FY026 Portfolio: Reflective Analysis on Preparing for University

This portfolio provides a reflective analysis of the skills, experiences, and abilities essential for university success, drawing upon lectures and modules. It emphasizes the importance of reflective learning, reading comprehension, research skills, academic writing, mind mapping, referencing, plagiarism avoidance, sentence construction, paraphrasing, and data interpretation. The author reflects on how these skills, developed through university assignments and lectures, contribute to career growth and employability. Specific examples, such as improving reading skills through presentation assignments and understanding the value of self-motivation and reflective learning through dedicated exercises, highlight the practical application of these skills. The portfolio concludes that a comprehensive understanding and development of these skills are crucial for preparing students for success both in university and in their future careers.

FY026 Preparing for
Success At
University: Knowledge
and
Creativity

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.............................................................................................................................3
Evidences that are required for preparing for success at University......................................3
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals:...............................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
This is the portfolio which aims to analyse all the documents that are necessary for
preparing and individual for success. This portfolio is including skills, experiences, abilities,
training sessions and education of an individual which helps to gain potential outcomes (Mir
and Burkhart, 2021). This report portfolio will be described in the form of reflection. It
includes different it subject matters or evidences which helps an individual to gain from their
past experiences. It is based on the week lectures on models that covered by student. All the
important evidences are showing in this report which is necessary for the career growth of an
individual.
MAIN BODY
Evidences that are required for preparing for success at University
In today's education, it is identified that every day there is an increment in
complexities and competition for students. This becomes a main reason for students to focus
on development of skills and abilities in the universities which helps them to prepare for
success (Ndefru, 2019). Every student wants that their career is successfully growing but it
can be possible only with the help of developing necessary skills and abilities. This is the
reason that some important evidences are found which will be elaborated in the portfolio that
helps an individual to gain knowledge from their experience. It includes reflective learning;
improve reading, research skills, academic writing skills, mind mapping, referencing and
plagiarism, sentence construction, paraphrasing, and data interpretation. These are the
important evidences which provide benefits to students as it helps in developing the skills and
abilities which are not only useful in universities but also beneficial for the future success. It
helps in increasing employability skills as well.
Improve reading
The first and foremost skill which is crucial for every student that can only be gain in
the university is improving reading. Reading is playing a very important role in order to
understand the subject or topic (Wikander and Lyons, 2018). But there are many students are
found which have little knowledge of reading. For that purpose, it is identified that
universities are playing a crucial role in order to improve reading skills of individual. They
are providing many assignments in which the need to read out any topic on a regular basis.

Sentence construction
Everybody knows that sentence formation or construction is playing very important
role as it helps to enhance the value of writing material. If students have a good knowledge of
sentence construction then they are able to provide or communicate right meaning to readers.
For that purpose, sentence construction knowledge is very crucial that should possess by
students (Fletcher, 2021). It is very important to develop sentence construction which can be
only possible in the university as it provides many chances or for daily assignments that helps
and a student to improve their sentence construction.
Mind mapping
It is found as a graphical representation of ideas which provides many benefits to
students as they are able to understand the topic in an effective way. It provides visualisation
of a topic in structured information that can be easily comprehend, analyse and synthesized
by students.
Referencing and plagiarism
In order to complete a piece of work or assignments that provided by universities, it is
crucial for an individual that they need to understand the importance of referencing and
plagiarism. Referencing is found to be a process which helps to acknowledge the sources
from which an individual write the information on knowledge about an assignment (Lewis Jr
and Yates, 2019). On the other hand, plagiarism is more is defined a process in which an
individual steal the information in order to complete a project. It is important for an
individual that they should provide sources from which they write about the information and
as well as need to avoid plagiarism in their work.
Research skills
Research skills is defined as a ability which helps in individual to search, accumulate,
find and analyse information which is relevant for the subject that they studied. In today's
life, research skills are not only found important for students but also playing a crucial role
for the success and growth of employees.
Using of capital letters
It is the basic requirement which should be understood by each and every individual
so that they can write a right sentence (Parker, Brown and Holmes, 2019). Generally, it is

