MA late submission penalties
The following penalties for late submission apply to all coursework submitted for assessment. Penalties will be applied unless your work is submitted to Turnitin by the deadline.
If you submit work after the deadline your mark will be reduced by 5% for each working day that the work is late. For example, an essay worth 70 would lose 3.5 marks per day, while one worth 65 would lose 3.3 and one worth 60 would lose 3 marks per day. The eventual mark is rounded to the nearest whole number, therefore a mark of 69.3 would be rounded down to 69, whereas a mark of 69.5 would be rounded up to 70.
A 'working day' runs from 12 noon to 12 noon, excluding weekends and Bank Holidays but including Monday to Fridays throughout vacations.
If you submit your work more than 5 working days late (without an extension), your work will not be marked and it will be given a mark of 0 and a module outcome of NC (non-complete). If you receive a penalty that reduces your final mark to below 50, you will fail the module and will be required to resubmit (see failure and resubmission).
Turnitin: After submission, the submission screen will show a banner confirming successful upload and a link to download your digital receipt. You should check that your essay has uploaded correctly and we recommend downloading and keeping a copy of your receipt. If the receipt does not appear you should repeat the submission process again.
If you experience any technical problems with Turnitin, please email history.maenquiries@sheffield.ac.uk or phone 0114 22 22552.
Example
If your deadline is 12 noon on a Wednesday then (assuming no bank holidays) the following penalties would apply:
Submission by:
12 noon on Thursday (1 day late) = 5% penalty i.e. an original mark of 70 -5% (3.5 marks) = 67
12 noon on Friday (2 days late) = 10% penalty i.e. an original mark of 70 -10% (7 marks) = 63
12 noon on Monday (3 days late) = 15% penalty i.e. an original mark of 70 -15% (10.5 marks) = 60
12 noon on Tuesday (4 days late) = 20% penalty i.e. an original mark of 70 -20% (14 marks) = 56
12 noon on Wednesday (5 days late) = 25% penalty i.e. an original mark of 70 -25% (17.5 marks) = 53
After 12 noon on Wednesday (6 or more days late) = a mark of 0