Log 4: Critical Reflection

Having come to the end of my BA Professional Practice (Acting) course at Middlesex University I look back at the wealth of knowledge I have accrued along the way.
I have been taught the importance of using existing networks, and discovering new ones, and how this can work to your advantage. I have been taught about different learning styles, how to use new online resources such as Delicious and Google Docs, and how to write a blog. All of these skills that we have been equipped with have not only helped us through our modules and our final project, but they are skills which will now be transferable to jobs I undertake in the future.

The final project has been a mammoth climb for me. I have never considered myself to be naturally good at writing and so being faced with a 12,000 word project appeared extremely daunting in the beginning. Being able to work through my fears and complete this project has been one of the biggest challenges I have faced so far. I have learned so much while carrying out this project about the importance of planning and executing such a large scale research project.

I was not sure at the beginning of the course what I hoped to get out of it. In realism, what I have gained from the last two years is more than I ever expected. I hope that I will have obtained a degree in which I can be proud of and that I can take the skills I have learned and put them into good practice in future work I do.