UU Examiner

Criteria	Insufficient: fails to meet academic requirements	Satisfactory: meets academic requirements	Excellent: belongs to the top 10%*
Content	Content: Insufficient	Content: Satisfactory	Content: Excellent
Ambition Level	The internship assignment was relatively easy and only required basic academic knowledge and skills to complete	The internship assignment had some complex aspects and required advanced academic knowledge and skills to complete	The internship assignment was highly complex and demanded superior academic knowledge and skills to complete
Ambition Level	No compensation was sought in widening the scope of the project	The scope of the project was sufficiently widened	The scope of the project was adequate
Content of Thesis	Content is unclear, inaccurate, and/or incomplete
	Support for the central purpose of the project is weak or poorly discussed	Presents clear and appropriate information that adequately supports the central purpose of the project	Presents balanced, significant, and valid information that clearly and convincingly supports the central purpose of the project
	Displays only rudimentary knowledge of the content area	Demonstrates satisfactory knowledge of the content area	Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the content area
	Reader gains few if any insights	Reader gains some insights	Reader gains important insights
Academic Quality	The purpose or research problem is not clearly articulated, or its component elements are not identified or described	Adequately identifies and describes (or sketches out) the purpose and the research problem and its components	Effectively formulates a clear description of the purpose and the research problem and specifies major elements to be examined
	Information is poorly organized and/or superficially examined	Gathers and examines information relating to the research problem	Selects and prioritizes information appropriate to addressing the research problem
	Information is often inaccurate or incomplete	Satisfactorily presents and appraises information with only minor inconsistencies, irrelevancies, or omissions	Accurately and appropriately analyses and interprets relevant information
	Presents little if any analysis or interpretation
	Inaccurately and/or inappropriately applies theories, frameworks, research methods, techniques, and/or models, to the analysis	Generally applies appropriate theories, frameworks, research methods, techniques, and/or models, with a few minor inaccuracies	Precisely and effectively applies appro-priate theories, frameworks, research methods, techniques, and/or models, in developing and justifying multiple conclusions and recommendations
	Presents few conclusions or recommendations	Outlines conclusions and recommendations that are logical and consistent with the analysis and evidence	Conclusions and recommendations are insightful, coherent, well supported, logically consistent, and complete
	Conclusions or recommendations are often not well supported, inaccurate, and/or inconsistent, and are presented in a vague or rudimentary manner	Identifies and/or lists conclusions and recommendations in a clear manner	Demonstrates
	Reflection/discussion is missing or lacks depth	Sufficiently reflects on the results and the methods used	Critically analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the project
Use of References	Most of the references are from sources that are not professional, and have uncertain reliability, or are mostly outdated	Professional and up-to-date references are generally used	Presents compelling evidence from multiple professionally legitimate and up-to-date sources
	Few if any appropriate citations are provided	Clear and fair citations are presented in most cases	Attribution is clear and accurate
	Reader doubts the validity of much of the material	Most of the information / evidence comes from sources that are reliable	References are primarily professional journals or other approved source
	Frequent and significant errors in APA formatting	APA formatting is employed appropriately in the research project with a few minor errors	APA format is used accurately and consistently throughout the project
Structure	Content is not logically organized or presented	Content is presented in a clear and reasonable sequence	Content is presented in a logical, interesting, and effective sequence
	Topics/paragraphs are frequently disjointed and/or fail to make sense together	Topic/paragraph transition is usually good with clear linkages for the most part	Topics flow smoothly and coherently from one to another and are clearly linked
	Reader cannot identify a line of reasoning and loses interest	Reader can generally understand and follow the line of reasoning	Reader can easily follow the line of reasoning
Writing	Writing is unengaging and reader finds it difficult to maintain interest	Professional and up-to-date references are generally used	Presents compelling evidence from multiple professionally legitimate and up-to-date sources
	Tone is not consistently professional or suitable for an academic project	Tone is generally professional and appropriate for an academic project	Tone is consistently professional and appropriate for an academic project
	The thesis exhibits multiple errors in grammar, sentence structure, and/or spelling	The thesis displays good word choice, language conventions, and mechanics with a few minor errors in spelling, grammar, sentence structure, and/or punctuation	Readability of the thesis is enhanced by facility in language use/word choice, excellent mechanics, and syntactic variety
	Inadequate writing skills (e.g., weaknesses in language facility and mechanics) hinder readability and contribute to an ineffective project.	Errors do not represent a major distraction or obscure meaning	Uses language conventionseffectively (e.g., spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphing, grammar, etc.)
Layout	The thesis is unattractive in terms of design, layout, neatness, unity and consistency	The thesis is sufficiently attractive in terms of design, layout, neatness, unity and consistency	The thesis is highly attractive in terms of design, layout, neatness, unity and consistency
Layout	Most tables and figures are too big/small or messy, unclear and/or dysfunctional	Most tables and figures have proper size and are neat, clear and functional	All tables and figures have proper size and are neat, clear, and functional
Input and Feedback	Content of thesis heavily depended on UU supervisor’s ideas and input	UU supervisor did not need to provide excessive input	Thesis was written with minimal input from UU supervisor
Input and Feedback	Many feedback sessions were required	Regular feedback sessions were held as scheduled	The amount of feedback needed was minimal
Timeliness	The deadline for finishing the thesis was exceeded by three months or more without valid reasons	The deadline for finishing the thesis was exceeded by less than four weeks or longer with valid reason	The thesis was finished in time according to schedule or overdue by less than four weeks with valid reason
Content: Additional Comments

