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HNC/HND Public Services – Assignment 1 Front Sheet Assessor name

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Geoff Lownds Date issued

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18 Jan 18

Task 1: 1 Mar 18, Task 2: 22 Feb 18

Qualification

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HNC/HND Public Services Level 5 : 20 Credits

Unit 13 : The Global Environment

Assignment Assignment 1: Global Conflicts and International Organisations title In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. Criteria referenc e

To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the student is able to:

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Explain how conflicts can be caused by differing ideologies

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2.2

Evaluate links between conflicts and terrorism

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2.3 2.4 3.1 3.2

Evaluate the impact of conflict on UK and international public service organisations Analyse the roles of national and international organisations in recent conflicts Examine recent examples of political change internationally Evaluate the effectiveness of international organisations’ management of recent political change situations

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. Assignment brief Qualification

HNC/HND Public Services Level 5 : 20 Credits

Unit number and title

Unit 13 : The Global Environment

Start date

18 Jan 18

Deadline

Task 1: 1 Mar 18,

Assessor name

Geoff Lownds

Assignment title

Assignment 1: Global Conflicts and International Organisations

Task 2: 22 Feb 18

The purpose of this assignment is to: Explore current conflicts from around the globe, you will investigating the causes, impact and involvement of both national and international organisations. Learners will examine key international organisations and how they work with differing political systems. This will develop learners’ understanding of how regime change can occur. Scenario: As a young police officer you have decided to apply for a promotion. To get this promotion you have to show knowledge of global conflicts. To do this you must complete the tasks for your Superintendent.

Task 1 You are to produce an A4 magazine / journal in which you: 1. Explain how conflicts can be caused by differing ideologies. 2.1 and give examples. 2. Evaluate links between conflicts and terrorism. 2.2 (consider the formation and acts of such groups as Al Qaeda and IS) 3. Examine recent examples of political change internationally 3.1 (the Arab Spring would be a good example) 4. Evaluate the impact of conflict on UK and international public service organisations, considering: peacekeeping including ensuring the safety of the local population and fair elections, training and evacuation of UK nationals. 2.3

Your magazine / journal may have visual content and contain colour maps, images, graphs etc. No more than 15 pages in total Professional presentation is required and all research materials must be submitted As this is a magazine / journal, you can give full references at the end of each section, reference in text not required Task 2 In pairs you are to produce a presentation in which you: 1. Analyse the roles of national and international organisations in recent conflicts 2.4. To do this you must outline the roles of key organisations and analyse in more detail the roles of two of them. 2. Evaluate the effectiveness of these international organisations’ management of recent political change situations 3.2 Should you prefer working alone for task two you must submit a 1500 word essay. For the essay you will be required to

reference to Harvard Standard.

Unit Content – to gain a PASS grade in this task the following content must be considered, researched and if relevant included: LO2. Understand current global conflicts. Different ideologies: political; religious; nationalism; fundamentalism; links to conflicts eg Iraq, Afghanistan, Rwanda, Balkan States, Syria Causes of conflict: including politics, nationalism, religion, ideology, land and resources, historical rivalry, ethnic conflict Links to terrorism: eg Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan, IRA, PIRA, al-Qaeda; terrorist atrocities, Omagh, 9/11, London Bombings, Chechnya, changes in terrorism Impact of conflict on UK public services: peacekeeping including ensuring the safety of the local population and fair elections eg in Iraq, Bosnia, Sierra Leone; training eg Iraq; security and evacuation of UK nationals Role of UK and international organisations: UK public services including military, policing, border agencies; UK government; EU and joint EU public services including military, policing, border agencies; armed forces under auspices of NATO, UN; role of NATO, UN, UNICEF, WHO; rules of engagement, peacekeeping mandates

LO3 Understand how international organisations work with differing political systems . Political change: recent political change including collapse of communism, growth of the EU, Iraq, Afghanistan, African States, military regimes eg Burma

International organisations and their roles: NATO, UN, EU; roles in specific countries; humanitarian role of international institutions including humanitarian aid programmes, disaster relief, peacekeeping, reconstruction, providing for refugees and asylum seekers; international actions including war crimes tribunals, UN resolutions, imposition of sanctions, trade embargos, political pressure.

In addition to the above PASS criteria, this assignment give you the opportunity to achieve the following MERIT and DISTINCTION grades Grade Descriptors Indicative Characteristics Contextualisation Effective judgments have been M1 Identify and apply To achieve M1 you will make effective made strategies to find appropriate judgements about conflict and terrorism. solutions A range of sources of information M2 Select/design and apply To Achieve M2 you will demonstrate an has been used. appropriate appropriate level of research and submit methods/techniques a suitable bibliography

M3 Present and communicate appropriate findings.

The appropriate structure and approach has been used

To Achieve M3 your assignment must be submitted before the deadline; both electronically via Turnitin and a hard copy The appropriate structure, approach and academic format has been used. Professional presentation has been applied throughout.

D1 Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions.

Conclusions have been arrived at through synthesis of ideas and have been justified

D2 Take responsibility for managing and organising activities. D3 Demonstrate convergent/lateral/creative thinking

Autonomy/independence has been demonstrated Effective thinking has taken place in unfamiliar contexts

To achieve D1 you will have drawn conclusions about the theories and concepts discussed to provide evidence for LO2 & LO3 To achieve D2 independence has been demonstrated in the range of research To achieve D3 you will have made effective judgements about the theories and concepts discussed to provide evidence for LO2 & LO3

Command Verbs Analyse

Separate information into components and identify their characteristics. Discuss the pros and cons of a topic or argument and make reasoned comment.

Explain

To give account of the purposes or reasons

Examine

To look at, inspect, or scrutinise carefully, or in detail. Investigate closely

Evaluate

Make a qualitative judgement taking into account different factors and using available knowledge/experience/evidence

Assessor's comments Qualification

HNC/HND Public Services Level 5 : 20 Credits

Assessor name

Unit number and title

Unit 13 : The Global Environment

Learner name

Assignment title

Assignment 1: Global Conflicts and International Organisations

Geoff Lownds

Grading criteria 2.1 Explain how conflicts can be caused by differing ideologies 2.2 Evaluate links between conflicts and terrorism 2.3 Evaluate the impact of conflict on UK and international public service organisations 2.4 Analyse the roles of national and international organisations in recent conflicts 3.1 Examine recent examples of political change internationally 3.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of international organisations’ management of recent political change situations M1 Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions. M2 Select/design and apply appropriate methods/techniques M3 Present and communicate appropriate findings. D1 Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions. D2 Take responsibility for managing and organising activities. D3 demonstrate convergent/lateral/ creative thinking

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