You are to submit one portfolio of evidence for the whole group, which demonstrates the management of your client project.

The evidence you must include is prescribed by the separate proformas, see document entitled

BM562 Proformas for CW1 Portfolio 2022-23

You must provide supporting evidence as far as possible for each section.

All contributing students’ names and student ID numbers must be on the front cover. If a student’s identifying details are missing, they will not be awarded a grade.

One of the sections is the final Client Report. This should be 2500 words long +/- 10%. You must ensure that your Client receives a copy of this.

There is no designated word count for the other elements of the portfolio, however these should still be professionally and carefully written and presented.

WORKING IN GROUPS

All team members must participate in the development of the portfolio.

As 20% of the mark for this coursework will come from the client’s rating for each individual, final marks may vary between team members.

Please see the separate ‘Group Work Policy Statement’ for more information.

The Client Report element of the portfolio should use line and a half spacing. This element of the work should be 2500 words long +/- 10%.

The list of references will not be included in the word count.

The Cite Them Right database can be accessed via the Library – A to Z list of e resources.

We recommend you use this checklist as soon as you get this assignment brief to help you plan your work.

This brief assignment checklist is designed to help you avoid some of the most common mistakes students make in their coursework.

HAVE YOU READ THE ASSIGNMENT BRIEF? IF NOT, DO IT NOW!

In it you will find details of the assessment task, word count, the assessment criteria your work is marked against, and the learning outcomes – the basis for the assessment strategy in each module.

Students often lose marks by forgetting some of the more straightforward elements of their assignments. We recommend that you “tick off” each of the points below as you prepare your work for submission. If you need any help, ask your tutor and / or visit https://bucks.ac.uk/students/academicadvice/assessment-and-examination

See Assignment Checklist below

TICK

Have you read and understood the assessment criteria?

Have you met the learning outcomes? You will lose marks and your work may even be failed if you have not.

using relevant academic sources and you have offered discussion points which

extends your own or others’ viewpoints to make reasoned conclusions/judgements.

Have you maintained an academic tone throughout your work? Is your work formal, focused, developed and clear?

Have you checked that the referencing in your assignment is in line with your programme requirements?

Have you proof-read your work and used spellcheck software to check your spelling and grammar?

Have you checked the presentation of your work is as specified by your tutor, for example, are font size, colour, style, line spacing and margins as the tutor specified?

Have you kept to the word count (or equivalent)? If you are not sure, check with your tutor.

Can you confirm that the work submitted is your own and not plagiarised?

Pass

Pass

Pass

Pass

Pass

Marginal fail

Fail

exceptional ability to

accomplished ability to

proficient ability to

consistent and confident

sufficient ability to

insufficient ability to

or no ability to

This should include evidence of:

information accurately and

information accurately and

and information

ideas and information

information accurately

and information

and information

academic English,

academic English,

in written academic

written academic

academic English,

reliably in written

in written academic

·          Completing all of the

·          Appropriate language use

·          Appropriate report writing

final client report

final client report

of meetings, as well as

meetings, as well as the

meetings, as well as the

from email trails,

of meetings, as well as

·          Client and supervisor liaison

·          Accurate Harvard referencing

meetings, as well as the final client

Organisation/ Project management/ Team management

meetings, suggest capable and effective team work and project management.

Exceptional knowledge and critical understanding of the client’s industry as well as specific business problem

Highly accomplished knowledge and critical understanding of the client’s industry as well as specific business problem

Refined knowledge and critical understanding of the client’s industry as well as specific business problem

Sound breadth and depth of knowledge and critical understanding of the client’s industry as well as specific business problem

Wider reading is largely restricted to core texts and only partially integrated in terms of references to source data (academic and secondary) and through any primary research effort.

Basic knowledge and critical understanding of the client’s industry as well as specific business problem

Insufficient knowledge and critical understanding of the client’s industry as well as specific business problem

There is little or no evidence of wider reading to source data (academic and secondary) and / or limited to no primary research effort.

Limited and / or substantially inaccurate demonstration of the knowledge and critical understanding of the client’s industry as well as specific business problem

Your portfolio mark is then weighted at 80% of your overall module mark.