BCM212 has been such a useful and inciteful subject, it was really one of the most in depth in many areas that I’ve taken on. This subject really helped me test out my skills in the real world, it pushed me to my limits at times yet really captivated my learning and helped me excel in other areas of my degree. From the off, when choosing my topic for this subject, I was enthralled, I chose a topic that really related to my own experience and felt confident and comfortable moving forward with it. “The delaying of studies due to COVID” was a topic anyone studying could be a part of and relate to. At the beginning of 2020, I really debated either moving to part time study or deferring university all together due to COVID. I ended up moving to part time study for a semester to adjust into online learning. Using my own experience as a basis, it really helped me excel in formulating questions for my primary research and using key terms to find appropriate secondary research. Yet, although there were many positives, having a topic that was personal made researching and the ethical process slightly difficult. When formulating said questions, I had to remain unbiased and completely neutral. As my experience was very one sided, it was hard to differentiate what I wanted to convey, especially when I wanted to be informed about both sides of the spectrum. It became hard to separate myself from the topic, yet I overcame this and formulated neutral informative questions. Alongside the challenges of bias and creating constructive research, time management and organisation were huge hurdles I have to overcome and adjust to in this subject. Time management and organisation have always been two of my biggest weaknesses, in this subject they really had to become my strengths. I have to admit – I struggled! Keeping track weekly of what I needed to do was challenging and meeting deadlines was also quite stressful and hard. Despite that challenges they presented however, it was an amazing learning curve, I really learnt how to organise my work appropriately and meet necessary deadlines. BCM212 pushed and trained me, I learnt many new skills and found the subject so inciteful. This subject will really help me move onto other subjects and a work environment in the near future with a lot more confidence.