful for me in gaining the appropriate career growth in me for
my professional and academic career growth.
This all qualities will be helpful for my further job career in which
things are being learned and accessed by me. It is not necessary to be
creative a creative course is being developed by the individual. It can be
developed by fundraise, improving outside from the comfort zone,
delivering project for an employer etc., this all further induces the
various skill which can be further developed and implemented by me in
my life so that my goals can be specifically evaluated. Knowledge and
its application are learned by reflection, using the digital resources, by
understanding the technological innovations, various application of
learnings in several settings and investigating wide range of resources. It
can be learn by getting the sector related work experience so that with
the help of these I could learn different things related to the job and get
further employment on the basis of experience. Portfolio and blog can
be started and created so that it can be helpful for getting the better
job and employment opportunities.
Many challenges and expectations which are being faced by me
as individual during the module. These challenges and
expectations during the module bound an individual in learning
and getting new things to e learned and developing those four
skills which are necessarily being learned by me. Future
challenges can be approached by the effective learning and self
confidence which will be helpful for individual in getting and
learning the leadership and development. It includes many skills
which is further helpful for me in getting different job
opportunities for me and developing my career. For learning
knowledge and its application future challenges can be solved by
the various innovation and development in self so that new skills
can be developed by me for further development in my self
confidence. Challenges among the creativity can be solved by
getting a learning the problem solving skills, innovations and
production of things and ideas which is further accessed by me in
my qualities.
The module will be understood and processed without the
practical knowledge so that it could be completed
effectively and all things must have learned properly.
Various strategies are being formed and noting down the
things which are important for me to right down. Failures
could also being gained under this module but it can be
attained by learning the positive from the failure and
developing the self confidence and communication skills
so that the things can be solved and learn various things
further and developed the skills in me for future growth in
my career. There are many challenges and barriers which
can be come in front while accessing and thus it can be
solved by using the different strategy and approaches in
different cases.
Conclusion
From the above study it is concluded that the module is
very helpful for a student in learning, developing and
creating the individual as innovative leaders, creative
capacities and in professional so that the individual can
get the job opportunities easily in the 21st century with
the help of this module. The individual can have a self
development in them so that it can be helpful for the
career growth a development. Effective communication
skills, problem solving, flexibility all are helpful in
getting and developing the better career job
opportunities. At last it had created a better
opportunities in the professional and academic career
growth.