Process	Process: Insufficient	Process: Satisfactory	Process: Excellent
Handling Paperwork	Was consistently late in submitting the required forms	Submitted most forms in time	All forms were submitted in time
Handling Paperwork	Forms were incomplete and/or filled out sloppily	Forms were complete and filled out properly	All forms were complete and filled out neatly
Company Visit	Was slow or inefficient in arranging the initial meeting between both supervisors	Adequately arranged the UU supervisor’s visit to the host company	Efficiently and timely arranged the initial meeting between both supervisors
Company Visit	Came to the meeting without proper preparation	Was sufficiently prepared to contribute to this meeting	Effectively contributed to the meeting e.g. by presenting a well thought-out work plan
Submitting Drafts	Did not adhere to deadlines agreed as to the submission of drafts	Met most deadlines with regard to the submission of drafts	All deadlines agreed upon were punctually met
	Needed several reminders	Occasionally needed a reminder	Submitted drafts in manageable portions
	Submitted drafts without indicating which parts were altered or new	Sufficiently indicated which alterations and additions were made in new drafts	Clearly indicated which alterations and additions were made in new drafts
Response to Feedback	Feedback from UU supervisor did not lead to improvements or was mostly ignored	Feedback from UU supervisor led to sufficient improvements	Response to feedback yielded excellent improvements
Communication	Informed the UU supervisor on the progress of the project upon request only	Sufficiently informed the UU supervisor on the progress of the project	UU supervisor was consistently kept up-to-date on the progress of the project and other relevant issues
	Excessively sought advice on procedures	Occasionally needed a reminder
	Was slow in responding to emails	Timely responded to emails	Always swiftly responded to emails
Final Presentation	Was slow or inefficient in arranging the final presentation
Final Presentation	Presented while the thesis was not ready to be assessed.	Adequately arranged the final presentation, but the final version of the thesis was handed in late	Efficiently and timely arranged the final presentation and there was ample time for assessing the thesis beforehand
Process: Additional Comments

Presentation	Presentation: Insufficient	Presentation: Satisfactory	Presentation: Excellent
Oral Presentation	Presentation could not be understood because there was no logical sequencing of information	Work assignment was presented in a sequence that the audience could follow	Work assignment was presented in a logical, interesting, and effective sequence, which the audience could easily follow
	Intern used superfluous or no graphics or graphics did not support or relate to work assignments	Graphics supported and were related to the work assignment	Presentations used effective graphics to explain and reinforce the information presented
	Presentation could not be understood because there was no logical sequencing of information	Work assignment was presented in a sequence that the audience could follow	Work assignment was presented in a logical, interesting, and effective sequence, which the audience could easily follow
	Intern made little or no eye contact	Intern maintained eye contact with the audience with a few minor exceptions	Intern maintained eye contact with audience
	Intern read most or all of the work assignment	Intern read from notes on a few occasions	Intern seldom returned to notes
	Intern mumbled, incorrectly pronounced terms, and/or spoke too quietly	Intern used good voice dynamics and clearly enunciated terms	Intern spoke in a clear voice and used correct, precise pronunciation of terms
	Presentation rambled, was unclear, and could not be followed by the audience	Overall, the presentation was delivered in a satisfactory manner and met expectations with respect to oral communication skills	Presentation was thorough, clear, compelling, informative, and professionally delivered
	Intern lacked confidence, was uncomfortable, and could not answer basic questions.	Intern was comfortable for the most part and adequately answered questions	Intern was confident, comfortable, and answered questions effectively
Presentation: Additional Comments

* Requirements for “satisfactory” must be fulfilled as well
** In case of fraud or plagiarism, the examiner will inform the Board of Examiners of this in writing

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