Late Submissions

Unless an extended deadline is agreed by an Assessment Officer, late work is subject to a 5% deduction for every working day it is late. For example, someone who handed in an essay four days late, which was marked at a 70, will only receive a final mark of 56 (on the basis that it be penalized at 3.5 marks per day). If an extension has not been granted work will be accepted for up to five working days after the due date and penalized as above. Assessments submitted more than five working days after the official submission date will be accepted but not awarded a mark unless sanctioned by the Extenuating Circumstances Committee, and only then if the student has lodged an application with the Extenuating Circumstances Committee. (See also the section on the Extenuating Circumstances Committee.) For non-submitted scripts NA (Not-Assessed) may be awarded if a satisfactory application has been made to the Extenuating Circumstances Committee, and the student may be permitted to take the assessment at a later date as a first attempt. Otherwise, a mark of 0 (zero) may be awarded. If a student has a zero mark they may be able to retake the assessment for a mark no higher than 40 for the whole module.

Assessments cannot be delivered late without penalty because of technical problems such as computer failure. Students should be sure to (a) save work to their university network account, (b) keep copies of work on external storage and (c) leave enough time for printing.