How to Succeed in Your Welsh Bacc: the Individual Project Essentials (FutureLearn)

How to Succeed in Your Welsh Bacc: the Individual Project Essentials (FutureLearn)

A short course designed to help students prepare for the Welsh Bacc Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate – Individual Project. Learn everything you need to know for your Welsh Bacc Individual Project. The Welsh Bacc is valued by universities and employers for the combination of personal growth and academic skills it develops in learners.

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In this course, you’ll learn everything you need to successfully complete your Welsh Bacc Individual Project. Asides from learning what the assessors are looking for, you’ll explore a range of additional transferable skills that will help in your project, such as time management and research.
Ultimately, you’ll gain all the skills needed to bring your project together.

What topics will you cover?

  • Reasons to do your Welsh Bacc and Individual Project well
  • Starting the research process
  • Getting a good mark : how you are assessed etc
  • Organising your ideas & structuring the project
  • Finding and evaluating sources
  • Time management
  • Using sources and referencing
  • Completing your project

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

  • Select, develop and refine an appropriate topic area for your project
  • Find and evaluate appropriate resources and use these to inform and support your project
  • Improve your time management skills in order to complete the project effectively
  • Plan and structure a piece of academic writing
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