SLS and presentation queries

Are we required to provide references in the Skills and Learning Statement ?

@trephena I failed my project and want to know about resubmisson. Do I have to amend the whole project or the part which I've failed? Second in sls I have failed in self reflection and passed presentation, again Do I have to resubmit my old presentation or make new one? Please can you advice the resubmission process. Thanks in advance

"Do I have to amend the whole project or the part which I’ve failed?" Generally I think it would be unwise (particularly as a resubmission costs GBP300) to take a short cut on this especially as normally it is not possible to identify with certainty just the part that was failed. Markers tend to give examples -and they are merely that i.e. examples - of what was wrong but that often means there were other instances of similar problems ( all of which they couldn't list). Depends to some extent on the feedback you received - if it merely said for example , your conclusion was inappropriate then you would probably get away with just amending that part. If you change topic you would also be expected to submit a new presentation as you have not cleared both parts of the whole SLS. If resubmitting on the same topic you don't have to do a new presentation

Good Afternoon, I am resubmitting SLS for the 2nd time this session. I just wanted to know that according to OBU, we must have an additional meeting with the mentor if SLS is to be resubmitted. So, my doubt is whether that extra meeting should be discussed in the SLS Question 1? If so, wont that significantly increase the word count? Secondly, what exactly should I discuss in the Resubmission statement, given the fact that only Q1 and Q2 had some issues?

Hello everyone! My question is I passed the RR and the self reflection part of SLS and just failed the presentation. Now I'm resubmitting and there are options of References and Appendices to upload, what should I do? Just upload the SLS and Resubmission Statement or these files as well of References and Appendices? Thank You,

Congratulations on passing the report and SLS statement. No you do not need to upload any other files apart from the SLS and the Presentation The SLS will be the one that passed previouslyhowever and just a 's system requirement' - so do not be alarmed if your files won't load without it

Hello Trephena, I am resubmitting SLS for the 2nd time this session. I want to know that according to OBU, we must have an additional meeting with the mentor if SLS is to be resubmitted. So, my doubt is whether that extra meeting should be discussed in the SLS Question 1? If so, wont that significantly increase the word count? Secondly, what exactly should I discuss in the Resubmission statement, given the fact that only Q1 and Q2 had some issues?

You are not normally expected to have another mentor meeting unless you have changed the topic or company for your research report. Here's are a few ideas. Think about your skill set -or rather lack of it at the start of your RAP. Writing a 7,500 word research report is very different from exams. Q1 Did you have any strengths that you could build on? What concerns and weaknesses did you have? How did you overcome any challenges and setbacks? Looking back now how did you cope? Did you feel you were making progress or were there some skills you would have liked to have improved on and further developed? What do you think now about producing the report in terms of what you have achieved and how you would feel if you you had to undertake something similar again? Q2. Realistically how do you feel about the quality of your research? Did you find research easy or difficult and what helped or hindered? What could you have done better with the benefit of hindsight? What went well ? Where you disappointed about any aspects? Were some particular objectives easier to achieve than others? Could you have included further objectives if you had been given more time and additional words?

Thank you for the in depth helpful reply Trephana! So what u said should discussed in any form in sls which is relevant for me. I understood clearly now, Thanks a lot. So since i am not changing my topic or company, there is no need of an additional meeting. That means my SLS Q1 will be like, First meeting:..... Second Meeting:.... Third meeting:....., Same as before right? No extra heading to add

Well you could add a bit at the end of Q1 about how you have learned from the marker feedback. Something along the lines that self-reflection plays a role in learning and development as it makes you see the whole purpose of reviewing your skills and being self-critical. This means you should be more efficient in future and avoid making the same mistakes (examples might be given of where you wasted time or struggled with something) Note: Although Q1 tends to focus on what you learned from the mentor it should really be ... from the mentor and the whole process.

Well I Failed Research report because my research questions were personal target rather than organisation performance and I was not able to build relationship between my question and conclusion and for sls I discussed most about my mentor teaching me rather than what I learned and again due to wrong selection of question I was unable to explain How well I answered these question. This is what examiner concluded, I've amended these mistakes and hope I can get passing marks.

I failed my presentation. I changed my mentor. Now do I have to make changes to my Learning statement too?

I think you just need to prepare presentation.

Hi trephena and the OT team, Please can you help me with the CONTENTS for the RAP presentation. #1: Please can you tell me how many Slides in total #2 : Please may I ask if both Business and Financial Analysis Part must be explained in PPT. # 3: Do we need to add Industry analysis etc / Company Profile Etc. Any tip on the PPT would be really appreciated. Thanks so much.

First you need to understand the purpose of the Presentation. Your Presentation information should be capable of being communicated EFFECTIVELY in 15 minutes. This means designing slides especially for it and using appropriate bullet points (not copying passages of text and pasting them in from the report). It also means being selective about information especially which ratios to use (please don't put more than 2 graphs on each slide otherwise they look really cramped). It goes most without saying that graphs,and charts should be clear. A good presentation will bring in key information and include (for Topic 8) both financial and business aspects and normally some benchmarking to a comparator or industry average as part of this. The number of slides may vary depending on what is key but you should aim for about 15 +/- 2 including at least one for a Conclusion

Got it - Thanks so much trephena !

Quick one, does the word count include the question itself if included in the body of text?

I believe they look at the electronic Word count and if it is slightly over they would take into account the question headings. So you probably only need to worry if your total word count is over 2,1000

I had the same doubt and I mailed to [email protected] (you may as well for any other queries) and got the below response which was very useful so that of sharing Note : My RAP and SLS both were failed, however my SLS learning statement was passed and presentation failed. Dear Student This depends on whether you are changing your submission, that is, are you submitting a new RAP? If you are re-submitting your original RAP, You will just need to re-submit the part of the SLS you failed, i.e. the slide presentation You will not need to submit the part of the SLS you passed, i.e. the SLS reflective statement If you are submitting a new RAP (e.g. changing the company or topic number) You will need to write a completely new SLS reflective statement about the meetings with your new mentor and a new slide presentation. Good luck with your work. :)

Thank you @acho1990. I too sent obu an email and got the same response.

Hi All, I had my first RAP submission in P40. I passed the Research Report with a grade C but failed the SLS and Communication Skills. I understand I will have to submit a new Self Reflection statement. But how do I address the Communications skills. Will I have to redo and re-submit my slides?

No, not if your slide presentation was passed previously. All need to do is rewrite the SLS ensuring it has adequate self-reflection. The 'usual' reason students fail this is because they tend to list out what they or the mentor did or said but don't consider the implications of why they took a particular course of action. The statement also should consider your personal strengths and weaknesses - how if doing the work again how you might have changed your approach and/or what might have been improved with t benefit of hindsight