Failure to submit

If you, with no approved claim of Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment, fail to submit an assessment by the deadline after five days or fail to attend an examination, a mark of zero will be awarded. You may be given the opportunity for reassessment – see ‘Feedback on Learning and Assessment’ in the Teaching and Learning section. However, the zero will be used to calculate your degree classification, and if the examination or assessment missed is already a resit or re-assessment to redeem an initial failure, no further re-assessment opportunities will be available without proof of exceptional circumstances.

If you are struggling to meet deadlines, submit a piece of work or will miss an exam due to personal circumstances you will need to inform the University as soon as possible and apply for Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment.

What should I do if there has been an unforeseen event on the day of submission?

In the event of an emergency arising when an assignment is due for submission or you are travelling to attend an examination (e.g. delayed in traffic), students should contact the Department’s Student Services team by telephone immediately who will advise of the most appropriate action to be taken (01904 321321).

You can apply through the Exceptional Circumstances Policy for the late penalty to be waived but you would need to provide supporting evidence for this to be considered.

Assessment word limits

Word limits are prescribed for each specific assessment and are published on the module’s Assessment Guideline.

Assessments will be marked up to the word limit and marking will cease once the word limit is exceeded.

Everything in the main body of the text (i.e. Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusion) apart from appropriate tables and figures is included in the word limit.

Everything before the main body of the text (i.e. Abstract, Acknowledgements, and Contents etc.) and after the main text (i.e. References, Appendices etc.) is not included in the word limit and is not marked.

Examination scripts that deviate from the rubric

In the event that you attempt more than the requested number of questions in an open or closed exam paper, all questions attempted will be marked and the set of questions with the highest marks that conform to the instructions on the front of the exam paper will be used to calculate your final examination mark.