HNC/HND Public Services – Assignment 1 Front Sheet

Learner name Assessor name

Geoff Lownds

Date issued Completion date Submitted on

Task 1: 1 Mar 18,
18 Jan 18
Task 2: 22 Feb 18
Qualification Unit number and title

HNC/HND Public Services

Unit 13 : The Global Environment
Level 5 : 20 Credits

Assignment Assignment 1: Global Conflicts and International Organisations

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In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria.
Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found.

Criteria
To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that Task
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the student is able to: no.
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Explain how conflicts can be caused by differing
2.1 1
ideologies
2.2 Evaluate links between conflicts and terrorism 1
Evaluate the impact of conflict on UK and international public
2.3 1
service organisations
Analyse the roles of national and international
2.4 2
organisations in recent conflicts
Examine recent examples of political change
3.1 1
internationally
Evaluate the effectiveness of international organisations’
3.2 2
management of recent political change situations
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Assignment brief
Qualification HNC/HND Public Services Level 5 : 20 Credits

Unit number and title Unit 13 : The Global Environment

Start date 18 Jan 18

Deadline Task 1: 1 Mar 18, Task 2: 22 Feb 18
Assessor name Geoff Lownds

Assignment title Assignment 1: Global Conflicts and International Organisations

The purpose of this assignment is to:

Explore current conflicts from around the globe, you will investigating the causes, impact and involvement of
both national and international organisations. Learners will examine key international organisations and how
they work with differing political systems. This will develop learners’ understanding of how regime change
can occur.

Scenario:
As a young police officer you have decided to apply for a promotion. To get this promotion you have to
show knowledge of global conflicts. To do this you must complete the tasks for your Superintendent.

Task 1

You are to produce an A4 magazine / journal in which you:

1. Explain how conflicts can be caused by differing ideologies. 2.1 and give examples.

2. Evaluate links between conflicts and terrorism. 2.2 (consider the formation and acts of such groups as Al
Qaeda and IS)

3. Examine recent examples of political change internationally 3.1 (the Arab Spring would be a good example)

4. Evaluate the impact of conflict on UK and international public service organisations, considering:
peacekeeping including ensuring the safety of the local population and fair elections, training and evacuation of
UK nationals. 2.3

Your magazine / journal may have visual content and contain colour maps, images, graphs etc. No more than 15 pages
in total

Professional presentation is required and all research materials must be submitted

As this is a magazine / journal, you can give full references at the end of each section, reference in text not
required

Task 2

In pairs you are to produce a presentation in which you:

1. Analyse the roles of national and international organisations in recent conflicts 2.4. To do this you must
outline the roles of key organisations and analyse in more detail the roles of two of them.

2. Evaluate the effectiveness of these international organisations’ management of recent political change
situations 3.2

Should you prefer working alone for task two you must submit a 1500 word essay. For the essay you will be required to
reference to Harvard Standard.

Unit Content – to gain a PASS grade in this task the following content must be considered, researched and
if relevant included:

LO2. Understand current global conflicts.

Different ideologies: political; religious; nationalism; fundamentalism; links to conflicts eg Iraq,

Afghanistan, Rwanda, Balkan States, Syria

Causes of conflict: including politics, nationalism, religion, ideology, land and resources,
historical rivalry, ethnic conflict

Links to terrorism: eg Northern Ireland, Iraq, Afghanistan, IRA, PIRA, al-Qaeda; terrorist
atrocities, Omagh, 9/11, London Bombings, Chechnya, changes in terrorism

Impact of conflict on UK public services: peacekeeping including ensuring the safety of the local
population and fair elections eg in Iraq, Bosnia, Sierra Leone; training eg Iraq; security and evacuation of UK
nationals

Role of UK and international organisations: UK public services including military, policing, border
agencies; UK government; EU and joint EU public services including military, policing, border agencies;
armed forces under auspices of NATO, UN; role of NATO, UN, UNICEF, WHO; rules of engagement,
peacekeeping mandates

LO3 Understand how international organisations work with differing political systems
.
Political change: recent political change including collapse of communism, growth of the EU, Iraq,
Afghanistan, African States, military regimes eg Burma

International organisations and their roles: NATO, UN, EU; roles in specific countries; humanitarian role
of international institutions including humanitarian aid programmes, disaster relief, peacekeeping,
reconstruction, providing for refugees and asylum seekers; international actions including war crimes
tribunals, UN resolutions, imposition of sanctions, trade embargos, political pressure.
In addition to the above PASS criteria, this assignment give you the opportunity to achieve the following
MERIT and DISTINCTION grades
Grade Descriptors Indicative Characteristics Contextualisation
M1 Identify and apply Effective judgments have been To achieve M1 you will make effective
strategies to find appropriate made judgements about conflict and terrorism.
solutions
M2 Select/design and apply A range of sources of information To Achieve M2 you will demonstrate an
appropriate has been used. appropriate level of research and submit
methods/techniques a suitable bibliography

M3 Present and The appropriate structure and To Achieve M3 your assignment must be
communicate appropriate approach has been used submitted before the deadline; both
findings. electronically via Turnitin and a hard copy

The appropriate structure, approach and

academic format has been used.

Professional presentation has been

applied throughout.

D1 Use critical reflection to
evaluate own work and justify
valid conclusions.
D2 Take responsibility for
managing and organising
activities.
D3 Demonstrate
convergent/lateral/creative
thinking
Conclusions have been arrived
at through synthesis of ideas
and have been justified
Autonomy/independence has
been demonstrated
Effective thinking has taken
place in unfamiliar contexts
To achieve D1 you will have drawn
conclusions about the theories and
concepts discussed to provide evidence
for LO2 & LO3
To achieve D2 independence has been
demonstrated in the range of research
To achieve D3 you will have made
effective judgements about the theories
and concepts discussed to provide
evidence for LO2 & LO3

Command Verbs

Analyse Separate information into components and identify their characteristics. Discuss the
pros and cons of a topic or argument and make reasoned comment.

Explain To give account of the purposes or reasons

Examine To look at, inspect, or scrutinise carefully, or in detail. Investigate closely

Evaluate Make a qualitative judgement taking into account different factors and using available
knowledge/experience/evidence
Assessor's comments
HNC/HND Public Services Level 5 : 20
Qualification Assessor name Geoff Lownds
Credits
Unit number and title Unit 13 : The Global Environment Learner name

Assignment title Assignment 1: Global Conflicts and International Organisations

Grading criteria Achieved?

2.1 Explain how conflicts can be caused by differing ideologies

2.2 Evaluate links between conflicts and terrorism
2.3 Evaluate the impact of conflict on UK and international public service organisations
2.4 Analyse the roles of national and international organisations in recent conflicts
3.1 Examine recent examples of political change internationally
3.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of international organisations’ management of recent political
change situations
M1 Identify and apply strategies to find appropriate solutions.

M2 Select/design and apply appropriate methods/techniques

M3 Present and communicate appropriate findings.
D1 Use critical reflection to evaluate own work and justify valid conclusions.

D2 Take responsibility for managing and organising activities.

D3 demonstrate convergent/lateral/ creative thinking
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