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This document provides guidelines for students to complete a learning log as part of their Professional Work Placement course. The learning log involves recording tasks completed during the work placement, self-assessing skills used and developed, and identifying areas for improvement. Students are instructed to relate tasks to learning outcomes, note skills demonstrated and areas for development, and set SMART goals to improve skills over the next period. The learning log, along with a written report, assesses students' progress in meeting learning outcomes and developing skills during their work placement.

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Detailed Log

This document provides guidelines for students to complete a learning log as part of their Professional Work Placement course. The learning log involves recording tasks completed during the work placement, self-assessing skills used and developed, and identifying areas for improvement. Students are instructed to relate tasks to learning outcomes, note skills demonstrated and areas for development, and set SMART goals to improve skills over the next period. The learning log, along with a written report, assesses students' progress in meeting learning outcomes and developing skills during their work placement.

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LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

PROFESSIONAL WORK PLACEMENT

LEARNING LOG
YOUR ID:

YOUR NAME:

YOUR COURSE:

YOUR WRL TUTOR: Umesh Nepal / Prajwal Poudel Chhetri

PLACE OF WORK (Company Name):

DATES OF ENTRIES IN LEARNING LOG:

Log Index Start Date End Date Company Supervisor Signature


Log 1
Log 2
Log 3
Log 4
Log 5

Log 6
LEARNING LOG 1
For the period _____________ (start date) to ___________ (end date)

What have I done? (relate tasks to Learning Outcomes)

What I did well (refer to skills used)

What I could improve on (i.e. skills I want to improve)

Action I can take to improve my skills and learning (make these “SMART”):
GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETING YOUR LEARNING LOG

Purpose of Learning Log

Your Learning Log involves recording what you’ve done during your work placement and encourages you
to carry out self-assessment and reflection on how effectively you’ve performed tasks.

It will help you to monitor your progress in working towards your learning outcomes and to identify skills
you’ve used and developed during the placement. You should attach a copy of your Learning Agreement
and the Skills Audit to the Learning Log.

Along with a written report, the Learning Log will form part of the assessment for the module. For some
courses, you will also deliver an oral presentation. In such cases, the Learning Log will help you in
preparing these by reminding you of task you were involved with and what you learned from them.

When to complete the Learning Log

You should complete it and email a weekly log to your academic tutor.

How to complete the Learning Log

What have I done? (relate tasks to Learning Outcomes)


Against each task you record, you should show which learning outcome (LO) it relates to. It isn’t
necessary to write out the whole LO. Referring to your Learning Agreement, number each Learning
Outcome consecutively (LO1, LO2, LO3, etc). You can then use the numbering to identify the relevant
LO in your Learning Log e.g. Met with the Head of Human Resources to find out about the organisational
structure and the remit and functions of different departments (LO3).

What I did well (refer to skills)


Look at the skills audit you completed during your PWP Induction Workshop and use these as prompts
for the possible skills you may be developing on your work placement.

Note down things you feel went well and what you did to achieve this. This means that, in addition to
saying what you think you did well, you also need to say why it went well – what was it that you did to
secure a positive result?

Example:
Communication and interpersonal – in asking the Head of HR for a meeting, I introduced myself and was
clear about what I wanted to know. I took detailed notes of the meeting and wrote them up into a
summary immediately after the meeting whilst the information was fresh in my mind.

What I could improve on (i.e. skills I want to improve)


Here, try to identify any tasks you feel you might have done better or where you felt uncertain or
unconfident about something. Again, you may find it helpful to think of this in terms of skills, so use your
skills audit for ideas.

Example:
“Initiative and problem-solving – I sometimes lack confidence about approaching people I haven’t met
before. As a result, I put off doing some things like arranging a meeting and this can then cause problems
with meeting deadlines”.

Action I can take to improve my skills and learning (make these “SMART”)
In this section and using your reflection so far, set yourself goals for the coming period (e.g. for the next
week). These are likely to be about tasks which relate directly to one of your Learning Outcomes and/or
which address skills you want to improve.

Make them SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound) as this will help you to
clearly identify your actions and goals for the next period.

Example:
Following on from the example above:
“To improve my confidence in approaching people, I’ll plan in advance what I want to say and write out a
short script for myself. I’ll do this first thing next Monday (give date).

To make sure I don’t miss deadlines, I’ll work out and write down a schedule of what I need to do by
when and then I’ll use this to identify tasks and what I need to achieve on a daily basis. I’ll have the
schedule completed by the end of Monday next week (give date)”.

Or, you might prefer to separate out the stages and write in note form, for example,

Goal - to improve my confidence in approaching people


Action - plan in advance what I want to say; write a script
Timing - first thing Monday (give date).

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