Coursework Specification (Resit)
1 Module Information
1.1 Module Title
Advance Practice
1.2 Module Code Number
KB7056
1.3 Module Level and Credit Points
Level 7, 60 Credits
1.4 Module Leader
Dr Shahid Rasul
1.5 Assessment Component Number (on Module Specification)
01 and 02
1.6 Assessment Weighting (on Module Specification)
Component 01 – Pass/Fail
Component 02 – Pass/Fail
Both Components must be passed
1.7 Coursework Title
Component 01 – Individual Reflective Report
Component 02 – Group Project Presentation
1.8 Coursework Specification Author
Dr Shahid Rasul
Michelle Littlemore
Prof James Martin
1.9 Academic Year and Semester(s)
2021/2022
2 Coursework Submission and Feedback
2.1 Release Date of Coursework Specification to Students
22nd August 2022
2.2 Mechanism Used to Disseminate Coursework Specification to Students
Via eLP and in class
2.3 Date and Time of Submission of Coursework by Students
Group Project Presentation –
Presentations (e.g. PowerPoint file) to be submitted Blackboard 6th May 2022 23:58 GMT – Only one member of the team must submit the presentation. The format for handing in the presentation is outlined in the expected size of the submission.
Presentations to academics and external project sponsors where appropriate will be held w/c 9nd May 2022 – you will be informed of a date and time prior to the end of semester 2.
Individual Reflective Report – to be submitted via TurnitinUK 17th May 2022 23:58 GMT
2.4 The mechanism for Submission of Coursework by Students
TurnitinUK
2.5 Return Date of Unconfirmed Internally Moderated Mark(s) and Feedback to Students
20th June 16:00 GMT
2.6 The mechanism for Return of Unconfirmed Internally Moderated Mark(s) and Feedback to Students
- Formative feedback/tutorial support will be given during the stages of the module delivery.
- Summative feedback/feedforward will be made via eLP TurnitinUK and during the Final Presentations
2.7 The Advance Practice Award
Your Advance Practice semester will be assessed on a pass/fail basis and does not contribute to the classification of your degree. However when taken and passed it is recognised both in your transcript as a 60 credit Advance Practice Module and in your degree title.
3 Assessment Details
3.1 Module Learning Outcomes (MLOs) Assessed by Coursework
Specific achievements will be defined within your individual learning contract. However, all students are expected demonstrate an ability to achieve the following:
Knowledge & Understanding:
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MLO1: Reflect upon, challenge and extend existing personal knowledge of your discipline.
• MLO2: Evidence an enhanced understanding of your discipline through the application of existing knowledge in unfamiliar learning environments and through the acquisition of new knowledge and perspectives derived from experience out-with your formal taught programme.
Intellectual/Professional skills & abilities: -
MLO3: Exercise self-direction of your own learning by identifying and managing tasks individually and as a member of a team which address your personal goals.
• MLO4: Demonstrate mastery of intellectual and professional skills appropriate to your discipline.
• MLO5: Critically analyse and communicate ideas in appropriate written and verbal forms.
Personal Values/Attributes: - MLO6: Demonstrate self-awareness of personal development.
3.2 Coursework Task to be completed by Students
Component 01 – Individual Reflective Report
During your Advance Practice you will have developed a number of skills and will have experienced a number of emotions. This component gives you the opportunity to reflect, analyse and propose future actions as a result of your experiences during this module in order to enhance your ability to become a reflective practitioner.
The Individual Reflective Report must demonstrate a critical and analytic thought process, a clear line of argument, and the use of evidence through examples of personal experiences, thoughts, and possibly theoretical literature. It must also contain the following 4 Rs of Reflective Writing:
- Reporting and Responding – Describe your experience, report what happened. Why is it relevant? Respond to your experiences with observations or expressing your opinion
- Relating – Draw a relationship between your experiences during the project and past experiences or modules/concepts/theories. Make a connection between how your skills, past professional experiences or discipline knowledge helped you during the project. Did you have the skills and knowledge to deal with task?
- Reasoning – Rationalise your experiences and make sense of the experiences through theory, ethical, social or political factors.
