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

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Analyse civil offence according to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
• 1.2 Identify sources of law on insider dealing.
• 1.3 Evaluate the statutory frameworks and EC context on dealing with insider dealing and market abuse.
• 1.4 Analyse the general offences of financial crimes under Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, Fraud Act 2006 and Theft Act 1968.
• 1.5 Compare and contrast how market abuse regulations and regulators act against insider dealing and related financial frauds.
• 2.1 Analyse the purpose of money laundering regulations.
• 2.2 Evaluate the international dimensions of money laundering regulations.
• 2.3 Analyse the background of the UK Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and explain offences under its provisions.
• 2.4 Evaluate the consequences of money laundering on society.
• 3.1 Analyse the historic development of white-collar crime and the role in statutory law in dealing with this.
• 3.2 Evaluate the role of criminal law in supporting prosecution of white-collar crime.
• 3.3 Critically analyse civil remedies in the context of white-collar crimes.
• 3.4 Analyse the defenses available and to what extent these need to be developed further.
• 4.1 Compare and contrast historic and economic general provisions of law on: o money laundering o terrorist financing o corruption
• 4.2 Analyse the EC Market Abuse Directive to control market manipulation and abusive practices.
• 4.3 Evaluate the reporting requirements and the impact this has on global financial crime.
• 4.4 Evaluate the role of criminal law in supporting financial regulations in the United Kingdom.
• 4.5 Critically analyse the international role in developing mechanisms to regulate global financial crime.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Further resources

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