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Appeals in respect of impaired academic performance due to mitigating circumstances may be made only in
relation to an exam or to an assessed piece of work that was submitted by the published deadline. If
successful, the assessment/reassessment concerned will be voided and any mark achieved must be
surrendered. A further assessment/reassessment will then be granted, at the next opportunity, in place of the
voided attempt. Such appeals WILL NOT be considered in relation to work submitted during the late
coursework period (as defined in 6.8 above).
Prior to submitting an Appeal you should familiarise yourself with the Procedures for the submission of
Appeals (Section 10.4 of the Academic Regulations), which can be found at:
www.londonmet.ac.uk/academic-regulations
6.10 Action in the event of failure to pass a module
Reassessment
A student who attempts the final component of assessment in a module shall normally be entitled to be
reassessed on one occasion in any module for which a failing mark has been awarded. Reassessment takes
place during the summer resit period following the academic session in which the module was taken.
However, reassessment of a dissertation shall take place at the next available assessment point (i.e.
January for September submissions, May for January submissions and September for May submissions).
Under the University’s Academic Regulations, if you pass the module following reassessment, your overall
module mark will be capped at the bare pass.
A student who does not attempt the final component of assessment in a module will only be permitted
reassessment if they have notified the University (normally in advance of the date of submission/date of
examination). Where the reasons given are documented and meet the criteria for Mitigating Circumstances
(see Section 6.8), a student will be entitled to be assessed during the summer period as if for the first time
and will be entitled to the full range of marks for the module. Where a request for a deferral of assessment is
made but the claim does not satisfy the criteria for Mitigating Circumstances, the University may agree a
reassessment opportunity but any passing module mark will be capped at a bare pass.
If you have received failing marks in three or more modules (60 credits) in a level you will be required to
undertake a review of your academic performance with your Course Leader or nominee. On the basis of this
review, you may be required to leave the course or seek admission on to a different course.
You should ensure that you familiarise yourself with the University regulations on reassessment (Section 4.2
of the Academic Regulations), which can be found at:
www.londonmet.ac.uk/academic-regulations
Retaking a module
If, after reassessment, you still have not passed a module, you may need to re-register and to take the whole
module again. You are only permitted to re-register any module on one occasion and a fee may be charged
for re-registrations.
6.11 University Criteria for Awards
The Postgraduate Awards Framework, the list of all of the University’s postgraduate awards, can be found at
the beginning of Section 4.1 of the Academic Regulations. Section 4.2 of the Academic Regulations details
the minimum criteria for all the University’s postgraduate awards.