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Deadline!

Wow, I can’t believe that I can finally say, I have submitted my Essay and Artefact into ‘Turn it in’ on Uni Hub! I feel a huge sense of relief and I feel so proud that I have managed to get all my work finished before the deadline… now for the long wait to get the results in February! 


Congratulations to the rest of the modules and to the fellow module ones; we are 1/3 of the way there!


Reflecting on the past 12 weeks, I can honestly say its flown by! I am glad that I have been able to keep up my blogs and I think I managed my time well… although the second lockdown was rather helpful for amending my essay after the feedback and creating my artefact (Grateful for that silver lining)


I am looking forward to starting module 2, it will be interesting as the first few weeks I will be working from Brasil!


A few things I have found really helpful during this module was using my blogs to present my research and ideas; I found it so handy to have it all at my finger tips when I started to piece my essay together.


I found spider diagrams a great way to get my thoughts flowing and down on paper. 


I also found myself using the ‘free writing technique’ a lot when trying to start my essay.


I believe I have started to trust the process now and I understand that everything isn’t right or wrong or black and white! There will be ‘light bulb moments’ and moments when you want to pull your hair out, but it’s all part of the journey!


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  1. Roanne CoxDecember 12, 2020 at 7:59 AM

    Well done Emily!! So proud of everyone for getting through the module! I think you're so right about sometimes you have lightbulb moments and sometimes you want to want to pull your hair out - but all part of the journey as you say! I think we've definitely had to give into trusting the process and it has got us to the point of actually handing work in which is amazing.
    Can't believe you'll be in Brasil starting module 2! A bit jealous hehe.
    Congrats on completing module 1! x

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  2. Emily SmithDecember 13, 2020 at 12:57 AM

    Thank you! And congratulations too!! We made the deadline and are hopefully only have two thirds of the course left to conquer!!

    Thank you! I am going to have to be more organised with the times of our skypes! But I am on there for the first few weeks so it should be fine!!

    Merry Christmas!! And thanks for your support too!

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