MSci Y4 Guidelines for marking student contribution to projects and lab placements
Guidelines for marking student contribution to projects and lab placements
Class | Mark | Marking guidelines |
Distinction | 1) Excellent contribution to research/project 2) Shows independence and initiative 3) Outstanding organisational skills 4) Strong evidence of original critical reflection and an analytical approach | |
Excellent Distinction | 100 | Assignment reaches an exceptional level of achievement that significantly exceeds the standards described by the above statements |
Good Distinction | 90 | Assignment exceeds the standards described by the above statements |
Solid Distinction | 80 | Assignment is well described by the above statements |
Low Distinction | 75 | Assignment mostly meets the standards described by the above statements |
Merit | 1) Good contribution to research/project 2) Mostly shows independence and initiative 3) Strong organisational skills 4) Some evidence of original critical reflection and an analytical approach | |
Good Merit | 68 | Assignment exceeds the standards described by the above statements but does not meet the standards for a distinction |
Solid Merit | 65 | Assignment is well described by the above statements |
Low Merit | 62 | Assignment mostly meets the standards described by the above statements |
Pass | 1) Fair contribution to research/project 2) Shows independence and initiative in some aspects 3) Reasonable organisational skills 4) Superficial evidence of original critical reflection and an analytical approach | |
Good Pass | 58 | Assignment exceeds the standards described by the above statements but does not meet the standards for a merit |
Solid Pass | 55 | Assignment is well described by the above statements |
Low Pass | 52 | Assignment mostly meets the standards described by the above statements |
Marginal fail | 1) Poor contribution to research/project 2) Little or no independence or initiative 3) Disorganised work 4) Evidence of original critical reflection is lacking | |
48 | Assignment exceeds the standards described by the above statements but does not meet the standards for a pass | |
45 | Assignment is well described by the above statements | |
42 | Assignment falls below the standards described by the above statements | |
Clear Fail | 1) Thoroughly deficient contribution to research/project 2) Little evidence of any useful work 3) Did not carry out tasks as requested | |
38 | Assignment exceeds the standards described by the above statements but does not meet the standards for a marginal fail | |
32 | Assignment is well described by the above statements | |
10 | Assignment falls below the standards described by the above statements | |
Zero Marks | 0 | 1) No involvement in research/project |
Grade assignment decision rules
Note. If an assignment meets some of the descriptive criteria for a degree class (e.g. Merit), and some of the descriptive criteria for another degree class (e.g. Pass), it is at the discretion of the marker where to assign the grade (i.e. somewhere in the Merit or Pass range).
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