Generic knowledge and skills (Portfolio) 12 hp MEPO003

No later than 4 months before the public defense of your thesis, you should send your portfolio to the assistant head of department responsible for research studies. The portfolio is to presented and shared in the same way as at the half-time review, with the difference that it is now your achievement of course goals that is assessed - rather than your progress.

The assistant head of department for research studies assesses your portfolio with the help of a matris (below), and then confirms the completion of your Generic knowledge and skills course with a certificate which he/she will send to the office for research studies.

Some tips for when you prepare your examination portfolio Page:

Mahara

• A good way to start can be to copy your half time Page and use that as a base for creating the examination Page.
• Add new entries from your learning portfolio, rather than modifying old entries. NB! Whenever an entry is edited, this entry will change in all Pages that includes that entry – for example you half time Page. Therefore, if you want/need to modify an old entry, first make a copy of the entry.

Content

• At the examination, a progression/expansion within all 12 categories is generally expected (in the form of new entries).
• Meta reflections: One way to show progress and make it easier for the assessor to get an overview, is to write summary "meta" reflections within some of the categories, where you both present your total experience in an area and reflect on your development over time. You can refer to the posts you made earlier during the PhD program regarding individual activities. For example; your total experience of oral presentations and your total experience of teaching – including reflection non your development.
• Attainment of outcomes: Another good way to make it easier for the assessor is to write posts in which you give, in a summarized and focused way, YOUR picture of how you think you have fulfilled the outcome in question (such a post can be entitled "Attainment of learning outcome"). Note! In addition to this, you are expected to substantiate the attainment of outcomes with reflection on individual experiences/activities that you have documented continuously throughout the doctoral education.