Reconstructing – Develop a plan to change your future actions/behaviours and to develop gaps in your skills. How would I deal with this next time?
Component 02 – Group Presentation.
As an output of your Advance Practice experience, you will be required to present the findings/solutions from your project brief to your industry client. You will also present your findings to a panel of academics for your final assessment.
If you are part of a group, then it is expected that each member of the group will contribute to the presentation and that each person will present an element of the presentation.
The presentation must clearly and concisely communicate the following:
- A brief background to the company and the objectives of the brief
- The research that you undertook
- The methods that you employed
- The findings and the solutions
- Conclusions
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GROUP WORK
As a member of your project team you are expected to fully contribute to the output of the project brief. If there are any issues regarding you not contributing fully to the task you will be addressed by the module tutor and the Advance practice co-ordinator to assess your position on the project.
3.3 Expected Size of Coursework
Individual Reflective Account
- The work should be formatted as a Advance reflective report with numbered headings and subheadings
- The work should be formatted using ‘Arial’ font, of font size ‘11’, with 1.5 line spacing.
- The work shall be a maximum of 3,000 words (max 12 sides of A4 sheets)
- Figures and tables (diagrams, illustrations, photographs etc.) and tables are welcome to support the text. Figures, tables etc must be the author’s own and must add value to the report.
- The work must form a structured and coherent whole. It must contain a contents page and a basic front sheet that identifies the student number (not name), the total number of words used (excluding references, abstract and appendices section), and the number of figures/tables used.
- Submission of the reflective report should be titled in the following format
- Student name followed by Academic supervisors last name followed by the Client and the Project name
For example: Student Name_LITTLEMORE Bowmer and Kirkland Warehouse
Group Presentation
- The presentation will be conducted by all members of the group. The presentation will last 15 minutes with an additional 5 minutes for questions and answers
- The presentation format will be in PowerPoint (PPT)
- Submission of the PowerPoint should be titled in the following format
Group number followed by Academic supervisors last name followed by the Client and the Project name
For example: Group 2 LITTLEMORE Bowmer and Kirkland Warehouse
4 The University word limit policy is accessible here: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/university-services/academic-registry/quality-and-teaching-excellence/assessment/guidance-for-students/
4.1 Referencing Style
You are to write your coursework using the Cite Them Right version of the Harvard referencing system. An online guide to Cite Them Right is freely available to Northumbria University students at:
https://www.citethemrightonline.com/
5 Assessment Criteria
Component 01 – Group Presentation
Pass and Fail grades are determined from the weighted sum of marks from each criterion as defined in the table below:
| Criterion/Level | Fail (<40) | Adequate (50-59) | Good (60-69) | Excellent (>70) |
| Presentation Quality, Clarity and Skill (20%) | A poor presentation that demonstrates no cohesiveness amongst the team. Has little logic and lacks clarity | An adequate presentation that is presented with some logic and clarity but lacks a good level of professionalism | A good presentation that is logical, clear and conducted in a professional manner | An excellent presentation that is logical, clear and conducted in a professional manner |
| Industrial Sympathy (application in the real world) (30%) | Non-Coherent and no clear advice to the client. Shows limited/no understanding of the technology/knowledge transfer. Unable to defend the success of the project | Adequate advice to the client showing some understanding of the technology/knowledge transfer and risk. Defends the applicable success of the project | Good advice to the client showing good understanding of the technology/knowledge transfer and risk. Defends the applicable success of the project | Coherent and clear advice to client showing clear understanding of the technology/knowledge transfer and risk. Defends the applicable success of the project |
| Level of expertise in subject matter (30%) | No grip on the subject matter. No grasp of the wider application relating to the subject area | An adequate grip on the subject matter. Limited grasp of the wider application relating to the subject area | A good grip on the subject matter. Grasp of the wider application relating to the subject area | An excellent grip on the subject matter. Expertise evidenced. Grasp of the wider application relating to the subject area |
| Conclusions and Recommendations (10%) |
Poor Clarity. Not clearly defined in a real-world context | Adequate clarity with some evidence of thinking through the process. Some explanation in a real-world context | Good clarity and well thought out process. Clearly explained in a real-world context | Excellent clarity and extremely well thought out. Clearly explained in a real-world context |
