Assignment Brief Academic Year 2022-23

Module code FY027 Preparing for Success at Module leader: Cadmel Misiani
and title: University: Self Development and
Responsibility

Assignment PR1: Oral Presentation Assessment 40%

No. and type: weighting:

Submission 28-Apr-23 Target feedback 3 weeks

time and date: time and date:

Assignment task

In this assignment, you will undertake a group project and deliver a 15-minute group presentation on
the subject of how to be an effective student using PowerPoint or equivalent and delivered live on-
campus.
Each team member will be expected to develop and present an equal share of the materials (15
minutes divided by the number of team members).

You will be expected to devote substantial time to completing this project independently, in addition to
any scheduled teaching in the module. It will be your collective group responsibility to organise this
independent study.

Each member of the group will be required to submit their group’s slides, or presentation
media, including a script of each individual oral presentation identified by name, via the
submission point for PR1 on LSST Connect. These must be identical to the copies submitted by
the other group members.

Any secondary sources used should be listed in a Reference List using Harvard.

This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your
achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

LO1: Demonstrate effective communication skills, applicable to academic and professional contexts.

LO2: Work effectively with others in the delivery of a group project

Referencing and presentational requirements

Internal approval: Name, Date

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 Please reference your work according to the Harvard style as defined in Cite Them Right Online
(http://www.citethemrightonline.com). This information is also available in book form: Pears, R. and
Shields, G. (2019) Cite them right: the essential reference guide. 11th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan. Copies are available via the University library.

Submission Details

Please also note that work that is submitted up to 10 working days beyond the submission date will be
considered a late submission. Late submissions will be marked and the actual mark recorded; but, will
be capped at the pass mark (typically 40%), provided that the work is of a passing standard. Work
submitted after this period will not be marked and will be treated as a non-submission.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity means taking responsibility for your own work.

When you submit an assignment, you are effectively making a declaration that it is your own work and that
you have acknowledged the contribution of others and their ideas in its development (for example, by
referencing them appropriately).
For further information and guidance, please see the University website: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/current-
students/registry-helpdesk-and-academic-advice/academic-integrity-and-misconduct
You are also expected to take responsibility for maintaining and managing confidentiality issues in your
work. You should maintain and respect confidentiality in relation to the protection of personal, technical
and/or commercial information of a sensitive nature in their assessed work, whatever the format.
Confidentiality issues will vary from subject to subject and you are encouraged to seek advice from your
course team if you are unclear about requirements in your context. For further information and guidance,
please see the University website: https://www.bucks.ac.uk/academic-confidentiality

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Assessment Criteria Academic Year 2022-23

0-34 (F) – 35-39 E – 40-49 (D) 50-59 (C) 60-69 (B) 70-79 (A) 80-100 (A+)
Fail Marginal fail Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Not successful Below required Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent Outstanding
standard
Knowledge and Insufficient or no Limited evidence Wider reading is Wider reading is Wider reading Application of a Application of a
understanding evidence of of reading of given relevant using relevant using shows a range of wide range of wide range of
30%: reading of given sources and/or given sources but given sources and relevant given given reading is given reading and
This should include sources. reading largely only partially has clearly sources being used largely evident in beyond is fully
evidence of: lacks relevance. integrated into the enhanced the and applied. the work. evident
• Reading of work. work. throughout the
recommended work
sources
• Meaningful use
of readings in
the
presentation

Analysis and Insufficient or no Limited ability to A sufficient ability A consistent and A highly proficient A highly An exceptional
criticality 30% ability to use ideas use ideas and to use ideas and confident ability to ability to use ideas accomplished ability to use ideas
This should include and information to information to information to use ideas and and information to ability to use ideas and information to
evidence of: devise and sustain devise and sustain devise and sustain information to devise and sustain and information to devise and sustain
• Logic and arguments arguments arguments devise and sustain arguments devise and sustain arguments
argument arguments arguments
• Analytical
reflection
• Clear
explanations

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Assessment Criteria Academic Year 2022-23

0-34 (F) – 35-39 E – 40-49 (D) 50-59 (C) 60-69 (B) 70-79 (A) 80-100 (A+)
Fail Marginal fail Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Not successful Below required Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent Outstanding
standard
Written, verbal Insufficient or no Limited ability to A sufficient ability A consistent and A highly proficient Work Work
and electronic ability to use use digital literacy to use digital confident ability to ability to use demonstrates a demonstrates an
communication digital literacy and and written literacy and use digital literacy digital literacy and highly exceptional ability
30% written communication written and written written accomplished to use digital
This should include communication skills, applicable to communication communication communication ability to use literacy and
evidence of: skills, applicable to academic and skills, applicable to skills, applicable to skills, applicable to digital literacy and written
• Accurate academic and professional academic and academic and academic and written communication
spelling, professional contexts professional professional professional communication skills, applicable to
punctuation contexts contexts contexts contexts skills, applicable to academic and
and grammar academic and professional
• Language use professional contexts
appropriate to contexts
purpose and
context
• Presentation
structure
• Accurate
referencing
Teamwork and Work Work Work Work Work Work Work
leadership skills demonstrates an demonstrates demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates an
10% insufficient or no limited ability to: sufficient ability consistent and highly proficient highly exceptional ability
This should include ability to: -adapt own to: confident ability ability to: accomplished to:
evidence of: -adapt own behaviour to meet -adapt own to: -adapt own ability to: -adapt own
• Equal behaviour to meet obligations to behaviour to meet -adapt own behaviour to meet -adapt own behaviour to meet
contribution of obligations to others in a team obligations to behaviour to meet obligations to behaviour to meet obligations to
effort obligations to obligations to

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Assessment Criteria Academic Year 2022-23

0-34 (F) – 35-39 E – 40-49 (D) 50-59 (C) 60-69 (B) 70-79 (A) 80-100 (A+)
Fail Marginal fail Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Not successful Below required Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent Outstanding
standard
all group others in a team -manage their others in a team others in a team others in a team others in a team others in a team
members effort learning and work effort effort effort effort effort
during the -manage their under direction or -manage their -manage their -manage their -manage their -manage their
presentation learning and work supervision learning and work learning and work learning and work learning and work learning and work
• Equal input to under direction or -use Initiative to under direction or under direction or under direction or under direction or under direction or
the overall supervision take responsibility supervision supervision supervision supervision supervision
quality of the -use Initiative to for initiating and -use Initiative to -use Initiative to -use Initiative to -use Initiative to -use Initiative to
content of the take responsibility completing tasks take responsibility take responsibility take responsibility take responsibility take responsibility
presentation for initiating and and procedures for initiating and for initiating and for initiating and for initiating and for initiating and
completing tasks completing tasks completing tasks completing tasks completing tasks completing tasks
and procedures and procedures and procedures and procedures and procedures and procedures