What is the marking process?

To ensure fairness in marking the University has a policy of anonymous marking which is applied to all exam scripts and the vast majority of coursework, although there may be exceptions to this where the format of the assessment means anonymisation is not possible (for instance, when assessing a presentation). The marker will therefore not see your name when marking and you should avoid including it anywhere in the work you submit.

The markers use marking criteria which are shared with you as part of the programme or module materials on Learn and which are designed to help you to understand what is expected of you in the assessment. These criteria then enable the markers to award marks in a consistent and transparent manner. The final agreed marks for your assessment will be recorded as a percentage whole number (i.e. ranging from zero to 100).

It is very important to submit your work before the assessment deadline and check that you have submitted the correct file. Please note that any reference to 'assessment deadline' on this page includes any agreed extension you may have.

If, however, you have missed the assessment deadline, it is still important that you submit your work as soon as possible. If you have not yet submitted any files, then you can usually make a late submission for up to 4 hours beyond the deadline via the original submission point.

If the submission point is no longer available, or if you have already submitted a file (e.g. partial work), you should email your work to your School Administration Team as soon as possible. If you realise before the deadline that you need to change your submission you MUST change the file name to indicate its version (e.g. v1, v2 etc.). Any new uploads will overwrite any previous files if they have the same file name, so adding a version number will ensure that you don't lose earlier submissions.

In accordance with Regulation VII, any assessed work which is submitted late will be subject to a penalty. Your work will be deemed late if it is submitted after the submission deadline. This applies even if it is late by just one second (so, for an 11am deadline, work submitted at one second past 11am would be considered late).

The penalty applied for late work depends upon the assessment category: assessments such as presentations, lab tests and all types of examinations are classed as Fixed-time Assessments meaning they have a fixed start- and end time, whereas assessments like essays, reports and projects are classed as Due Date Assessments meaning they have a set deadline by which the assessment must be submitted. In the case of Due Date Assessments, the penalty also depends on how long after the deadline the work was submitted. A full list of assessment types and details of the late penalties that apply are given under the assessment category headings below.

If you have submitted work late due to circumstances outside your control, you should submit a mitigating circumstances claim by the deadlines published in the Student Handbook.

When uploading your work, it is your responsibility to ensure that you submit the correct file, so we strongly encourage you to check this at the point of submission.

If, however, you do submit an incorrect file for an assessment, you should submit the correct file as soon as you realise. You should do this through the original submission method if it is still before the deadline (plus any agreed extension). However, if you experience any issues in doing this, you should email your work directly to your School Administration Team without delay.

If you need to submit the correct work after the deadline (plus any agreed extension), you should immediately email your work directly to your School Administration Team and, after doing this, follow up with a brief explanation about what went wrong in submitting the work originally. Coursework submitted before the submission deadline (plus any agreed extension) will take precedence over any work submitted late, even if you originally submitted an incorrect file. Schools can make exceptions to this for Due Date Assessments if they agree the original (on-time) work was submitted in error and the correct work is submitted within four hours of the submission deadline (plus any agreed extension). In these instances, the penalties covered under the above section on “what happens if I submit my work late?” apply.

If you submitted the wrong file(s) due to circumstances outside your control and you were unable to re-submit the correct file(s) before the submission deadline, you should submit a mitigating circumstances claim by the deadlines published in the Student Handbook.