| Management of Questions and Answers (10%) | Poor management of questions | Adequate management of questions | Good management of questions | Excellent management of questions |
Component 02 – Reflective Account
| Criterion/Level | Fail (<40) | Adequate (50-59) | Good (60-69) | Excellent (>70) |
| Clarity – 20% | Language is vague and confusing throughout the report | There are frequent lapses in clarity and accuracy in the report | Minor infrequent gaps in clarity and accuracy in the report | The language is clear and expressive. The reviewer can clearly understand the purpose and position of the report |
| Relevance – 20% | Most of the reflection does not relate to the learning experiences of the student and/or learning objectives in the context of the project brief and learning contract | Student makes attempts to demonstrate relevance, but the relevance is unclear to the reader. Some linkage to project brief, AP learning objectives and the learning contract | The learning experience being reflected upon is good, relevant, and meaningful to the student and the AP learning objectives in the context of the project brief and learning contract | The learning experience being reflected upon is excellent, relevant, and meaningful to the student and the AP learning objectives in the context of the project brief and learning contract |
| Analysis – 20% | Reflection does not move beyond description of the learning experiences during the AP project | Student makes attempts at applying the learning experience to understanding of AP project concepts but fails to demonstrate depth of analysis | The reflection demonstrates a good level of applying the learning experience and analyses elements that have contributed to the students understanding of the AP project | The reflection moves beyond simple description of the experience to an analysis of how the experience contributed to the students understanding of the AP project |
| Interconnections – 15% | No attempt to demonstrate connections to previous learning or experiences with AP project | The reflection demonstrates little or no attempt to make connections between the experience and material from other modules at Northumbria University, past experiences and/or personal goals for their AP project | The reflection demonstrates good connections between the experience and material from other modules at Northumbria University, past experiences and/or personal goals for their AP project | The reflection demonstrates excellent connections between the experience and material from other modules at Northumbria University, past experiences and/or personal goals for their AP project |
| Self-Criticism – 15% | No attempt at self-criticism and relevant improvement strategies | There is some attempt at self-criticism, but the self-reflection fails to demonstrate a new awareness of personal learning developments | The reflection demonstrates ability of the student to question their own biases, project implementation strategy, team dynamics and skills but is limited in formulating new modes of thinking | The reflection demonstrates ability of the student to question their own biases, project implementation strategy, team dynamics and skills to formulation new modes of thinking. |
| Student Engagement – 10% (Based on engagement with the process and your team throughout the module) |
Less than 50% attendance recorded at scheduled meetings. Little or no information, that has been asked for, has been provided. Lack of engagement with the process and the team | 50% attendance at scheduled meetings. An adequate level of the information, that has been asked for, has been provided There has been some engagement with the process and the team. | 80% attendance at scheduled meetings and gateways in the module. Most of the information asked for has been provided. Good level of team engagement | 100% attendance at scheduled meetings and gateways in the module. All information that has been asked for has been provided. Fully engaged in the team and their activities |
6 Referral
The Referral Attempt opportunity will generally take place after the end-of-level Progression and Awards Board (PAB). If you become eligible to complete a Referral Attempt but are subsequently unable to undertake the opportunity when required, you will be permitted to re-sit the module at the next scheduled sitting of the module assessment. This will typically entail the suspension of your progression on your programme of study until such time that you have completed the level and become eligible to proceed.
7 Guidance for Students on Policies for Assessment
The University has several policies for assessment. The following information, which is available to you from the link below, provides guidance on these policies, including relevant procedures and forms.
- Assessment Regulations and Policies
- Assessment Regulations for Taught Awards
- Group Work Assessments Policy
- Moderation Policy
- Retention of Assessed Work Policy
- Word Limits Policy
- Assessment Feedback
- Anonymous Marking Policy
- Late Submission of Work and Extension Requests
- Personal Extenuating Circumstances
- Technical Extenuating Circumstances
- Student Complaints and Appeals
- Academic Misconduct
- Student Disability and Unforeseen Medical Circumstances
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/university-services/academic-registry/quality-and-teaching-excellence/assessment/guidance-for-students/
