How is my work marked?

Anonymous marking

Anonymous marking is the practice of marking a piece of work without knowledge of the identity of the student concerned.

You are provided with a confidential exam candidate number on the back of your University card. This number is used to identify you for all anonymously marked summative assessment of theoretical work that contributes to final award. Only the staff in the Student Assessment Office can identify you from your exam candidate number.

Confidentiality is maintained throughout the assessment process, including external moderation. Candidate number and student name never appear together on student work or in any documentation such as results lists or minutes of Board of Examiners meetings. 

Some types of summative assessments such as presentations cannot be conducted anonymously. Therefore, all related documentation contains your name rather than your exam candidate number.

Marking criteria

All work is marked against each module’s published criteria and a whole integer percentage mark awarded, except where a module or assessment has approval to be marked on a pass/fail basis (i.e. no academic mark given).

General Marking Criteria relating to each mark banding are published on the Student Intranet and are provided to markers to inform the marking process.

Detailed Assessment Guidelines are also produced for students and markers for each module’s assessment.