Published for 2024-25
| The Module Assessment regulations define how students will be assessed in each module and component. The outcome of each module assessment is used to determine a student鈥檚 eligibility for Progression and Award (Section 6) and to determine their Classification (Section 7). |
3.1听Forms of Assessment
| 1. | A programme听must听include both formative and summative assessments: |
| 听 | Formative Assessment |
| 2.听 | Formative assessment provides students with frequent opportunities to develop their knowledge and understanding of assessment so that they understand how to do well on their programme. Students听should听receive feedback on formative assessments to help them understand how to improve their performance. A formative assessment听may听include an indicative mark, but these marks do not contribute to the award of credit and are not included in the calculation of the Classification. |
| 听 | Summative Assessment |
| 3.听 | Summative assessment is the formal assessment of student performance against the learning outcomes. Students听should听receive a mark and听should听receive feedback for every summative assessment. These marks are used to determine a student鈥檚 progress through their programme and their eligibility for an Award. Summative assessment marks are recorded in the student鈥檚 transcript and aggregated using a set formula to determine the student鈥檚 Classification at the end of the programme. |
3.2听Assessment Methods and Tasks
| 1. | The Assessment Method defines the way in which a student will be assessed for a particular component or module. A variety of assessment methods should be used across a programme to test different knowledge and skills - examples include written examinations, essays, presentations, reports, practicals, group work and many more. The Assessment Method must be defined at the point of module approval and/ or amendment. Changes to the Assessment Method must be formally approved by 乱伦秀 Education Committee or its nominee (see Chapter 7, Part B: Programme and Module Approval and Amendment Framework). |
| 2. | The Assessment Task is the specific exam paper, essay question, topic or activity which students are asked to undertake. All new Assessment Tasks should be scrutinised by a second Internal Examiner.听 |
| 3. | Guidance on Assessment Methods and Tasks is available from 乱伦秀 Arena. Guidance on a range of digital assessment platforms is available from the 听team. |
3.3听Digital Assessment
| 听 | This section has been suspended for 2024-25. |
3.4听Language of Assessment
| 1. | All assessments听should听be conducted in the English language unless the purpose of the assessment is to test the ability of students in another language. |
| 2. | Marking criteria are expected to cover technical proficiency in English. However, if this is not sufficiently covered staff should refer to Annex 4.5.1 Staff Guidance for Assessing the Written Communication of Ideas for further advice. |
3.5听Attendance Requirements & Eligibility for Assessment
3.6听Pass Mark
| 1. | The Pass Mark at Levels 4, 5 and 6 (Undergraduate and Graduate Certificate/ Diploma level) must be 40.00% or Grade D. |
| 2. | The Pass Mark at Level 7 (Taught Postgraduate level) must be 50.00% or Grade C. |
3.7听Marking Scale听
3.7.1 Requirements听
| 1. | 乱伦秀 operates a Numeric Marking Scale and, on some programmes, a Letter Grade Marking Scale. |
| 2. | The Numeric Marking Scale must be used on the following qualifications: |
| 听 | a) | Certificate of Higher Education |
| 听 | b) | Foundation Degree |
| 听 | c) | Bachelors Degree |
| 听 | d) | Integrated Masters Degree |
| 3. | The Numeric Marking Scale should be used on all Graduate and Taught Postgraduate programmes. Subject to approval by 乱伦秀 Education Committee or its nominee, a Graduate or Taught Postgraduate programme may operate the Letter Grade Marking Scale. |
| 4. | A programme must use a single marking scale across all summative components and modules so that module marks (Section 3.10), Progression and Award (Section 6) and Classification (Section 7) can be calculated accurately. |
| 5. | If an indicative mark is offered for a formative component, this may be on the Numeric and Letter Grade Scale as it does not contribute to the module mark. |
