Late Assessment Submission Penalty  

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a mark of ‘0’ (zero) will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical issue.    

This late penalty will apply to non-timed sensitive assessment (incl essays, reports, posters, portfolios, journals, recordings etc). Late submission of time sensitive tasks (such as tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, scheduled practical assessments/labs etc) will only be addressed by the unit convenor in a Special consideration application. Special Consideration outcome may result in a new question or topic. 

MODERATION

Word limits will be strictly applied and any words above the word limit will not be marked. Students may submit 10% less words than the word limit for an assessment (however, it is strongly recommended to use all the words possible as generally students who adhere to the recommended word limit perform better than students who do not).  All assessments in the unit are to be submitted electronically via the appropriate Turnitin link. Plagiarism detection software is used in this unit. Detailed marking guidelines will be made available on iLearn.

The convenor moderates all assessments. All high distinctions and fails are double marked.

Students will have the opportunity to explore complex legal questions and develop practical and theoretical understandings relevant to child and elder law. All students must be aware that this unit predominantly focuses on children and the law and is convened by Dr Holly Doel-Mackaway, whose background is in international children’s rights. The last two weeks of lectures will provide a brief introduction to elder law. However, this course will not provide students with a comprehensive overview of elder law.

In this unit we will also examine the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the law. Please see this resource produced by Walanga Muru, Macquarie University Office of Indigenous Strategy for information about Aboriginal Cultural Protocols. 

The course content (lectures and other learning materials) will be delivered online, every week during weeks 1-13. Lectures commence in week 1 (till week 12) and the tutorial about that lecture material occurs in the following week (thus, tutorials start in week 2 and go through till week 13).

All students are required to prepare for, attend and actively participate in either weekly face-to-face or online tutorials. 

Each week students will be required to read the required readings and listen to approximately 2 hours of pre-recorded lecture or other course material that will be available on iLearn. The schedule of topics to be covered in the lectures, and required readings, will be available on iLearn and in the unit's Leganto reading list. 

There is no textbook for the course rather a list of readings for each week will be posted on the unit Leganto link. 

Students require access to a computer and a secure and reliable internet provider.

Unit Schedule 

This is subject to change so keep checking the iLearn page.

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