College of Arts, Technology and Environment

YEAR 2023/24

Assessment Brief

Submission and feedback dates

Submission deadline: Tuesday 19th March 2024, 14:00 h

48-hour late submission window does not apply
You will upload your presentation slides to the Submission tab for presentation slides under
Assignments of the modules Blackboard page before the deadline and you will present in
week 31 or 32 in your allocated session.
Marks and Feedback due on 18th April 2024
N.B. all times are 24-hour clock, current local time (at time of submission) in the UK

Submission details
Module title and code: UBGMLU-15-2 Engineering Geology Design Project
Component and type: Task A
Assessment title: Presentation
Assessment weighting: 50% of the total module mark
Size or length of assessment: This is a 15 min presentation plus slides prepared in MS
PowerPoint (or an equivalent software)
Module learning outcomes assessed by this task:
MO1: Explain the engineering properties and behaviour of soil and rock as engineering
material
MO2: Assess geological conditions for engineering purposes and identify geological
engineering factors affecting civil and construction engineering
MO3: Identify and report causes of geological failures and define future measures for
protection

Completing your assessment

What am I required to do on this assessment?

For this component, you will explore the taught theoretical background to the different
geological factors that affect design and construction of infrastructural systems, by
conducting a literature review of at least three (3) reported case studies and make an
individual presentation of your findings. This component will be marked, fed back on and
will lead into Task B.
You can choose your subject from the areas of: hydrogeology, fracture/fault analyses for
site characterisation, geotechnical investigations to support geothermal energy exploration,
assessments of geohazards (e.g. earthquakes, landslides, subsidence), site investigation or
rock mass rating for the construction of tunnels, bridges, dams etc. or any other related
subject area. You should use this presentation to prepare for Task B (design report) and set
the context.

Suggested structure for the presentation

 Title slide with module name and code and student name and number (1 slide)
 Context/theoretic background (1 - 2 slide)
 Aim/Objectives (1 slide)
 Review of at least three (3) case studies (1 - 2 slides per case study)
 Synergy from the review of case studies (1 – 2 slides)
 Discussion of protection/mitigation measures linked to synergy and case studies (1 –
2 slides)
 Reference list (1 slide)
 Closing/Thank you slide (1 slide)

What do I need to do to pass?

In order to pass this piece of coursework, you need to achieve a mark of at least 40%.

How do the learning and teaching relate to the assessment, and where do I find
resources?
This assessment relates to lectures, tutorial and practical sessions taught in weeks 24 - 30.
Lecture slides and handouts used during these sessions are available from the module’s
Blackboard page and you can also access the reading list form there. You will need to
identify further literature to support the theoretic background of your study plus several
relevant case studies.

Staff will give you formative feedback based on your own questions during the timetabled
sessions.

What do I do if I am concerned about completing this assessment?

UWE Bristol offers a range of Assessment Support Options that you can explore through this
link, and both Academic Support and Wellbeing Support are available. For further
information, please see the Academic Survival Guide.
How do I avoid an Assessment Offence on this module?
Use the support above if you feel unable to submit your own work for this module, or
contact the teaching team to get support.
Creating your own powerpoint presentation, using your own reading and critical evaluation
of reasonably chosen case studies and giving full credit to all figures, data, photos,
quotations and paraphrased sections used in your slideshow is the best way to avoid AOs for
this type of assessment. Do not give your own work to others who may copy it.

Marks and Feedback

The following factors will be taken into consideration and the marking template presented
below will be used when assessing your submission:

Marking criteria 90 - 100 80 -89 70 -79 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 40 - 49 35 - 39 25 - 34 15 - 24 0 - 14

Exceptional

Inadequate
Competent
Outstandin

Choice of a reasonable Very good

Extremely
Very poor
Adequate
Excellent

subject area and well-set

Weak
Good

poor
Poor
context by use of literature
(theoretic background) (10%)
g

Review of case studies and

Extremely poor
presentation of major
Outstanding

findings from these case

Exceptional

Inadequate
Competent
Very good

Very poor
Adequate
Excellent

studies including the

identification of geological

Weak
Good

Poor
causes of failures (50%)
Development of a synergy
Outstanding Outstanding

from the review of case

Exceptional Exceptional

Inadequate Inadequate
Competent Competent
Very good

Extremely
Very poor
Adequate
Excellent

studies and discussion of

protection/mitigation
Weak
Good

poor
Poor
measures (20%)
Very good

Extremely
Very poor
Adequate
Excellent

Presentation delivery, slide

layout, literacy, correct
Weak
Good

poor
Poor

referencing (20%)

Important Information
In line with UWE Bristol’s Assessment Content Limit Policy (formerly the Word Count Policy),
word count includes all text, including (but not limited to): the main body of text (including
headings), all citations (both in and out of brackets), text boxes, tables and graphs, figures
and diagrams, quotes, lists.
UWE Bristol’s UWE’s Assessment Offences Policy requires that you submit work that is
entirely your own and reflects your own learning, so it is important to:
1. Ensure you reference all sources used, using the UWE Harvard system and the
guidance available on UWE’s Study Skills referencing pages.
2. Avoid copying and pasting any work into this assessment, including your own
previous assessments, work from other students or internet sources
 3. Develop your own style, arguments and wording, so avoid copying sources and
changing individual words but keeping, essentially, the same sentences and/or
structures from other sources
4. Never give your work to others who may copy it
5. If an individual assessment, develop your own work and preparation and do not
allow anyone to make amends on your work (including proof-readers, who may
highlight issues but not edit the work)

When submitting your work, you will be required to confirm that the work is your own,
and text-matching software and other methods are routinely used to check submissions
against other submissions to the university and internet sources. Details of what constitutes
plagiarism and how to avoid it can be found on UWE’s Study Skills pages about avoiding
plagiarism.