Academic Regulations for first degrees and ... - Heythrop College

discretion of the Programme Convenor and the relevant Dean, be
permitted instead to study and be assessed in an alternative module
within the programme, on which he or she has not previously been
assessed. An additional module fee will normally be required. For first
degree students, the maximum mark given for the alternative module will
be 40%. A student is not allowed to substitute a module which they have
failed on two occasions.
17. General regulations on the form and conduct of examinations and
other assessment tasks
17.1. Examination questions and other assessment tasks for College regulated
programmes must be so selected as duly to represent any schools of
thought or modes of dealing with the subject which may exist in the
broader academic community.
17.2. All examination answers and other assessment tasks must be written in
English unless instructions are given to the contrary.
17.3. Written assessment tasks of all types must be submitted electronically via
HELIOS in the format specified by the College’s Computing Regulations.
E mail submission is not allowed.
17.4. Work which is electronically submitted will be processed through the
“Turnitin UK” anti plagiarism software, as specified in the College’s
Computing regulations
17.5. The exact titles of all end of year essays and dissertations, module essays
for final assessment, or essays pre-submitted in lieu of examination, and
postgraduate end of year and dissertations require the written approval of
the module teacher or supervisor, unless taken from a list of agreed titles.
17.6. Examiners shall not be required to mark examination scripts which are
illegible. If (after consultation with the relevant Dean and Chair of the
Board of Examiners) work submitted is judged to be illegible, the
candidate maybe required, at the discretion of the examiners, to undertake
an oral examination, to read the script to the examiners, or to have the
examination script or other written assessment transcribed under secure
conditions approved by the College, at the candidate’s own expense. The
examiners may require other appropriate measures at their discretion.
17.7. Examination scripts, essays and dissertations are the property of the
College and are not returned to candidates. Coursework is not normally
returned to candidates, who receive provisional marks and comments on
coursework cover sheets.
17.8. Regulations for the conduct of examinations are given in Appendix B.
18. Oral Examinations
18.1. Oral examinations may be employed as an assessment method within
an approved programme or module, or exceptionally as a form of
alternative assessment approved through the provisions detailed in
regulation 14 above.
18.2. Oral examinations must be conducted by not less than two examiners
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