ACADEMIC YEAR

SEMESTER

2023-24

1

SUBJECT

Health and Social Care

PROGRAMME

BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care

LEVEL

MODULE CODE

MODULE TITLE

CREDITS

ECTS CREDITS

6

HSC60120

Individuality and Diversity – Meeting Everyone’s Needs

30

15

COMPONENT

WEIGHTING

UNISTATS CATEGORY

ASSIGNMENT TYPE

1

OF

2

40%

Practical

Individual Oral Presentation

ANONYMOUS MARKING

This assignment will be marked anonymously

No

TASK DESCRIPTION

• Students will prepare and deliver a 10-minute individual presentation, which will be followed by a 5-minute question and answer session specifically related to the presentation using a set criteria that the student will have seen prior to the assessment.
• The presentation will identify an area of diversity within health and social care practice, and discuss the models and theories applied to this area of work, recognising the complexities and challenges.
• After the presentation and 5-minute question and answer session, please ensure the module lead/assessor receives a copy of the presentation, references, and any notes.

TIME LIMIT

10 minutes (+5 Q&A)

SUBMISSION METHOD

Presentation

DATE/TIME OF SUBMISSION

*Please see guidance below on application of late penalties*

Date and times to be allocated by module lead

DATE/TIME OF SUBMISSION IF EXTENSION AUTHORISED

Unless your assignment is submitted by the deadline, it will receive a mark of zero. Oral assessments are managed in the same way as exams and as such extensions are unable to be given for these assessments. Following the date of submission requests may be made for the Board of Examiners to take extenuating circumstances for non-submission into account. All such requests must be made on the standard pro forma and must be accompanied by corroborating evidence.

RETURN DATE

To be announced

FEEDBACK METHOD

Turnitin - VLE

Mark Range

Understanding of Issues

Development of theme/argument

Selection and Analysis of Sources

Quality of Communication

90-100

An extremely

Very considerable

Exceptionally

Excellent

confident and

evidence of

scholarly use and

communication,

perceptive account,

independent thinking

evaluation of a wide

containing no or

showing great

in a coherent,

range of sources.

almost no errors, and

assurance when

wellformulated

Very considerable

demonstrating very

discussing the

structure, which draws

evidence of originality

considerable stylistic

issues. An account,

key strands together

in obtaining, handling

elegance, sustained

which offers

making a coherent

and deploying a wide

use of an appropriate

sustained, high

whole. Writing which

range of sources and

register and great

quality independent

is likely to show a very

in the critical

precision.

insights into the

considerable degree of

judgements they

issues.

originality in its

support.

argument throughout.

80-89

A very confident

Considerable evidence

Very scholarly use

Communication of

and perceptive

of independent

and evaluation of a

very high quality,

account, showing

thinking in a coherent,

wide range of

containing almost no

great assurance

well-formulated

sources. Considerable

errors, and showing

when discussing the

structure, which draws

evidence of originality

considerable stylistic

issues. An account,

key strands together

in obtaining, handling

elegance, use of an

which offers several

making a coherent

and deploying

appropriate register

independent and

whole.

sources and in the

and great precision.

good quality insights

Writing which is likely

critical judgements

into the issues.

to show some

they support.

originality in its

argument.

70-79

A confident and

Independent thinking

Scholarly use and

Communication of

perceptive account,

in a coherent,

evaluation of sources.

high-quality showing

showing a sure

wellformulated

An element of

elegance of style,

understanding of

structure, which draws

originality employed

awareness of

issues and

key strands together.

in critical judgements.

audience and

independent insight

precision of phrasing.

into them.

60-69

A clear and

Clear evidence of

Critical judgement

A written style, which

confident

independent and

exercised in the

contributes to the

understanding of

sustained thinking in

selection, analysis and

clear and fluent

relevant issues and

the construction of an

evaluation of primary

communication of

questions.

argument.

and secondary

meaning. Generally

sources based on

appropriate for the

careful research.

audience, generally

precise.