Filter by keyword, subject, or both. Updates live as new model answers are added to our portal.
Engineering and Environment Advanced Practice
3,000 words
AP Research Project – Reflective Individual Report and Poster Presentation
This assessment is the Advanced Practice (AP) Research Project for the Engineering and Environment Advanced Practice London Campus Research Project module. It is designed for postgraduate students undertaking an independent research project with supervisory guidance. The assessment provides an opportunity to reflect critically on the research process, knowledge gained, professional development and challenges encountered during the project. Students are expected to demonstrate independent learning, research skills, critical thinking and the ability to communicate complex ideas in a professional context. The main assessment is a 3,000-word Reflective Individual Report, which contributes 80% of the module assessment. The report is structured around four key areas. The first section, Finding a Research Topic, requires students to explain how and why they selected their research topic, the research tools and search strategies used, the library collections explored, their research aims and objectives, and relevant discussions or recommendations received from their supervisor. The second section, Professional Activities, focuses on reflection on research development activities, scheduling, the independent researcher role, challenges such as time management, and communication with the supervisor. The third section, Literature Review and Research Work, requires students to critically review relevant literature, discuss their research method, demonstrate major research activities and consider the feasibility of the selected method, including challenges and recommendations. The final section, Reflection of Research Project, requires critical reflection on personal strengths and weaknesses, continuous self-development and the relevance of research activities to the student's programme of study and future career. Areas such as decision making, problem solving, communication and influencing, technical skills, collaboration, innovation and proactivity should be considered. The second component is a 10-minute Poster Presentation worth 20% of the assessment. The poster should provide a balanced combination of visuals and text and present the research objectives and significance, a summary of the literature review and research method, key research findings, and conclusions and recommendations. The assessment also requires appropriate academic presentation, including a cover page, table of contents, page numbers, figure and table captions, numbered headings and consistent formatting. Harvard or APA referencing may be used. The report is submitted through Turnitin and is subject to anonymous marking. The assessment is a Pass/Fail module, with students required to achieve at least 50% to pass.
Read Model Answer →
Integrated Communications
2,000 words
CW2 Communications Engagement Report – Client Stream
This assignment requires students to produce an individual 2,000-word Communications Engagement Report in the form of an engagement communications campaign for Stream. Stream is a collaboration between 16 UK water companies, supported by industry and civil society partners including the Open Data Institute, with the aim of unlocking the potential of water-sector data to benefit customers, society and the environment. The organisation has established data-sharing infrastructure designed to enable data to be used to generate insights, support innovation, improve decision-making and contribute to greater transparency across the water sector. The central focus of the assignment is to develop a communications campaign that attracts and engages the research and academic community. Stream has identified postgraduate and postdoctoral students, together with relevant university faculty leads, as an important priority audience because of their potential to transform published water-sector data into valuable research insights, innovative products and services. Relevant academic departments may include computer science, engineering, mathematics, environmental science, social science, town planning and business development. Students are expected to consider how this audience can be reached, segmented and prioritised according to its interest and willingness to engage with Stream. The proposed campaign should build awareness of Stream, communicate the value of accessing and using water-sector data, and encourage longer-term engagement between Stream, universities and students. Existing communication channels include LinkedIn, the Stream website and communications distributed through delivery partners such as the Open Data Institute and Aiimi, as well as Ofwat. Key campaign opportunities include Open Data Day in March and Open October in mid-October. These events should be considered as important campaign moments while also being integrated into a longer-term communications programme. The report should include an introduction and background to Stream, including brand history, market position, competitive analysis, the need for an engagement communications campaign and relevant market research. It should establish short-, medium- and long-term communication objectives with clear timeframes, define the target audience, and apply an appropriate theoretical framework to develop the communication strategy. Students must provide four recommended communication pieces supported by detailed rationale, together with a Gantt chart showing campaign timings and a clear campaign measurement approach. The report should conclude with a summary of the overall proposal. The assessment requires critical application of communication theories and concepts, research evidence and relevant literature. Students must demonstrate analysis, evaluation and justification rather than simply describing communication activities. A minimum of 15 high-quality references is required, including at least eight journal articles, using Cite Them Right Harvard referencing. The report is assessed on presentation and structure, intellectual curiosity and referencing, content and application, campaign integration, discussion, conclusion, recommendations, campaign timeframes and measurement.
Read Model Answer →
Professional Development & Employability
2,100 words
Professional Development & Planning Portfolio — SWOT, Career Plan, UK CV & Interview Reflection
A Professional Development and Planning portfolio is a Level 7 employability assessment that asks postgraduate students to evidence their own professional growth rather than analyse an external case. It typically integrates three connected components into a single submission: a critical self-analysis with a forward-looking career plan, a set of job-application documents, and a reflective account of a practical employability exercise such as a recorded mock interview. The first component combines a SWOT analysis with a structured career development plan. Students are expected to move beyond listing traits, and instead show how each strength, weakness, opportunity and threat actually shapes their short- and long-term trajectory. Established reflective frameworks — Gibbs, Kolb, or comparable employability models — are commonly used to give the self-analysis theoretical grounding. The plan that follows usually requires a career vision, two or three SMART goals derived directly from the SWOT, an action plan with resources and timelines, and a strategy for reviewing the plan over time. Marks are lost most often where the components sit side by side without integration: a SWOT that never feeds the goals, or goals that are specific in form but generic in substance. The second component is a UK-format CV and a targeted cover letter for a real advertised role. UK conventions matter here — no photograph, no date of birth, no full address — alongside a concise personal statement, achievement-focused bullet points rather than duty lists, and visible evidence of research into the employer's values and strategic direction. The cover letter is expected to argue for candidacy rather than restate the CV, and is normally capped at one page. The third component is a reflection on a recorded practice interview, written against the platform's own scored feedback on speech rate, filler words, self-positioning and answer structure. Because this reflection must respond to individual results, it is inherently personal and cannot be written generically. Our support on this type of assessment is structured around guidance rather than production. Typical areas of help include: explaining what distinguishes a descriptive SWOT from an analytical one, showing how SMART goals should trace back to identified development needs, reviewing CV and cover letter formatting against UK employer expectations, clarifying how reflective models are applied at postgraduate level, and checking a completed draft against the assessment's own marking criteria before submission.
Read Model Answer →