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Assignment Remit

• Critically evaluate aspects of UK economic performance and policy

• Apply understanding of economic concepts to real-world situations

• Demonstrate an understanding of how economic theory is used to formulate policy

Your submission will be marked using the Grading Criteria given below.Assignment:

This assessment is in two PARTs. All students should complete both PARTs.

• PART B is worth 35% of the grade. Word limit: 500 words.

Suppose you are an Economic Advisor working for the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit at Number 10 Downing Street. The Chief Economist has asked you to write a short two PART report:

• PART A of the report should set out two policy interventions that could be used to tackle rising crime levels. It should then provide a theoretical economic analysis that illustrates why each of these interventions may be expected to reduce crime levels.

Finally, it should critically discuss the extent to which academic evidence supports the effectiveness of each policy in reducing crime.

• PART B of the report should explain the concept of opportunity cost. Using a range of relevant examples, it should then describe why and how the concept is related to UK policy making. These examples can relate to policy areas covered in the module (including crime prevention policies) or other areas of policy.

Referencing: use the Harvard system of referencing for this question.

Word limit: 1,500 words +10%. Diagrams, data plots and equations are excluded from the word count. The list of references at the end of the report is also excluded. However, in-text citations are included in the word count.

Grading Criteria / Marking Rubric

Assessment criteria can be found on the final page of this document.

Ethical Use of Generative AI (GenAI)

You are not permitted to use GenAI to support your submission for this assessment.

You may not submit any work generated by an AI tool as your own.

Plagiarism, including that which results from using GenAI, is a form of academic misconduct that will be dealt with under the University’s Code of Practice on Academic Integrity.

University guidance on ethical use of GenAI can be found here: https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/as/libraryservices/asc/student-guidance-gai.aspx

Feedback to Students:

Both Summative and Formative feedback is given to encourage students to reflect on their learning that feed forward into following assessment tasks. The preparation for all assessment tasks will be supported by formative feedback within the tutorials/seminars.

Written feedback is provided as appropriate. Please be aware to use a web browser and not the Canvas App as you may not be able to view all comments.

It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand correct referencing practices. You are expected to use appropriate references and keep carefully detailed notes of all your information sources, including any material downloaded from the Internet. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are not vulnerable to any alleged breaches of the assessment regulations. More information is available at University’s Code of Practice on Academic Integrity.

Wellbeing, Extensions and Extenuating Circumstances:

The processes for extensions and extenuating circumstances (ECs) are to support students who have experienced unforeseen issues that have impacted their ability to engage with their studies and/or complete assessments. Students should notify Wellbeing of any extenuating circumstances as soon as possible via the online form, following the guidance provided.

https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/colleges/coss/your-student-wellbeing.aspx

Marking Rubric:

Note that the information below is guidance and feedback only and not a quantitative measure to calculate the grade.

The final grade represents the overall quality of the work taking these criteria into account but is the academic judgement of the marker(s).