Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

1. Drafting against the criteria
2. Tutor and peer feedback
3. Improving the final submission
4. Feedback and peer review
5. Academic writing workshop

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 2 videos, then: Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Videos

• Feedback and peer review · YouTube · Akademiskt skrivande/Academic Writing · 6 min · for registered students
• Academic writing workshop · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 14 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 7.3: Criteria, evidence, evaluation · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 214–216 · for registered students
• Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students