Knowing how to manage your time, write succinctly and provide a complete and comprehensive piece of work to a strict deadline are skills you will develop at university. In the interests of fairness, transparency and to be equitable we have strict rules around deadlines and the quality or quantity of work submitted, and have clear penalties where these rules are not followed.
All work submitted late, without an approved claim extension of Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment, will have marks deducted. The deadline for work is on the hour i.e. if the deadline is 12:00:00 work submitted at 12:00:01 is late. Work which is up to one hour late will have five percent of marks deducted. After one hour, ten percent a percentage of the available marks will be deducted for each day (or part of each day) that the work is late, up to a total of five days, including weekends and bank holidays, e.g. For example if a piece of work is awarded a mark of 30 out of 50, and the work is up to one day late, the final mark is 25 (through deduction of 10% of the maximum mark possible). .
After five days, the work is marked at zero. Note, however, that the The penalty cannot result in a mark less than zero.
Submitted | Penalty |
| 1 hour | 5% of available marks deducted from actual mark |
1 day | 10% of available marks deducted from actual mark |
2 days | 20% of available marks deducted from actual mark |
3 days | 30% of available marks deducted from actual mark |
4 days | 40% of available marks deducted from actual mark |
5 days | 50% of available marks deducted from actual mark |
| Over 5 days | Worked marked at zero |
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All assessment materials that are subject to a word-limit should include a statement as to the number of words included in the final submission. If you exceed the word limit, you will be subject to a penalty of 10% of the available marks (irrespective of the number of words by which the word limit is exceeded). If you falsely claim the word-count of an assessment to be under the limit when it is in fact above the limit is a form of Academic Misconduct (deception) and can lead to even more severe penalties.
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Failure to submit
If you, with no approved claim of Exceptional Circumstances Affecting affecting Assessment, fail to submit an assessment by the deadline after five days or fail to attend an examination, a mark of zero will be awarded. You may be given the opportunity for reassessment – see the section on Reassessment, However. However, the zero will be used to calculate your degree classification, and if the examination or assessment missed is already a re-sit resit or re-assessment to redeem an initial failure, no further re-assessment opportunities will be available without proof of exceptional circumstances.
If you are struggling to meet deadlines, submit a piece of work or will miss an exam due to personal circumstances you will need to inform the University as soon as possible and apply for Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment.