Policy Development, Leadership and Organisational Practice PG (12018.1)

Required texts

Bacchi, C., & Goodwin, S. (2016). Poststructural policy analysis (pp. 13–26). In Poststructural policy analysis: A guide to practice. Palgrave Macmillan. 

Bennett, B., Baines, D., Terare, M., & Howard, A. (2025). Emancipatory decoloniality as leadership in social service organizations: Insights from Indigenous and anti-oppressive yarnings. The British Journal of Social Work, bcaf104.

Erik Olin Wright. (2010). Envisioning Real Utopias. Verso Books.

Erik Olin Wright. (2019). How to be an anticapitalist in the twenty-first century. Verso.

Kingdon, J. (2014). Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. https://questanbridge.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Agendas-Alternatives-and-Public-Policies.pdf. Chapter 8 .

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Where possible, all assessment items will be submitted online via the teaching site in UCLearn. The first page of each assessment item should include the following information:

• Student ID number:
• Assessment Name:
• Word Count (if applicable):

Students' names are not to be included on any assessment tasks/submission. Only Student ID numbers should be included (as per the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures).

Assessment items must be submitted to the assignment area in the UCLearn teaching site, relating to that piece of assessment. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item, to the right submission section.

Late submissions will only be accepted for a limited period. If more than one late submission is made within that period, only the first late submission will be accepted for marking and may be subject to penalties as detailed in the Assessment Procedures.

Extensions

Students can apply for an extension to the submission due date for an assessment item due to extenuating, evidenced circumstances (specific details are found in the Assessment Procedures). An extension must be applied for before the due date. Documentary evidence (e.g. medical certificate) will be expected for an extension to be granted, however this will not guarantee that the application will be successful. The Unit Convener or relevant Program Director/Course Convener will decide whether to grant an extension and the length of the extension.

An Assignment Extension form is available from the Student Forms page.

Late Submission

The following late submission period and penalty is applicable to any teaching period commencing after 1 April 2024.

To support the provision of timely feedback to students within the unit, late penalties will apply for summative assessments where late submission is permitted. Late submissions without an approved extension or reasonable adjustment will result in a penalty of a mark reduction of 10% of the maximum available marks for the assessment item per day (or part thereof) up to and including three calendar days. If a student submits more than three calendar days late without an approved extension or reasonable adjustment, the student will be allocated a mark of zero for that assessment, with no feedback provided.

Approval of extensions based on extenuating circumstances will be dependent upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener.

For teaching periods commencing prior to 1 April 2024, a late penalty of 5 % of the maximum available marks for the assessment item per day (or part thereof) was applied up to and including seven calendar days. An assignment submitted over 7 days late will not be accepted.

Assessment 3 requires students to upload a video recording of a 15-minute Peer Supervision session. Please see the detailed instructions on the Unit Canvas site for how to record and upload a video-related assessment.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in this Unit

Students have permission to utilise assistive academic support services or tools (translation, editing and paraphrasing tools or services) and/or Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) programs for assessments in this unit, provided the following conditions are met:

GenAI Acknowledgement Statement Examples

Example:

GenAI supporting information for students

GenAI and referencing

Free and protected access to Microsoft Copilot

Recommendation

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Attendance at tutorials is considered essential in this course. Students will be strongly supported to attain and demonstrate the required learning outcomes in their assessments via attendance and participation in weekly tutorials. Recordings will be made available for those students who are unable to attend live tutorial sessions, however recordings cannot replicate the live learning experience of engagement with peers, teachers and guest speakers. Please note sections of tutorial recordings may be removed if sensitive information has been disclosed.

Required IT skills

In order to engage in this unit, you are expected to have a reliable computer with the latest operating system. You will also need reliable internet connections and the latest version of Google Chrome (preferred browser) to access UCLearn. You are expected to have access to Microsoft Office applications: including Word, Excel and PowerPoint equivalent. In some units, you will be required to download specific software applications to complete the unit content and assessment successfully.

This unit involves online meetings in real time using Zoom in your UCLearn teaching site. Zoom allows you to communicate in real time with your lecturer and other students. To participate verbally, rather than just typing, you will need a microphone. For best audio quality we recommend a microphone and speaker headset. 

In order to complete research, you will need to be able to search the library databases for relevant academic resources. It is the individual student's responsibility to access appropriate help from the University IT services or the library if needed.

Please see the Social Work Hub on Canvas for orientation to key software and applications.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

• Study Block 1, 2026, Online real-time, UC - Canberra, Online (233960)