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BUSS508: why is 60% of an economics paper marked on reflection?

Students enrol in an economics paper expecting supply and demand diagrams, and the assessment plan for this one puts sixty per cent of the mark on two reflective journals.

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COMM3000: why is the effect you cited six times too big?

The hardest sentence to write in this course is the one that estimates what your intervention will actually do.

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COMM3020: if there is no grade, what are you working for?

Almost every guide to a university course answers the same question: how do you get a better mark. This one cannot, because COMM3020 is graded satisfactory or unsatisfactory and there is no distinction band to aim at.

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LAWS212: is your employment law answer citing the right year?

Employment law in Australia changed on 26 August 2024, and the change went to the most basic question the subject asks: who counts as an employee.

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MKTG3114: why does killing your own product idea earn marks?

Most students arrive at New Products Marketing expecting the assignment to reward the best idea. It does not, or at least not primarily.

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MKTG3120: why does "build loyalty" fail a brand audit?

There is a sentence that appears in a large share of undergraduate brand reports, usually near the recommendation: the brand is small, so it should focus on deepening loyalty among its existing customers rather than chasing new ones.

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