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
I am impressed with the phrase "Never give up" and that is also what I try do to everyday. Life is full of challenges, problems, uncertainty and unexpected events. There are a lot of times I think of giving up to not go no more on that painful road but then I always have this one belief to recall the reason why I want to do this or why this matters to me.
Initiative
I have managed to juggle university life, while being research assistant for two professors in my university. I managed to submit all work by deadline and also continue many research work.
Multitasking
I have had to adapt to the differences in the Japanese education system and just living in Japan in general. It was a really big culture shock for me.
Innovation
Basically I thought I was a type of person who couldn't do anything competently and I was negative about myself. But my friends were like have confidence and try to believe in yourself more. So I started to think more positive and tried to believe in myself. Now, I feel much better and I feel like I have become much more confident in doing stuff and I believe I have also become much more competent person.
Self-efficacy
My understanding skills going up because I start to study on the different language as well as meet a lot of new topics which should understand and analyze.
Understanding
At the Robotic Research Lab, I developed teamwork skills by collaborating on projects, sharing tasks, and aligning goals. This experience taught me to work efficiently, respect diverse views, and achieve shared objectives.
Teamwork
Looking back to myself at the start of the semester, I feel like I have more discipline and able to recover from failures better.
Resilience
In my first semester at Ritsumeikan, a professor from Ritsumeikan University has helped me to realize the importance of putting myself in other shoes while doing research, especially one related to humanity and human right
Empathy
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