Various Categories of university assignment
While starting his academic career in a university, a student may get anxious about the types of assignment he possibly will have to encounter there. A student must be aware of the various types of assignments so that he can prepare himself in advance. It will be a very time consuming and daunting task if the student is not aware of the methodology in which the assignment should be done. We have been confronted with a bulk of enquiries regarding this recently; hence we are providing an article solely dedicated to describing the types of university assignment.

Reflective Journal
This is one of the usual tasks provided in a university assignment. In this assignment, a student has to showcase his understanding and knowledge in the given topic. Mostly students underestimate the task of the reflexive report and miss many criteria which should have been included. In reflexive writing, the student has to portray the extensive knowledge he has about the topic or the theme. In most of the cases, these type of assignments refers to some practical situation or experiences. A student must have the ability to discern between the theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge in order to successfully draft a relevant report. The writer should follow a conversational style of writing the reflexive report. Special importance should be given to the usage of first person pronouns like I, me, our, etc. The writer doesn’t need to be very formal while writing this assignment, although he should retain clarity in portraying his ideas.

The task of a reflective report is normally provided to a student in order to evaluate his understanding of a particular topic and his ability to reflect and recollect his learnings gained while in a particular experience. The main audience and the beneficiary of the reflective journal is the writer himself by which he can understand his own weakness and strengths and augment his learning ability.

Literature Review
When compared with other tasks and assignments provided in a university assignment, the literature review retains high significance in the academic career of a student. In a literature review, the student has to go through the main idea portrayed in literature and has to validate them according to the given topic or current scenario. While drafting a literature review the student should maintain a formal language with a high level of objectivity. Based on the facts and context provided in the source the student has to provide a tentative opinion. The normal format of Introduction, Body, and Conclusion can be utilized in writing this assignment. If more than one source is evaluated then the student must provide the resemblance and distinction between the sources including his own decisive opinions.

The task of Literature review is being provided to the student in order to analyse his ability in recognizing the significant concepts in the provided literature and correlating its facts with the prevailing ideology at present. The student should provide a gap in the literature which provides a justification for conducting the current literature review.

The major beneficiaries of a literature review are researchers and academicians in the particular field.

Case Study
In the task of a Case study, the student is provided with a scenario or a situation along with subsidiary questions. In order to answer the questions, the student has to investigate into the scenario and provide relevant answers portraying his in depth knowledge and critical reasoning. While answering the answers the language should be authoritative and based on facts. In the process of drafting the case study, the writer shouldn’t carry away by providing massive explanations. The answers should be concise. An academic format of Executive Summary and Table of contents should be followed while writing the answers for a case study. The answers should be provided with the numbered headings.

The task of a case study is provided to a student in order to check the student’s aptitude in inspecting and scrutinizing a situation. The student has to portray inordinate critical thinking by recognizing both constructive and destructive aspects of the situation. He should also reveal his capability in recommending valid solutions which are relevant to the case.

A case study should be up to a certain academic quality since the beneficiaries of this report are generally politicians and public.

Annotated Bibliography
The ideology followed behind the task of an annotated bibliography is somewhat the same. In an annotated bibliography the student is required to collect relevant sources associated with a certain topic. While drafting an annotated bibliography the student should maintain the formal language with a higher degree of objectivity. All the sources collected should be arranged according to the alphabetical order of the authors. The first section (the first 1 or 2 paragraphs) of the annotated bibliography section of each literature should be bestowed for writing the summary of the particular literature.

The task of Annotated bibliography provided in a university assignment checks the capability of a student in recognizing and collecting pieces of literature relating to a certain topic. The teacher can analyse the student’s understanding of the topic and the proposed pieces of literature by allotting this task. The major beneficiaries of this sort of paper are the concerned researchers and academicians.

Essay
We hope all of you guys are well familiar with the essays as you have encountered many of them in your school career. The research essays are more typical and demanding than the normal essays you have encountered in the school academics. In this task, a student is anticipated to address a topic or a question and deliver his ideas and perspective regarding it by referring to relevant sources. While drafting an essay the student should take special precaution in avoiding unnecessary headings or bullet points in the body part of the essay. The basic structure of an essay is Introduction, Body, and Conclusion.

The tone of the essay should be factual and for this, it is important that student has conducted vast research pertaining to the topic. There is a risk of sabotaging the natural flow of the content while the writer is showcasing various facts and data. There should always be a logical flow between the contexts of the essay. It is recommended that the student should maintain an active voice in the body.

The task of essay in a university assignment analyses a student’s ability in providing a relevant answer to a question and appropriate opinions and arguments which are supported by the facts. The main audience of an essay is qualified peers and academicians.

Project Report
The major objective behind carrying out a project report is to provide a brief narration of the current status of the project to the stake holders. This report is of great importance for the stake holders as it gives the notion of whether the project is on track or any modifications are needed in the approach to achieve the desired goals. The student should describe the achieved goals in the past tense and the goals or the works which are intended to carry out should be mentioned in the future tense. The project report should be drafted using factual details.

It follows the format of Title Page, Acknowledgements, Executive summary, Table of contents, Introduction, Body (without subtopics), Conclusion with recommendations, References, Appendices (if needed).

The student is provided with this task to develop the ability to create a strategy to organise his works and goals. The main beneficiaries of a project proposal are generally governmental bodies and NGO.

We hope that the above description has helped you in gaining a better idea about the university assignments. Please remind that the above provided methodology and format are just for reference. The deliverable in each assignment varies according to its requirement and nature.