Oh No ! ICAS woes !

uknitty

So, I've been merrily chipping away at my ICAS project using a case study,

I've put my daughter in nursery today so I get a day free to finally get to the end of my first draft and I have just hit a huge huge stumbling block.

What has happened is I have just spotted one sentence (that was on a "continued overleaf") that completely contradicts information given elsewhere.

I don't want to give actual information about this because it is a live assessment, but I will give you a made up example:

"all suppliers are paid weekly on tuesdays" then over the page "all suppliers are paid monthly on the last friday"

Is this an intentional discrepancy to see if I spot it, or is it just a discrepancy ? I feel like I have screeched to a grinding halt and don't know how to tackle this !

Nia

I used the Cookridge Carpets scenario and it was full of inconsistencies. There were a couple of points that I wanted to cover in my report that had inconsistent comments, so I incorporated just one of the points, ignoring the other. If you're really worried about it, you could cover these in an appendix - I didn't and have had my report marked competent.

uknitty

Thanks Nia

I am going to do just that I just want to get the first draft in as soon as possible ! Out of interest, who did you sit this unit with (i.e which training provider/college) ?

Nia

NP

I'm studying at college - not sure how long for though, as I have a feeling the course is going to close because the course manager is leaving to work elsewhere. It took about 8 weeks to get a competent result through after submission.

uknitty

8 weeks :O I was planning on submitting a draft that I was not 100% happy with just to get the feedback that I need to improve the areas that I am not so confident in. Blast - I really need this unit signed off by the end of March.....

rebecca2

uknitty - I am with Premier Training. I submitted my first draft for the ICAS report on Monday 16th, I got my feedback on Weds 18th with a few amendments needed to be made. Who are you with?

uknitty

Also with Premier. Tutor has got back to me today and said her turaround time is about 3 days right now, but obv may vary slighly!

uknitty

Just booted off my first draft. I'm fully aware that there are huge chunks that need to be re worked but I need to get the feedback so I can work on the weak parts.

Really, really NOT enjoying this project at all

rebecca2

Hi uknitty,

Hopefully you will receive your feedback early next week. I submitted my first draft like I said on the 16th and I had to upload an amended report and got an email from my tutor today saying it has been marked off as competent :-) stick with it, and in the end things will naturally flow for you! I really struggled at first however by the end I could've wrote so much more!

Good Luck!