Sustaining Success - portfolio cover section

Name:

Your university student number:	Your university email address:
Proposed degree:	Are you retaking the foundation year? Y/N
Are you thinking of changing your degree choice?
If so please indicate the title of the degree to which you wish to change

The portfolio comprises a cover section plus five pages of reflective writing, and two items in the Appendix
appendix A) one-page reflecting on the peer review appendix B) one page addressing each different portfolio topic

The work on this part of the module should account for 50 hours of your time.
The 50 hours includes lectures, private and group study, and preparation of the assignment.

Complete your portfolio using this document, then print it and hand it in

The purpose of this cover sheet is to:

Check that you understand the assessment criteria

Help you check that you have handed in all the required material

To provide the marker with contextual information to ensure that you get useful and relevant feedback

Checking your hand in	Tick below to confirm
I have read and understand the mark scheme
I am handing in a complete portfolio
I have answered every section of the portfolio and have written up to one page per section
I have included in the Appendix an account of the peer review plus one example of work from the suggested additional tasks which were set (tick ✓) Please name that piece of work here e.g. Week 2 Reflection on Drive

The sort of mark you hope to get

The mark scheme for the portfolio is as follows:

A (100-70) A+, A, A- prizeworthy->distinctive ->first class	B (69-55) B+, B, B- A good pass	C (54-40) C+, C, C- A bare pass	D (<40) Fail
Self-reflection	Student shows clear evidence of self-reflection. Student is able to identify any issues has taken measures to overcome them A forward plan exists	Student shows evidence of self- Student is able to identify any issues and has identified measures to overcome them, but not undertaken them as yet	Student provides a descriptive account of the area. No real evaluation of issues or measures to overcome them	Insufficient content. Little or no attempt to address any problems
Taking into account the descriptors of the assessment shown above, and the amount of effort you put into this piece of work, what grade do you think you should be awarded for the work overall?

The Interview

During the interview is there any section of the portfolio on which you would particularly like to focus?

Any further comments

If you have any comments on this part of the course, or any special circumstances you would like to be taken in to consideration please enter them here.

Any resources you recommend

This could be a website, a book, or some other publication which you have found particularly useful

What you did

The individual feedback we can provide will vary according to your personal circumstances, please answer the questions below to help us calibrate that feedback, ranking your scores between 1 (strongly disagree) and 4 (strongly agree)

Please answer the questions below honestly; they will not affect your final mark. However, they will help us
i) give you appropriate feedback and
ii) help us refine the way which we continue to develop the module for future students.

Context: Your engagement to the RTS3	Strongly disagree	1	2	3	4	Strongly agree
I worked through all of the Blackboard resources
I completed each of the weekly surveys
I attended all the lectures
I completed all of the suggested tasks
I kept myself up to date
I did not follow the weekly plan, but managed my own time and caught up by the end
Overall I found the video resources interesting
Overall I found the written materials interesting
I found this part of the course more interesting than I expected

Section 1. Motivations to study	Strongly disagree	1	2	3	4	Strongly agree
I found this section easy to complete
I think I made a good effort with my reflection in this section
I think my work in this section deserves a first class mark

Section 2. Feedback from tests, assignments and examinations	Strongly disagree	1	2	3	4	Strongly agree
I found this section easy to complete
I think I made a good effort with my reflection in this section
I think my work in this section deserves a first class mark

Section 3. The exam cycle: revision, preparation, completion, and reflection	Strongly disagree	1	2	3	4	Strongly agree
I found this section easy to complete
I think I made a good effort with my reflection in this section
I think my work in this section deserves a first class mark

Section 4. Progression with study and university life	Strongly disagree	1	2	3	4	Strongly agree
I found this section easy to complete
I think I made a good effort with my reflection in this section
I think my work in this section deserves a first class mark

5. Future objectives	Strongly disagree	1	2	3	4	Strongly agree
I found this section easy to complete
I think I made a good effort with my reflection in this section
I think my work in this section deserves a first class mark

What are your motivations to study?

Add your text here

You can use bullet points or lists to make

Your reflection

You may also want to use the structure as subheadings as shown below:

What?

So what?

Now what?

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2	How do you use feedback from tests, assignments and examinations?

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What?

So what?

Now what?

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3	How do you use the exam cycle: revision, preparation, completion, and reflection?

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What?

So what?

Now what?

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4	How have you progressed with study and university life? How would you describe your progress during the year?

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What?

So what?

Now what?

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5	What are your future objectives? What are your objectives/ambitions?

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What?

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Appendix A

Write a brief account of the peer review that you undertook

You can choose anyone you like to conduct the review

It might be a fellow student on the course; it could be another friend, or a member of your family.

You can refer to your notes on peer reviewing (issued during week 20/week 4)

Appendix B

Write a brief account of one example of work from the suggested additional tasks which were set

Please name that piece of work here e.g. Week 2 Reflection on Drive What did you do?

When during the course did you do it?

How much time did this task take you?

In which ways did you find it useful or interesting?

Why do you think this task might be generally useful to the class?