Assessed Essay – Semester 2 – 2006/2007 INSTRUCTIONS
1. The essay will count for 100% of your total marks for this module. 2. Your completed essay must be posted in the container outside the Postgraduate Admissions Office by th 12 noon on 17 May 2007. You should fill in and attach a Declaration of Academic Integrity form, which is available outside the Postgraduate Admissions Office. The container will be emptied each day at approx 12 (noon). Essays posted after this time will be stamped with the following day’s date. Essays must be accompanied by a disk clearly labelled with your name, student id number, and module code and name. 3. Essays which are submitted after the deadline will be penalised in accordance with University rules. Extensions of the deadline for submission can only be granted in exceptional circumstances and can only be obtained from Lindsey Brooke, the Postgraduate Examinations Administrator. You should first collect an extension form from outside the Postgraduate Admissions Office. 4. Your essay will not be returned to you and you are required to keep an additional copy for your own reference. Additionally you must keep any notes and draft copies of the essay. 5. The length of your essay should not exceed 4500 words (excluding footnotes, endnotes and the bibliography). If you exceed this limit you will be penalised in accordance with School rules. Under these rules your essay may exceed the word limit by 100 words without attracting penalty. Beyond that a deduction of between 10 marks and 35 marks will be applied at the discretion of the examiners to the mark initially awarded. You should state the number of words on the Declaration of Academic Integrity form in the box provided. If you do not, you will be penalised by a deduction of 5 marks. The declaration of academic integrity that you sign extends to the accuracy of your statement of word length. 6. Your essay