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LUBS1086
© UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
(Semester 2, 2024/2025)
Assessed Coursework
LUBS1086 Exploring Your Potential
45% Reflective Log Assignment
Evidence and critically evaluate the actions you have taken to develop your
employability based on the LUBS1086 pre-seminar learning (PSL) and seminar activities
from semester 2.
Further instructions follow on page 2.
This assignment is categorised RED for use of GenAI: you must not use any content generated by
Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in any part of this work. You must not use AI for proof reading.
https://generative-ai.leeds.ac.uk/ai-and-assessments/acknowledging-use-of-ai/
Assignments should be a maximum of 2000 words in length.
All coursework assignments that contribute to the assessment of a module are subject to a word limit,
as specified on the assessment brief. The word limit is an extremely important aspect of good
academic practice, and must be adhered to. Unless stated otherwise in the relevant module
handbook (if one has been provided), the word count includes EVERYTHING (i.e. all text in the main
body of the assignment including summaries, subtitles, contents pages, tables, supportive material
whether in footnotes or in-text references) except the main title, reference list and/or bibliography and
any appendices. It is not acceptable to present matters of substance, which should be included in the
main body of the text, in the appendices (“appendix abuse”). It is not acceptable to attempt to hide
words in graphs and diagrams; only text which is strictly necessary should be included in graphs and
diagrams.
You are required to adhere to the word limit specified and state an accurate word count on the cover
page of your assignment brief. Your declared word count must be accurate, and should not mislead.
Making a fraudulent statement concerning the work submitted for assessment could be considered
academic malpractice and investigated as such. If the amount of work submitted is higher than that
specified by the word limit or that declared on your word count, this may be reflected in the mark
awarded and noted through individual feedback given to you.
The deadline date for this assignment is 12:00:00 noon on Wednesday 7 May 2025.
An electronic copy of the assignment must be submitted to the Assignment Submission area within the
module resource on the Blackboard MINERVA website no later than 12:00:00 noon prompt on the
deadline date.
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Faxed, emailed or hard copies of the assignment will not be accepted.
Failure to meet this initial deadline will result in a reduction of marks, details of which can be found at
the following place:
https://students.business.leeds.ac.uk/assessment/code-of-practice-on-assessment/
SUBMISSION
Please ensure that you leave sufficient time to complete the online submission process, as upload
times can vary. Accessing the submission link before the deadline does NOT constitute completion of
submission. You MUST click the ‘CONFIRM’ button before 12:00:00 noon for your assignment to be
classed as submitted on time, if not you will need to submit to the Late Area and your assignment will
be marked as late. It is your responsibility to ensure you upload the correct file to the MINERVA, and
that it has uploaded successfully.
It is important that any file submitted follows the conventions stated below:
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
If you are affected by circumstances that will have a short-term impact on your ability to
complete coursework assessments (for example a minor illness), you can make an
application for an extension to a coursework deadline. Please note, all extension requests
must be made prior to the original assessment deadline. To read more about this process
please click here - https://students.business.leeds.ac.uk/student-support/mitigating-
circumstances-extensions-and-additional-consideration/
FILE NAME
The name of the file that you upload must be your student ID only.
ASSIGNMENT TITLE
During the submission process the system will ask you to enter the title of your submission. This
should also be your student ID only.
FRONT COVER
The first page of your assignment should always be the Assessed Coursework Coversheet (individual),
which is available to download from the following location:
https://students.business.leeds.ac.uk/forms-guidance-and-coversheets/
STUDENT NAME
You should NOT include your name anywhere on your assignment
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ASSIGNMENT
The purpose of this assignment is for you to reflect on the development of your employability
as a result of your learning on the LUBS1086 module.
The pre-seminar learning materials (PSL) and seminar activities for the module in semester 2
are designed to help you to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills needed for
success in this assignment. You will be expected to refer to relevant activities and learning in
the assignment so you are expected to fully complete PSL, and attend and participate fully
during in-person sessions.
If you have any questions about this assignment, please post them in the module padlet. You
should check and read the posts in the padlet, even if you don’t post personally so that you
can benefit from additional guidance and clarification of the requirements.
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HOW TO STRUCTURE THE REFLECTIVE LOG
You should structure the reflective log in the following way using the same numbered sub
headings as below. Remember not to exceed 2000 words in total.
Assignment title: Employability reflective log
1.Introduction (200 words maximum)
2.Making connections (approx. 800 words)
Critically evaluate your engagement with:
business leaders at the Leaders in Residence event on Thursday 6 March 2025
people in the University of Leeds Careers Service (including SPARK)
events, schemes or opportunities offered via the University of Leeds Careers Service
other opportunities to develop employability offered through the University of
Leeds such as mentoring, volunteering, insights and competitions/challenges
What actions do you need to take in the next 6 months to make and develop your
professional connections?
