According to the assessment brief, this assignment will contribute directly to the following undergraduate programme goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Knowledgeable about the theory and practice of responsible accounting and financial management in an international context.
PL01 BM: Identify contemporary professional practice in business and management and understand how it is informed by theory and research.
PL02 BM: Use knowledge of business and management to solve complex problems related to professional practice, thereby identifying justifiable solutions.
PL01 ACC: Identify contemporary professional practice in accounting and finance and understand how it is informed by theory and research.
PL02 ACC: Use knowledge of accounting and finance to solve complex problems related to professional practice, thereby identifying justifiable solutions.
Skilful in the use of professional accounting and financial management techniques and processes.
PL03 BM: Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work in multi-cultural teams.
PLO4 BM: Describe evidence of their self-reflection as a means of informing personal development planning.
PL03 ACC: Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication and the ability to work in multi-cultural teams.
PL04 ACC: Describe evidence of their self-reflection as a means of informing personal development planning.
Prepared for career and personal progress.
PL05 BM: Undertake innovative project work and research.
PL06 BM: Identify an awareness of the cultural and ethical contexts in which international business operates.
PL05 ACC: Undertake innovative project work and research.
PL06 ACC: Identify an awareness of the cultural and ethical contexts in which international accounting and finance operates.
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Assessment Brief
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Programme: BSc Accounting/ Finance and Investment Management/ Economics and Finance
Module Code: AF4032
Module Title: Careers in Accounting, Finance and Economics.
Distributed on: Week 1 Semester 2
Submission Time
and Date: To be submitted by 23.59 on (TBC)
Word Limit: 2000 words (1000 word reflective statement + 1000 word action plan) plus appendices.
Weighting This coursework accounts for 100% of the total mark for this module
Submission of
Assessment All assignments must be submitted electronically.
Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA): Please note if your assignment is
submitted electronically, it will be submitted online via Turnitin by the given deadline.
You will find a Turnitin link on the module’s eLP site
It is your responsibility to ensure that your assignment is submitted before the
submission deadline stated above. See the University policy on late submission of
work.
Assessment Brief
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Instructions on Assessment:
To be submitted as one document:
Personal Reflective Statement and Action Plan (Programme Learning Outcomes;
4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.1, 4.3.1, 4.3.1, 4.1.3, 4.2.2.)
(Individual Submission: 2000 words plus appendices; to be submitted during the
May assessment period – date TBC)
Section A: Individual reflective statement on career readiness (1000 words):
You are required to identify a specific employment position suitable for your degree area.
This may be a year-long placement, internship, or graduate level position and must be
specific to the Accounting, Finance or Economics sector according to your programme.
Using specific examples from your experiences on this module, produce a Personal
Reflective Statement which documents the progress you have made in developing the
necessary skills and acumen to support your suitability for that position.
Reflection is a very important activity. It is much more than simply evaluating your
progress i.e., what you did well and what you did badly. The act of reflecting on
experiences involves considering what you did and why, thinking about what you have
learned from that experience, then considering what you could do differently the next time
to improve your practice. This will require you to research and read about the skills you
are reflecting on and are important for the position upon which you have chosen to frame
your reflection. You should draw upon the reading materials you have engaged with
throughout the semester and reference these accordingly.
Your statement should reflect on the progress you have made to date to develop your
career readiness for your chosen position. You should include specific reference to the
group presentation you did in week 4, and your team’s output for project 2. You should
consider the experience you gained from these activities and the skills you developed
which will strengthen your application for the position you chose. Your statement must
also have, as an appendix, a copy of your outputs from both projects one and two.
When writing your statement, some of the skills/behaviours you could include and reflect
on are:
Collaboration and teamwork
Commercial awareness
Resilience
Presentation skills
However, you can reflect on any skills/behaviours that you justify as important to your
career readiness as an AFM student but you should aim to design your reflection around
the skills and acumen required from the position you have selected.
You should use an appropriate reflective model to structure your work (for example, Gibbs’
reflective cycle) or devise your own.
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Assessment instructions continue, on the following page.
Section B: Career Action Plan (1000 words):
Now you have reflected on your suitability for an employment position, it is time to draw up
a personal career action plan. In this section of your assessment, you should consider
your goals for the remainder of your time at university and your career goals for the future.
You may want to discuss the specific area of industry you would like to go into for
example, wealth management, auditing, or analytics.
Specifically, you should create an action plan that focuses on three core skills or
attributes you want to develop throughout your remaining time at university to ensure you
are career ready when you graduate, and three career goals for the future. You should
highlight in your action plan how development of these attributes will support you
in meeting the three career goals you have specified.
To help you with this, you should use your skills mapping matrix to identify the skills that
need further development. You must include your Skills Matrix as an appendix.
When writing your Action Plan, you should use relevant literature to justify why these
skills/attributes are important, why you want to develop the specific skills/attributes you
have chosen and how you plan to develop them over the coming years.
Remember this reflective assessment is still an academic piece of work and you must
draw on your own background reading for the subject, relating your own experiences to
the theoretical perspectives relevant to your experiences. However, as the work is more
about your own experiences it is acceptable for this assessment to be written in the first
person (‘I’).
See page 4 for module specific assessment criteria.
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Module Specific Assessment Criteria –100 marks
0 – 29 marks 30 – 39 marks 40–49 marks 50- 59 marks 60- 69 marks 70 -79 marks 80-89 marks 90-
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issues which arose
during the activities.
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during the activities.
issues which arose
during the activities.
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Mapping to Programme Goals and Objectives
This assessment will contribute directly to the following Undergraduate programme goals and
objectives.
Goal 1 Knowledgeable about the theory and practice of responsible accounting and financial
management in an international context.
Students will be able to:
PL01
BM
Identify contemporary professional practice in business and management and understand how
it is informed by theory and research
PL02
BM
Use knowledge of business and management to solve complex problems related to
professional practice, thereby identifying justifiable solutions
PL01
ACC
Identify contemporary professional practice in accounting and finance and understand how it is
informed by theory and research
PL02
ACC
Use Knowledge of accounting and finance to solve complex problems related to professional
practice, thereby identifying justifiable solutions
2. Skilful in the use of professional accounting and financial management techniques and processes.
Students will be able to:
PL03
BM
Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work in multi cultural teams
PLO4
BM
Describe evidence of their self-reflection as a means of informing personal development
planning
PL03
ACC
Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication and the ability to work in multi-cultural
teams
PL04
ACC
Describe evidence of their self-reflection as a means of informing personal development
planning
3. Prepared for career and personal progress.
Students will be able to:
PL05
BM
Undertake innovative project work and research
PL06
BM
Identify an awareness of the cultural and ethical contexts in which international business
operates
PL05
ACC
Undertake innovative project work and research
PL06
ACC
Identify an awareness of the cultural and ethical contexts which international accounting and
finance operates
