In this assignment, you will undertake an inquiry-based project. You will need to research current trends in one of the following sectors connected to health and social science; the Food, Education, Health, Social Care or Social Science industry, using valid research sources. Then you will choose one company and conduct an analysis of that company. The name of this organisation will need to be confirmed with your tutor. You will then need to make recommendations on what that organisation needs to do, to focus on continuing their success, or alternatively what they need to focus on to survive. It would be valuable to choose an organisation where you might be able to virtually interact and potentially do some primary research on friends and family virtually who might be customers of that organisation. For example, a local care home, the community pharmacy, the local nursery, the corner shop.
It is expected that the report (including any other requirements, will be around 2000 words; 650 words for the trends in chosen sector, 650 for the analysis of the organisation and 650 for the recommendations.
You will be expected to devote substantial time to completing this project independently, in addition to any scheduled teaching in the module.
You are expected to meet the following milestones (key actions and dates you need to achieve as part of the process). Precise dates will be agreed with your module tutor and supervisor:
1.Submit a plan for your project for approval and formative feedback from your supervisor
2.Provide a progress update on your project
3.Deliver the project report (and artefact or performance, if required)
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.
LSST Students taking this module started their course in Previous AY (Feb-20 and Apr-20) and hence using assessment from 2019-2020 Academic Year with Link Tutor’s approval
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 question
LO 4 Communicate effectively, with well-structured verbal and written reports, as demanded in academic and professional domains.
Task requirements
Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria, as defined in the University’s Foundation Year grading descriptors.
This assignment will be marked according to the grading descriptors for Foundation Level.
Submission details
Work submitted after this period will not be marked and will be treated as a non-submission.