Academic Skills Portfolio (ACSK4001): Evaluating, Presenting, Writing

This Academic Skills Portfolio (ACSK4001) showcases a student's work on academic skills. It includes three portfolio evidence tasks: evaluating sources, presenting and analyzing data (with a graph and handwritten analysis), and a presentation plan and post-presentation reflection. Section A focuses on evaluating sources and critically engaging with texts, presenting and analyzing data, and delivering a presentation. Section B consists of two writing tasks: a report or essay (900 words) and a reflective summary (300 words). The portfolio covers topics like Brexit's impact on the event industry, data analysis, and presentation planning. The student provides evidence of their work and reflections on their presentation skills, along with the completed writing assignments. The portfolio demonstrates the student's ability to evaluate sources, analyze data, present information, and write effectively in an academic context.

Academic Skills Portfolio
(module code: ACSK4001)
Name:
Student number:
Degree studied:
ACSK lecturer name:
ACSK tutor name:
This is your Academic Skills Portfolio, which should be submitted by Thursday 23rd August, 2pm via your student portal.
Please save a copy on your computer and back it up regularly (e.g. by saving it on your computer / in the cloud (e.g. Google Drive) / emailing it to yourself).
Please refer to suggested word counts for each task included within this portfolio.

Table of Contents
Task Page Week LO
SECTION A:
PORTFOLIO EVIDENCE
Portfolio evidence 1: Evaluating sources & critically engaging with texts 3 2-3 1&2
Portfolio evidence 2: Presenting & analysing data 4 6 1&2
Portfolio evidence 3: Presentation 6 7-9 1
SECTION B: WRITING
TASKS (These written
Writing Task 1 (Report or Essay) 8 1-10 1
Writing Task 2 (Reflective Summary) 9 9-10 3&4
Word count (+/- 10%):
Section A: a minimum of 600 words for all 3 tasks in Section A.
o Portfolio Evidence Task 1 (at least 100 words)

o Portfolio Evidence Task 2 (at least 300 words)
o Portfolio Evidence Task 3 (at least 200 words)
The word count for the tasks of Section A is “recommended”. This means that you can write as many words as you like, provided
that you meet the minimum number of words recommended in each task.
Section B:
o Writing Task 1 (900 words)
o Writing Task 2 (300 words)
The word count for Section B Tasks is compulsory (+/-10%).

SECTION A: PORTFOLIO EVIDENCE
Task 1: Evaluating sources & critically engaging with texts (to be completed in week 3)
(Word recommendation: at least 100 words)
Choose 3 sources that you are planning to use as references in your report/essay. You can use texts from your reading list or texts you have found yourselves or texts
recommended by your lecturer. Evaluate those 3 sources by completing the following table. Make notes below.
Fredriksson, G., Roth, A., Tagliapietra, S. and Zachmann, G., 2017. The Impact of Brexit on the EU Energy System. Bruegel
Report, November 2017.
Gorse, C. and Sturges, J., 2017. Not what anyone wanted: Observations on regulations, standards, quality and experience in
the wake of Grenfell. Construction Research and Innovation, 8(3), pp.72-75.
Brexit reaction: Event planners outline pros and cons of leave vote. 2018. [online]. Available at:
<http://www.citmagazine.com/article/1400091/brexit-reaction-event-planners-outline-pros-cons-leave-vote-updated>
Text A
↓ Text B ↓ Text C ↓
Resource type
(e.g. book, journal et.c.)
book journal online
Citation/reference
Fredriks
son,
Roth,
Tagliapi
etra,
and
Zachm
ann,
Gorse and
Sturges,
Brexit reaction: Event planners outline pros and cons of
leave vote. 2018
Authority
(Who is the author? Is he/she qualified to speak on this
topic?)
Fredriks
son
Sturges

Currency
(Is the text up-to-date?)
2017 2017
Content
(Is the content relevant to your topic?)
yes yes yes
Accuracy
(Are any facts & ideas supported with evidence?)
While
many
factors
will
have
contrib
uted to
the
catastr
ophe
at
Grenfel
l
Tower,
it is
clear
that
the
structu
re
itself
behave
European
Parliament’s
Committee on
Industry,
Research and
Energy (ITRE)
shows that the
energy-system
related impact of
Brexit on EU
citizens and
companies will
be limited
In terms of skills shortage, let's be clear, we're not going to be losing tens of thousands

d in a
way
that no
one
could
possibl
y have
intend
ed
Audience
(Who is this text written for?)
readers readers readers
Further notes/ comments
SECTION A: PORTFOLIO EVIDENCE
Task 2: Presenting & analysing data (to
be completed in week 6)
(Word recommendation: at least 300 words)
Part I: Presenting data
Cut and paste the graph you used in the tutorial here and give it a title. You can find it on the Academic Skills page on GSM Learn. Remember to write a full
Harvard or OSCOLA reference for it and add a title.

Title:
Graph:
Reference:

Part II: Analysing data (approx. 300 words) – Compulsory in-class task (ACSK tutorial, week 6)
Write a handwritten paragraph in your week 6 tutorial class (approx. 300 words) addressing the areas in the box below. Remember to refer to the
graph/chart using correct OSCOLA or Harvard style in-text citation.
1. A description of your data (What is it? Where does it come from? What area is it focussing on?).
2. A summary on what the data shows in general.
3. One or two areas of the data looked at in detail and an explanation of why you think they are significant.
4. The important trends and differences/comparisons in the areas you have chosen.
5. Possible explanations for what the data is showing (remember to reference wider research to back your ideas up).
6. A recommendation for further action that could arise from this data.
1. (COMPULSORY TASK, to be completed in-class): Paste a picture of the handwritten paragraph you wrote in-class, with your tutor’s signature, here. Please
do NOT type the paragraph.
Note: If you could not attend your week 6 tutorial class, please e-mail the module leader.

2. (OPTIONAL TASK, to be completed independently): Re-write the paragraph you wrote in-class, making improvements. Type your improved paragraph below.

SECTION A: PORTFOLIO EVIDENCE
Task 3: Presentation (to be completed in weeks 7 - 9)
(Word recommendation: at least 200 words)
You will deliver a 10-minute presentation (7 minutes delivery + 3 minutes for questions) to other students in your tutorial class in week 9. You should base
your presentation on one key point (one main section/paragraph) from your report/essay using the following structure for guidance with suggested
timings:
 Title page (your name and a title for your presentation)
 Overview of what your 7-minute presentation will cover (30 secs)
 Introduction: Identify one point from your assignment and say why it is important (1minute).
 Briefly describe how leaving the EU will impact on this (1 min 30s)
 What is one potential opportunity it could create? (1 min 30s)
 What is one possible problem? ( 1min 30s)
 What can you conclude from this? What are the implications/ your recommendations? (1min)
 Reference list
 You should refer to evidence/ research throughout your presentation (in-text citations on slides).
 Be prepared to answer questions (3 mins) at the end of your presentation.
Part I: Presentation planning (slides or notes / weeks 7-9)
Provide evidence here to show that you have planned your presentation. This could take the form of a detailed plan or your PowerPoint slides (no PDF
files). If you copy your slides here, please make sure that they are legible.