DRAFTS

A note on DRAFTS - for those in module one sending draft essays in today and a reminder for module twos and threes as yours come in next week...

 
Drafts are intended to initiate a feedback dialogue (verbally via a follow up supervision OR written via email) with your supervisor, they are not usefully used to ask if things are 'right' or sent with an expectation of receiving corrections, by way of a pre-marking opportunity.

Please do receive feedback as an extended discussion of your work and send a draft with the Feedback Discussion Form, noting the specific questions you have on this draft of work that you would like to initiate a discussion with, asking if it is on the right track is not really opening a conversation and offers little in return.

Often feedback contains prompts for further reading, suggested texts/practitioners to look at, comments regarding the level of critical thinking/analysis in your writing over overly descriptive personal narrative approaches etc.. Feedback comments are not telling you to 'correct' something and re-submit, but more trying to help you to move your thinking and writing on as we see the process of your work developmentally.

With this in mind, when you have received feedback on a draft of work, please take time to read and consider comments made, come back to your supervisor asking to extend the conversation, arrange a supervision is you have further thoughts and questions as a result of the feedback, but please not to send a 2nd draft asking if the work is now correct, or continuous re-drafts up until the submission date.

 

A good practice note:

Please take the time to save your work with your name and module number - saving work as 'BAPP' or 'Lit Review' on your own computer might make sense but be mindful that as we receive multiple drafts titled that it is not helpful to know whose work it is!