Reference no: EM132289968
Contemporary Issues in Events
Assessment Instructions
Individual Report
This is an individual assessment and your submission will be in the form of a 2500 word report.
This assignment allows you to focus on a specific area of interest to you as you are required to choose an event/sector of the industry and identify and discuss the key drivers (e.g. climate change; politics; increasing urbanisation; rising geo-political powers; changing demography; increasing globalisation/anti-globalisation; technological developments) likely to affect the event/sector in the future.
Your discussion should demonstrate awareness of links between different drivers and their impacts. You should conclude as to the future outlook of the event/sector based on your discussion before making recommendations for the event/sector based on your conclusion.
This assignment contributes to your attainment of the UWE graduate attributes by encouraging you to be future-facing and ready and able.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:
• Understand key concepts in events studies and apply them in a range of contemporary events contexts
• Critically analyse a broad range of contemporary issues in events, with reference to leading edge research in events and cognate fields
• Evaluate the contribution of related academic fields to the analysis and understanding of events in society
Formatting
All work should be word processed in 12 point font Times New Roman, Arial or Calibri and double spaced
Please use the following file format(s): Word
Please ensure that you provide the following details on the first page of your coursework:
• Student Number
• Assessment Title
• Module Name and Module Number
• Word Count
Please ensure that your report follows the professional style conventions of report writing making use of plain English, numbered headings and sub-headings, bullet points, and tables/figures as appropriate.
See the guide to report writing in the Assessment B folder on Blackboard for further guidance. The suggested structure for your report is as follows:
• Front Page
• Executive Summary
• Contents Page (produced using Word).
• Introduction (125 – 250 words).
• Overview of Event/Industry Sector (250 words)
• Key drivers (identify all and list as bullet points before focusing on most relevant in the following section)
• Impacts of Key Drivers on Event/Industry Sector (focus on the most relevant) (1750 words)
• Conclusion (250 words)
• Recommendations (bullet points)
Word Limit
The word limit for this coursework is 2500 words
• Word count includes everything in the main body of the text (including headings, tables, citations, quotes, lists, etc.).
• The references, bibliography and footnotes (provided footnotes only include references) are NOT included in the word count.