This page provides information for Postgraduate  students and staff in the School of English at the University of Sheffield concerning various aspects of the assessment process. It is under continuous review and revision. To find out more about any aspect of these processes get in touch with the relevant member of the assessment team (please see details of the team contacts below). Students wanting to know more about assessments on a particular module should also feel free to consult the module tutor or convenor. Personal tutors can also provide guidance.

The information on these pages should be read in conjunction with the University Calendar and Undergraduate Examination Conventions available on the University webpages. 

• Assessment Methods

• Assistance for Students in Assessments

• Degree Classification

• Dissertation

• Extensions

• Extenuating Circumstances

• External Examiners

• Feedback

• Feedback Charter

• Formal Examinations

• Late Submissions

• Marking Criteria and Scale

• Moderation

• Marks

• Presentation of Written Work

• Repeating a Year of Study

• Resits & Reassessment

• Submitting Assessed Work

• Use of Unfair Means

• Word Count

Assessment officers (members of academic staff) 2023-24:

MA Applied Linguistics/ MA TESOL/ MA Language & Linguistics Assessment Officer: Dr Valerie Hobbs (v.hobbs@sheffield.ac.uk)

MA Literature Assessment Officer: Dr Michael Kindellan (m.r.kindellan@sheffield.ac.uk)

Student Support:

englishpgt@sheffield.ac.uk