1. Feedback on essays

2. Extensive reading
Qualified RES essays are written for the award after reading books and/or news articles, website materials
Book is a must on your reference list
Include at least one book as well as a number of other reading materials e.g. Budget, website reading, editorials
Insufficient to just refer to news articles alone

3. Essays: personal views
Essays are personal views of different levels
Bronze: personal views with reference to quotes or what is said in what you have read
Silver: personal views on causes, reasons, effects or implication of what is read. Don’t repeat what is read because it is your views that count
Gold: critical and insightful essays that explain and explore a phenomenon, a long term development, latest development, latest measures etc. Don’t repeat what is read. Your personal, critical views count in Gold Level essays. Be able to use different types of reading, different experts’ knowledge, different theories at this level
Include a clear reference list
Put down which level your essays are for
Put down your name, class & class number