**note that ‘engagement’ does not merely mean attending an event or scheme – you should
evaluate your ability to introduce yourself to others, to develop and maintain professional
conversations, and to take appropriate action based on your engagement with others.
3. Career research OR Presenting my employability (approx. 800 words)
In this section you should choose one of the following:
Career research
How effectively have you used resources and activities from the module to:
identify business sectors/organisations/roles of interest you?
develop your commercial awareness?
develop your self-awareness?
assess your suitability for career opportunities/paths/roles?
What actions do you need to take in the next 6 months to develop your career research?
or
Presenting my employability
How effectively have you used resources and activities from the module to:
create an effective CV or online profile?
deliver an employment pitch?
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practice or participate in recruitment and selection processes?
What actions do you need to take in the next 6 months to further develop the presentation of
your employability?
4.Conclusion (200 words maximum)
5.References (not included in word count)
WHAT NOT TO INCLUDE
You should not include: an abstract; contents page; footnotes; or appendices.
PRESENTATION OF THE LOG
You should use the first person in reflective writing so using ‘I’, ‘me’, and ‘my’ in the narrative
is appropriate.
Because this assignment is for a LUBS-coded module, it needs to be presented in line with
Business School presentation requirements. These are outlined in LUBS Assignment
Submission Presentation and Referencing Guidelines (refer to topic 10 from the semester 1
PSL).
In addition, for this assignment you are specifically requested to use double line spacing
throughout (except for any indented quotes and your reference list). This is to aid the marking
and feedback process.
We are unable to review any draft assignments prior to submission.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Refer to next page.
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Assessment Criteria
Coverage (50%)Reflection (30%)Presentation (20%)
GradeRange and quality of
learning examples used
from PSL and in-person
sessions
Critical evaluation of
personal progress and
development
Focus/structure/
conclusions; spelling and
grammar; referencing (where
relevant)
85-100
Outstanding
Examples used
demonstrate an exceptional
level of engagement with
PSL and in-person seminar
activities. Learning from the
module is highly impactful.
Outstanding ability to
critically evaluate own
progress and development,
and to identify appropriate
goals for continued future
development.
Exceptionally coherent and
persuasive narrative; strong
focus; use of provided structure
including clear, valid and
reflective conclusions; accurate
and consistent citation and
referencing where appropriate
70-85
Excellent
Examples used
demonstrate an excellent
level of engagement with
PSL and in-person learning
activities. Learning from the
module is impactful.
Excellent ability to critically
evaluate own progress and
development, and to
identify appropriate goals
for continued future
development.
Coherent, clear, balanced
narrative; well focused; use of
provided structure including
clear, valid and reflective
conclusions; accurate and
consistent citation and
referencing where appropriate.
60-69
Very Good
Examples used
demonstrate a very good
level of engagement with
PSL and in-person learning
activities. Learning from the
module is clearly
articulated.
Very good ability to critically
evaluate own progress and
development, and to
identify appropriate goals
for continued future
development.
Coherent, clear and balanced
narrative; use of provided
structure including clear and
valid conclusions; accurate and
consistent citation and
referencing where appropriate
50-59
Good
Examples used
demonstrate a good level of
engagement with PSL and
in-person learning
activities. Learning from the
module is articulated but
could be more clearly or
specifically articulated.
Good ability to evaluate
own progress and
development, and to
identify appropriate goals
for continued future
development but this could
be more critical, or specific.
Coherent, clear argument;
focus on relevant issues;
appropriate structure with good
conclusion; accurate and
consistent citation and
referencing where appropriate.
40-49
Reasonable
Threshold level
Examples used
demonstrate an adequate
level of engagement with
PSL and in-person
seminar activities.
Learning from the module
is articulated but is
general or limited in
scope.
Threshold level
There is some evidence
of evaluation but it is
limited. The work may
have relatively too much
description and goals for
the future may be too
general.
Threshold level
Mostly coherent and clear
narrative; reasonable focus;
structure evident; evidence
of largely correct referencing
and citation (used where
appropriate)
20-39
Poor
Engagement with PSL and
in person sessions has
been described
superficially, or the range of
examples is limited.
Learning from the module
is not sufficiently
articulated.
Little evidence of
evaluation. The work is
primarily descriptive. Future
action planning is difficult to
identify.
Unstructured or imbalanced
narrative; lacking in focus;
severe weaknesses in
referencing and citation
0-20
Very poor
There appears to be a lack
of engagement with the
PSL and in-person learning
activities. Learning from the
module is not articulated.
There is no evidence of
evaluation, no evidence of
future action planning.
Significant deficiencies in the
structure and balance of the
narrative, lacking in focus;
severe weaknesses in
referencing and citation
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