Criterion 1. SelfAwareness
Description A consideration of your personal strengths and weaknesses within skills and attributes necessary for professional success in order to establish and prioritise key personal development needs.
To fulfil this You will critically analyse and evaluate the results of skills audits, other diagnostic or self-awareness tools e.g., SWOT analysis, and recent experiences, in order to establish and prioritise key strengths and weaknesses
2. Occupational Awareness
A discussion of an explicit career destination or aspiration of interest to you after graduation, demonstrating that you have conducted independent research into the requirements of this.
You will critically analyse and evaluate specific skills, attributes, knowledge and/or experience required to succeed in this role using evidence from person specifications, core competencies, professional or occupational standards for an employer, graduate scheme or role you have applied to, or which appeals to you.
3. Goal Setting and Action Planning
A synthesis of self and occupational awareness to set and prioritise personal development goals and plan actions to achieve these.
You will discuss how you have used specific action planning tools e.g., SMART to establish the feasibility of your planned actions as they relate to the personal development goals you have identified for your time at your module placement.
4. Module Engagement Tasks
You will make explicit links to the results of module engagement tasks you have submitted when establishing and prioritising your most significant personal development goal and related action plan.
You will complete all module engagement tasks (Discussion Board posts) within the identified deadlines and refer to the content of these as appropriate within your portfolio.
5. Presentation
You will present your work appropriately and professionally.
By presenting your portfolio using the template provided for you (see below); expressing yourself clearly using plain English, and proof-reading your work carefully to avoid spelling, punctuation and grammar errors and typos.
NB: This assessment will be marked out of 70, with the total converted to a % score in line with the University common marking scale. The criteria are weighted as follows: Criteria 1, 2, and 3: 20 marks each (~29% of total score); Criterion 4 (Engagement Tasks): 7 marks (10% of total score); Criterion 5 (Presentation): 3 marks (~4% of total score).
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