Reflective Questions
You might find these questions helpful to consider when completing your Profile in
the first term of Year 3.
Time Management
3 There are many pulls on your time this year (new options, dissertation, project work, job applications
and interviews etc.). How well are you able to balance these competing demands?
3 How can you improve your time management?
Conceptual and Analytical Skills
3 How well are you applying theories and ideas from the literature to your dissertation?
3 How would you describe your analysis in your dissertation? (e.g. testing a hypothesis, tackling a
problem, analysing an issue, evaluating policies?)
Consideration about your future career
3 Reflect on the array of strengths and skills you have developed while at UCL, within your course, in
any clubs and societies, through work experience and other voluntary activities or awards you may
have been involved in.
3 Have you developed a CV which reflects these strengths and motivations?
3 Have you researched postgraduate study and/or career opportunities available to you at the Careers
Service and booked to attend employer presentations? Please make sure you complete the
Reference Form and CV for your tutor when you send out your CV or application forms.
Communication and Presentation Skills
3 How confident are you in speaking to an audience?
3 How well do you listen and respond to contributions and feedback from others?
3 How well able are you to respond to questions and think on your feet?
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Reflective Questions
You might find these questions helpful to consider when completing your Profile at
the end of the second term of Year 3.
Conceptual, Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
3 Over the three years you have developed and improved a whole range of abilities and skills including
critical evaluation of ideas and logical argument, summarising views, interpreting evidence, applying
theories and ideas, problem defining and problem solving, the development of your own ideas and
arguments. Which ones have been most important to you? Which ones do you intend to improve and
how?
Key Skills and Subject Specific Skills
3 Over the three years you have developed many useful skills – literacy, report writing, numeracy,
fieldwork, lab skills, computer literacy, information skills, data collection and analysis, questionnaire
design etc. What are your strengths in this area and how do you plan to draw on these strengths in
the future?
3 Which ones do you hope to develop further in your postgraduate study or employment?
Final Exams
3 Are you well prepared for your final exams?
3 Is your revision up to date?
3 Have you worked out an appropriate revision timetable?
3 What do you need to do to ensure that you move smoothly through this process?
Final Review
3 What have you gained from your third year?
3 Think carefully what you have gained from the whole university experience – both academically and
non-academically?
3 Be sure you are able to articulate this to any future employer or postgraduate tutor.
Where Next?
3 Do you know what career or postgraduate study you are aiming for? Make sure you keep your tutor
informed of your intentions, especially after you leave.
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