Contemporary Issues (TH60102E)
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You are required to write an essay of 1,500 words on ONE of the following
essay questions. Please refer to your MSG distributed in class or via
Blackboard for further details including “General Advice on Essay Writing,”
the “Assessment Criteria”, the “Marking and Feedback Sheet”, “Harvard
Referencing & Plagiarism” as well as hand in date and procedures.
Question and Issue 3
Critically examine how effective remote regions in the UK have been in exploiting
local assets – cultural, heritage, natural, built – for economic benefit, by attracting
high quality visitors to the area (Please use an example of a remote region in the
UK to illustrate your arguments).
OR
Question and Issue 4
Mentoring is interpreted in different ways by different people, and its application
in practice even more varied. Critically evaluate the usefulness of mentoring and
other ‘Learning & Development initiatives’, both in HE and Industry, in preparing
and assisting individuals in career development and progression.
Essay Marking Criteria and Feedback Sheet
| Assessment: 1 2 | Date: | |||
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| Criteria | Weighting | 1st | 2nd | 2nd Marker’s comments |
| Research and Use of Literature | 20 | |||
| Content, Knowledge and Understanding | 30 | |||
| Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation | 20 | |||
| Organisation and Coherence | 10 | |||
| Clarity of Expression | 10 | |||
| Quality of Referencing | 10 | |||
| TOTAL | 100 | |||
| First Marker: | Second Marker: | |||
| Agreed Mark: % Signature(s): | ||||
| Key Strengths: | Useful Resources to help you: In The Library: Library materials on research/ searching Academic Journal Databases Blackboard under Academic Skills: Research Skills Critical Thinking and Writing Mind Mapping Writing Essays and Academic Writing Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Quoting Referencing and Plagiarism Other: |
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| Key areas to work on: |
| Please see the feedback comments below which will give more details on what to do to improve your work. If there is a tick in the ‘work on this’ column this indicates what you need to work on most. The feedback should be used to help you improve future assessments. Please see your tutor for individual feedback if you have any queries or want to discuss any aspect of this feedback. |
| Research and Use of Literature The study must demonstrate an appropriate use of academic literature/research, which is appropriate to the study. |
Work on this |
| • The information should be from a range of sources (textbooks, research articles, websites) | |
| • The sources used should be of sound academic quality | |
| • The sources should be up to date | |
| • Course notes should provide a foundation for the work but further research is required | |
| Content, Knowledge and Understanding The content must clearly and explicitly explore the issues required. |
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| • The information included should be relevant to the title or question set | |
| • The relevance of the information should be made explicit | |
| • All terms should be clearly defined before any subsequent commentary or explanation | |
| • The work should cover key points and demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the topic area |
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| The work should use examples to demonstrate application and understanding | |
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| Analysis, Synthesis and Evaluation There should be a clear critical analysis of relevant issues, which are well integrated and evaluated, as appropriate |
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| The evidence presented should be explained, questioned and commented on rather than just described |
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| The academic arguments should be convincing and demonstrate ability to evaluate the evidence |
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| There should be a comparison of differing viewpoints and a consideration of the evidence on which they are based, leading you to form your own conclusions |
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| Organisation and Coherence The work should be clearly structured and presented |
| • A clear introduction outlining what will be discussed in the work should be included “This essay will..” |
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| • The work should not normally include lists, bullet points, headings, diagrams or appendices | |
| • A new paragraph should indicate a change in direction and the discussion of new ideas with a topic sentence to indicate what that paragraph is about |
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| • There should be a line between paragraphs | |
| • The average length of paragraphs should be 5-7 sentences | |
| • Short (2/3 sentence) paragraphs should be avoided as they disrupt the flow of text and prevent sufficient depth of explanation |
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| • The topic of the work should be discussed in a logical manner so that sentences and paragraphs build on from one another, rather than appear as a series of unconnected sentences |
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| • Repeating or returning to ideas should be avoided as this can cause confusion or imply that the ideas being presented have not been fully understood |
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| • Paragraphs should be connected via the use of linking words/phrases e.g. in addition, however, conversely, therefore, arguably, on the other hand etc. to aid the flow of the text |
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| • A conclusion summarising the key points and explicitly drawing conclusions on the question/topic should be included. No new information should be included. |
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| Clarity of Expression Work should be clearly expressed, articulate and fluent with accurate spelling, grammar and punctuation |
Work on this |
| • The use of the first and second person in an academic essay should be avoided and the more formal third person should be used. e.g. avoid I, we, you, our, your, she etc |
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| • A suitably formal writing style should be used as opposed to a conversational style | |
| • Words such as because, but, and, whereas, etc are joining words and should only be used to link parts of a sentence and not to start sentences |
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| • Typing errors should be minimal – proofreading will detect these | |
| • Sentence construction should result in the intended meaning being conveyed | |
| • Recognised abbreviations should always be stated in full first time along with the abbreviation in brackets e.g. World Health Organisation (WHO) |
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| • Abbreviated forms of words should be avoided and written in full e.g. ‘didn’t’ should be ‘did not’ |
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| • The spelling, grammar and punctuation should be correct | |
| • The work should be concise and articulate | |
| Quality of referencing All key sources should be cited, and a consistent and accurate use of Harvard referencing system should be maintained |
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| • You should write in your own words by paraphrasing and summarising the published work and not rely on ‘cut and paste’ |
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| • Quotations should be an exact copy of the original text | |
| • Unnecessary use of quotations should be avoided – on average one or two short quotations per page is sufficient – any more means that you are not writing enough in your own words |
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| • Short quotations (less than two lines) should be in quotation marks, italicised and be included in the text |
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| • Longer quotations should be in quotation marks, italicised and be indented separately |
| • References should consist of the name of the author (surname, nor first names or initials) or name of organisation and the year of publication. (DTI 2005) If a quotation is used, the page number is also required (Brown 2009:23) |
| • Website addresses and URL’s should not appear in the text of your work |
| • Secondary references should be used sparingly and referenced appropriately e.g. Ellis and Wood (2006 cited in Brown 2009) |
| • The use of brackets () in references should be used appropriately depending on whether or not the author’s name is part of the sentence |
| • The references in the text should be an exact match of the entries in the bibliography |
| • The bibliography should: • Be in the Harvard convention as specified in the Citations Handbook i.e. • Have all relevant information • be at the end of your work • be a single listing and not be sub-divided into cited references and non-cited references • be a single listing and not sub-divided into books, journals, Internet sources etc. • be in alphabetical order of authors’ surnames • be single spaced with a blank line between each reference • not be numbered or have bullet points • have all spellings correct, with appropriate use of spacing, commas, full stops and italics etc |
| Assessment 1 ONLY – Self Development/Use of Feedback The work should show evidence of development from a draft to the final essay and evidence how development has taken place in the light of feedback |
| • The hard copy of the work should include a draft essay together with feedback comments, a Turnitin report of the draft essay and the final essay, neatly bound. The final essay should also be submitted to Turnitin. The final essay should be an improvement on the draft and it should be evident that feedback has been taken into account. |
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