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Looking at it the other way around, there’s the Assessment Survival Kit https://www.kent.ac.uk/ai/ask/index.php And It’s about yay long Ed — Ed Foster Student Engagement Manager Centre for Academic Development & Quality Nottingham Trent University +44 (0)115 848 8203 From: LDHEN <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Rachel Forsyth <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Rachel Forsyth <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, 18 October 2016 at 16:17 To: LDHEN <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: How long is a piece of string? Hi Sarah We use the rule of thumb that working on the assignment should take 25% of the time available for the number of credits. (so if the 1500 word essay were worth 10 credits, about 25 hours). There are some references here http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/assessment/design/size.php That doesn’t really answer the question in the subject line, sorry! Rachel R Forsyth BSc MBA PhD SFHEA Associate Head Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching 1st Floor, All Saints Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester M15 6BG [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> +44 (0) 161 247 1128 rachel.forsyth (Skype) @rmforsyth (Twitter) http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/ From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sarah Honeychurch Sent: 18 October 2016 16:10 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: How long is a piece of string? Hi there One of my first year philosophy students asked me this morning if there’s any rough guidance on how long it should take to research and write a 1500 word essay. I was wondering if you good folk had any suggestions for literature/resources that might help me to give her some guidance. Thanks all, Sarah "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer " DISCLAIMER: This email is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private and confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, please take no action based on it nor show a copy to anyone. In this case, please reply to this email to highlight the error. Opinions and information in this email that do not relate to the official business of Nottingham Trent University shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by the University. Nottingham Trent University has taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus-free, but we do advise that the recipient should check that the email and its attachments are actually virus free. This is in keeping with good computing practice.