Project Report Writing: Milestones, Structure, and Assessment Task

Identifying a Suitable Academic Topic

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

1 identify a suitable academic topic that is related to their field of study.

2 plan an effective project based on existing academic literature and sources

To write a 2500-word project report which identifies and addresses the needs, problems and opportunities of a given situation.

There are 3 milestones:

? To submit a proposal for the project in order that the project supervisor can approve the topic and provide formative feedback.

? To provide an interim of report of progress to the project supervisor.

? To submit the final written report of 2500 words (+ or – 10%) for summative assessment .

1. Project Plan (500 words): by the 15/05/2020 (Please use the template as  specified below and submit it to your tutor for approval Proposal Structure

• Project Title

• Background to topic

• Reason for choosing this topic

• Aim of this work

• How the aim will be achieved

2. Project Task (2500 words):

• Project Title (Not in Word Count)

• Table of Contents (Not in Word Count)

• Introduction (approx. 500 words)

This will include

• Background to topic

• Reason for choosing this topic

• Aim of this work

• How the aim will be achieved

• Literature Survey (Approx. 1500 Words)

• Conclusions (Approx. 500 Words)

• Can include Recommendations for Further Work

The key principles which underpin the Student Engagement Policy are that:

• you are an active participant in your learning and therefore must take responsibility for  achieving your potential through successful completion of each stage of your studies;

• engagement in your studies and academic achievement are closely linked;

• lack of engagement may indicate that you are having difficulty managing the demands of your programme of study; we will want to provide support to help you overcome any  difficulties you may be having and which are preventing you from fully engaging with your programme of study;

• any lack of engagement by you may compromise the potential of your fellow students to achieve, especially if you are absent from group work and team activities;

• completion of assessments and other-directed tasks is a way for you to measure your progress and to improve from the feedback you will receive on your work;

• consistent engagement allows you to develop, and evidence, key employability attributes such as commitment and a professional ethos.

3. Absence

If you know that you are going to be absent from a scheduled activity it is a courtesy to let your tutor(s) and your programme managers know.

4. Monitoring non-engagement We will use a combination of attendance registers, MOODLE usage, completion of tasks and assignment submission to monitor your academic engagement with your programme of study.  We will be concerned about your engagement if:

The title of my project is:

This will be your aim (research question) but written as a title rather than a question

The theme and some background information:

What is your theme? Provide some background information to

describe and explain the theme.

Reason for choosing this theme:

What makes this theme particularly relevant or useful at this time for you or for others studying your degree subject or working in a related industry?

What is your research question?

How the aim will be achieved:

What points or sub-topics are you planning to include?

What sources have you used so far?

Who wrote/posted/made it? When? What is it called? Where was it

published? Who published it?