Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing
4. Planning your writing, and How to organize an essay: 3 techniques with examples from nursing
5. Planning your search strategy 2025
6. Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Define the terms: diversity, equality, inclusion, discrimination, unconscious bias, protected characteristics, human rights
• 1.2 Explain the legislation underpinning diversity, equality and inclusion in the health and social care sector.
• 1.3 Explain the models of practice that underpin equality, diversity and inclusion.
• 1.4 Explain the impact of barriers to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• 2.1 Examine the effectiveness of policies in ensuring legislative requirements are met.
• 2.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of procedures in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
• 3.1 Analyse how the promotion of equality, diversity, inclusion and human rights can lead to improved outcomes for individuals.
• 3.2 Demonstrate how to communicate to others methods of promoting equality and inclusion within the workplace.
• 3.3 Demonstrate how to support others to actively promote equality, diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
• 3.4 Demonstrate how to effectively challenge discrimination and exclusion in policy and practice.
• 4.1 Analyse how to address ethical dilemmas in the workplace when balancing individual rights with the duty of care.
• 4.2 Explain the principles of informed choice and capacity.
• 4.3 Demonstrate how to develop a strategy for managing risks while balancing individual rights and the duty of care owed to others in your own area of responsibility.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

• Planning your writing, and How to organize an essay: 3 techniques with examples from nursing · YouTube · Jennifer Jackson PhD RN · 24 min · for registered students
• Planning your search strategy 2025 · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 24 min · for registered students
• Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style · YouTube · UCDLibrary · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students