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What do I need to know about handing in my work for assessment?
Module Leaders will explain exactly what you need
to hand in for each module. You’ll be asked for digital
copies of all work in addition to printed work and/or
prototypes where applicable. Samples of submitted
work will be kept by your tutors. It is always important to
keep back-up copies of your work.
An Assessment Board meets at the end of the
academic year to look at all your marks and decide
whether you can progress, resit or repeat study. The
Assessment Board will take into account whether you
have attempted all assessments. It is much more likely
to give you an opportunity to take resits or repeat study
if you have attempted all assessments. It is less likely to
give you this opportunity if there are some assessments
which you did not attempt at the first opportunity.
Key points
Always submit something for every assessment.
If you are unclear about
this information or feel
you are at risk of not
being able to attempt any
assessment you should
contact a member of
academic staff (module
teacher, programme
leader or personal tutor)
for further advice before
the hand-in date as there
are a variety of ways in
which support can be
given.
You must attempt all assessments at the first opportunity.
You must do each assessment (essay, project, report,
portfolio etc.) for every module. You should do this even if
you don’t think you can fully complete them.
You do not have an automatic right to resit or to repeat a
year of study.
Extensions
In exceptional cases it may be possible to grant
extensions to submission deadlines at the discretion of
the Module Leader (up to one week) or the Assistant
Dean (more than one week). Requests must be
submitted to the Module Leader before the hand-in
date. Forms are at the reception desk of the School
Office on the 5th floor of Middlesbrough Tower. Please
consult the Student Handbook for details:
http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/stud/handbook/
Mitigating Circumstances
If you believe that your academic work or assessment
has been affected detrimentally by special
circumstances, you may apply to the School’s
Mitigating Circumstances Board. Application forms
are available from the School Office. Completed forms
must be returned to the School office, with supporting
documentary evidence (e.g. Medical Certificates).
Please consult the regulations on this in Student
Handbook for further details:
http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/stud/handbook/
Resubmission
If you have submitted an
in-course assessment
by the defined hand-in
deadline and are deemed
by the Module Leader
not to have passed the
assessment (but it is
considered that you have
made a genuine attempt),
you may be allowed to
undertake further work on
the assessment prior to
the work being formally
considered by a Module
Assessment Board.
Only one resubmission
opportunity is possible for
any in-course assessment
component.