Tips for Writing Your Assignment: Harvard Referencing and Word Limits

Submission Guidelines

WRITING YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

• This assignment must be completed individually.

• You must use the Harvard referencing system.

• Your work must indicate the number of words you have used. Written assignments must not exceed the specified maximum number of words. When a written assignment is marked, the excessive use of words beyond the word limit is reflected in the academic judgement of the piece of work which results in a lower mark being awarded for the piece of work (regulation 6.74).

• Assignment submissions are to be made anonymously. Do not write your name anywhere on your work.

• Write your student ID number at the top of every page.

• Where the assignment comprises more than one task, all tasks must be submitted in a single document.

• You must number all pages.

SUBMITTING YOUR ASSIGNMENT:

In order to achieve full marks, you must submit your work before the deadline. Work that is submitted late – up to five working days after the published submission deadline - will be accepted and marked. However, the element of the module’s assessment to which the work contributes will be capped with a maximum mark of 40%.

Work cannot be submitted if the period of 5 working days after the deadline has passed (unless there is an approved extension). Failure to submit within the relevant period will mean that you have failed the assessment.

Write the plan of your search strategy for your Undergraduate Major Project, using the approved search strategy plan template. You should include details of the method you used to search the literature when researching your choice of one of the following organisations (or an organisation/service agreed with the module lead):

To pass this assignment, you must satisfactorily complete all elements of the search strategy plan template.

You must show the ability to:

• Develop a systematic approach to searching for literature/evidence

• Use the search strategy effectively, including qualitative and quantitative data and journal articles

• Identify appropriate academic sources to support your research

• Situate your sources within the Hierarchy of Sources (located on the VLE)

• Demonstrate the ability to use Harvard referencing correctly

List the question/s that have guided your literature search strategy in relation to:

-Issues:

-Challenges:

-Solutions:

Databases and search engines:

Background searches:

Search terms:

Inclusion/exclusion criteria:

Your search method:

Recording search strategy:

List the key findings derived from your preliminary searches, under the following headings:

Background information:

Quantitative:

Qualitative:

Categorise your sources using the Hierarchy of Sources (found on the VLE), justify their inclusion within your research and explain any limitations for their use:

Provide correct Harvard references for:

Five quantitative sources

Five qualitative sources

Five journal articles

Three websites

Two books