- Type Validation
- Level Intermediate
- Time Months
- Cost Free
Access to HE - Research Skills
Issued by
Real Ideas Organisation
Earners of this badge have demonstrated their skills in academic research through their engagement with the Access to HE course delivered by City College Plymouth. Earners have applied their knowledge of credible sources in a real-world environment and actively utilised their ability to access information in a setting where they have been able to receive feedback and develop, showing consistency in approaches to locating and referencing reliable sources in the classroom, and in their coursework.
- Type Validation
- Level Intermediate
- Time Months
- Cost Free
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Earners have shown evidence of consistently strong research skills within the subject pathway, with use of only academic and reliable resources which have been chosen because of their credibility and relevance to the topic. Earners have demonstrated consistently accurate use of the Harvard referencing system using in-text citations and a correctly formatted reference list.
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Earners have passed a formal assessment in which they have successfully included accurate references from more than three different types of credible source: for example textbook, internet, journal, newspaper.
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Earners of this badge must be a student of City College Plymouth.
Standards
This badge has been mapped to the Demonstration Layer of the Cities of Learning Spine. Earners show consistency in their approach and can apply knowledge with real world context to receive feedback and develop.