Assignment Brief Academic Year 2022-23

Module code FY028: Inquiry Based Learning Module leader: Shan Wikoon
and title:

Assignment CW1: Project Report Assessment 100%

Submission Friday 16th June 2023 by 2 pm. Target feedback 3 weeks after submission
time and date: time and date: deadline

Assignment task

In this assignment, you will undertake an inquiry-based project on a topic related to your subject area and
produce a project report.
Your task is to research for and write a report on a topic of your choice, relevant to business and
management. You will need to confirm your topic and title/question with your module tutor by week 6.
You will need to develop a title/question for your report, and your work must be in report format (i.e. with
contents page and sub-headings). More information about developing questions/titles and report writing
will be given in class.
Your report should be 2000 words in length.
You will be expected to devote substantial time to completing this project independently, in addition to any
scheduled teaching in the module. You will need to submit the project report via LSST Connect on Turnitin
before Friday 16th June 2023, 2 pm.
You are expected to meet the following milestones (key actions and dates you need to achieve as part of
the process):
1. Submit a plan for your project for approval and formative feedback from your supervisor (Week 6 –
Week 8)
2. Provide a progress update on your project (Week 8 – 9)
3. Submit the project report (by 16/06/2023, 2 pm)

Internal approval: Ina Stan, 24.01.2023

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This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your
achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

LO 1: Collect, select and use information from a range of sources using different methods, appropriate to
the academic discipline and context.

LO 2: Investigate the needs, problems and opportunities of a given situation.

LO 3: Plan and undertake a project to address a subject-related problem or answer a subject-related

LO 4: Communicate effectively, with well-structured verbal and written reports, as demanded in academic
and professional domains.

Referencing and presentational requirements

Please reference your work using the Harvard style or the style specified by the subject where there is a
specific professional requirement to use an alternative to Harvard. For most students this will be the
Harvard style. The styles are defined in Cite Them Right Online (http://www.citethemrightonline.com).

Written work submitted as part of this assignment should be presented according to the following:

 The report should be 1.5 line spaced

Written work for this assignment should be saved and submitted as a Word document (.docx) or as a .pdf
file. If other file formats are used, these may not be compatible with Turnitin and the work cannot be
marked.

Submission details

Written reports for this assignment should be submitted electronically using the relevant submission point
in the Upload My Assignment section on LSST Connect.
You can submit your work as many times as you like before the submission date. If you do submit your
work more than once, your earlier submission will be replaced by the most recent version.
Once you have submitted your work, you will receive a digital receipt as proof of submission, which will be
sent to your LSST email address. Please keep this receipt for future reference, along with the original
electronic copy of your assignment.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity means taking responsibility for your own work.

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When you submit an assignment, you are effectively making a declaration that it is your own work and that
you have acknowledged the contribution of others and their ideas in its development (for example, by
referencing them appropriately).
For further information and guidance, please see the University website: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/current-
students/registry-helpdesk-and-academic-advice/academic-integrity-and-misconduct
You are also expected to take responsibility for maintaining and managing confidentiality issues in your
work. You should maintain and respect confidentiality in relation to the protection of personal, technical
and/or commercial information of a sensitive nature in their assessed work, whatever the format.
Confidentiality issues will vary from subject to subject and you are encouraged to seek advice from your
course team if you are unclear about requirements in your context. For further information and guidance,
please see the University website: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/academic-confidentiality

The next section outlines the assessment criteria for the written report.

Where a performance or artefact are to be submitted, the subject lecturer will provide
appropriate assessment criteria.

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 Assessment Criteria – for the written report Academic Year 2022-23

0-34 (F) – 35-39 E – 40-49 (D) 50-59 (C) 60-69 (B) 70-79 (A) 80-100 (A+)
Fail Marginal fail Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Not successful Below required Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent Outstanding
standard
Knowledge and The work The work The work The work The work The work The work
Understanding demonstrates a demonstrates an demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates an
35% limited or no insufficient sufficient sound sophisticated highly exceptional
understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of accomplished understanding of
This should defined areas of defined areas of defined areas of defined areas of defined areas of understanding of defined areas of
include the knowledge the knowledge the knowledge the knowledge the knowledge defined areas of the knowledge
evidence of: base, including base, including base, including base, including base, including the knowledge base, including
 Depth of relevant theory, relevant theory, relevant theory, relevant theory, relevant theory, base, including relevant theory,
knowledge & with a limited or no with an insufficient with a sufficient with a sound with a refined relevant theory, with an exceptional
understanding awareness current awareness of awareness of awareness of awareness of with a highly awareness of
areas of debate current areas of current areas of current areas of current areas of accomplished current areas of
 Engagement within the field of debate within the debate within the debate within the debate within the awareness of debate within the
with subject- study. field of study. field of study. field of study. field of study. current areas of field of study.
specific debate within the
theories, There is little or no There is limited Wider reading is Wider reading is Wider reading Application of a
field of study.
concepts and evidence of wider evidence of wider relevant using relevant using shows a range of wide range of given
principles reading. reading and/or given sources but given sources & relevant given Application of a reading is fully
reading largely only partially has clearly sources being wide range of given evident throughout
 Background lacks relevance. integrated into the enhanced the used & applied reading is evident the work.
investigation, work. work. in the work.
analysis and
research
Analysis and The work The work The work The work The work The work The work
criticality 35% demonstrates a demonstrates an demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates demonstrates an
limited or no insufficient ability sufficient ability to sound ability to sophisticated highly exceptional ability
This should
ability to analyse to analyse analyse analyse ability to analyse accomplished to analyse
include
information information information information information ability to analyse information
evidence of:
independently, independently, independently, independently, independently, information independently,
 Organisation &
with consequent using pre-defined using pre-defined using pre-defined using pre-defined independently, using pre-defined
communication of
difficulty in using principles & criteria principles & criteria principles & criteria principles & criteria using pre-defined principles & criteria
ideas & evidence
pre-defined to make reasoned to make reasoned to make reasoned to make reasoned principles & criteria to make reasoned