| 听 | Condonable Ranges |
| 6. | Please refer to Section 6.2: Condonement听for details of the Condonable Range on each programme. |
3.7.2听Pass/ Fail Modules and Components听
| 1. | Subject to approval by 乱伦秀 Education Committee or its nominee, a module or component may be marked on a Pass/Fail basis i.e. without a mark or grade. |
| 2. | Pass/Fail Components must only be used: |
| 听 | a) | Where the Pass/Fail status of a component is a requirement of professional accreditation and |
| 听 | b) | Where the component is zero-weighted in the module mark calculation. |
| 3. | Pass/Fail Modules must only be used: |
| 听 | a) | On Pass/Fail Degrees i.e. where the qualification does not include a Classification (Section 7.1), or |
| 听 | b) | Where the module does not contribute to the Classification. |
| 4. | On Pass/Fail modules and components, the Pass Mark should comply with the regulations in Section 3.9: Pass Mark. Subject to approval by 乱伦秀 Education Committee or its nominee, a Programme may determine the Pass Mark by criterion-referenced standard setting (e.g. on the MBBS programme). |
| 5. | Pass/Fail modules and components must be documented in the Programme Diet. |
3.7.3听Numeric Marking Scale
3.7.4听Letter Grade Marking Scale
3.7.5听Conversion of Marks
| 1. | Where a student undertakes a module in another Faculty, Department or partner institution which operates a different marking scale, the student鈥檚 component and module marks must be converted to the marking scale in use on their parent programme so that Progression, Award and Classification can be calculated. |
| 2.听 | As different disciplines have different marking practices, there is no central 乱伦秀 conversion scale. The parent and teaching faculties/ institutions must agree, in advance of the module teaching, the conversion scale which will be used for the student(s) concerned. |
| 听 | Students on Programmes operating a Numeric Marking Scale |
| 3. | Where a student takes a module in a Faculty, Department or partner institution operating a Letter Grade Marking Scale, the student must receive a letter grade and an equivalent numeric mark for each component and module. The numeric mark must be formally recorded in the Student Records System. |
| 听 | Students on Programmes operating a Letter Grade Marking Scale |
| 4. | Where a student takes a module in a Faculty, Department or partner institution operating a Numeric Marking Scale, the student must receive a numeric mark and an equivalent letter grade for each component and module. The letter grade must be formally recorded in the Student Records System. |
3.8听Component Assessment
| 1. | Each programme is composed of credit-weighted modules. Each module may include one or more assessed components. Components may be equally weighted, or some components may carry a higher weighting than others (e.g. Essay 60%, Presentation 40%). |
| 2. | Components may be: |
| 听 | a) | Formative: There is no minimum Pass Mark for formative assessment components and any indicative mark that might be given must not be included in the module pass requirements, or |
| 听 | b) | Pass/Fail: Subject to approval by 乱伦秀 Education Committee or its nominee a module may include a Pass/Fail Component (see 3.7.2听above). A student must pass the component in order to pass the module, but the component will not be given a mark, and will not be included in the calculation of the module mark, or |
| 听 | c) | Summative: The marks from all summative assessment components must be included in the calculation of the module mark. |
| 3. | Summative Components may be: |
| 听 | a) | Condonable: On a Condonable Component, any mark below the Pass Mark, including marks of 0.00%/ Grade F, may be Condoned, if the student meets the Module Pass Requirements in Section 3.9听below. |
| 听 | b) | Non-Condonable: Where a Programme designates a module as Non-condonable (see Section 6.2: Condonement), the Programme may also determine that one or more components within that module are Non-condonable (must be passed). A student who does not Pass a Non-condonable Component must be reassessed in the affected module (see Section 9: Consequences of Failure). |
3.9听 Requirements to Pass a Module
