Assignment Brief Academic Year 2023

Module code FY026 Preparing for Success At Module leader: Gayathri Senanayake
and title: University: Knowledge and
Creativity

Assignment CW2: Portfolio and Reflective Assessment 60%

No. and type: Summary weighting:

Submission 2 PM, 09 February 2024 Target feedback 01 March 2024

time and date: time and date:

Assignment task

Using materials generated in class and through your independent study, populate a portfolio of evidence of
your learning and development during the module.

Write 40-50 word summary under each twelve (12) pieces of evidence to explain the reasons, for
your choice of materials used to populate the Portfolio. Your summary sections word count must not
extend 450 -550 words (12 pieces of evidence * 40 words = 480 words for example).

This assignment requires you to:

1. Create a portfolio using Microsoft Word.
2. Add sections to a page within the Portfolio to create themed spaces to which materials can
be uploaded.
3. Choose a selection of documents to upload to the Portfolio.
 A minimum of 12 documents is suggested.
 These should be materials generated during FY026 classes, or through independent study
relevant to this module.
 This might include a selection of reading logs, photographs of work completed in class,
examples of academic writing.
 There is no word count for these documents although it is anticipated that they should
provide a minimum of 1000 words in addition to the summary. The total word count
1500 words
 Using the Learning Outcomes may help you to choose which documents to include.
4. Upload the documents to the relevant themed sections.

Portfolio workshops will be provided to help you to complete these tasks.

 This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your
achievement of the following module learning outcomes:
Assessment Criteria
LO 1 Demonstrate effective communication skills, applicable to academic and professional contexts.
Application and Practice (Portfolios) 35%
Analysis and criticality 35%
LO 2 communication
Written Reflect on their individual
30% performance, behaviour and experience in education and/or
employment

LO 3 Locate and evaluate resources for academic and employment-related purposes

LO 4 Think critically and creatively about graduate employment opportunities in the future

Submission details
Task requirements
Summary Submission
Written work submitted as part of this assignment should be presented according to the following:
You are required to submit the 500 word summary (12 pieces of evidence * 40/50 words explanation of the
1. The summary should be 1.5 line spaced
reason for your
2. Font mustchoice =480
be Arial 12words) using Microsoft Word Document. Your CW2: Portfolio and Reflective
3. Follow
summary mustthe
be reference
submittedguidelines
on the blackboard via CW1 submission link.
4. The
1. summary
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a snapshot within the word
completed count range
Portfolio 450-550
and share words
this with your lecturer and with the
module leader Alexandra Kraleva | Email: [email protected]
2. Ensure that you select the option to send an e-mail to the users with whom the Portfolio is
being shared.

Referencing and research requirements

 You are reminded of the University’s regulations on academic misconduct, which can be viewed on
Please reference your work according to the Harvard style for your subject as defined in Cite Them Right
the University website: https://bucks.ac.uk/ data/assets/pdf_file/0024/9546/Academic-Misconduct-
Online (http://www.citethemrightonline.com). This information is also available in book form: Pears, R. and
Policy.pdf. In submitting your assignment, you are acknowledging that you have read and
Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: the essential reference guide. 10th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave
understood these regulations
Macmillan. Copies are available via the University library.
 Please also note that work that is submitted up to 10 working days beyond the submission date will
As the Portfolio is developmental,
be considered only the
a late submission. summary
Late will be will
submissions marked according
be marked and to
thethe Harvard
actual mark recorded,
referencing guidelines on Cite Them Right Online.
but will be capped at the pass mark (typically 40%), provided that the work is of a passing standard.
Work submitted after this period will not be marked and will be treated as a non-submission.

How your work will be assessed

Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning
outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria, as defined in the University’s
institutional grading descriptors. If it is appropriate to the format of your assignment and your subject area,
a proportion of your marks will also depend upon your use of academic referencing conventions.

This assignment will be marked according to the grading descriptors for Foundation Level.

Internal approval: Ann Mullard, October 2018

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