Importance of Feedback
Feedback is a critical component of the postgraduate learning experience. It provides valuable insights into your academic performance helping you implement improvements to your work and is essential for academic success and personal growth.
Benefits of Feedback
- Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses: Feedback highlights the strengths of your work and areas where you can improve allowing you to understand what you are doing well and identify areas that need improvement.
- Enhancing Learning: Constructive feedback can deepen your understanding of the subject matter providing new perspectives and approaches to your studies.
- Improving Future Work: By addressing feedback you can enhance the quality of your future assignments leading to better grades and a more robust academic performance.
- Developing Critical Thinking Skills: Engaging with feedback encourages you to critically analyse your work fostering a more reflective and analytical mindset.
- Building Resilience: Learning to accept and act on feedback builds resilience and perseverance with are essential qualities for academic and professional success.
When will I receive Feedback
Your tutor will aim to provide you with feedback within 20 working days (i.e. Monday - Friday) of the assessment submission date.
Top Tips
Be Open-Minded: Approach feedback with an open mind understanding that it is meant to help you improve rather than criticise you personally.
Listen Carefully: Pay close attention to the feedback provided whether it is verbal or written. Take notes is necessary to ensure you fully understand the points being made. All feedback is important!
Read Feedback Thoroughly: Take the time to read all the comments carefully. Look for common themes or repeated suggestions as these indicate key areas where improvement is needed.
Seek Clarification: If any feedback is unclear do not hesitate to ask your Lecturer for clarification. Understanding the feedback is crucial for making the necessary improvements.
Reflect on the Feedback: Take time to reflect on the feedback and consider how it applies to your work. Think about how you can incorporate the suggestions into your future assignments.
Review the Rubric: Revisit the assignment rubric. Understanding the criteria used to assess your work helps you make sense of the feedback and identify specific areas for improvement
Actively engaging with feedback is a vital part of postgraduate education. By thoroughly reviewing all feedback and taking time to reflect on it and implementing the changes required you can enhance your academic skills by producing higher-quality work achieving greater success in your studies.