Category: Essays

Assessment 1 Travel Journalism Feature, 2pm Tuesday 11th November. (1500 words/40% weighting)

Brief: write a 1500 word travel journalism feature on a topic of your choice. The feature should be based on your own, real, experience of travel. That said, it by no means needs to be based on travelling somewhere exotic or far away. For example, you could write a travel feature on Richmond park (i.e., just behind the Whitelands campus) or on a particular location in central London.

What form should the feature take?
The feature can be any form you wish as long as it is of a form associated with travel journalism. For example, you could write a series of blog entries or you could write a magazine piece or a piece for a newspaper. Pieces such as these can and should include photographs. You can take photographs with a camera or smart phone and upload them into your text. Alternatively, you might wish to produce a piece for radio or television. This can be recorded on your smart phone and emailed to me at b.cocking@roehampton.ac.uk for me to view or listen to and mark.

Please note: if you decide to produce a piece for radio or television you will need to submit a written transcript or plans and upload this to Turnitin in order to fulfil the requirements of this assessment (this is in addition to any audio/visual files that you email to me). If you are planning on producing a radio or television based piece please discuss it with me first.

Above all, it should be clear that you have given consideration to the form you have chosen to produce. So, for example, if you written a magazine piece, make it clear which magazine you imagine it would feature in and include elements such as a title or headline. Related to this, it is vitally important that you try to write within the characteristics and conventions associated with the form of travel journalism you have chosen.

What am I being marked on?
The most important aspect of this is that you demonstrate you are aware of the characteristics and conventions of travel journalism. For example, if you are planning on producing a blog, look at some existing blogs and consider how they are written and who they might be aimed at. Similarly, if you are planning on producing a magazine based piece, look at the kinds of features that get published in your chosen magazine. Consider how they are structured and who the readership is.

Please note: you are not being marked on your technical ability. For example, it is great to include photographs to help illustrate your piece but you will not be assessed on your technical ability with a camera or other audio-visual equipment.

What else do I need to be aware of?
You need to complete the Assessment 1 Coversheet and include it in your submission for this assessment. You will find the coversheet on the next page. Please copy and paste a completed version of it into the front of your submission for this assessment. Failure to do so will most likely result in you losing marks because it will not be clear how you have sought to meet the requirements assessment brief.

Criteria for Assessment for Travel Journalism Feature
demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and conventions of a chosen form of travel journalism
demonstrate research skills appropriate for this assessment and commensurate with this level of study
show an awareness and understanding of the audience/readership and their expectations regarding travel journalism features
show an awareness of the forms of presentation associated with a specific form of travel journalism

Assessment 1 Coversheet
Note: this should be cut and pasted into your submission (failure to do so will result in failing to meet the assignment brief).

What form of travel journalism have you produced?

What is the name/title of the magazine/newspaper/media organisation that you envisage your work being featured in?

Who is the audience/readership for your travel journalism piece?

Can you give three-five brief examples of how you have attempted to make use of the characteristics and conventions associated with your chosen form of travel journalism? For example, ‘I chose the title xxx because it fits very will with newspaper yyy for the following reasons zzz’. ‘I noticed that newspaper xxx tends to feature a lot of family orientated travel pieces and I have tried to replicate this format here in the following ways…’.

Dr Ben Cocking has office hours every week on Tuesdays and Fridays (12.00-1.30 on both days) and he is based in room QB024, Queens Building, Southlands College, did you meet with him to discuss this assessment?

What, if anything, might you have done differently if you did this assessment again?

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Address ONE of the following questions in 1500 words:
1. Using two examples, explain the difference between formal and informal imperialism.
2. Explain the role of elites in decolonization, and the formation of postcolonial nations.
3. How did images of the ‘Orient’ shape the encounters between East and West?

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Economics II MILE: Project
Since the early twentieth century the stock market has played a major role in the U.S. economy. Although investing in stocks is risky, people all over the world buy and sell thousands of different stocks everyday. For your project, you, too, will experience the highs and lows of the life of a stockholder. You will write about your decision and the progress of your stocks in a final paper. This paper is worth 30% of your final grade.

