This document provides guidance for students submitting an essay for a course. It states that the essay is due on December 1st and should be 2000 words, plus or minus 10%. It also notes that students should anonymize their work, include their student number, save the file appropriately, and use Harvard referencing style. The submission is via Turnitin and the coversheet must be the first page. Students are reminded that essays submitted even a minute late will lose 5% marks. Criteria for assessment are also listed. Finally, tips are provided on how to approach the essay question by understanding what is being asked and identifying relevant topics, arguments, and sources to address the question.

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Format and submission guidance
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Essay: Basics
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• Due 1500 on Tuesday 1st
December 2015
• 2000 words (+/- 10%) – this does not include your
coversheet or bibliography
• Refer to module handbook or Mole module for
essay questions

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Essay: Formatting
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• Your essay must be anonymous
• Put your student number on the cover sheet and in
the header on each page
• Save your essay using your question number and
student number as the title of the document (e.g. Q5
090210141)
• Refer to module handbook for font, line spacing etc
• Must be referenced correctly – Harvard referencing
guidebook available on Mole module

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Essay: Submission
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• The submission for this essay is via Turnitin. You do
not need to submit a paper copy
• The link to submit your essay is on the Mole module
– Please check ahead of time that the link is
available to you!
• You must include the official coversheet as the first
page of your essay.
• If your essay is even 1 minute late being uploaded
to Turnitin you will automatically lose 5%...

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Essay: Where to submit / find
the cover sheet
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the cover sheet
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Essay: Criteria for
Assessment
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First
70-
II.1
60-69
II.2
50-59
Third
45-49
Pass
40-44
Fail
0-39
Introduction
Conclusion
Use of Relevant Evidence
Critical Analysis & Originality
Structure and Organization
Style, Grammar, Spelling,
Syntax
Referencing
On the basis of the above criteria, the strengths of this work are…
Areas for improvement are…

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Essay: Approaching the
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• What is the question asking?
• Identify the main topic and areas for discussion
• Is the question broad? Do you need to choose a specific area
to address in detail?
• Do you need a case study? Do you need more than one case
study to illustrate difference?
• Identify the points and arguments that you can make
• Read the required reading, any relevant suggested reading
and beyond this
• Has anything changed since what is in the reading?
• Can you find anything (figures etc) that are more recent?
• Be careful to keep it academic rather than journalistic
• Make a plan – I’m happy to look over it for you!