* Understanding of knowledge and critical awareness of the relevant law;
*  Depth of analysis, description and discussion in promoting the arguments;
*  Degree to which planning and coherence is evident in the structure of the essay;
*  The understanding of current issues and debates in the field and the level of application of the law to the issues;
*  Level to which complex solutions are offered and evaluated;
*  Extent to which viable innovative solutions are proposed;
*  Ability to use research methodologies and techniques as relevant for research in International and European Refugee Law;
*  Ability to locate and use relevant legal and non-legal sources;
*  The ability to produce appropriately presented work, including fully and correctly referenced sources and a complete and correctly presented bibliography using OSCOLA referencing style;
*  Extent to which command of English is demonstrated in a legal context;
*  Ability to comply with the word limit.