I) The Task

a) Choose a stock: You have an imaginary $10,000 with which to get started. You MUST invest the full amount in one company’s stock. Remember, $10,000 is a lot of money, and you don’t want to lose it in a week! Therefore, you need to choose wisely. Don’t pick a company because you like its name or one of their products. You also want to avoid choosing something that’s especially risky or in an unstable industry. You need to do research before you choose your stock. Choose a few companies that seem to be good investments and review the history of the company, the stock, and the other companies in the industry. Whichever company appears to be the most likely to yield a return on your investment is the one you want to choose! You can find information in the business section of most major daily newspapers (especially the Wall Street Journal), Business Week and other business-related magazines, and on the companies’ websites. Most companies will send you their annual reports if you ask nicely!

b) Track your stock: At least once a week you should check to see if your stock has gone up or down. You might want to keep a journal so that you remember the exact price of the stock from one week to the next. After checking the changes in your stock, assess why that change occurred. Was their a major world or economic event that may have had an impact on your stock? Is that company facing a particular scandal that might make their stock decline? Did the company introduce a new product or receive funding or approval for a product that’s on the horizon? Is the economy going well or poorly at that moment? There are myriad reasons for your stock to go up or down; make sure you take the time to figure out what’s happening with yours. This analysis is a major part of your grade and integral to understanding the market for those who might want to really invest in it later.

c) Decide if you want to hold onto your stock, buy more, or sell what you have: After 6-8 weeks of stock ownership, it’s time to make a choice. Have you made a profit? Do you want to hold onto the stocks you have or, possibly, invest some of your earnings in more shares? Have you lost money? Do you want to get out before you lose your entire original investment? Maybe you’ve made money but think that your stock can’t possibly go any higher? These are the decisions that you must make. Whatever decision you make you need to support it with outside research. Look at other instances when your stock was high/low. What happened then? Is the company facing greater competition in the weeks and months ahead? Does the company do more seasonal business, making it wise/unwise to hold on through the winter? Think about the economy. Does it seem to be on the verge of improving, thereby making it worth it to hold onto your stocks? Does it seem like the economy might tank, making your stocks worthless? You must consider these questions and many others when making this final decision. For information, you may look in many of the same sources mentioned in the first section, including newspapers, magazines, annual reports, and company websites (identify and look at the competition, too!). The best stockholders are those that make informed decisions!

II) The Assignment

a) Explain the process you used to choose your stock and discuss what you learned about the company whose stock you ultimately bought as well as the other companies you considered. Make sure you evaluate why you chose one company over the others. You will need to use at least three sources to thoroughly research your choice.

b) You must analyze your performance in the stock market. Discuss the status of your stock over the course of your ownership, including your hypothesis on why the stock went up or down at particular points. You must include an evaluation of your performance. What did you do well? What would you change or improve next time you invest in the stock market? After this experience, do you think that you will invest in the stock market? What have you learned about the market that may guide you in doing so? Lastly, based on the trends you noticed during your simulated ownership and the economic status of the nation, predict where you see the stock going over the next six months. Do you think that it will increase? Decrease? Remain stagnant? What factors influence your prediction? How does paying careful attention to one stock augment your ability to predict what it will do in the future?

Your paper should be 3-4 pages typed with 12 point font and 1 inch margins. You must include a chart showing your stock’s activity from the time you “purchased” it through the due date of this project. This chart can be made by hand or using a computer program. You must use and cite three outside sources (citations can be either footnotes or parenthetical) and you must include a properly formatted bibliography