identified that students are not easily understand the use of capital letters as they are not know
that where to use capital letters. So that is the reason in which universities are playing a
crucial role as they provide knowledge and information to students about using of capital
letters.
Data interpretation
Data interpretation is a process from which an individual use data and information in
such a manner so that they can easily interpret the real meaning or motive from the
information.
Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is found to be a process which is used by students in order to draw a
meaning from the text or passage with the use of their own words. It is necessary to develop
as it helps to reduce the complexity of passage.
Reflective learning
Reflective learning is found to be a very important tool which is not only useful in
academic studies but also similarly important in workplaces (Vaidyanathan and et.al., 2018).
With the help of reflective learning, an individual is able to understand the right meaning and
gain from their past experiences.
Academic writing skills
Academic writing is a basic requirement for each and every individual which should
be develops with the help of attending Universities lectures and modules.
Research
Research is defined as a process in which an individual is found write sources of
information which helps them to provide relevant information so that they can use in order to
complete the project or assignment (Brooks and et.al., 2018). It is required in every stage of
life.
Self motivation
Self motivation is an important element which is necessary for each and every
individual so that they can stay on their words and able to get success. It is identified in the
personal life that there are many situations will become in front of the students which hits

their morale (Moore, Hines-Martin and Gattis, 2020). So that's why, it is important for
students to improve their motivation.
Summary
From the above discussion of evidences which I generate from lectures or modules of
University, I found to be very important for my career success and growth. I analyse that it is
very crucial for me to have an effective reading skills which helps me in order to understand
the topic with minimum time. This can be analysed by me from my lectures as my tutor
provided me assignment in which I need to make a presentation and told about the topic in
front of the students. During that time, I analysed that it is very important to improve reading
and now I found that my reading skills of very effective because of the modules which I
covered in the university. In addition to this, there are many skills and abilities which I found
to be important for my career growth such as sentence construction, mind mapping, research
skills, self motivation, etc. These skills are playing a very important role in my career. For
example, when I will placed in a reputed organisation than it is very important for me to
poses self-motivation as there are many members will come in front of me who degrade my
performances but I have to maintain self-motivation which helps me to increase my potential
as well as skills. With the use of reflective learning, I am not only limited to develop skills
and knowledge in past but also it is very helpful for me to develop or gain from my past
experiences. For example, there is a reflective learning piece in which my tutor provided me
an assignment of writing strengths and weakness. It was a very grateful experience for me as
I got to know many knowledge or information with the help of reflective writing. When I
write a reflection then I got to know that there are many skills which I already developed and
some areas in which I need to work. In addition to this, I also got to know that paraphrasing
and academic writing skills are playing a crucial role for each and every student. It is not only
beneficial in academic studies but I also found that it is similarly important and organisation
as well. The reason behind this which I found is with the help of academic writing, an
individual is able to write content in formal style. There are many cases where employees
need to write notices and letters. So in that place, an individual should possess the knowledge
of academic writing skills.

CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it can be concluded that it is very important for each and
every individual to understand the importance of skills and knowledge which can be gain
with the help of University lectures. This report was covered necessary skills which help in
preparing success at University. All important skills are crucial in order to prepare success for
students.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Brooks, C., and et.al., 2018. Building the Whole Lawyer: Preparing Students for Entry-Level
Success.
Fletcher, J., 2021. Preparing Student-Athletes for Success after College.
Lewis Jr, N. A. and Yates, J. F., 2019. Preparing disadvantaged students for success in
college: Lessons learned from the preparation initiative. Perspectives on
Psychological Science, 14(1), pp.54-59.
Mir, A. and Burkhart, H. M., 2021. Commentary: Complex transposition: Preparing for
success. JTCVS techniques, 7, pp.206-207.
Moore, S. E., Hines-Martin, V. P. and Gattis, M. N., 2020. Paying it forward: The role of
senior black faculty in preparing junior faculty and Black Doctoral students for career
success.
Ndefru, A., 2019. Preparing for Success with Key Performance Indicators.
Parker, D. M., Brown, L. T. M. and Holmes, B. D., 2019. Preparing University Adjunct
Faculty to Teach. Journal of Higher Education Theory & Practice, 18(7).
Vaidyanathan, C., and et.al., 2018. Preparing Humanities PhDs for Academic and
Professional Success.
Wikander, L. and Lyons, J., 2018. Preparing for. The Road to Nursing, p.48.