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Investigation and Innovation Project (Poster)

Assessment Brief
As part of the formal assessment for the module Investigation and Innovation Project, you are required to submit the assessment that is described in this assessment brief.

Learning Outcome 1: Demonstrate good communication skills with appropriate use of digital media.

Learning Outcome 2: Conduct a defined investigation on a topic relating to the subject area by selecting, organising and presenting information from a range of good quality sources.

Learning Outcome 3: Develop and evidence project management skills, reflecting on the process of conducting the investigation.

Learning Outcome 4: Graduate Attribute 2 Contextually Innovative. Solve given and clearly defined problems, carry out predefined and possibly innovative approaches and check and understand how the solution has solved the problem, reflecting on the solution achieved.

Guidance
Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and the exact word count of your submitted document; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in (see referencing section for more information). You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.

Key information about this module's assessment
The AU Foundation has decided to award a number of grants to allow students to contribute towards the successful achievement of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. To apply for this funding, you will identify and investigate a problem affecting people that is important to you. You will decide on what your problem is with guidance from your lecturer, and then you will design an innovative solution to the problem. Get Fast, Top-Rated Expert Assignment Help!

Your proposed solution will be small-scale - it will be something that you could actually make happen, within a small budget of £1,000 or €1,200.

Think of yourself as a changemaker, how can you make a small but positive contribution to the world?

There are two separate assessment tasks for this module, each with its own assessment brief, that you will need to complete to pass:

Assessment 1 - Poster: Describe your solution, explain its link to the world's wider problems and explain and evaluate your solution. Use the poster to convince the AU Foundation to fund your project.

Assessment 2 - Project: Describe, and reflect on, the process of carrying out your project. Use the project to reflect on the skills you have developed and consolidated during the module.

You need to complete all tasks on both assessment briefs to achieve the full range of marks available. Your work for these assignments must be submitted separately to the correct iLearn submission portal. If you are unsure which portal to submit your work to, please check with your module lecturer.

Poster assessment brief

In this assessment task, you will:

Share your chosen problem, the wider issue you have linked it to and provide a small-scale solution to the problem.

You will do this by:

Designing an academic poster of 800 words
Content of your academic poster (800 words)

Posters are used in the academic world to share information in an audience-friendly way. Your task is to design a poster that provides key information about your project.
Your academic poster should include the following:
An informative and interesting title.
A brief outline of your chosen problem, citing relevant academic sources. Explain why your problem exists and why your reader should care about it. (250 words)
An explanation of how it relates to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Which of the world's larger problems is your problem related to? (100 words)
A description of your solution with an explanation of how you plan on spending the grant money. (250 words)
Explain how well you think your idea will work. What barriers can you predict in implementing your solution? (200 words)
A reference list in the AU Harvard style (not included in the word count).

Don't forget that the academic poster is a summary of your proposed solution, so you only need to include key points.

Design Guidance

Design your poster on ONE Microsoft PowerPoint slide (it is a poster, NOT a PowerPoint presentation). Academic Posters are typically A3 or larger.
You can use bullet points to ensure your points are concise.
Your poster should be carefully designed to be accessible and interesting.
Use a small number of carefully chosen images and pictures.
Examples of posters based on this assignment brief are available on iLearn to guide you.