Assessment

Unit Title: Research Project

Unit Code: 4

Date Issued Date Received

Assignment Brief - General

Student Name Lecturer Name: Ms Sonam Mehta

Student ID

Internal Verifier Name Alankrita Bista

Rules and regulations: Plagiarism is presenting somebody elses work as your own. It includes: copying information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material; submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another students coursework; stealing coursework from another student and submitting it as your own work. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be dealt with according to the procedures set down by the College. Please see your student handbook for further details of what is / isnt plagiarism. Coursework Regulations
1 Submission of coursework must be undertaken according to the relevant procedure whether online or paper-based. Lecturers will give information as to which procedure must be followed, and details of submission procedures and penalty fees can be obtained from Academic Administration or the general student handbook. All coursework must be submitted to the Academic Admin Office and a receipt must be obtained. Under no circumstances can other College staff accept them. Please check the Academic Admin Office opening hours. Late coursework will be accepted by Academic Admin Office and marked according to the guidelines given in your Student Handbook for this year. If you need an extension (even for one day) for a valid reason, you must request one. Collect a coursework extension request form from the Academic Admin Office. Then take the form to your lecturer, along with evidence to back up your request. The completed form must be accompanied by evidence such as a medical certificate in the event of you being sick. The completed form must then be returned to Academic Admin for processing. This is the only way to get an extension. General guidelines for submission of coursework: a) All work must be word-processed and must be of good standard. b) Document margins shall not be more than 2.5cm or less than 1.5cm c) Font size in the range of 11 to 14 points distributed to including headings and body text. Preferred typeface to be of a common standard such as Arial or Times New Roman for the main text. d) Any computer files generated such as program code (software), graphic files that form part of the course work must be submitted either online with the documentation or on a CD for paper submissions. e) The copy of the course work submitted may not be returned to you after marking and you are advised to have your personal copy for your reference. f) All work completed, including any software constructed may not be used for any purpose other than the purpose of intended study without prior written permission from St Patricks International College.

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Outcomes and assessment requirements

Outcomes Assessment requirements To achieve each outcome a learner must demonstrate the ability to: 1. Understand how to formulate a research specification

a. formulate and record possible research project outline specifications b. identify the factors that contribute to the process of research project selection c. undertake a critical review of key references d. produce a research project specification e. provide an appropriate plan and procedures for the agreed research specification a. match resources efficiently to the research question or hypothesis b. undertake the proposed research investigation in accordance with the agreed specification and procedures c. record and collate relevant data where appropriate a. use appropriate research evaluation techniques b. interpret and analyse the results in terms of the original research specification c. make recommendations and justify areas for further consideration a.use an agreed format and appropriate media to present the outcomes of the research to an audience

5. Be able to implement the research project within agreed procedures and to specification 8. Be able to evaluate the research outcomes

11. Be able to present the research outcomes

*Please see the Assignment Evaluation Sheet for Merit and Distinction criteria

Case Study/Background Info Part 1 After approval of your Research proposal you are required to write a research project for 6000words with the following: 1. Detailed introduction( Aims, Objectives and rationale) to the research 2. Literature review from latest and varied academic sources relevant to your selected topic. 3. Methodology chapter to explain all the research methods used in the project and justifying why and how they were used in your research
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4. Explain the type of data you require for your project and what methods you will use to collect them 5. Formulate the chosen data collection tool and indicate the collected data using appropriate methods 6. Analyse and interpret the collected data using the relevant tools 7. Conclude your report with your research findings

Description of problem to be solved

Deliverables 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Strengths

Cross reference to learning outcome and assessment criteria

Feedback Cross reference to learning outcome and assessment criteria

Areas for Improvement

Lecturer Signature:

Date:

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