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Assessment Handbook 2012-13: 3. Setting AssessmentResitting assessment that requires regular attendance3.233.26 Where assessments require regular attendance (such as laboratory sessions,or field work), students cannot resit and must retake the modules. However, incommon with all retakes, this must be explicitly agreed by the DEB. Furtherinformation on retaking modules is provided in Section 7 of the AssessmentHandbook.Resitting in-course assessment3.243.27 Where the assessment for a module combines an examination and in-courseassessment, the option to resit the in-course assessment shall be offered whereverpracticable. Where this is not practicable, students must be notified at the start of themodule.3.253.28 Where students fail to (i) meet prescribed in-course assessment hurdles, or(ii) pass examinations but not whole modules, it is possible to resit only the in-courseassessment only (where standard reassessment is used). In these cases,examination marks shall be carried forward and combined with the new in-courseassessment marks. The marks from the best attempt shall be used where studentsfail again (except LLB and LLM, where the most recent mark stands).3.263.29 In-course assessment for resitting students shall be designed that it can becompleted and submitted without full attendance, and shall be based upon thecurricula that students studied when they last took the module in attendance. Moduleorganisers are advised to contact resitting students to ensure that they are aware ofthe in-course assessment requirements and deadlines. Deadlines for submissionshall match those for the current cohort of students.3.273.30 Resitting students are eligible to take in-class tests in reassessment, as theseonly require attendance on a single day. Resitting students shall sit the assessmentat the same time as the current cohort, and shall be informed of the test dates assoon as these those are agreed.3.27Resitting dissertation and projects3.283.31 Where students fail dissertations or projects and do not meet their awardrequirements, SEBs shall determine whether a resit or a retake for the module shouldbe awarded (PG only – retakes are not available for most UG students). Thedissertation or project is often core (must be taken and passed) for manyprogrammes, and in these those cases it is impossible to meet the awardrequirements without passing the module.3.293.32 Resitting dissertations and projects requires students to rework and improvetheir original submissions to bring them up to a passing standard; for projects, onlythe report may need improvement. Students shall pay only the resit fee, and shallreceive minimal support (no more two supervision sessions are advised). As for allresits, the module mark achieved shall be capped to a bare pass.3.303.33 Retaking dissertations and projects requires students to undertake newpieces of work, with full supervision and full access to facilities. Students pay pro-ratafees and their marks are not capped. Permission to retake any module can only begranted by DEBs, on the recommendation of SEBs. Further information on retakingmodules is provided in Section 7 of the Assessment Handbook.3.3013
Assessment Handbook 2012-13: 3. Setting AssessmentResitting examinations3.373.34 QM’s policy is that resitting students shall always be assessed on thecurriculum from when they last took the module in attendance. Therefore, allexamination papers shall be prepared with resitting students in mind.3.323.35 If the curriculum for a module has changed to such an extent that resittingstudents may not be expected to answer the examination paper set for the currentcohort, then either, (i) a separate examination paper must be set; or, (ii) a limitednumber of specific questions to be answered only by resitting students shall beincluded within the examination paper.3.36 Changes to the format of examinations do not necessarily require separate papersfor resitting students; however, this is required for changes to the examinationduration.3.33In December 2008, Academic Board ruled that all examinations of two hours andfifteen minutes would in future be scheduled for two hours and thirty minutes;changes made as a direct result of this ruling are exempt from the requirement forseparate papers.Alternative assessment3.37 Alternative assessment shall be used only in exceptional circumstances, and shall beformally agreed by SEBs, with written records kept. This shall normally require asuspension of module regulations; however, where this concerns reassessment,SEBs may proceed without a suspension (Academic Regulations, 4.42/5.33).3.38 Alternative assessment must test the same learning outcomes and be of comparativecomplexity to the approved assessment.3.403.39 Further information on alternative assessment may be sought from theAcademic Secretariat, and the Assistant Academic Registrar (AssessmentGovernance) must always be consulted in advance where a SEB intends to employalternative assessment.___14
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