LW304-6-SP-CO:
Final Year Research Project

The details
2018/19
Essex Law School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Monday 14 January 2019
Friday 22 March 2019
15
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Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
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Key module for

LLB M100 Law,
LLB M100MS Law,
LLB M101 Law (Including Foundation Year),
LLB M107 Law (Including Placement Year),
LLB M120 Law (Including Year Abroad),
MLAWM199 Law,
MLAWMA98 Law (Including Placement Year),
MLAWMA99 Law (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM20 Law with Human Rights,
LLB MM21 Law with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM22 Law with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
LLB MV16 Law with Philosophy,
LLB MV18 Law with Philosophy (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MV19 Law with Philosophy (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML14 Law with Politics (Including Year Abroad),
LLB ML15 Law with Politics (Including Placement Year),
LLB ML16 Law with Politics,
LLB MN00 Law with Business,
LLB MN01 Law with Business (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MN02 Law with Business (Including Placement Year),
LLB MN10 Law with Finance,
LLB MN11 Law with Finance (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MN12 Law with Finance (Including Placement Year),
LLB MM00 Law with Criminology,
LLB MM01 Law with Criminology (Including Year Abroad),
LLB MM02 Law with Criminology (Including Placement Year)

Module description

Module Description
This module provides an opportunity for a final year student to undertake a substantial piece of legal research on a topic of his or her choice. Students will be working under the supervision of a member of the School of Law staff. The module is assessed on the basis of 3 elements: a written project project, a reflective statement, and an oral presentation.

The aims of the module are:
* To enable the student to pursue a research project on a legally related topic of interest;
* To encourage independent research;
* To encourage students to plan and manage their own projects;
* To encourage communication of ideas through a medium appropriate to a given project.
Teaching and Assessment
Assessment
100 per cent Coursework Mark

Coursework*
70% Capstone Dissertation (4,000 w.)
15% Reflective Statement (1,000 w.)
15% Individual Presentation (10 minutes)

Teaching Methods
3 group tutorials relevant to all parts of the research and the final assessment
Individual supervision sessions

Module aims

No information available.

Module learning outcomes

No information available.

Module information

No additional information available.

Learning and teaching methods

Teaching Methods 3 group tutorials relevant to all parts of the research and the final assessment Individual supervision sessions

Bibliography

This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting
Coursework   Reflective Statement    15% 
Coursework   Capstone Dissertation - Spring Term    70% 
Practical   Presentation    15% 

Exam format definitions

  • Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
  • In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary, for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.

Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.

Overall assessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%

Reassessment

Coursework Exam
0% 0%
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Anastasia Karatzia, email: a.karatzia@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Niall O'Connor, email: n.oconnor@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Anastasia Karatzia , Mr Niall O'Connor
Law General Office, 01206 872529, lawugadmin@essex.ac.uk

 

Availability
No
No
No

External examiner

Dr Damien Short
University of London (Institutes and activities)
Reader, Director of the Human Rights Consortium
Dr Robin William John Hickey
The Queen's University of Belfast
Senior Lecturer
Prof Leslie James Moran
Birkbeck College
Professor of Law
Ms Annette Marie Morris
Cardiff University
Reader in Law
Dr Hedvig Katherine Schmidt Moutsatsos
The University of Southampton
Associate Professor
Dr Christopher Lloyd
Oxford Brookes University
Senior Lecturer
Dr Eva Steiner
King's College London
Senior Lecturer in French Law
Ms Lydia Katherine Bleasdale-Hill
The University of Leeds
Director of the Clinic
Dr Ebenezer Adodo
The University of Leicester
Associate Professor of Commercial Law
Ms Deborah Jane Rook
Northumbria University
Principle lecturer in law
Dr Thomas Pegram
University College London
Associate Professor
Dr Karen Mc Cullagh
University of East Anglia
Lecturer in Law
Prof Julia Shaw
De Montfort University
Professor of Law
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 164 hours, 4 (2.4%) hours available to students:
160 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).

 

Further information
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