The Practice of Operational Research
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IB3A70
The Practice of Operational Research
Group Work Instructions
All assessments must be submitted ONLINE via my.wbs by 7pm UK time on the date displayed
against this assessment.
Please ensure that the first page of your presentation includes the Student ID number for each
member of the group, but not your names, and your group number.
Word/Time Limit
10 minute presentation.
Word Count Policy
WBS has a school-wide policy on word counts. This is strictly enforced to ensure consistency across
modules and programme. You can find more information about this policy in your Student
Handbook under Academic Practice - 4i. Word count policy.
This is a strict limit not a guideline: any piece submitted with more words than the limit will result
in the excess not being marked.
Academic Practice
Please ensure you read the full guidelines for Academic Practice in the Undergraduate Handbook
and ensure you understand it. If in doubt, please seek clarification in advance of your submission.
This includes important information on:
• Cheating, plagiarism and collusion
• Correct referencing
• Using internet sources in assessments
• Academic writing
• English Language support
• Word count policy
When you submit your Group Work online, you will be required to tick a declaration box indicating
that the work involved is entirely your own (or that of your Group). Each assessment (where
applicable) will be put through plagiarism software to identify any collusion or inadequate
referencing of materials used from different sources.
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We would consider taking action if your work:
1. Is too reliant on the words of particular authors (rather than presenting your ideas in your
own words), if the assessment uses the ideas or words of an author without referencing
them or putting their words into quotations (plagiarism).
2. Includes unreferenced work that you have previously submitted for any accredited course of
study (unless explicitly asked to do so by your Module Leader/Tutor) (self-plagiarism).
Extensions and Self-certification
Late submissions will incur a penalty of 5% for every 24 hour period after the due date and time, i.e.
this begins one minute after the submission deadline (beginning at 7.01pm).
Requests for specific extensions (of up to 15 days) which are typically for longer and more serious
concerns must be submitted via my.wbs ideally 72 hours BEFORE the deadline. Extensions can only
be approved if you clearly detail your circumstances and provide supporting documentation (or a
reason as to why you cannot provide the supporting documentation at the time) as set out in the
Mitigating Circumstances Policy.
Self-certification is a university-wide policy whereby you are permitted an automatic extension of 5
working days on eligible written assessed work without the need for evidence. WBS permits self-
certification for all types of written, assessed works such as essays and dissertations. It is not
permitted for exams, course tests, or presentations.
You can self-certify twice within each year of study, starting from the anniversary of your course
start date. This will cover all eligible written assessments that fall within the self-certification period,
as long as they have not previously had an extension applied.
If you wish to self-certify for an extension of 5 working days, please select 'Self-certification' in the
Extension Type field. If you wish to request a longer extension than 5 working days, please leave the
Extension Type as 'Standard'.
Further information
Please see the links below for further information on peer assessment and working in groups:
• Overview - Working Online With Others | Academic | my.wbs
• 4.1 Peer assessment and your assessed group task - Study Materials - Working Online With
Others | Academic | my.wbs
• 4.2 WBS policy on group work and peer assessment - Study Materials - Working Online
With Others | Academic | my.wbs