This course has all the assessments that will be EduQual graded.
Assessment Guidelines
Learners of EduQual Qualifications must complete the tasks given in the assignment brief approved by EduQual. Learners can request assistance from tutors in completing the tasks, mark schemes and grade descriptors. Learners are expected to adhere to policies and guidelines set out by the Centre, which includes word/page/slide count and plagiarism/collusion. Context Learners are required to refer to the guidance notes and assignment brief in order to present an answer that would fall within the required context.
Confidentiality
Learners must seek permission and advice when using organisational/business information that would be considered sensitive or confidential within their assignments. If the organisation’s consent is given, and anonymity is a given requirement of the organisation, then the Learner must respect this.
Assessment criteria and mark sheets
The assignment brief will include the mark scheme along with grade descriptors for Learners to refer to if needed. The guidance notes before the assignment questions should be used for reference, in order to ensure that Learners are equipped with the information and formats required. Learners are requested to obtain necessary advice on assignment context, format and other supporting information to clarify and help understand the requirements. The assessment criteria and the mark sheets will help Learners identify how and where the marks have been allocated and allow them to structure their answers accordingly. Please note that Learners must achieve a minimum of 40% of the marks allocated for each task and that the average mark awarded to all tasks of an assignment must be a minimum of 40% of the overall marks awarded. Where a task requires coverage of more than one Learning Outcome, Work submitted for each Learning Outcome of the task will be assessed to ensure it is of sufficient standard (i.e. would achieve a minimum of 40% were it to be marked on its own).
Tutor guidance
Learners are allowed one piece of feedback for draft answers they present. Any subject-related questions relating to the module can also be directed to the tutor. Word count It is mandatory that Learners adhere to the specified word count given in the assignment brief within a margin of -/+10%. For certain tasks, the assignment brief may specify the page count depending on the task requirement and, although a word count may not always be applicable for these, the page count must be adhered to at all times. All tables, charts, diagrams, and references (in text) will be considered a part of the assignment word count. If the task requires Learners to make a presentation, the word count will only be applicable to the notes provided. The assignment questions may also specify the number of slides, in which case the Learners are also required to adhere to this. Any supporting documents used to reinforce a Learner’s answer need to be attached at the end of the report as appendices. Such supplementary material will equip the examiner with the required background knowledge on the information provided within the report. However, these will not be considered for grading nor as part of the word/page count. All assignments submitted with clear disregard for the stipulated page/word counts may be discounted, and Learners may have to resubmit their work for assessment pending revision/review of their work.
Referencing and professionalism
To ensure that they follow a professional stance at all times, Learners must:
- Use the Harvard system of referencing for all citations and references (including in-text)1
- Use professional, formal English in presenting their work
- Refrain from writing in a first-person perspective (i.e. ‘I’, ‘We’, ‘Me’, etc. should not be used within the answer).
Learners should bear in mind that marks are awarded for professional format and presentation and that considerable marks can be awarded for validity and quality of referencing. Therefore, referencing and professionalism will be assessed in every task.
Plagiarism and collusion
Plagiarism and collusion will be considered an academic offence and will be dealt with as a serious issue. Plagiarism can be defined as the presentation of the work of another author without appropriate referencing and/or attribution (leading to the false assumption that the Learner is the originator of the text). Collusion can be defined as a circumstance in which two or more Learners present work with distinct similarities in concepts and ideas. Learners must have access to valid plagiarism software (i.e. Turnitin) to assess the ‘similarity index’ between their work and work that has been published elsewhere. This Turnitin report must be submitted along with their final assignment scripts for reference purposes.2 Excessive referencing (i.e. where unneeded/irrelevant) will also be considered an academic offence, which will lead to Learners being penalised in marks awarded for the structure and format of their work or, in serious cases, leading to the work of Learners being discounted as unfit for assessment. Such matters will be decided by an academic panel along with EduQual.