- Learnt how to screen print - always something I've wanted to learn and helped to make the Do Day brief possible.
- How to research thoroughly and effectively - helps to understand a project better and get better results from it.
- Time keeping - when there is so much it is vital to keep on top of everything to make sure that everything is done right and on time.
- Developed software skills - in all, which ultimately makes my work look and work better and seem that bit more professional.
List 5 transferable skills that you have developed. What have you used them for?
- Communication skills - both in and out of uni it is important to develop good people relationships so have used this skill to get that.
- Time management - to be able to keep on top of the many things going off in life, it needs to be organised and understood.
- Organisation - to keep things organised makes life so much easier and helps when things need to be done.
- Decision making - faster and more open to making a decision within a brief to help move forward faster and do more.
List 5 things that you have achieved. How they helped you progress?
- Screen printing - new technique that can help make projects to be different to just a normal print.
- Group work skills - it is important to work in a group so have been working on improvement. Still not great but loads better than they were.
- Not going on Facebook before 9pm - was such a huge distraction so changed to not go on before so have more time to do other things.
- Got a First - left a great feeling of achievement and confidence and makes me want to keep up the same level.
- Sold some of my work - felt better about that book and helps knowing what other people think that isn't friends/family about what you do.
List 5 problems that you have had to face. How have you over come them?
- Bad flat mates - noisy, ignorant, annoying thiefs, dirty, messy, vile - learnt to deal with it and adapted.
- Working in a group - really struggled especially with the first one so did things different in the others to help improve.
- Working as well as uni - amount of hours I was working was mounting up so dealt with it and improved time management.
List 5 facts you have learned. When have they been useful?
- Facebook is a huge distraction - stopping getting as much done as I could so stopped going on as much and improved work.
- You get what you give - if you put more effort in you get more out in both things you learn and results achieved.
List 5 things that you will never do again. Why?
- Never neglect CTS - leaving the tasks too long before doing them makes it much harder to complete them so will always do them straight away.
- Never leave blogging for another day - everything builds up and makes it a much more daunting task than it needs to be.
Which of these words describes the way you work as part of a group?
- passive
- tolerant
- withdrawn
Which of these qualities do you most appreciate about yourself?
- honesty
- commitment
- focused
- criticism
Which of these attitudes best describes the way you worked at the start of the brief group?
- focused
- critical
- committed