| 1. | In order to pass a module at Levels 4, 5 or 6 a student must achieve:听 |
| 听 | a) | A weighted mean of at least 40.00%, plus at least 40.00% in any Non-condonable Components, or |
| 听 | b) | A preponderance of at least Grade D, plus at least Grade D in any Non-condonable Components. |
| 2. | In order to pass a module at Level 7 a student must achieve: |
| 听 | a) | A weighted mean of at least 50.00%, plus at least 50.00% in any Non-condonable Components, or |
| 听 | b) | A preponderance of at least Grade C, plus at least Grade C in any Non-condonable Components. |
| 听 | Calculation of Module Marks |
| 3. | The marks from all Summative assessment components must be included in the calculation of the module mark. |
| 听 | Numeric Marking Scale |
| 4. | Where a programme operates a Numeric Marking Scale, the module mark must be calculated as follows: |
| 听 | a) | Where component marks are converted to percentages, percentages must be rounded to 2 decimal places. |
| 听 | b) | All summative component marks must be weighted and then averaged. 听 |
| 听 | c) | The weighted mean must be rounded to 2 decimal places. |
| 听 | Letter Grade Marking Scale |
| 5. | Where a programme operates a Letter Grade Marking Scale, the preponderance must be calculated as follows: |
| 听 | a) | The Letter Grade for each summative component is converted to a numerical equivalent using the following scale: |
| Letter Grade | Numerical Equivalent | Rounding Points |
|---|
| A | 5 | 4.50 鈥� 5.00 |
| B | 4 | 3.50 鈥� 4.49 |
| C | 3 | 3.00 鈥� 3.49 |
| D | 2 | 2.00 鈥� 2.99 |
| E | 1 | 1.00 鈥� 1.99 |
| F | 0 | 0.0 鈥� 0.99 |
| 听 | b) | The numerical equivalent is multiplied by the component weighting. |
| 听 | c) | The weighted component marks are averaged.听 |
| 听 | d) | The weighted mean is rounded to 2 decimal places. |
| 听 | e) | The resulting numerical value is converted back to a Letter Grade for the module. |
3.10听No Attempt or Minimal Attempt at Assessment
| 1. | A student must be awarded a mark of 0.00% or Grade F for a component and must be deemed to have made an attempt where they: |
| 听 | a) | Are absent from an examination, presentation or other assessment event, or |
| 听 | b) | Do not attempt a paper or task, or |
| 听 | c) | Attempt so little of a paper or task that it cannot be assessed, or |
| 听 | d) | Do not submit coursework, or |
| 听 | e) | Fail to submit assessable work within one calendar month of the published deadline, or two weeks before the Board of Examiners considers the marks for the assessment, whichever is the earlier date. |
3.11听Deadlines & Late Submissions
| 1. | Planning, time-management and the meeting of deadlines are part of the personal and professional skills expected of all graduates. For this reason students are required to submit all work by the published deadline date and time. |
| 听 | Extenuating Circumstances |
| 2. | Where a student is ill or has other Extenuating Circumstances preventing them from meeting the published deadline, they must follow the procedures in Chapter 2, Section 2: Short-term Illness and Other Extenuating Circumstances. If the EC is accepted, the student may be granted an extension. If the deadline has already passed, the late submission penalties may be suspended i.e. the below penalties will not apply. |
| 听 | Late Submission Penalties for Coursework and Dissertations |
| 3. | Where there are no Extenuating Circumstances, the following penalties听must听apply to all components which are submitted after the published date and time: |
Modules at Levels 4, 5 and 6:
| 听 | Component Mark/ Grade of 40.00-100.00% / A-D - Up to 2 working days late: Deduction of 10 percentage points or 1 Letter Grade, but no lower than 40.00% / Grade D
- 2-5 working days late: Mark capped at 40.00% / Grade D
- More than 5 working days late: Mark of 1.00% / Grade E
|
| 听 | Component Mark/ Grade of 1.00-39.99% / E - Up to 2 working days late: No Penalty
- 2-5 working days late: No Penalty
- More than 5 working days late: Mark of 1.00% / Grade E
|
Modules at Level 7:
| 听 | Component Mark/ Grade of 50.00-100.00% / A-C - Up to 2 working days late: Deduction of 10 percentage points or 1 Letter Grade, but no lower than 50.00% / Grade C
- 2-5 working days late: Mark capped at 50.00% / Grade C
