You are required to attend both on-campus sessions, which will be held on Saturday, 23 August 2014 (Week 3) and Saturday, 8 November 2014 (Week 12) from 9 am to 5 pm.  This item will be assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.

This is a Participation and Community Engagement (PACE) unit and it is a requirement of the course that students are able to attend both on-campus sessions in person. You will be required to sign an undertaking to meet the time commitment involved in this unit and to participate in the on-campus sessions. Your attendance will be tracked and recorded.  You must pass this item of assessment in order to pass the unit.

You will meet and liaise with your external partner organisation during the first on-campus session. You will also begin work with your team to develop your research plan and report. You will present your oral presentation to your partner organisation and peers for review and feedback during the second on-campus session. 

If you are unable to attend an on-campus session, due to serious and unavoidable disruption that lasts at least three (3) consecutive days, you should notify the university online by visiting ask.mq.edu.au. Please note that, from March 2014, the new Disruption to Studies Policy replaces the old Special Consideration Policy. Please see the new policy for details, in particular, of the evidence you must provide to support your Disruption to Studies application. A medical certificate is no longer sufficient evidence. It the disruption is found to be 'serious and unavoidable, the attendance requirement for the day affected will be waived. If the disruption is found NOT to be 'serious and unavoidable' you will fail this element of assessment and you will fail the unit.

If you are unable to attend one of the on-campus days due to a serious and unavoidable disruption that lasts less than three (3) consecutive days, you may apply directly to the unit convenor for discretionary special consideration by email. Your application must meet all the criteria set out in the Disruption to Studies Policy except the criteria related to the duration of the disruption. Your application must be supported by the same documentary evidence set out in the Disruption to Studies Policy. If the disruption is found to be 'serious and unavoidable' the attendance requirement for the day affected by the disruption will be waived. If the disruption is found NOT to be 'serious and unavoidable' you will fail this element of assessment and you will fail the unit.

Each team will be required to submit a project plan for their research project. The project plan will include a clear outline of the project including your proposed section headings and sub-headings. The plan will indicate which team member will be working on which sections of the project, when work on each section is to be completed, and approximately how many words will be included in each section of the report. The plan should be between one and two pages long.

Each team member is required to submit an identical copy of the team project plan by way of Turnitin on the iLearn page by 11.59 pm on the due date. Each team member will receive the same mark as other team members for this item of assessment.

Any plan submitted late will not be graded and will receive a mark of zero in the absence of a successful Disruption to Studies application. If a team member submits a successful Disruption to Studies application the team will be given an extension of time to complete the assessment task, however, if the application is not successful and the team submits late the plan will not be graded and will receive a mark of zero. On this basis, team members should consider submitting their plan on time where possible.

The convenor will assess your research project plan but you will receive formative feedback on your plan from both the convenor and your partner organisation.

You will be required to submit a reflective essay, with a maximum word limit of 1000 words. Your reflective essay will focus on your experience as a team member in LAW599. Your essay should recognise and reflect on your strengths and limitations in relation to your interpersonal skills and your ability to work effectively in a team. It should indicate what you have learned about effective teamwork and how you are seeking to apply that learning to improve your performance as a team member and the performance of the team as a whole.

The reflective essay should be submitted by way of Turnitin on the iLearn page by 11.59 pm on the due date. Any essay submitted late will not be graded and will receive a mark of zero in the absence of a successful Disruption to Studies application.

You must submit a reflective essay in order to pass this unit.

Each team will be required to submit an annotated bibliography of all resources discovered in the course of research relevant to the research question posed by your PACE Partner Organisation. The bibliography should be set out consistently with the AGLC3 section dealing with bibliographies.

Only one annotated bibliography will be developed by each team but you will be required to indicate which items you contributed to the bibliography. Each team member is required to submit an identical copy of the annotated bibliography by way of Turnitin on the iLearn page by 11.59 pm on the due date. Any bibliography submitted late will not be graded and will receive a mark of zero in the absence of a successful Disruption to Studies application. If a team member submits a successful Disruption to Studies application, the team will be given an extension of time to complete the assessment task, however, if the application is not successful and the team submits late the task will not be graded and will receive a mark of zero. On this basis, team members should consider submitting their bibliography on time where possible.

Each team will be required to submit a team research report - prepared in response to the research question posed by your PACE Partner Organisation - with a maximum word limit of 5000 words. The assessment of the research report will have a team component and an individual component.

The team component is worth 20% of your grade. It is intended to assess those elements of the project that result from team members working together in a collaborative and supportive manner. Each team member will receive the same mark for this component except in the following circumstances:

• Any team member who has not made a significant contribution to the preparation of the team research report will receive a mark of zero in the absence of a successful Disruption to Studies application; and
• Any team member who has made a less than equitable contribution to the preparation of the team research report will receive a mark that is half the team mark for this element of assessment. 

The level of your contribution will be assessed on the basis of a peer review of your contribution by other members of your team.

The individual component is worth 30% of your grade. You, in consultation with the other members of your team, will be asked to prepare a statement indicating the part or parts of the research report for which you took primary responsibility. The individual component of your grade will be based on an assessment by the convenor of those parts of the report for which you took primary responsibility.

Each team member is required to submit an identical copy of the team research report by way of Turnitin on the iLearn page by 11.59 pm on the due date. Any research report submitted late will not be graded and will receive a mark of zero in the absence of a successful Disruption to Studies application. If a team member submits a successful Disruption to Studies application the team will be given an extension of time to complete the assessment task, however, if the application is not successful and the team submits late the task will not be graded and will receive a mark of zero. On this basis, team members should consider submitting their report on time where possible.

You must submit a research report in order to pass this unit.

Each team will be required to present the results of its research to their PACE Partner Organisation as a oral presentation in class during the on-campus session in Week 12. Each team will have a maximum of 10 minutes for their presentation, with 5 minutes for feedback and questions from their Partner Organisation, other class members and the convenor. Each member of the team must be present for the presentation and prepared to answer questions and respond to feedback. This item will be assessed on a team basis and each member of the team will receive the same mark, except in the following circumstances:

• Any team member who has not made a significant contribution to the preparation of the oral presentation will receive a mark of zero in the absence of a successful Disruption to Studies application. This will be assessed on the basis of a peer review of your contribution by other members of your team.

If you are unable to attend the oral presentation due to serious and unavoidable disruption, please see the guidance set out above under Attendance in relation to applying for Disruption to Studies or discretionary special consideration.