WRITING YOUR ASSIGNMENT:
• This assignment must be completed individually.
• All courses of study must use the ARU Harvard referencing system for written
assessments, apart from LLB/LLM courses where OSCOLA should be
applied.
• Your work must indicate the number of words you have used. Written
assignments must not exceed the specified maximum number of words.
When a written assignment is marked, the excessive use of words beyond the
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word limit is reflected in the academic judgement of the piece of work which
results in a lower mark being awarded for the piece of work (regulation 6.74).
• Assignment submissions are to be made anonymously. Do not write your
name anywhere on your work.
• Write your student ID number at the top of every page.
• Where the assignment comprises more than one task, all tasks must be
submitted in a single document.
• You must number all pages.
SUBMITTING YOUR ASSIGNMENT:
• In order to achieve full marks, you must submit your work before the deadline.
Work that is submitted late – if your work is submitted on the same day as the
deadline by midnight, your mark will receive a 10% penalty. If you submit your
work up to TWO working days after the published submission deadline – it
will be accepted and marked. However, the element of the module’s
assessment to which the work contributes will be capped with a maximum
mark of 40%.
• Work cannot be submitted if the period of 2 working days after the deadline
has passed (unless there is an approved extension). Failure to submit within
the relevant period will mean that you have failed the assessment.
• Requests for short-term extensions will only be considered in the case of illness
or other cause considered valid by the Director of Studies Team. Please contact
DoS@london.aru.ac.uk. A request must normally be received and agreed by
the Director of Studies Team in writing at least 24 hours prior to the
deadline. Students will need to provide evidence to support their extension
request. See rules 6.64-6.73:
http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/academic/public/academic_regs.pdf
• Exceptional Circumstances: The deadline for submission of exceptional
circumstances in relation to this assignment is no later than five working days
after the submission date of this work. Please contact the Director of Studies
Team – DoS@london.aru.ac.uk. Students will need to provide evidence to
support their EC claim. See rules 6.112 – 6.141:
http://web.anglia.ac.uk/anet/academic/public/academic_regs.pdf
ASSIGNMENT QUESTION
Use a literature review as a research method to respond to a research question
about a health or social care topic. The topic areas and questions are:
Topic Question
Cost of living crisis and mental health What is the impact of the cost-of-
living crisis on mental health in the UK
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and how are health and social care
services responding to this?
Health and Social Care services for
offenders
What support services are available
for people leaving the criminal justice
system and how do these impact
reoffending rates?
Healthcare for gypsy traveller
communities
What are the experiences of gypsy
travellers in accessing healthcare and
how can services become more
inclusive to these communities?
Choose ONE topic and the related question
Write ONE aim for your project and TWO objectives.
Present your findings in a REPORT format (see details below).
The Report of the literature review must include the following sections:
a) Abstract
b) Introduction
c) Presentation of data
d) A critique of the findings and data from the literature
e) Discussion
f) Conclusion
g) Recommendations
h) Reference list
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
LO 3 Critically appraise and evaluate the evidence in relation to the project topic
to draw relevant conclusions.
a) Analyse and critique the quality of the sources you have used (LO3).
b) Draw conclusions about the quality of the source and about the quality
and relevance of the information produced (LO3).
LO 4 Present and discuss research findings, justifying their relevance in
developing or advancing current health and social practice within the scope of
the topic.
a) Identify and discuss the key findings from your research (LO4).
b) Say how these findings relate to an area of practice or service provision
(LO4).
c) Make a recommendation for a change that would have a positive impact
on professional practice or service delivery in the area you have studied
LO4).
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READING REQUIREMENT
Core Reading
Aveyard, H. 2019. Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care: A Practical
Guide, 4
th Ed. London: McGraw-Hill Education. Available through ARU Library.
Bell, J. & Walter, S., 2018. Doing your Research Project: A Guide for First-Time
Researchers, 7Ed. London: McGraw-Hill Education. Available through ARU Library.
Moule, P., 2021. Making Sense of Research in Health and Social Care, 7th Edition.
London: Sage. (Kortext)
Additional Reading
Burls, A., 2009. What is Critical Appraisal? Evidence Based Medicine, 2
nd Ed. What
is…? Series. Available through ARU Library.
Clark, T., Foster, L., Sloan, L., Bryman, A., 2021. Bryman’s Social Research Methods,
6
th Ed. Oxford University Press. Available through ARU Library.
Denscombe, M., 2021. The Good Research Guide: Research methods for small scale
social research projects, 7
th ed. London: Open University Press. Available through
ARU Library.
Ryan, F., Coughlan, M., Cronin, P., 2007. Step by Step Guide to Critiquing
Research, Part 1: Quantitative Research. British Journal of Nursing, 16 (12). Available
through ARU Library.
Ryan, F., Coughlan, M., Cronin, P., 2007. Step by Step Guide to Critiquing
Research, Part 2: Qualitative Research. British Journal of Nursing, 16 (12). Available
through ARU Library.
AT LEAST ten sources for your literature review assessment, of which AT LEAST
six sources should be peer reviewed journal articles.
You will learn throughout the course how to effectively find credible sources of
evidence for your assessment.
Please note that the sources listed are expected for your written assessment.
These sources will be part of the module and their content is deemed necessary
to produce a relevant assessment. Module markers will expect to see them
integrated into your work and appropriately referenced.
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Failure to include these sources may result in a “Viva Voce” meeting during which
you would be required to explain your work and your reasons for not including
these key sources.