Description

Students are required to produce a policy proposal, including the discussion of a social issue, policy options and recommendations.

To support students to complete this task comprehensively and in accordance with expectations for policy proposals produced outside the traditional academic assessment these assessment guidelines include a detailed template which students are to follow. Students who do not use the template will not meet the criteria for assessment.

Although students are encouraged to be as creative as they wish to be, a policy proposal is a professional document with significant implications for the community. This policy proposal is also a submission for assessment within an academic context. For these reasons, students are required to conduct research in the creation of their proposal. Students who do not use research to support their proposal will fail this assignment.

Students MUST use at least 8 academic resources. At least 2 of these MUST be from the subject. Students may use government resources such as fact sheets, reports, policy proposals or officially published statistics. If using more than 2 government resources, students need only use 6 academic resources.

Students may also use non-academic resources including information gathered from websites, news media or other sites. However, these must be treated with caution, and not sources of verified, reliable information.

It is imperative that if a student decides to create a proposal concerning an issue covered within the subject they must include discussion of the required readings set within the subject concerning that issue. Students who fail to do this will be significantly penalised.