Group Work Policy Statement and Assessment Guidelines

Your report should use line and a half spacing and be suitable for sending to the client as well as for inclusion in the portfolio. Careful attention should be paid to presentation, spelling and grammar, as would be the case if you were paid consultants.

Note that each section of the report builds on the previous one(s) so if you divide the work up between you, you need to be careful that there is a logical progression of argument.

All team members must participate in the development of the portfolio.

As 20% of the mark for this coursework will come from the client’s rating for each individual, final marks may vary between team members.

As regards the other 80%, your work will be marked as a group and all members will receive the same mark, unless there is clear evidence of a difference in contribution.

Please see the separate ‘Group Work Policy Statement’ for more information.

Apply an evaluative approach to a range of practical business data, and sources of information for delivery of the project

Perform efficiently and effectively as a collaborative member of a working group and as an added value contributor to the organisation which is assigned to the students.

Deliver innovative solutions to the client’s problems together with recommendations for measuring and evaluating those solutions.

Demonstrate effective business communication skills

How your work will be assessed

Your work will be assessed using the separate assessment grid, which takes into account the learning outcomes and the grading descriptors for Level 6.

Please use the checklist below to make sure you are ‘fit to submit’ your work

We recommend you use this checklist as soon as you get this assignment brief to help you plan your work

Fit to Submit:  Assignment Checklist

This brief assignment checklist is designed to help you avoid some of the most common mistakes students make in their coursework.

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In it you will find details of the assessment task, word count, the assessment criteria your work is marked against, and the learning outcomes – the basis for the assessment strategy in each module.

Students often lose marks by forgetting some of the more straightforward elements of their assignments. We recommend that you “tick off” each of the points below as you prepare your work for submission. If you need any help, ask your tutor and / or visit

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Have you read and understood the assessment criteria?

Have you met the learning outcomes? You will lose marks and your work may even be failed if you have not.

Have you demonstrated you can think and write critically in the completed work?     

This means you have supported your arguments/explanations appropriately e.g. using relevant academic sources and you have offered discussion points which extends your own or others’ viewpoints to make reasoned conclusions/judgements.

Have you mai ntained an academic tone throughout your work? Is your work formal, focused, developed and clear?

Have you checked that the referencing in your assignment is in line with your programme requirements?

Have you proof-read your work and used spellcheck software to check your spelling and grammar?

Have you checked the presentation of your work is as specified by your tutor, for example, are font size, colour, style, line spacing and margins as the tutor specified?

Have you kept to the word count (or equivalent)? If you are not sure, check with your tutor.

Can you confirm that the work submitted is your own and not plagiarised?