MSc Learning Skill Appraisal & Plan

(Please complete this form and email it to your tutor before your first
meeting with your Personal Academic Tutor)
NAME: RUBINDER KAUR TAKHAR

UB No. 12003746

PROGRAMME: MSc HRM

What sorts of learning skills do you think you will need to succeed your
MSc?

Organisation/ planning skills in order to prepare seminar work whilst

completing required assessments and revision for exams
Effective reading skills
To ask questions in times of uncertainty and curiosity

In relation to the above carry out an SWOT analysis about your learning
skills
Your Strengths: (the skills, knowledge and quality you already have)

Planning
Curiosity
Communication

Your Weaknesses: (the skills and knowledge you lack but are essential
to your success in the MSc programme, any concerns)

Time management
Motivation

Threats: (What external factors that might stop you succeeding)

Social commitments
Work commitment
Distractions

Opportunities: (any external supports or resources you can gain to help

you)

ELS
The school of management Library
Personal Tutor
Lecturer
1

Continued Professional development plan

Please write a one A4 page plan; starting from identify your learning
objectives for the next 12 month and actions that required to achieve
them
Month

learning objectives
Complete Employment Relations
assignment deadline (16th Nov)
Compose a first draft for HRD, HR
in context, Leadership (14th Dec)

Novemb
er

HRD presentation planning and

preparing

Complete all seminar work and

relevant reading
Collate information and write final
versions for HRD, HR in context,
Leadership (14th Dec)
Employment Law assignment?

Decemb
er

DSFBL assignment write up all

relevant information required
based on evidence gathered (7th
Jan) Start CPD plan
Revise for Employee relations
exam
DSFBL deadline (7th Jan)

January
Februar
y

Action required
Choose question and read the
relevant sources to compose an
essay.
Choose question and read the
relevant sources to compose a draft
essay and select two drafts for ELS
to review.
Arrange group meetings, select
relevant articles, arrange a
presentation date and create/
practice a presentation.
Looking on BB to see what work is
required and borrow the relevant
material from the library.
Review and analyse ways to improve
work written. Hand in assignments.

Collating evidence from seminars.

Ask lecturer for any uncertainty

review lecture notes/ recordings etc.
Find out exam date.
Hand in Assignment, print and
review work

Dissertation proposal

Think about a topic and formalise a

question

Dissertation Hand in (7th sep)

Print, review and hand in.

March
April
May
June
July
August
Septem
ber
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