MA Handbook 2011-12 (1) - Queen's University Belfast

Submission of written assessments
Essays and projects required for final assessment must be submitted to the School Office (House 2,
University Square) on or before the deadline. TWO hard copies must be submitted in addition to an
electronic copy, uploaded onto QOL.
Assessed work submitted after the deadline will be penalised at a rate of 5% of the total marks
available for each day of lateness up to a maximum of 5 days in accordance with University
regulations. For example, if your assignment is worth 60% of the module marks and is submitted 5
days late, we are obliged to deduct 15 marks from the mark you are awarded . After 5 days a mark
of zero will be awarded. Please note that essays not received by 12:00 noon on the day of
submission will be considered a day late.
Late penalties will be applied automatically unless an extension has been granted on the piece of
work in question (see below). Where an extension has been granted, there will be no penalty so
long as the new deadline is met.
When calculating days of lateness, weekends will not be included.
Extensions
Extensions will be granted only to students who can produce documentary evidence of extenuating
circumstances which they believe have led to late submission. In most cases, this would be a
certificate signed by a medical practitioner. It is up to the student to ensure that evidence is
provided. No extensions will be granted without documentary evidence.
Extensions must be requested within three working days of the due date: i.e., if work is due on a
Monday, an extension must have been sought by the following Thursday. After that, the work will
be counted as late. Retrospective extensions will not be granted.
Students wishing for apply for extensions must do so by contacting the relevant Co-­‐Director of PG
Education (Moyra Haslett or Ramona Wray).
Plagiarism
All assessed work must fully acknowledge the secondary sources used in the preparation of the
submitted piece. These sources may be in print or electronic form: use of the words or ideas of
others must be properly referenced in the form of parenthetical citation or footnote / endnote form
and supplemented with full bibliographical details in the bibliography. Plagiarism – the act of passing
off the work of others as your own – will be severely penalized. The University regulations on
plagiarism can be accessed at http://www.qub.ac.uk/calendar.
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