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This is an individual assessment that will contribute 20% to your overall mark in the subject.

Due Date:

• Due on Sunday, March 29th, 2026 by 6pm

• Submit a soft copy via Turnitin (link on LMS). Please attach an assignment cover sheet,which can be downloaded from LMS.
  

• 1000 words (+/- 10%). Supportive graphs/visuals, appendices, in-text citations and the reference list itself will not be included in the word count.
• Marks will be deducted if you go over the word limit of 1000 words +10% (i.e. if you go over 1100 words). See the subject guide for more information about Penalties for Exceeding the Word-Count Limit.

Assessment Weighting:

• Submission as appendixes of all three completed competence-assessment questionnaires 10%
• Discussion of the assessment results, including critical review of assessment differences 30%
• Focus and motivation for competence development 10%
• Insights from conversation with learning buddy 10%
• Competence development plan 20%
• Linkage with theory 10%
• Style 10%

This individual, written assignment will allow you to improve your self-awareness, and to focus your competence development efforts this semester.

Follow the following three steps:

Step 2: Contact two colleagues, friends, or family members, and ask each one to complete and email you an assessment of your competences using the competence-assessment questionnaire. You must  submit (as an appendix) the two filled-out questionnaires as part of your assignment.

Step 3: Analyse the questionnaire results, identify and unpack what seem to constitute your particularly strong and weak competence areas, while reflecting on major differences between your self-assessment and the two other assessments received to gain additional self-knowledge and refine your assessment of what makes you particularly good or weak in particularly competency domains.

Think about which two competence areas you want to develop most this semester (your development focus) and why. Then start researching and brainstorming ideas about steps you could take to improve in your chosen areas.

Step 4: Contact your learning buddy and initiate a conversation about your reflection and further brainstorm together steps you could take to ensure some developmental progress in your two chosen competence areas by the end of the semester. (Please make sure to check the learning buddy guidelines for further details regarding this step and related expectations).

Step 5: Write a short essay (1000 words, +/- 10%, reference list excluded) based on the assessment results. In this essay, you will:

• discuss key assessment results (e.g. particularly strong/weak competence areas) and reflect on major differences between your self-assessment, and the two assessments you received from colleagues, friends, or family members (you need to discuss why these differences in assessment may have occurred). Make sure to communicate clear and rich insights you have gained into what makes you particularly strong and/or weak in particular key competency domains.
• state which two competence areas you want to develop most this semester (your “focus”), and what motivates you to make these two competence areas your priority. Make this choicecarefully: it will be the basis for your final reflection essay.
• describe some insights gained from your conversation with your learning buddy
• describe two concrete steps for your personal development for each of your two chosen competences. These steps should be feasible and relevant, i.e. you should be able toimplement them during the semester, and clearly demonstrate  how they will lead to the development of the chosen competences.

In the short essay (step 5), make use of the concepts and theories from the seminars and the assigned materials, to support a) your analysis of assessment results, b) your choice of focus and c) your developmental plan. We expect consistent efforts to integrate theory from class throughout the main sections of your essay (see FAQs 9, 10 & 11).

Be sure to consider the layout and presentation of the report to ensure that it is of a professional standard. This includes (but is not limited to) aspects such as spelling/grammar checking, formatting, conforming to the word count limit, references, citations and the use of supporting graphics.

Make sure to carefully read the Assignment 1 FAQs at the end of this document for further guidance.