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. Academic reading and writing in English Part 3: The role of sources

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Critically evaluate the different approaches that can be taken to tourism policy.
• 1.2 Summarise the evolution of tourism policy.
• 1.3 Explain the multi-scalar nature of contemporary tourism policy and its relationship with institutions involved in tourism development on a global, national and local scale.
• 2.1 Review theoretical approaches to international development.
• 2.2 Critically evaluate the status of developing countries using theories of international development.
• 3.1 Describe the impact of international tourism on destinations.
• 3.2 Analyse the key relationships that impact on sustainable international tourism development.
• 3.3 Critically evaluate how tourism can be used to meet international development goals.
• 4.1 Research development issues in an international context.
• 4.2 Develop a project plan to address development issues in an international context.

Activity

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

Study materials

Videos

• Academic reading and writing in English Part 3: The role of sources · YouTube · Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities · 11 min · for registered students

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