Faculty of Business Sport and Enterprise Southampton Solent University Assessment Brief Assessment Details Unit Title: Wave and Tidal Energy Systems Unit Code: SEF503 Unit Leader: Chris Patterson...

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Southampton Solent University
Assessment Brief
Assessment Details
Unit Title: Wave and Tidal Energy Systems
Unit Code: SEF503
Unit Leader: Chris Patterson
Level: 5
Assessment Title: Report
Assessment Number: AE1
Assessment Type: Assignment
Restrictions on Time/Length : 1500 words
Individual/Group: Individual
Assessment Weighting (%): 40
Issue Date: 5th April 2019
Hand In Date: 3rd May 2019
Planned Feedback Date: 31st May 2019
Mode of Submission: Online Submission
Number of copies to be submitted: 1
Anonymous Marking
This assessment will :
e anonymously marked
Assessment Task
Please see
iefing document
Assessment Criteria
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Learning Outcomes
Practical and Professional Skills
P1 Demonstrate the application of practical skills and techniques within a laboratory,
workshop or industry environment.
P2 Evaluate critically the practical application of emerging technology based on a
systematic review of relevant technical literature.
Cognitive Skills
C3 Research and analyse practical projects, including workplace projects and realise
creative and effective design solutions to complex problems through the synthesis of
ideas from a wide range of sources.




Extenuating Circumstances
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that may have affected your academic performance. Remember however you need to be ‘fit to study’,
this means that you can either submit your assessed work or declare extenuating circumstances, but you
cannot do both.

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Academic Misconduct
Any submissions must be your own work and, where facts or ideas have been used from other sources,
these sources must be appropriately referenced. The University’s Academic Handbook, includes the
definitions of all practices that will be deemed to constitute academic misconduct. You should check this
link before submitting your work.

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Ethics Policy
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an ethical issue, as specified within the Ethics Policy, then the student will need an ethics release or an
ethical approval prior to the start of the project.

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Anonymous Marking
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submission sheet completion can be found on the following links, which are also uploaded on the Student
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Grade marking

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informed otherwise your marked assignment will be awarded a letter grade. More detailed information
on grade marking and the grade scale can be found on SOL. The guidance ‘fact sheet’ is available at the
Student Hub.

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Assignment Brief:

You are to produce a report in the form of a professional consultancy report into one aspect of
wave and tidal energy systems.

The report should explore one of the following:
 The potential for wave and/or tidal energy systems to generate power for a particular
geographical location of your choosing e.g. the Solent, the Gi
altor Straights, the Isle of Man.
 The potential of one particular wave or tidal energy system to generate power in suitable
locations e.g. a particular tidal stream device proposed or being tested. You should consider how
the system would be deployed and associated infrastructure.
Your report should be written for a non-specialist reader in the form of a
iefing document.

The report should consist of:
 Cover Page including an Executive Summary
 Contents page
 Table of figures
 Introduction – this should give an overview of the location or type of wave/tidal energy
device under consideration.
 Main body of the report divided into appropriate sections
 Recommendations
 Conclusions
 References
The report will be marked as per the criteria at the end of this document. The report is worth
40% of the unit marks, and the report should be around 1500 words.


Marking Criteria
Criteria F3-F2 F1 D C B A4-A3 A2-A1
General layout
and
professionalism
The work is very
unprofessional. There is
no pagination, sections
are missing or not
labelled, diagrams are
poor and not cross
eferenced to the text.
The overall impression
is that very little effort
has been made to
achieve the learning
outcomes.
The work is
unprofessional. There is
no pagination, sections
are not clearly
labelled, diagrams are
poor and not cross
eferenced to the text.
The overall impression
is that little effort has
een made to achieve
the learning outcomes.
The quality of work is
just adequate.
Pagination is used,
sections are labelled,
figures etc are cross
eferenced, but the
overall impression of
the work is amateur.
The quality of work
gives the impression of
competence.
Pagination is used,
sections are labelled,
figures etc are cross
eferenced, styles and
formats are consistent
and the overall
impression of the work
is acceptable but with
areas that could be
improved.
The quality of work
gives the impression of
professionalism and
competence.
Pagination is used,
sections are labelled,
figures etc are cross
eferenced, styles and
formats are consistent
and the overall
impression of the work
is good but with minor
areas that could be
improved.
The work is very good,
exceeding
undergraduate
expectations at this
level. The quality is
that which would be
expected from a
professionally
commissioned report.
The work is exemplary,
and is the quality that
would be expected
from a professionally
commissioned report in
industry.
Descriptive
Content
The descriptive content
is very poor or
substantially missing.
There is no critical
analysis, with the work
limited to unconnected
and inco
ect
statements.
The descriptive content
is poor with some
details missing. There
is no critical analysis,
with the work limited
to unconnected
statements.
The descriptive content
is just acceptable.
There is very limited
critical analysis in small
areas, with the work
limited to poorly
connected but co
ect
factual statements.
The descriptive content
is acceptable but
equires further
development. There is
some critical analysis in
most of the work, with
assumptions co
ectly
noted with some
discussion.
The descriptive is good.
There is some critical
analysis, discussion of
some assumptions,
discussion of limitations
and an accurate
commentary.
The descriptive is very
good, exceeding
undergraduate
expectations at this
level. There is clear
critical analysis,
discussion of a range of
assumptions, validation
of ideas and insightful
commentary.
The descriptive content
is exemplary, and is the
quality that would be
expected from a
professionally
commissioned report in
industry. There is clear
and sustained critical
analysis, discussion and
analysis of a range of
assumptions, validation
of ideas and insightful
commentary.
Referencing References are not
used or substantially
missing.
References have some
e
ors or omissions.
References are limited
to internet sources and
not cross checked.
References are include
printed and internet
sources with little
cross-checking.
References are good
ut could be improved
with more cross-
checking.
References are
comprehensive and
support the work.
References are
comprehensive and
show clear cross-
checking and
verification.