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What is the Higher Politics assignment, and how is it researched, structured and marked?

An overview of the Higher Politics assignment: the independent research report on a chosen political question, the research and production stages, the use and evaluation of sources, the structure and the marking, and the source-handling skills assessed across the course.
An SQA Higher Politics overview of the assignment, covering the independent research report on a chosen political question, the research and production stages, how to use and evaluate sources, the structure and marking, and the source-handling skills assessed across the course.
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