Qualifications

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Qualifications
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Qualifications

• 3 different qualifications
• You choose which one suits you
• Need to decide by last workshop
• Start thinking now
• No cost to you
• For all 3 qualifications you need to
• Attend some workshops
• Complete written work

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3 Qualification Options

• University Certificate in Community Research and
  Mental Health
• University Certificate in Community Research
• University Certificate of Achievement in
  Community Research

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University Certificate in Community Research
and Mental Health

• This one requires most work
• Attendance requirement
• 2 mental health workshops
• 4 research workshops
• Assessment 2 separate pieces
• Mental health portfolio (about 1500 words)
• Research portfolio (about 1500 words)

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University Certificate in Community Research

• Attendance requirement
• 4 research workshops
• Assessment
• Research portfolio (about 1500 words)

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University Certificate of Achievement in
Community Research

• This is the easiest one
• Attendance requirement
• 1 research workshop
• Assessment
• Written assignment (about 300 words)

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Assessments

• Full details in student handbook
• No exams

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Develop your skills
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Develop your skills

• This project can help you develop useful skills
  (e.g. for future employment or education)
• Your personal tutor/support worker will guide you
  with
• Personal Development Planning
• Support for your coursework

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Develop your study skills

• For example you will develop study skills
• Try the exercises at the university website
• www.uclan.ac.uk/skills
• user name develop password confidence.
• Username and password are changed regularly so
  call the help desk on 01772 895355 for latest
  version

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Referencing
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Referencing

• In all your assessed work you will get more marks
  if you include short quotes from other peoples
  work
• Do not copy whole chunks.
• Rewrite in your own words and use short quotes in
  quotation marks

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Referencing

• Essential to use quotation marks and show where
  you are copying from.
• If you copy without showing where from you get NO
  MARKS (this is called plagiarism and is
  considered cheating)

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Referencing

• Use the Harvard System
• Give authors surname and date and the page
  number in the text after the quotation
• Give the full details in the bibliography at the
  end

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Referencing books

• Give authors surname and date
• If you are quoting also give the page number e.g.
  
• Kumar (2003) identifies eight key stages of a
  research project.
• The importance of carrying out research
  ethically cannot be overstated (Smith, 1999
  p 15)

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Referencing reports

• Some official reports do not give the authors
  name.
• Use the name of the organisation instead
• E.g.
• Home Office (2002)
• Department of Health (2005)

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Referencing Uclan handouts

• Give the page number of the handout in brackets
  after the year of publication (Uclan, 2006, p23)
• If you copy something from the handouts place it
  in quotation marks
• Usually better to write in your own words and
  show where you get it from

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Referencing internet sources

• Do NOT give the web address in the text
• If you can find the authors name give it
• If not give the name of the organisation
• If you can find the date the web page was
  published give it
• If not give the date you accessed the web page
• Give the name and date and full web address in
  the bibliography along with the date you accessed
  the page

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Bibliography

• At the end of your portfolio give a list of all
  the books, reports and web pages you refer to
• Full details of how to do this in the student
  handbook

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Handing in
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Presentation

• Typing is best
• Hand writing is OK if very easy to read
• Do NOT put in plastic pockets
• Simply staple sheets to the front cover
• Sign front cover sheet

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Deadlines

• Important to hand in on time
• You will lose marks if you are late
• If you have any problems which mean you cannot
  hand in on time then speak to your support worker

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Deadlines

• Support worker can give a short extension
  (maximum 10 days)
• If you need a longer extension you need to use
  the extenuating circumstances procedure
• Need evidence (e.g. medical certificate)
• Support worker will help you with this

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Research questions

• GOOD PRACTICE

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Research questions

• Read question carefully
• Answer all parts of the question
• Do what the questions ask no more no less.
• You get no marks for interesting pieces of
  information which are not relevant to the
  question

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Research questions

• To pass give a simple answer based on a workshop
  handout
• To get a distinction consider different points
  of view e.g.
• different sources within handouts
• other material you have read
• your personal experience on project

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Research questions

• Start now - Do a draft answer to each question as
  you go through the course
• Ask questions when you dont understand (ask
  presenter and support worker)
• Show your support worker your draft work at
  agreed times

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Review your work

• Leave time at the end to review your work
  (several days is best).
• Read what you have written and ask yourself
• Does this answer the question?
• If not edit it so it does.
• Are all my points clear and easy to understand?
• If not, rewrite clearly
• Simple sentences are often best

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Dont

• copy from other students
• let other students copy from you
• It is OK to work together as long as you do not
  write up your answers together.

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Dont

• forget quotation marks when you copy text
• copy large chunks of text (better to rewrite in
  your own words)
• leave the work until the last minute

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Reflection on learning

• GOOD PRACTICE

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Reflection on Learning

• Follow instructions carefully. There are three
  parts to this
• Answer questions 1 to 6
• Complete action plan
• Write about how you developed your skills

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Reflection 1 Questions 1 to 6

• Answer fully and honestly
• It is OK to write in bullet points here.

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Reflection 2 Action plan

• Choose two goals
• Complete action plan for both
• OK to write in bullet points

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Reflection 3 Skills and qualities

• Choose four of the skills or personal qualities
  that you mention in questions 4 5 and for each
  one describe how you have developed this skill
  over the course of the project.
• Write in complete sentences
• Give evidence of how you have developed this skill

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Reflection 3 Skills and qualities

• Include examples of what happened during your
  project that required you to learn this skill or
  develop this quality.
• Did you take any special actions to develop the
  skill/quality (e.g. practise, read books, ask
  others)?

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Reflection 3 Skills and qualities

• You could describe what you were able to do at
  the beginning of the project and then at the end
  to show how you have developed.
• If you had to prove that you had developed this
  skill/quality, what evidence could you use?
• You do not need to include any evidence just
  describe it.

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If in doubt.

• ASK YOUR SUPPORT WORKER