1. Source and read at least 15 reliable peer reviewed articles. The focus should be primary literature
2. Refine a broad literature review topic to a specific QUESTION or STATEMENT that can be adequately covered in a 1500 word literature review
3. Produce a refined introduction suitable for a literature review. It should follow a reverse triangle model and be logically ordered. Within your introduction justify the overall aim and scope of your research question or statement
4. Synthesise literature to produce coherent and concise arguments for the main body sections of your review. This will involve comparing, contrasting and/or collating sourced literature
5. When preparing your main body sections incorporate data from original research, where appropriate, to add context. Include at least ONE correctly formatted figure (e.g. figure, flow chart, map etc) or table to illustrate a concept within your review
6. Provide a well-reasoned stand alone discussion or integrate the discussion within your main body sections. Your discussion should add your interpretation of the information and identify/evaluate any gaps within the literature.
7. Refine and expand on the conclusion
8. Revisit and refine the abstract and keywords. Elements of these that were appropriate for a plan/draft may be less so when a full review is completed.
9. Prepare a reference list that contains at least 15 reliable peer-reviewed articles that have been cited in your review. The focus should be primary literature, but a maximum of three secondary articles may be used. Two-thirds of the literature used must be primary articles published between 2016 and present, but articles outside this time-frame can be used to add context.
10. Ensure that the review (text, citations and references) is formatted as per the UR-SPC: A guide for authors.