*-Assignment brief – QCF BTEC

Assignment front sheet

Qualification Unit number and title

BTEC National Diploma Level 3 Public Services Unit 34 Environmental policies and practices

Learner name Assessor name

Emma Cook

Date issued Hand in deadline Submitted on

23rd April 2019 24th May 2019

Assignment title Sustainability

In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria.
Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found.

Criteria To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that Task no. Evidence
reference the learner is able to:

Outline the need for sustainable development.

P4

Explain the role of pressure groups in promoting

P5
sustainability

Explain the impact of sustainable development on the

P6
UK public sector.

Analyse how pressure groups work to promote

M2
sustainability

Justify the targets set for the public sector to contribute

M3
to improving sustainability.

Critically analyse UK public sector progress towards

D1
achieving strategies for sustainability.

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Assignment brief

Qualification BTEC National Diploma Level 3 Public Services

Unit number and title Unit 34 Environmental policies and practices

Assessor name Emma Cook

Date issued 23rd April 2019

Hand in deadline 24th May 2019

Assignment title

Scenario
You have now been tasked with producing an additional report which aims to show the need for the
public sector to set and work to strategies for sustainability.

Task 1
You will need to define what sustainability means
Also the consequences of not embracing sustainable development, both for the UK and for the
global economy.
This provides evidence for P4

Task 2
One approach would be to choose a pressure group that is also a political party, plus another
pressure group that focuses on campaigning activity.
You could describe both their roles now and over the last 50 years. This will show the need to
change as sustainable policies have moved from minority to mainstream thinking.
This provides evidence for P5

Task 3
Using these examples you will need to think about raising awareness of the public, corporations
and governments. Also you should consider pressure group campaigns and events and other
activities.

This provides evidence for P6

Task 4

You should develop your ideas from P5 by analysing the way pressure groups have worked and
how successful (or otherwise) they have been at raising awareness.
This provides evidence for M2

Task 5
You need to give examples of targets set for the public sector to contribute to improving
sustainability. Then you should put forward arguments to support them. You will need to
consider whether, at a time of overall constraint in public sector expenditure the introduction of
sustainability targets is justifiable. What costs, if any, would there be from not meeting those
targets?
This provides evidence for M3

Task 6

You will need to review some of the targets set in documents like Securing of the Future (2005) and
look for data to show whether the UK public sector is on target to achieve them.
You should also consider whether the targets set in UK and EU strategies are sufficient to ensure that
sustainability can be achieved.
This provides evidence for D1

Evidence checklist

[Summarise evidence required, e.g. ‘leaflet’, ‘presentation notes’ etc.] [tick

boxes]

P4 Define sustainability

P5 Report on the role of pressure groups in supporting sustainability.

P6 Report on the impact of sustainable development on the UK public sector.

M2 Report on how pressure groups work to promote sustainability

M3 Report justifying sustainability targets set for the public sector.

D1 Report critically analysing UK public sector progress towards achieving

strategies for sustainability.