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Assignment brief essay, and or report, and or literature review and or equivalent
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Module code
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Module title
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Principles of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Submission date, time
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Feedback type & date
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Word count
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2000 words
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Assignment type
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Individual Essay
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Assignment structure and format
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Title, introduction (approx. 500 words), main body of the essay/discussion, and conclusion (approx. 1500 words); references
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Assessed learning outcome (s)
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- Appraise enabling and constraining factors which impact on innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Apply theoretical innovation and entrepreneurship concepts to case study.
- Explore innovation in products and services.
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Module weighting %
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70%
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Key reading and learning resources
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Key reading and learning resources include essential and recommended texts
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Assignment marking criteria rubric (Literature Review)
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Section/ criteria
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1-4
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5-8
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9-12
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13-16
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17-20
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Introduction: A clear rationale for the topic choice
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Outstanding discussion and justification of topic selected
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Thorough discussion and justification of topic selected
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Evidence of some discussion and justification of topic selected
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Adequate discussion and justification of topic selected
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Discussion and justification of topic selected is inadequate
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Discussion: Content: relevant and informative, applying depth of knowledge and understanding
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Excellent and well-informed understanding of theories and concepts involved
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Good understanding of theories and concepts involved
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Demonstrates satisfactory knowledge and understanding theories and concepts
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Adequate content; limited depth of knowledge and understanding shown
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Inadequate content; limited depth of knowledge and understanding shown
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Conclusion: Clear conclusions from the literature
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Tightly structured, logical and draws coherent conclusions to the topics covered
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Undertakes a systematic analysis of the issues and draws coherent conclusions to the topics covered
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Sound conclusions to the topics covered
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Adequate conclusions to the topics covered
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Inadequate conclusions to the topics covered
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References: Reference to sources including directions for further study
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Broad and relevant readings examined and used selectively in the work
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Good range of appropriate references used during the review
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Conventional references and readings used within the review
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Adequate but limited use of references during review
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Review relies on no or one reference; evidence of unexamined personal opinion
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Presentation:
Clearly presented with limited spelling and grammatical errors
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Very well expressed and understanding of content with limited spelling or grammatical errors
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Very well expressed; good understanding of content with some spelling and/ or grammatical errors
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Well expressed; understanding of content with several spelling and/ or grammatical errors
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Unclear expression of information; little understanding of content; several spelling and grammatical errors
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Several spelling and grammatical errors
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