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FC700: Marking Criteria

/7.5

/10

/65

/7.5

/10

Grade Band

Background

Data Presentation and Analysis

Performance Analysis

Conclusions and Recommendations

Presentation and Referencing

70-100%

Excellent
· The report is expertly introduced.
· Highly relevant background information is presented with supporting data as appropriate.
· Points are made clearly and in a logical *.

Excellent

· The data chart is presented without error.
· Key trends are expertly expressed using supporting figures.
· Other relevant observations are expertly expressed using supporting figures.

Excellent

· Highly relevant growth drivers and challenges are clearly identified.
· Economic theory is used expertly to explain growth drivers and challenges where appropriate.
· Highly relevant evidence and other supporting information is used appropriately to support explanations.
· Points are made clearly and in a logical *.

Excellent

· Key points of the report are expertly summarised.
· Excellent recommendations are presented, based on the analysis within the report.
· Points are made clearly and in a logical *.

Excellent
· Correct adherence to submission requirements with regard to formatting with very minor or no errors.
· Excellent overall presentation.
· In-text citations are correctly placed with very minor or no omissions and have the correct style of citation with very minor or no errors.
· Reference list is accurate with very minor or no omissions and the references have the correct style of referencing with very minor or no errors.

60-69%

Very good
· The report is very well introduced.
· Very relevant background information is presented with supporting figures as appropriate.
· Points are made clearly and in a logical , with some minor errors*.

Very good
· The data chart is presented with a minor error or one error.
· Key trends are very well expressed using supporting figures.
· Other relevant observations are somewhat expressed.

Very good
· Very relevant growth drivers and challenges are clearly identified
· Economic theory is used very well to explain growth drivers and challenges where appropriate.
· Very relevant evidence and other supporting information is used appropriately to support explanations
· Points are made clearly and in a logical , with some minor errors*.

Very good

· Key points of the report are very well summarised.
· Very good recommendations are made, based on the analysis within the report.
· Points are made clearly and in a logical , with some minor errors*

Very good
· Correct adherence to submission requirements with regard to formatting, with minor errors.
· Very good overall presentation.
· In-text citations are correctly placed with minor omissions and have the correct style of citation, with minor errors.
· Reference list is accurate and the references have the correct style of referencing, with minor errors.

50-59%

Good
· The report is introduced well.
· Relevant background information is provided with supporting figures as appropriate.
· Points are made fairly clearly and in a fairly logical *.

Good
· The data chart is presented with up to two errors.
· Key trends are fairly clearly expressed using some supporting figures.
· Other relevant observations may not be expressed or supporting figures may not be used.

Good
· Relevant growth drivers and challenges are clearly identified.
· Economic theory is used well to explain growth drivers and challenges where appropriate.
· Relevant evidence and other supporting information is used appropriately to support explanations.
· Points are made fairly clearly and in a fairly logical *.

Good

· Key points of the report are well summarised.
· Good recommendations are made, based on the analysis within the report
· Points are made fairly clearly and in a fairly logical *.

Good
· Correct adherence to submission requirements with regard to formatting, with a few errors.
· Good or very good overall presentation
· In-text citations are correctly placed, with a few omissions and have the correct style of citation, with a few errors.
· Reference list is accurate, and the references have the correct style of referencing, with a few errors.

40-49%

Basic
· The report is introduced in a basic way.
· Somewhat relevant background information is presented and supporting figures may not be provided or may not be very relevant.
· Points may sometimes be unclear and the of the points may not always be logical*.
· Overall, this work is sufficient for a passing grade but not sufficient for a progression grade.

Basic

· The data chart is presented but may have up to three errors
· Key trends may be expressed correctly but without the use of supporting figures.
· Other relevant observations may not be expressed or supporting figures may not be used.
· Overall, this work is sufficient for a passing grade but not sufficient for a progression grade.

Basic
· The growth drivers and challenges may not all be clearly identified and/or may not all be relevant.
· The use of economic theory to support explanations may be limited.
· The evidence and other supporting information used to support the points may not be very relevant or there may be a limited amount.
· Points may sometimes be unclear and the of the points may not always be logical*.
· Overall, this work is sufficient for a passing grade but not sufficient for a progression grade.

Basic

· The summary of key points is limited.
· The recommendations presented may be limited in terms of appropriateness or in number and may not be based on the analysis
· Points may sometimes be unclear and the of the points may not always logical*.
· Overall, this work is sufficient for a passing grade but not sufficient for a progression grade.

Basic
· Some adherence to submission requirements with regard to formatting but there may be numerous errors.
· Overall presentation may be untidy.
· There are in text citations but there are significant omissions and the style of referencing may have significant errors.
· The reference list may have numerous significant errors and an incorrect style of referencing may be used.

30-39%

Weak
· Weak introduction to the report.
· Weak background information is presented and supporting figures may not be provided or may not be relevant or only vaguely relevant
· Points are frequently unclear and the ing of points may not be logical*.

Limited
· The data chart may have up to four errors or be missing.
· The expression of the key trends may have significant inaccuracy and be without supporting figures.
· Other relevant observations are not be expressed.

Limited
· The identification of growth drivers and challenges may be unclear in many cases and/or many of the identified drivers and challenges may be not be relevant.
· The use of economic theory to support explanations may be very limited.
· The evidence and supporting information used to support the points may not be relevant or there may be a very limited amount.
· Points are often unclear or irrelevant and the of the points is not logical*.

Limited

· The summary of key points may be weak.
· Recommendations may be weak and may not be related to the analysis within the report
· Points are frequently unclear or irrelevant and the of the points is not logical*.

Weak
· Limited adherence to submission requirements with regard to formatting.
· Overall presentation may be untidy.
· There are in text citations but there are major omissions and the style of citation may have major errors
· The reference list may have major omissions and an incorrect style of referencing may be used.

0-29

Very weak
· Very weak introduction to the report.
· Very weak background information is presented and supporting figures may not be provided or may not be relevant.
· Points are mostly unclear or irrelevant and the ing of points is not logical*.

Very limited
· The data chart is may have up to four errors or be missing.
· The expression of the key trends may be inaccurate or may be missing.
· Other relevant observations are not be expressed.

Very limited
· The growth drivers and challenges may be mostly irrelevant, and explanations are very weak.
· The use of economic theory to support explanations may be very limited.
· The evidence and supporting information used to support points may be irrelevant or there may be a very limited amount.
· Points are mostly unclear or irrelevant and the ing of points is not logical*.

Very weak

· The summary of key points may be very weak.
· Recommendations may be very weak and may not be related to the analysis within the report
· Points are mostly unclear or irrelevant and the ing of points is not logical*.

Very weak
· Very Limited or no adherence to submission requirements with regard to formatting.
· Overall presentation may be untidy.
· In-text citations are placed, with very major errors or may not be placed at all and the style of citation may have very major errors.
· The reference list may be missing or have very major errors and an incorrect style of referencing is used.

Notes:
1. The * means that this is not a separate criterion as such, if the criteria written above this one are met well then this criteria will also be met. It is there to remind students to maintain clarity and structure.