Programme title: Foundation (Level 0) BSc Business Management BSc Accounting & Finance
Assessment Topic: “Women’s work” and the gender pay gap in the UK. Do you think the equal pay legislative regime sufficiently protects women?
Assessment type: Individual Essay, 3200 words
Weight: 80%
Module aims
The aim of the module is to provide students with a basic understanding of contemporary issues in law. Students will be introduced to a number of contemporary issues through the perspective of different areas of legal study. Students will be able to look into a range of contemporary issues that require the application of legal rules and structures to develop their awareness of the implications and limitations of different areas of law in regard to specific issues.
| LO No | Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of a contemporary issue in law. |
| 3 | Be able to construct a simple piece of written work on a contemporary issue in law. |
| 4 | Develop the ability of making effective use of library and electronic resources to research the relevant specific legal information. |
Assignment 2:
| Topic: | “Women’s work” and the gender pay gap in the UK. Do you think the equal pay legislative regime sufficiently protects women? |
| Delivery method: | Essay/Legal problem (Individual work) |
| Word count: | 3,200 words |
| Weight: | 80% Marks |
| Submission method: | CCCU Turnitin |
| Basic guidelines: | The gender pay gap is a global economic issue affecting women. Despite the progress that has been made on gender equality, for example in increasing women and girl’s access to education, and higher rates of participation of women in the labour market, the pay gap still persists because it is the result of deeply rooted inequalities in societies and the economy. Systemic gender inequality is the ultimate root cause of the gender pay gap. Do you agree? |
| Assessment criteria: | Please note that diagrams, quotes, appendices, and tables do not constitute part of the word allocation. |
| Referencing system: | Harvard referencing to be used. (Guide attached)
If the same system is used at programme level, refer to the Student Handbook where this would have been noted |
You are expected to keep abreast of current academic theory and the events and issues that involve or affect people in organisations. This may be via published and academic journals, newspapers, trade magazines etc.
Websites:
You are expected to keep abreast of news, both specific to people in organisations and general news as well as other information published in websites.
Please note that the format and order of this reading list is for illustrative purposes only. Additional sources can also be found in Library services. Students are requested to submit a single alphabetical order bibliography list containing all sources used for each piece of work submitted.
Grading for Assessment 2:
- Clarity of objectives and focus of work (25%)
- Knowledge and application (25%)
- Clarity of expression- Organize your ideas, use effective paragraph, and sentence lengths, maintain a formal and professional tone, use familiar words and check your spelling (10%)
- Analysis (15%)
- Referencing (15%)
- Conclusions (10%)
