UMPD7J-15-2Formative assessment will be provided throughout the module and will be particularly addressed in the workshops.
Assessment criteria for Part A
Please see the full marking grid for the podcast. This is a separate document.
Part B: Case study (1500 words)
You will be presented with a case study and asked to answer a series of questions, drawing on current equality legislation, academic and practitioner literature.
This part of the assessment requires you to identify and explain how equality law relates to a specific employment issue presented in the case study. The task also requires you to evaluate how the fictional company should proceed, both the immediate steps and longer-term steps that the organisation should take. Your evaluation should take into account the practical challenges of ensuring that employees act fairly at work.
Assessment criteria for Part B
Please see the full marking grid for the case study. This is a separate document.
The case study will be provided during the module. Students will have the opportunity to work on previous case studies.
Guidance
- Refer to any data sets in the main body of your essay. You may include data sets in your appendix.
- Use the full word count to maximise your marks.
- Do use Harvard Referencing.
The marking scheme describes the assessment marking criteria in detail. This can guide you on the standard of work expected and how you construct your answer.
Formative Feedback and Support
Formative feedback provides opportunities to reflect on your ongoing work and preparation for your assignment. This is given within your TUTORIALS (two hour seminars) which run every week; all students are timetabled to be able to attend one of these. Many tutorials will include some work on the assignment, this will include: self-assessment around some of the leadership theories and exercises which allow you to reflect on yourself as a leader, so please
- DO attend all tutorials
- DO think about your piece and ask the questions you need to ask within your tutorials
- You can also arrange to discuss your assignment with your seminar tutor
Further information about this assessment is available on the Blackboard site for this module and includes other guidance documents, reading list sections and other useful references.
