Workshop
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Essay: Students should write an essay of a maximum of 2000 words in answer to ONE of the questions
shown on next slide. Essays should be properly and fully referenced, and include a full
bibliography.

PLEASE NOTE: Essays that are more than 10 per cent above or below the word limit will be penalised
through the deduction of marks, as will essays that are not properly or fully referenced or do not
include a full bibliography. (In text references and quotes count towards the word limit. Your list
of references and sources used at the end of your essay does not count towards the word limit.)

ESSAYS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO JOHN WILTON BY EMAIL TO jitaly25@hotmail.com OR THROUGH THE MASARYK
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM BY 4.12.2024.

PLEASE NOTE: ESSAY S SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN MSWORD OR PDF FORMAT

Workshop
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Essay Questions: (maximum 2000 words):
 Students will be required to submit an essay in answer to one of the questions shown below. The
essay must be of a maximum of 2,000 words, be fully properly referenced, and include a full
bibliography.

PLEASE NOTE: Essays that are more than 10 per cent above or below the word limit will be penalised
through the deduction of marks
(i)Is Europeanised  an adequate definition of E.U. social policy? Provide evidence and examples
drawn from EU social policy areas to support your assessment.
(ii)Critically evaluate how useful models and types of European welfare states are in identifying
the impact of the European Union on welfare and social policy provision within E.U. states.
(iii)

                     Structure of Essay Answers
Analyse the question – ‘content words’, ‘process words’
Structure of your essay/answer – in what order, and how will you address the question (brief in
introduction)
Theories and Arguments – theories, models and arguments you will employ to analyse, critically
assess, evaluate, compare and contrast
Content and evidence – examples, in terms of information or details you use in order to sustain or
challenge the various theories and arguments you have employed in analysis of the question
Conclusion – your summary of the various points and arguments/theories of explanation, and your
critical evaluation/assessment/comparison of them based on that