- More than 5 working days late: Mark of 1.00% / Grade E
|
| 听 | Component Mark/ Grade of 1.00-49.99% / D-E - Up to 2 working days late: No Penalty
- 2-5 working days late: No Penalty
- More than 5 working days late: Mark of 1.00% / Grade E
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| 4. | There are separate late submission penalties for Take-Home Papers. Please refer to the Student Regulations for Exams and Assessments for full details. |
| 5. | Late submissions can only be made up to one calendar month after the published deadline, or two weeks before the Board of Examiners considers the marks for the assessment, whichever is the earlier date. Work submitted after this will receive a mark of 0.00%/ Grade F for that Component under the regulations in 3.10: No Attempt or Minimal Attempt at Assessment. |
| 6. | Programme/ module teams听must听clearly communicate to students whether and when听coursework solutions听will be published. Submissions听must not听be accepted or marked after the specified publication date. |
| 7. | In the case of work that is submitted over- or under-length and is also late, the greater of any penalties听must听apply. |
| 8. | As some submissions are made in hard copy or involve artefacts which cannot be submitted at weekends, and because there is no technical support for online submissions at weekends, penalties听must听be based on the number of听working听days. As a result, a deadline set for a Thursday will only begin to incur the higher penalties on a Monday, and those set on a Friday will only begin to incur the higher penalties on a Tuesday, or longer in the case of bank holidays or 乱伦秀 closure days. Deadlines听should听be set with these restrictions in mind. |
| 9. | For electronic submissions, programmes听should听avoid setting deadlines after working hours. It is good practice to set the deadline date and time in hours, minutes and seconds, and to state the time zone. |
| 10.听 | Where dual submission is used (i.e. students submit a hard copy and an electronic copy) the Assessment Information for students听must听clearly state the deadlines for both modes of submission. |
3.12听Word Counts
| 1. | A minimum and/ or maximum word count听may听be specified as part of the assessment criteria for a component or module. The word count听must听specify whether footnotes, bibliographies, appendices, tables, figures etc. are to be included in the word count. |
| 2. | Where a word count is included, the module information for students听must听provide clear details of any penalties that will apply for over- or under-writing. |
| 3. | Penalties must not exceed a deduction in marks of 10 percentage points, or one Letter Grade, for that component and must not take the student鈥檚 mark below the Pass Mark (see Section 3.6). |
| 4. | Standardised penalties听may听be agreed at Faculty, Departmental/ Divisional, Programme or Module level.听 |
| 5. | In the case of coursework that is submitted over- or under-length and is also late, the greater of any penalties听must听apply. |
3.13听Academic Integrity
| 1. | Students must maintain the highest standards of academic integrity whilst studying at 乱伦秀. All work submitted for assessment must be the student鈥檚 own, unless authorisation has been given for collaboration, and all work must be appropriately cited and referenced.听 |
| 2. | The Student Regulations for In-Person Controlled Condition Exams outline 乱伦秀鈥檚 requirements for conduct in examination halls. Guidance on referencing and avoiding plagiarism is available from 乱伦秀 Library Services. Departments are also responsible for informing students of any discipline-specific referencing conventions via Student Handbooks, Moodle or equivalent.听 |
| 3. | 乱伦秀 will investigate and, where necessary, penalise any conduct which is likely to give an unfair advantage to the candidate, affect the security of assessment, and/ or affect the standards of the degrees awarded by 乱伦秀 including, but not limited to, instances of plagiarism, self-plagiarism, impersonation, collusion, falsification, exam room misconduct, or contract cheating. Any such conduct will be investigated in accordance with the regulations in Chapter 6, Section 9: Student Academic Misconduct. |
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