Psychology

Presentation of Academic Submissions

All academic submissions should be presented in a clear font type such as Times New Roman, Ariel, Calibri or Verdana and in font size 12. Sentences should be in 1.5 or double spacing. Pages should be numbered. Footnotes should be used sparingly, if at all.

All academic submissions should follow the Harvard referencing style. For help with this please go to the student support page on Moodle.

Any literature quotations should be placed in inverted commas and referenced appropriately using the Harvard style. If quotations are two sentences or more, these should be indented from the rest of the text.

‘Observational material’ refers to extracts/quotations of observation that have been written up and may have been presented in an infant/young child or work discussion seminar.

Any extracts of observational material should be written in italics. If these are two sentences or more, they should be indented from the rest of the text. When presenting an extract of an infant or young child observation, the age of the child and observation number should be given in brackets following the extract e.g. (10 months, observation 42).

Any identifying details (e.g. name of workplace, child, family, location) must be disguised. For further guidance please see the Student Support page on Moodle.

The name of the student should not appear anywhere on the paper. Only the individual student number should be used. Please see the Student Support Page on Moodle for full details of how to submit assignments on Moodle and to download an Assessment Coversheet which must go at the front of the submission.

The deadline for all academic submissions on Moodle is 12.00 midday. Late submissions made within 24 hours of the deadline will incur a 5% penalty deducted from their grade. Students must ensure they are enrolled on the online submission page on Moodle where details of academic submission dates are available.

All assignments submitted on Moodle will be analysed by Turnitin, our plagiarism software. For further details about Turnitin, please see the Student Support page on Moodle.