This assignment is intended to assess the following
learning outcomes:
1. Evaluate the ideologies that drive policy
formulation.
2. Analyse
the processes for formulating policy for the provision of sport and leisure
3. Review
the influence of the policies of planning, best value, health and safety and
mega-events and their impact on sport and leisure.
4. Explain
and evaluate the different international perspectives and their policy
objectives for government involvement in sport and leisure.
5. Analyse
the main constraints and objectives within which the different sectors operate.
6. Demonstrate
a critical understanding of policy analysis demonstrated through a written
report and presentation.
Details of the task
Task
Critically examine how Government attitude and
policy towards sport has changed and evolved over the last 25-30 years.
Guidance
a.
Review,
contrast and compare the approaches of two
different Governments during this period in relation to the Sport Policy area –
i.e. two from the Conservatives under Thatcher or Major, Labour under Blair or
Brown and the Coalition Government.
b.
Specific
policy areas within sport could be used as examples to illustrate your
arguments, for example the different approaches to school sport and P.E. or to
the link between sport, physical activity and health or elite performance or
'sport for all'.
c.
Explore
similarities and differences and draw on academic sources to support your
arguments
d.
To achieve an average grade you should be making
use of an absolute minimum of 20
academically referenced sources, with particular emphasis on reports and
journals.
e.
See the Grading Criteria sheet below for more
guidance on areas you should focus on in your work.
Presentation and submission:
Please follow the guidelines in the section
entitled ‘School of Health and
Bioscience Guide to Assessment’ in your School Handbook (A Student’s Guide
to Success in the School
of Health
Module Specific Guidelines on Presentation/Format
All work submitted should be;
- On
white A4 paper
- Double-line
spaced
- In
a minimum of 12-point font
- With
a 2.5 centimetre border left around the page
- Correctly
referenced (Harvard Style – see guidance on UEL Plus)
- With
all pages numbered
- Inclusive
of a word count (see below)
- With
your Student number placed on every page in a header or footer
- Submitted in a single
plastic wallet, unstapled
Word counts:
If the assignment has a word count, the following
rules apply:
All words within the text are to be included
in the word count. Any work which does not keep within 10% of the set word
count will receive a penalty, which will be a deduction of 10% of the
marks originally awarded, except in cases where this would take you below the
threshold mark for the component. The
word count does not include the list of references at the end of the work.
Feedback:
The student charter for assessment states:
You can expect us to – “offer feedback on
assessments, normally within 4 weeks of the hand-in for coursework and 5 weeks
following exams”.
For this assessment you can expect to receive
feedback in the following ways:
- Generic
feedback will be provided in class within 2 weeks of hand-in
- Individual
work with feedback will be available from the Help Desk within 4 weeks
Reassessment details:
The reassessment details for this component will be
released on your UEL Plus site after the semester B field board.
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