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Assessment Criteria – for the written report Academic Year 2022-23

0-34 (F) – 35-39 E – 40-49 (D) 50-59 (C) 60-69 (B) 70-79 (A) 80-100 (A+)
Fail Marginal fail Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Not successful Below required Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent Outstanding
standard
principles & judgements & judgements & judgements & judgements & to make reasoned judgements &
criteria to make inform a choice of inform a choice of inform a choice of inform a choice of judgements & inform a choice of
judgements & solutions to solutions to solutions to solutions to inform a choice of solutions to
inform solutions standard problems standard problems standard problems standard problems solutions to standard problems
to standard in familiar in familiar in familiar in familiar standard problems in familiar
problems in contexts, contexts, contexts, contexts, in familiar contexts,
familiar contexts, evidenced by: evidenced by: evidenced by: evidenced by: contexts, evidenced by:
evidenced by:  insufficient  use of ideas  use of ideas  use of ideas evidenced by:  use of ideas
 little or no demonstration and and techniques and  use of ideas and techniques
demonstration of the ability to techniques to to devise and techniques to and to devise and
of an ability to devise and devise and sustain devise and techniques to sustain
devise and sustain sustain arguments sustain devise and arguments
sustain arguments arguments and/or solve arguments sustain and/or solve
arguments and/or solve and/or solve problems in and/or solve arguments problems in
and/or solve problems in problems in familiar problems in and/or solve familiar
problems/ make familiar familiar contexts, most familiar problems in contexts, all of
decisions in contexts, contexts, of which are contexts, all of familiar which are
familiar contexts consistent with some of which consistent with which are contexts, all of consistent with
 little or no the norms of are consistent the norms of consistent with which are the norms of
demonstration the discipline with the norms the discipline the norms of consistent with the discipline
of an ability to  some ability to of the  the ability to the discipline the norms of and show
describe and describe and discipline consistently and show the discipline significant and
comment upon comment upon  the ability to describe and clear and show sustained
aspects of pre- aspects of pre- describe and comment upon independence significant independence
defined defined comment upon aspects of pre- of thought/ independence of thought/
principles, principles, aspects of pre- defined judgement of thought/ judgement
frameworks and frameworks defined principles,  the ability to judgement  the ability to
criteria and criteria principles, frameworks describe,  the ability to describe,
 little or no ability  an insufficient frameworks and criteria synthesise describe, synthesise and
to access and ability to and criteria and critique synthesise critique in great

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Assessment Criteria – for the written report Academic Year 2022-23

0-34 (F) – 35-39 E – 40-49 (D) 50-59 (C) 60-69 (B) 70-79 (A) 80-100 (A+)
Fail Marginal fail Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Not successful Below required Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent Outstanding
standard
analyse given access and  a sufficient  a sound ability aspects of and critique all depth all
sources to analyse given ability to to access and pre-defined relevant relevant
inform work information access and analyse given principles, aspects of pre- aspects of pre-
sources analyse given information frameworks defined defined
information sources and criteria principles, principles,
sources  a refined frameworks frameworks
ability to and criteria and criteria
access and  a highly  an exceptional
analyse given accomplished ability to
information ability to access and
sources access and analyse given
analyse given information
information sources
sources
Transferable Little or no ability An insufficient A sufficient ability A consistent & A highly proficient Work Work
skills 30% to ability to to confident ability to ability to demonstrates a demonstrates an
Written  use digital  use digital  use digital  use digital  use digital highly exceptional ability
Communication literacy & literacy & literacy & literacy & literacy & accomplished to
written written written written written ability to  use digital
This should
communication communication communication communication communication  use digital literacy &
include
skills, skills, skills, skills, skills, literacy & written
evidence of:
applicable to applicable to applicable to applicable to applicable to written communication
 Accurate academic & academic & academic & academic & academic & communication skills,
spelling, professional professional professional professional professional skills, applicable to
punctuation contexts contexts contexts contexts contexts applicable to academic &
& grammar  manage their  manage their  manage their  manage their  manage their academic & professional
 Language use learning and learning and learning and learning and learning and professional contexts
appropriate to work under work under work under work under work under contexts  manage their
purpose & direction or direction or direction or direction or direction or  manage their learning and
context supervision supervision supervision supervision supervision learning and work under

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Assessment Criteria – for the written report Academic Year 2022-23

0-34 (F) – 35-39 E – 40-49 (D) 50-59 (C) 60-69 (B) 70-79 (A) 80-100 (A+)
Fail Marginal fail Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Not successful Below required Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent Outstanding
standard
 Accurate work under direction or
referencing direction or supervision
supervision
Personal
motivation,
organisation and
time-management