Presentation of Work

Whatever your submission method, you must always present your work as follows, unless specifically told otherwise:

• Type your work using a standard word processing package.
• Leave a margin of not less than 2.5cm or 1 inch on the left side of each sheet.
• Do not right justify the lines unless the system can produce equal spacing between the words.
• Put a blank line between paragraphs, or adjust line spacing so that there is sufficient space between each paragraph.
• Use double or one and a half line spacing as single spacing produces too dense an effect on the page.
• Do not have the first line of a new paragraph or just a heading at the bottom of a page - a minimum of three lines looks better.
• When you have edited and reformatted a document check it carefully for lost spaces or hyphens stranded in spaces.
• Do not leave a space in front of any punctuation mark, such as a comma, full-stop, colon, or question mark.
• If you include any notes, other than bibliographic references, they must be numbered and given as footnotes to a page.
• Use a spell checker to help identify potential spelling errors and typos.
• Read through your work carefully before submitting it, as spell checkers miss many typos e.g. where/were.
• Print the work out on A4 paper.
• Print the work out on one side of the paper only; do not print double-sided.

Coursework should always include:

• full title of work
• your registration number
• the code/title of your degree programme
• the code/title of the module for which the work is being submitted
• page numbers
• word count (marks will be deducted if no word count is given - see Over/Under Length Assessed Work for more information on this penalty policy, and for advice on what to include in your word count)

Do NOT put your name on your work, as all work must be marked anonymously (see Anonymous Marking for more information). The only exception to this is when you may be required to enter your name into Turnitin when submitting electronically.