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AS F 30% – Research Report
Rationale:
This assessment will help you engage with academic research (both primary and secondary), as well as report writing and critical thinking skills essential to your academic progress. It employs all knowledge and skills you have acquired so far on this module. The aims are to autonomously plan, conduct and present research in an appropriate academic manner.
Description:
You will research, plan and write up a research report of 2,000 words (+/-10%) based on a topic from the discipline that you are planning to study at University. You should negotiate a working title and topic focus area with your tutor, however, the topic you select must be related not only to your discipline, but also to one of the following broad themes:
1. leadership (i.e. challenges, corporate culture, flexible working, etc.)
2. diversity (i.e. cultural, gender, etc.)
3. sustainability (i.e. climate change, green architecture, etc.)
4. ethics (i.e. ethical challenges, compassion, etc.)
The report can analyse a significant problem that exists within your discipline area, identify the causes of the problem, propose solutions to the problem and evaluate the effectiveness of solutions that have already been applied to rectify the problem.
Your research must be grounded in literature and appropriately referenced (citations and full references). A minimum of six academic sources must be used, and may include one listening (credible academic lecture/talk). You may use and refer to relevant sources evaluated in class. It also must include primary research, namely the results of a short survey designed by you during your research.
As it is a research report, it must include the following sections: Title Page, Abstract, Table of Contents, Introduction, Aims & Objectives, Methods, Findings, Analysis, Conclusion, Reference List, Appendices (optional).
Your tutor will guide you through each of the stages of researching and writing the report.
Note that your language must be original (not copied), significantly high similarity score will result in grade penalties.
Your report must be submitted via Turnitin before the deadline set by tutor.
Your report will be marked on the following criteria:
TASK RESPONSE 1 – relevance of the answer in relation to the question
TASK RESPONSE 2 – appropriacy of the genre in relation to the answer
ORGANISATION 1 – logical organisation of paragraphs and paragraph construction
ORGANISATION 2 – appropriate and broad use of cohesive devices
USE OF SOURCES 1 – use of appropriate source materials
USE OF SOURCES 2 – referencing and citations
CRITICALITY 1 – evidence of critical evaluation of arguments/data
CRITICALITY 2 – ability to offer convincing arguments
LANGUAGE 1 – range of vocabulary
LANGUAGE 2 – appropriate and accurate grammar