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EssayFormat and submission guidance

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Essay: Basics

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• Due 1500 on Tuesday 1st December 2015• 2000 words (+/- 10%) – this does not include your

coversheet or bibliography• Refer to module handbook or Mole module for

essay questions

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Essay: Formatting

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• Your essay must be anonymous• Put your student number on the cover sheet and in

the header on each page• Save your essay using your question number and

student number as the title of the document (e.g. Q5 090210141)

• Refer to module handbook for font, line spacing etc• Must be referenced correctly – Harvard referencing

guidebook available on Mole module

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Essay: Submission

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• The submission for this essay is via Turnitin. You do not need to submit a paper copy

• The link to submit your essay is on the Mole module – Please check ahead of time that the link is available to you!

• You must include the official coversheet as the first page of your essay.

• If your essay is even 1 minute late being uploaded to Turnitin you will automatically lose 5%...

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Essay: Where to submit / find the cover sheet

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Essay: Where to submit / find the cover sheet

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Essay: Criteria for Assessment

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First70-

II.160-69

II.250-59

Third45-49

Pass40-44

Fail0-39

Introduction

Conclusion

Use of Relevant Evidence

Critical Analysis & Originality

Structure and Organization

Style, Grammar, Spelling, Syntax

Referencing

On the basis of the above criteria, the strengths of this work are…

Areas for improvement are…

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Essay: Approaching the Question

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• What is the question asking?• Identify the main topic and areas for discussion• Is the question broad? Do you need to choose a specific area

to address in detail?• Do you need a case study? Do you need more than one case

study to illustrate difference?• Identify the points and arguments that you can make• Read the required reading, any relevant suggested reading

and beyond this• Has anything changed since what is in the reading?• Can you find anything (figures etc) that are more recent?• Be careful to keep it academic rather than journalistic• Make a plan – I’m happy to look over it for you!