| Attitude: Professional manner adopted and well organised. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | Poor attitude and poorly organised. |
| Visual Aids: Well presented, structured and clearly laid out. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | Confusing, too much text and information included in slides. |
| Clarity of Speech: Clearly audible, voice well-modulated. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | Largely inaudible, monotone. |
| Time Keeping: Well-paced and finished on time. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | Timing poorly judged, finished too soon or over ran. |
| Subject Content: Information is accurate, at an appropriate depth and referenced. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | Contains little accurate information, only a surface analysis is evident and not referenced. |
| Understanding: Well researched, good explanations of principle, subject critically analysed. | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | Poorly researched material, poor explanations of principles, little evidence of analysis. |
A = 100-70%, B = 69-60%, C = 59-50%, F = 49-0%
| ENGLISH AND PRESENTATION (the following areas need care and attention) | |||||
| Grammar | ☐ | Paragraphing | ☐ | Citation | ☐ |
| Spelling | ☐ | Figures and Tables | ☐ | References | þ |
| Further Comments |
| The presentation is well-paced and the slide layout is good. However, this presentation falls short of the level of academic rigour and research required at this level. The selection of certain exhibits indicates that you do not fully understand the weight of specific evidence types. The slides alone provide some evidence of the former point BUT your commentary does nothing to add or explain your decision. Whilst the slides contain relevant references you do little to explain why they are useful and how they help prove specific aspects of the offences. Some of the commentary makes no sense at all. In you FS report you must use academic research to support your selections and link those selections to specific aspects of the legislation. You need to be prescriptive in the way that you explain this. For example, why did you choose the urine sample over blood samples from Belnkinsop? You are correct but need to justify this. You have also used my exhibit reference numbers (GFC). I take it these should be your exhibits from scene examinations? Also, use the legislation as something on which to build the report and unpack the definitions so that you can then link specific exhibits to it. Finally, there are no references as a final slide to support the piece. This is essential. Referencing & Citation • Importance of referencing • Your work must be fully referenced • Attribute credit to the author of the work • Wide range of sources demonstrates thorough research • Inaccurate citations detracts from the quality of your work • Avoid accusation of plagiarism • When and what do you need to cite? • When you make a legal proposition. • Primary sources as opposed to secondary sources • Example: If you state that …’a contract for the sale of land has to be made in writing’, the correct citation for this proposition is: Law of Property Act 1989, s.2 and not Gravells, p.60 Gravells is a student textbook, referring to that Act. • How to reference • Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (‘OSCOLA’) REFERENCING USING OSCOLA SOURCE NOTE EXAMPLE LAW REPORTS Refer to lecture 3 on Case Law & the Doctrine of Precedent Practice Direction (Judgments: Form Citation) (Supreme Court) [2001] 1 WLR 194. Italicise when typing or underline when hand writing the name R v Morrison [2003] 1 WLR 1859 In the text cite the names of the parties R v Morrison In the footnote provide the full citation [2003] 1 WLR 1859 Citing specific passages from cases R v Morrison [2003] 1 WLR 1859, 1863 Neutral citations with paragraph reference R v Morrison [2003] EWCA Civ 1722 at [12] STATUTES Short title and year of Act Misrepresentation Act 1967 Specific section, cite the section then the short title and year s.2 Misrepresentation Act 1967 For several sections, cite ss. 1, 2 and then the short title and year ss.1,2 Misrepresentation Act 1967 For subsections, cite the subsection in brackets, and then the short title and year s.2(1) Misrepresentation Act 1967 For schedules Schedule 2 to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 may be referred to as ‘Sch. 2 (a) UCTA 1977’. Cite a statutory instrument (SI) by its name, date and serial number Prison Rules 1999 (SI 1999/728) If already referenced, appropriate abbreviations may be used The Misrepresentation Act 1967 may be referred to as ‘The 1967 Act’ The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 may be referred to as ‘UCTA 1977’. JOURNAL ARTICLES Author’s surname, author’s initials, the title of the article in single quotes, year of publication, volume number if appropriate, journal abbreviation, page number on which the article begins, and the page number on which the specific quote or idea is discussed if referring to a specific point Barendt, E ‘Separation of powers and constitutional government’ [1995] PL 599 Citing electronic journals – cite as you would with a normal print journal, but with the addition of a URL and date accessed Endeshaw, A ‘Intellectual Property and the Digital Divide’ [2008] 1 JILT accessed 17 July 2009 BOOKS Author’s surname and initials, title of the book in italics, open brackets then edition, publisher, place of publication and year then close brackets Whish, R Competition Law (6th edn OUP, Oxford 2009) • Footnotes • What is a footnote?1 • Footnotes are inserted after punctuation and generally appears at the end of the sentence but where appropriate may appear within a sentence. • You may have more than one footnote in a sentence but ideally no more than two 1 The use of footnotes is a system of referencing in which a note at the bottom of the page is inserted which contains citations of work referred to in the body of the text. For specific references Whish, R Competition Law (6th edn OUP, Oxford 2009) p.28 Whish, R Competition Law (6th edn OUP, Oxford 2009)pp.28-35 When there are multiple authors, cite the first listed author and add ‘and others’ Chalmers, and others, European Union law: text and materials (CUP, Cambridge 2006) When there are editors involved use ed or eds after the name Elliott, M (ed), Beatson, Matthews and Elliott’s Administrative Law: Text and Materials (OUP, Oxford 2005). Chapter in a book of edited work, you must use the word ‘in’ and cite the title of the chapter in single inverted commas Jones, MA ‘Breach of Duty’ in A Grubb (ed), Principles of Medical Law (2nd edn OUP, Oxford 2004) INTERNET SOURCES Be careful not to plagiarise and to use a reliable source. Cite the name of the author (or corporate author), the title in single inverted commas, the document type, the full web address and the date you accessed the site Note the use of the angular brackets to identify the URL Home Office, ‘Anti-Social Behaviour Orders’ http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/anti-socialbehaviour/penalties/anti-social-behaviour-orders accessed 2 June 2006 REFERENCING CONVENTIONS You can use ibid in your footnotes to avoid repeating the full citation for a reference you have just mentioned. Ibid (abbreviation of the Latin ibidem) means ‘in the same place’. If in footnote 33 you stated: McKendrick, E, Contract Law: Text, Cases and Materials (3rd edn OUP 2008), p.134 You may then state the following in the next one: Ibid (for same page) Ibid, 142 (for different page) Cross-referencing If you want to refer to the reference in footnote 9 then write: see n.9 PLAGIARISM • What is it? • Types of plagiarism • Concealing sources – can be unintentional! Always cite and acknowledge the work of others • Collusion – working with others but no credit given • Copy and paste – Do not do it! If you copy verbatim, use quotation marks and reference. Do not just stick a quote in and do nothing with it. • Common knowledge – Boris Johnson is Mayor of London – if not something known as a ‘fact’ by many people then you need to cite. • Self plagiarism – re-using work you have already done or submitted. • How do we know? • Experience! • Turnitin • What could happen to me? • Academic misconduct • Plagiarism constitutes academic misconduct • Declaration Sheets • See the student handbook • See University regulations • How to avoid it? • Quoting • Paraphrasing Passing off the ideas or words of someone else as though they were your own deliberately or inadvertently • Err on the side of caution • Referencing and citation |
