ESSAY SUBMISSION: For those of you who will return as part-time students next year though, you should be aware that your deadlines will be the same as full-time students for the 2011-12 academic year. 

Second year part-time student, your dissertation may be submitted either 1 September 2011 or 1 May 2012; 

If you have are part time from 2010: your dissertation will be due either on  1 September 2012 or 31 January 2013 

Full-time students’ dissertation deadline will be 1 September.

The record of personal therapy (for all students) and counselling experience (for year 2 and year 3 students) is embedded within module activities and records must be available to the Board of Examiners to demonstrate that you have met these requirements to either progress on to the next stage of the course or award a qualification. Confirmation of Personal Therapy Contract should have been submitted already and confirmation of hours  (semester 1) for both personal therapy and counselling experience are due on 1st February.  Please note the following deadlines for the current academic year;

Confirmation of Personal Therapy Contract – due 30/11/10

Confirmation of Personal Therapy Semester 1 – due 01/02/11

Confirmation of Personal Therapy Semester 2 – due 01/09/11

Placement Contract – due within 4 weeks of entering placement

Confirmation of Counselling Experience Semester 1 due 01/02/11

Confirmation of Counselling Experience Semester 2 due 01/09/11

If you know that you do have hours outstanding, copies of the relevant forms are available from the small filing cabinet located outside room A33, Dearing Building, Jubilee Campus.  Overdue forms must be completed and returned immediately.  Failure to return these documents may jeopardise your award or progression on to the next stage of the programme.

HAND IN DATES FOR ASSIGNMENTS:

XX4800 Therapeutic Approaches – 20/7/12

XX4802 Issues and Influences – 27/7/12

XX4803 Settings & Constraints – 9/3/12

XX4806 Supervised Counselling Placement 1/9/12

Calculating word counts and presenting assignments

As you know for an assignment you're required to write in the range 5,000-6,000 words. My advice is to write close to 6,000 as you need to achieve a narrow and deep focus in your writing so you need the words to achieve the depth. You're allowed a 10% overrun so the absolute maximum is 6,600.

The word count begins with the introduction (so excludes the title page, the contents page and the abstract). The word count ends with the last word of the conclusion (so excludes the bibliography and appendices if you have any).

If you include an abstract this should be approximately 250 words giving the overview of the assignment. It should have 3 searchable key words/phrases underneath. An abstract should follow the title page and contents page(s). Contents pages should give full details of main sections and sub sections together with page numbers.

Please can make sure that the title page contains these details:

· Your course

· Your name and student id number

· Module code and name

· Title of your assignment (15 words maximum)

· Name of your marking tutor

· Date of submission

All work should be presented in verdana 10 or 11 point font either 1.5 or double line spaced. Documents should have page numbers inserted.