Guidelines for WAP Report Writing

Approved Language for writing the report

All reports must be written in English.

Referencing and Bibliography

All statements, opinions, conclusions, etc. taken from another writer’s work should be cited, whether the work is directly quoted, paraphrased or summarised. Referencing is necessary to avoid plagiarism, to verify quotations, and to enable readers to follow-up and read more carefully the cited author’s arguments. Students should follow the Harvard Referencing style. Guides to Harvard Referencing style can be obtained from the internet, such as:

http://library.curtin.edu.au/referencing/harvard.pdf

http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/academic_services/documents/Library/Citing_References.pdf

Report Format/Layout

Must be written in English, typed and double-spacing on international A4 size (210 mm x 297 mm). Each page must have a left-hand margin of 4 cm to allow for binding and 2.4 cm for other margins. The font size is 12 of Times New Roman. The body should be 1.5 spacing in the case of long quotations.

Short quotations of fewer than 40 words should be incorporated into the text and enclosed by double quotation marks (“….”).

a.      Cover page (no page number)

Logo of any kind including the UBD logo is not allowed (see an example of the cover format). The colour of the cover (front and back) must be blue.

b.   Declaration

A statement declaring that: the project is entirely the student’s work and has not been submitted for a higher degree in any other institutions is also required.

Example

I declare that this report is entirely my work and no part of the report has been previously submitted in support of an application for another degree or qualification at this or any other institution of learning. 

            Name:……………………………………….             Date:……………………

Table of Content must be in the following order: title page, acknowledgements, abstract, table of contents, the report, bibliography, and appendices.

c.   Title page (see an attached example of the cover page)

d.   Acknowledgement

e.    Abstract

Single spaced of not more than 500 words) and should be paged with Roman Numerals, for example, i, ii, iii, iv, v. This is a summary of the whole report, and should briefly state the problem, describe the mthods and procedures used, and give the main results or conclusion. The abstract heading should be as stated here: ABSTRACT

Note: Page (1, 2, 3…) starts from Chapter One

f.    Table of Contents

g.    The Report (see the attached format of the report framework)

h.    Bibliography

i.     Appendices:

All appendices should be placed after the bibliography. This section is optional and will depend on the individual assignment report. It contains supplementary illustrative material, original data, and quotation that are too long for inclusion and not essential to an understanding of the subject. The section may be divided into sections as appendices I, II, III, IV, etc. Any figures or tables in the appendices should be numbered and captioned as in the case of all text tables and figures.

Submission of Bounded Copies

FBEPS clerks, who will then submit to the WAP committee