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First Astronomy Writing Assignment
Write a 700- to 1,000-word paper for college students that have had a one- or two-
semester astronomy course. The paper should make an argument for or against the publication of Nicolaus Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium as the beginning of the Scientific Revolution. Though clearly the beginning of the Copernican Revolution, some suggest that publication and his Commentariolus reflect motivations that are inconsistent with the Scientific Revolution; others, therefore, suggest publication of Galileo Galilei’s Discorsi E Dimonstrazioni Matematiche, intorno à due nuoue Sceinze or his Sidereus Nuncius are better candidates. In addition, you are encouraged to suggest your own date or publication or event for the beginning of the Scientific Revolution. Remember, in a college level paper you should never give an opinion without stating your reasoning. Additionally, you should never plagiarize! You are required to cite, at least, two sources other than your astronomy text and the entire paper should be written in MLA format. Obviously, the paper should also be written at the college level as described by College Writing Assignments: a synopsis of AAC&U’s rubric. Since this is your first writing assignment in Astronomy, relevant and credible
sources will be given, they are: A reliable translation of De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium:
http://ads.harvard.edu/books/1543droc.book/ A reliable translation of Commentariolus:
http://copernicus.torun.pl/en/archives/astronomical/1/?view=transkrypcja&lang =en A reliable translation of Discorsi E Dimonstrazioni Matematiche, intorno à due nuoue
Sceinze: http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/753 A reliable translation of:
https://archive.org/details/Sidereusnuncius00Gali The above publications are excellent primary sources; however, you may need some
secondary or tertiary sources to derive some understanding of the Scientific Revolution and Copernican Revolution. Generally, secondary—and especially tertiary—sources are not acceptable for research but, such sources are good for gaining some understanding or context. Such secondary or tertiary resources are: any college level Western Civilization, European History, or History of Science
textbook or any book a college, history professor recommends.
Some sources in the TCC library are: A history of science in society : from philosophy to utility; Andrew Ede and Lesley B. Cormack Makers of western science : the works and words of 24 visionaries from Copernicus
to Watson and Crick ; Todd Timmons A Short History of Scientific Thought; John Henry
he genesis of science : how the Christian Middle Ages launched
the scientific revolution ; James Hannam Lost history : the enduring legacy of Muslim scientists, thinkers, and artists; Michael

Hamilton Morgan Additionally, you may find some of the books in your astronomy syllabus to be

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The assignment profile for this is suncor and you have to talk about business impact analysis and recovery strategies. from with in the assignment business profile which is suncor

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for this assignment, you will need to write the introduction section of a lab report. An introduction should introduce the general question(cell size and cell diversity)that you are studying.once you present some general information, you will introduce your specific question and experiment. you must include an explicit hypothesis and prediction in your introduction. there is a 2 page limit on this assignment. the following bullet points are element that must be included.
1. in the introduction, you want to provide background information that makes your hypothesis reasonable and relevant.
2.state your hypothesis that relates to cell size
3.sate your prediction and describe in 1-2 sentences how the experiment addresses this prediction.
4.properly cite(see appendix) at least three references that you need as outside source of information.

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This is a hypothetical hotel project, please read a book “Zwikael, O.Y. & Smyrk, J.R. 2011. Project Management for the Creation of Organisational Value. London: Springer.” since it is important for this report writing. you must complete the report as following:

A Suggested Template: The Business Case
1. Introduction
1.1. Purpose of document. In most cases this will simply confirm that the purpose of the document is threefold: to support a funding decision, to establish the project’s key parameters and to brief key stakeholders.
1.2. Overview of the project. Outline the project by briefly discussing the
‘‘shape’’ of the proposed initiative.
1.3. Project appraisal. Summary of benefits, disbenefits, costs and risk exposure.
2. Business context
2.1. Background. What led to this project?
2.2. Rationale and Strategic fit. Why this particular project at this particular time? How does this project fit into the organisation’s strategic or policy framework, and how does it rank amongst competing initiatives?
2.3. Organisational impact statement. What impact will the work of this project have on the organisation (especially demands for internal resources), and how will that impact be managed?
2.4. Scenario analysis. Where appropriate, discuss the ‘‘Now’’, ‘‘No’’ and ‘‘Yes’’ scenarios.
2.5. Analysis of options. What options (if any) were considered for the exercise? How were they ranked? Why is this the preferred option?
2.6. Related projects and programmes. To what projects and programmes is this one related, and how will those links be managed?
Three relationships are of interest: projects on which this one depends, projects that are interdependent with this one, projects that will depend on this one.
2.7. Assumptions and constraints. What values of key variables and conditions have been assumed? What constraints have been imposed on the project? What are the implications for the business case of changes in each of these?
3. Project Definition
3.1. Statement of scope
Project objective. A short statement that answers the question ‘‘Why is this project being funded’’
List of target outcomes. A simple list, supported below with definitions of each item.
List of committed outputs. A simple list, each item is defined below with a list of critical fitness-for-purpose features.
3.2. Outcomes definition. A table in which:
Columns are associated with target outcomes.
Rows with the (seven) attributes used to define a target outcome.
3.3. Undesirable Outcomes (optional). List, identify impactees and outline management programme.
3.4. Outputs definition. For each output, there is a list of its critical fitness-for-purpose features.
3.5. Excluded outputs (optional). Sometimes the scoping process generates expectations of outputs that are eventually culled from the scoping statement. In those cases, it may be helpful to display another list of outputs that are not in scope.
3.6. Utilisation map
3.7. Utilisation storyboards
3.8. Financial appraisal. Analysis of cashflows from the perspective of the funder.
4. Stakeholder analysis. Supported with a Stakeholder Register
5. Project Governance. Supported with: a governance model and role definitions for key players
6. High-level plan
6.1. Preliminary workplan. This includes a schedule of major milestones.
Estimates of duration should be based on assumed levels of resourcing and qualified with clear statements about their reliability, typically by showing ranges.
6.2. Resource plan and budget. The amount of resources and the budget required to complete the work of the project. These estimates should also be qualified with clear statements about their reliability, typically by showing ranges.
7. Issues and risks
7.1. Critical risks. Based on a Risk report.
7.2. Key issues. Based on an Issues report.
8. Recommended approach to planning
A high level outline of how the planning phase will be approached and managed.

