Penalties
Grades you receive for summative assessments may be subject to a penalty, ducting marks, if you have not satisfied all the requisite conditions.
Late Penalties
Late penalties for assignment submissions are as follows:
Work is submitted
The penalty applied
Notes and other conditions
Up to and including 24 hours after the deadline
A penalty of 10% (10 marks)
If the application of this penalty will reduce your mark to below the pass mark (40% undergraduate/50% postgraduate), the mark awarded will be the pass mark.
If the mark awarded is a fail, no penalty will be applied.
More than 24 hours and up to 7 days after the deadline
The mark awarded is reduced to the pass mark (40% undergraduate/50% postgraduate).
If the mark awarded is a fail, no penalty will be applied.
More than 7 days after the deadline
A mark of zero is awarded
No other conditions.
Late or non-submission penalties will be applied unless you have approved additional consideration for the assignment in question.
Reassessments: There is no late submission period for reassessments. If you do not submit by the stipulated deadline, you will receive a mark of zero.
Length Penalties
Penalties applied where the assessment material does not match the length/duration indicated by the assessment brief.
Written Assignments
The penalties which are applied to written work that is over-length are:
Up to 10% over the specified length:
No penalties
Between 11% and 20% over the specified length:
10 marks
More than 20% over the specified length:
The work will be awarded a mark of zero
If your written assignment is under the length specified in your assignment brief, there are no specific penalties. However, if your assignment is under-length you may not be fully addressing the criteria of the brief and that will be reflected in the mark awarded.
Performances, presentations & audio/video submissions
Penalties are worked out differently for assessed performances, presentations and any assignments which have a length or duration in minutes, rather than a word count.
They are based on the expected duration of your assignment, as specified in your assignment brief. The penalties are as follows:
Up to 10% over or under the specified duration:
No penalties
Between 11% and 20% over or under the specified duration:
5 marks
Between 21% and 40% over or under the specified duration:
10 marks
More than 40% over or under the specified duration:
20 marks
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For more information on assignment length, see the Assignment Guidelines, chapter 3.
A mark will not be reduced below the pass mark (40% undergraduate/50% postgraduate) as a result of a penalty for exceeding the specified duration/length. However, if a performance is under the specified length/duration, the penalty will be applied in full, and this may reduce the mark below the pass mark.
Contribution Penalties
Certain modules that involve group work such as Specialist Group Study have the learning outcome ‘evidence contributions to group work through assignment-specific contribution targets’.
This is to ensure that all students working in groups (e.g. bands and ensembles) are rewarded appropriately. Please ensure that you read all assignment briefs carefully, since not meeting your contribution targets will result in mark penalties.