u/welshiehm

Hello! I'm pretty far into the game but would like to backtrack to farm some halcyon. How do I then get back to the passage properly without having to beat the boss again? I think I also missed a couple of nightmare gates. It would be good if a portal appeared before a boss fight after you've beaten it for the first time and if there was one outside the nightmare gate.

Hello all,

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I (42f) am in the process of completing CIPD level 5 with ICS Learn. I asked my boss if I could do the course which is being paid for by the company. I'm currently an Office Manager that carries out some HR duties so it made sense to me to do this course.

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I love learning and I had romanticised the idea of studying, especially now I am lucky enough to have a home office. I was excited to do the course and was aiming to do as well as possible, achieve high grades etc.

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The reality however is not what I expected and I'm wondering if I am missing something, not using the portal correctly or just need to change my mindset because right now I am struggling and dread having to sit down to study.

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1. I don't find the masterclasses helpful in regard to how to successfully complete the assignment. Are there any useful tools I am missing on the portal?

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2. There are constant emails about AI use. I appreciate that the use of AI is difficult to navigate but I am reading reports of false positive AI detections and this makes me very anxious. One lady experienced this on her resubmission and she was failed even with proof! I am intentionally dumbing down what I write because I am worried this will happen and don't want to have to experience the stress and humiliation of having to prove my honesty. I am a 42 year old grown woman who has asked to do this expensive course to further my career so in no way shape or form would I cheat or plagiarise in any way but ICS seem to work on the assumption that everyone is using AI to cheat. Now they have changed the cover with an added AI declaration and have given guidelines as to how to reference AI searches so I am confused as to what the guidelines are. They are quick to tell you what you can't do but don't issue guidelines as to what is permitted. This is all especially frustrating when you see all the AI generated content on their website. I have dual monitors so I write on one and research on the other as well as using the many recommended text books I have bought. Now that google searches are all AI generated, does that count as AI use that I have to declare?

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3. There is no positive support or encouragement. I don't think I've spoken to anyone at ICS that makes me feel like they want me to succeed. The same applies to marking assignments. The focus seems to be on finding mistakes or things that have been done wrong rather than whats been done well and the tone of one marker in particular on an assignment I passed was very cold.

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4. Its very heavy on HR theory apposed to practical HR duties or at least thats the case so far. Maybe this is just the nature of the course but I was expecting / hoping to learn more practical HR duties that I can utilise in my day to day job.

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5. Citing sources. I appreciate that this level of learning requires proper Harvard referencing etc but there is a huge focus on citing absolutely everything. When writing my assignments I end up being more concerned with making sure I have sourced everything properly than the writing itself as you can write a perfect piece of work but if it hasn't been sourced enough its referred.

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Maybe I just need to accept that this is just the way it is, get my head down and get on with it but I'm just really disappointed this isn't the supported, enjoyable learning experience I pictured it to be 😟 any advice would be appreciated x