Module course for DEV7025_01_S1_202627 offered at LOC: by Development Studies (ORG:DEVS)
Convenor name: Professor Alessandra Mezzadri
Convenor email: am99@soas.ac.uk
Office room: C4121
Office hours: 10-12 Fridays
Appointment booking link: https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/d015f0d35bb048389d9a292334d2f163@soas.ac.uk/meetingtype/wwabw4CDV0-s8ipvZDiE5g2?anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=mLinkFromTile
Module dates: Thursdays 11.00-1.00pm
Assessment 1: Name: Blog
Assessment 1: Weighting: 40%
Assessment 1: Due date: 20/11/2026
Assessment 1: Release date: 4 weeks after submission
Assessment 1: Permitted AI usage: Editing
Assessment 1: Format: 1,200 words blog (see brief for AS1)
Assessment 2: Name: Co-authored essay
Assessment 2: Weighting: 60%
Assessment 2: Due date: 11/01/2027
Assessment 2: Release date: 4 weeks after submission (see brief for AS2)
Assessment 2: Permitted AI usage: Editing
Assessment 2: Format: 2,000 co-authored essay. Co-authored essay in groups of 3/4 students (first sitting). Each student must work collaboratively and contribute equally to the planning, research, writing, and editing of the group essay. Students should work collaboratively to develop the essay’s structure and argument, share the literature review, divide writing tasks fairly (for example, contribution of words at 650 each), and finalise the text together for submission.
Page template: On campus 2026/27
