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Module 3


I thought I'd write a little post on my thoughts after my feedback from Module 2.

As I await the results from my last module, I was left not feeling all that confident of the things I have achieved so far.
My feedback from module 2, left me thinking about what I have learnt so far during this MA journey. The first and main point was that I need to have a bit more confidence in my own abilities, after all, I started this course having never written an essay with references. I am now able to use my past professional experiences and relate and incorporate them into my work. I have written my first ever short literature review and I now enjoy searching for articles and books that relate to my subject and like to hear differences of opinions. I am now able to distinguish between useful points and multiple points that I cannot develop.  I can now formulate my idea into a discussion instead of having lots of ideas that have no depth, so therefore I do not lose my way as much.

I feel that the point of this blog is to say, I feel more confident going into module 3 and am no longer looking at the things that are new to me as an obstacle but as more of a challenge and I am also going to continue to remind myself what I have learnt and achieved so far and concentrate more on the positives. I hope this post might help students on module 1 or 2, that may be feeling slightly despondent as I was and let them know that it does get better!

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