Episode
The eight competencies developed at Ritsumeikan Academy.
We introduce how they are developed through daily experiences, along with diverse episodes.
*These episodes are based on responses actually submitted by students at every level of education—including elementary, junior high, and high school students, as well as university and graduate students—in the Quantitative Survey for Ritsumeikan Academy Competency Framework conducted in the 2024 academic year. Information that could identify individuals has been removed or modified before publication.
Competency
Episode
- Classes
- StudyAbroad
- ExtracurricularActivities
- ClubsAndSocieties
- StudyingOutsideOfClass
- Research
- SchoolEvents
- ExtracurricularLessons
- Community
- Family
- FriendsAndPeers
- TeachersAndMentors
- Goals
- Effort
- Achievement
- Growth
- Collaboration
- SeekingAdvice
- GivingUp
- Worries
- Happiness
- Anxiety
- Confidence
- Change
- EntranceExamsAndQualifications
- JobHuntingAndInternships
- PartTimeJobs
My multitasking skills improved and enabled me to handle problems in a balanced manner. Balancing demanding coursework, research deadlines and personal commitments required careful prioritization and time management. Despite the pressure, I learned to adapt and maintain focus, ensuring each responsibility received adequate attention. Open communication played a vital role in managing overlapping deadlines and responsibilities. Through this experience, I gained confidence in handling complex situations without compromising on quality. The ability to multitask effectively became an important competency that continues to support me in many aspects of my life.
Multitasking
During my PhD journey, I honed my multitasking skills by managing various responsibilities simultaneously. I balanced conducting research, writing papers, attending classes, and participating in conferences while also fulfilling personal obligations. One notable instance was during the preparation for a conference presentation while revising a research paper for resubmission. To manage both effectively, I created a structured schedule, prioritizing tasks based on deadlines and importance. By allocating focused time to each task and maintaining flexibility, I successfully completed both. This experience enhanced my ability to address multiple issues in a well-balanced way, ensuring quality work under tight schedules.
Multitasking
As a member of Wadaiko Raku at APU, I was preparing for the Tenku festival performances while balancing work, classes, tests, relationships, leading, and my health due to an injury. While this greatly relied on my resilience, I feel like my multi-tasking ability was improved to the greatest degree. We practiced taiko tirelessly for many months every single day, in between classes, during off-days, despite sickness, alongside assignment and project deadlines too. I feel our performance was a great success, and I did well in all of my classes, despite struggling a lot.
Multitasking
When I'm busy with many school works and daily life, I think I managed it quite well and finish everything before the deadline.
Multitasking
As I mentioned in my previous answer, my participation in so many activities alongside my classes and work relied heavily on my multi-tasking and resilience. I had to be resilient every single day to keep pushing myself for a successful performance and passing my classes, while making money to survive here.
Resilience
In APU there are a lot of group projects and group projects can either break or make friendships. I had to initiate the group to do things that they may seem not interested in. Giving constant reminders, initiate meetings, set a goal and set a schedule for the team. All these teamworks are tiring but it made me hone my leadership skills. I got the opportunity to get out of my comfort zone to initiate discussions and be a facilitator. I can safely say managing people is one of the hardest things to do. I had a really bad experience for my marketing class last semester where I had to talk on a lot of leadership roles when it is a group project where everyone is supposed to also take their own fair share of initiatives. However, in the end with much patience, continuous push the team managed to do well and I got an A plus as my grade. I am truly grateful for it.
Initiative
A lot of group work in my College led me to assume leadership positions because in all of my groups, no one wanted to do anything, so I ended up having to step up for myself to give my whole group a good grade.
Teamwork
During my graduation research class in my University, I had to choose the problem I want to solve. In my case, I chose the problem in object detection, which belongs to the computer vision field. The problem I decided to tackle was extremely difficult, and required a lot of understanding in many concepts that I haven't had the opportunity to learn before. Due to the occasion, I've spent a lot of time in diving deep into the literature, and was able to develop the skill to understand thinks from scientific point of view.
Understanding
When: During my second year at university, in the fall semester of 2021. Where: At my university campus, specifically while working on a group project for an entrepreneurship class. Who: I was part of a team of five classmates, none of whom I had worked with before. The group included students from different disciplines, which made our approaches and perspectives quite diverse. What: Our task was to design a business plan and present a fully developed proposal to a panel of professors and local entrepreneurs. The project was critical, as it accounted for 40% of our final grade. How: When we first started, our group faced significant challenges in coordination. People were hesitant to share ideas, there was no clear division of tasks, and deadlines were slipping. Recognizing the need for organization, I stepped up, suggesting a plan to get us back on track.
Multitasking