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Title sufficiently self-explanatory. Only thing to note is that this is just a paragraph so no particular requirement for typical ‘Intro-body-conclusion’ lay-out.

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Format: Minimum 1,500 words, double-spaced, 12-point TNR, 1” margins; put your name, my name, the class, assignment number, and date in the upper left corner of the first page; staple and number pages; have a title. Cite sources in MLA style.

Basic Instructions: Compose an essay comparing and contrasting the rhetorical choices of two authors in Chapter 13 of the Common Reader: “Nature and the Environment”.

Detailed Description: A2 is not a five-paragraph essay. It is also not an argument about any particular issue. It is an exercise in comparative rhetorical analysis.

Look for what you can see by reading these two essays together that you could not see by reading them separately. Don’t simply make a list of similarities and differences. THAT there are many similarities and differences between any two texts is such an obvious thing to say that it’s useless. Here, that’s not enough.

Do this instead. Look at HOW each author discusses and judges their subject. They directly say many things that are worth paying attention to. But in order to say these things (and to say them in the ways they say them), there are unstated assumptions, philosophies, worldviews, judgments, prejudices, etc. driving that person’s claims. So while two authors may seem to agree or disagree on certain things, you’ll find unexpected similarities within differences and unexpected differences within similarities if you look closely. Two authors who may argue for the same course of action may have very different reasons and logical thought processes (rationale) for making that argument. Those thought processes are what you’re comparing and contrasting here. What assumptions does each author make about their subject? What do they seem to value, and how can you tell? What (and whom) do they seem to value or de-value? What is significant and revealing about these and other rhetorical choices?

You can’t effectively or responsibly join a conversation until you’ve defined the conversation you’re trying to join. So this essay is not about taking a position on the authors’ subject. You won’t actually be writing about environmental issues in this assignment. Instead, you’ll write about HOW people like Joy Horowitz, Rachel Carson, and Bill McKibben talk about environmental issues. Their writing is the subject of your essay.

We will discuss several of these essays in class, but not all of them. Considering all the essays, you must choose at least two to work with at length. You might want to meet with me during office hours to discuss your pairing.

Write to a general academic audience, not to me. Assume your reader has not read either essay, so make sure you appropriately summarize the main claims of each piece before or as you analyze their rhetoric.

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Existing Mixed Methods Studies

Return to your Literature Review and peruse the mixed methods studies you found for additional resources that pertain to your topic. Conduct additional searches through the Walden Library for relevant studies that either pertain directly to your topic or that pertain to related topics and could inform a mixed methods study of your topic. Perhaps these studies provide a model, research instrument, framework, or hypothesis that informs your own evolving thinking.

Post a brief synopsis of the mixed methods studies you found as a “.doc” or “.rtf” attachment. For each entry, provide the full APA citation, as well as a brief paragraph that explains the contribution the study makes to your own topic, either directly or tangentially. In the text of your posting (to which you will attach your synopsis), introduce and summarize the mixed methods studies as a collection, and post at least two questions that will elicit suggestions and further responses from your colleagues.

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