Essay Format

Dear all,

We have been receiving questions regarding how to format your essays. We think it might be of interest to everybody to share some general expectations about this issue.
Kindly not that these format requirements only apply to your second essay submission. No penalties will be made if the format of the first essay was inconsistent with the following outline.
People who have already submitted their 2nd essay are kindly asked to work essays over.

Please email us, if you have any more questions.

Good luck,
Matt & Lucy


OUTLINE:

General Format of the essay

• Double-Spaced
• Times New Roman or Arial with font size 12
• Margins: 2.5cm (can be larger, but not smaller than 2.5cm!)

General Presentation

• Title page
- Course Title and course code (e.g., Organisational Psychology: Psyc 3108)
- The Question you chose to answer
- Your UCL ID (i.e., SN: you will find it on your student card e.g., 110055784)
- Word count (not including title page or reference list)
• Essay (British spelling)
• References (APA style)

Penalties

• Not respecting the format outlined above (-5%)
• Late submission (-5% for every 24h late)
• Not respecting the word limit (-5%)