Academic Regulations 2010/11 - Academic Registry and Council ...

Academic Regulations 2010/11Part 3 – Regulations for the conduct of assessmentAcademic RegulationsPart 3 – Regulations for the Conduct of Assessment,excluding Research DegreesScope3.1. These regulations apply to all taught modules and programmes of study of QMULand to those students enrolled and registered on them. These regulations also applyto students registered as associated students of QMUL. Ordinance C1 specifiesthose individuals considered students of QMUL.Applicability3.2. These regulations take effect from 1 September 2009 and supersede all previousregulations and policies for the areas detailed herein, except where it is specificallystated that the regulations in force at the time of a student’s enrolment are in force.General3.3. The structure, learning aims and outcomes, the type and format of assessment andre-assessment (including relevant weightings) for a module is set out in the approvedmodule specification and regulations that are approved by Senate or its delegatedauthority.3.4. Students are informed of the arrangements for teaching and learning, the modulesyllabus, and the assessment and re-assessment requirements at the start of theacademic year and in accordance with the approved module specification andregulations.3.5. Normally, for modules that are no longer taught, the assessment is only offered forone year after the discontinuation date. After that point, Subject Examination Boardsmay impose an alternative form of assessment.3.6. All material submitted for assessment, including assessment that does not counttowards the module mark, shall be the student’s own work (except where group workspecifically forms part of the assignment). Quotations from the published orunpublished work of other persons must always be attributed, both at the appropriatepoint in the text, and in the bibliography at the end.3.7. If an examiner or invigilator suspects a student of committing an assessment offence,the allegation will be investigated in accordance with the Regulations for AssessmentOffences, contained in Part 2 of the Academic Regulations.Invigilated ExaminationsSetting of Examination Papers3.8. Senate, or its delegated authority, approves the minimum prescribed standards forthe production and security of examination papers and provides operational detail insupport of this regulation. Examination question papers, including front pages, areproduced to meet the prescribed minimum standard agreed by Senate or itsdelegated authority.Page 41 of 110